The Top 5 Apps Everyone should have...

[fluidedge]

Hi

With my iPhone sitting in it's box waiting for me to get home, I was wondering if we could compile a list of the absolute must have apps for the iphone? And what are the first 5 applications i should download?

what are your top 5 apps?

[anti-microsoft]

Hi

With my iPhone sitting in it's box waiting for me to get home, I was wondering if we could compile a list of the absolute must have apps for the iphone? And what are the first 5 applications i should download?

what are your top 5 apps?

1. Remote (FREE)
2. If you use Facebook, then the Facebook App (FREE)
3. Frenzic, a highly addictive and beautifully designed game (PAID)
4. Classics, a beautiful book collection and reader for the iPhone (PAID)
5. Twitter: There are tons of twitter apps, but I recomend, FREE: TwitterFon, Twinkle and Twitterrific. PAID: Tweetie.

Ams.

[BergerFan]

If I exclude games from this list, then I'd suggest(in no particular order):
1: Shazam (free)
2: TwitterFon (free)
3: Facebook (free)
4: Picture Safe (paid)
5: Free Memory (paid)

[Josephkyles]

My top 5

Facebook
FlyCast
TwitterFon
Shazam
Flixster

I also like

Ocarina
Lightsaber
Bank of America/Mint
Wikipanion
Dial Zero
AP Mobile News
Shovel
Tap Defense
Free Memory
Simplify

[Rayfire]

1. Beejive (all other IM apps owned)
2. Pandora (or Slacker Radio)
3. Galcon (best online multiplayer game)
4. USA Today (for news, weather, sports in one app)
5. Now Playing (best movie app)

[QCassidy352]

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My top five are:
Stanza (forget classics. Yes it's pretty, but you can choose from orders of magnitude more titles on stanza. Function over form please!)
iXpenseit
Facebook
Airsharing
Blackbeard's Revenge (zuma-like game)

I could go on, but you asked for top five only. :)

[JonHimself]

Top five in terms of frequency of use (not necessarily the same as importance to have)

1. Twitteriffic
2. Beejive
3. Tris (for some reason I don't think is there anymore)
4. Shazam
5. Simplify Media

[geekmommy4]

1. Google Mobile App
2. Shazam
3. Pandora
4. Say Who Lite (voice dialing)
5. The Weather Channel or AccuWeather (my preference, but still a bit buggy)

These are all free and just the tip of the iceberg! LOL

[mogzieee]

Mine have already been mentioned.

TwitterFon
Facebook
Google Earth
Briefcase Lite
Remote

All free.

[Eric Isaacson]

WeatherBug
Holy Bible
Shazam
Pandora
I.Tv

[mrholder]

Fieldrunners
SlotZ
Days of Thunder
Monopoly
Dropship

[jeniferkey]

Balance - checkbook register
Air Sharing - File transfers
Facebook - Facebook
Trism - addictive game
NetNewsWire-RSS feeds of news

[iPhoneNYC]

If you want to make lowcost voip international calls or if you travel, download Truphone
Also, I waste alot of time with the ICanHasCheezBurger lolcat site!

[chr1s60]

Fieldrunners
SlotZ
Days of Thunder
Monopoly
Dropship

I love Fieldrunners, but I continue to have some issues with it. First off, there aren't enough levels. Secondly, there need to be more weapons for use in all modes. Third, there really is very little replay value. I love the challenge of beating a level the first time, but after that there is very little appeal to the game. The last update was certainly a step in the right direction, I am just wanting a little bit more from the game to make me WANT to keep playing it. It is definitely a top 5 "must play" game, but the lack of replay value does not make it a top five game overall in my opinion.

Some of my top Apps:

iShoot (great replay value) PAID
MotionX Poker Quest (impossible to put down during your first few days with it and always fun to go back to)PAID
Pocket Money (have been using since my original jailbroken iPhone and I couldn't live without it)PAID
TwitterFon (free)
Sportacular (if you follow a lot of different sports and always want up to date scores) FREE

[Nckcard]

Trism FTW

[DynamicCoreApps]

In no real order:

1. Facebook
2. Google Earth
3. Parlingo (chat client)
4. Cube Runner
5. Tap Tap Revenge

other notables:

aurora Feint (whatever version free or paid), eBay (if you use ebay that is), Crash cart, Spore origins, Reaction Test (Biased i Know but oh well), Super Monkeyball, Air Sharing and forgot this the first time round, ijiggle (which was free a couple of days ago dont know how long it will stay that way)

:):apple::apple:

[return7]

billminder (i'm biased but it really is a great app!)
fieldrunners
pandora
tweetie
crayon physics deluxe

[Galley]

USA Today
Tweetie
AccuWeather
AppSniper
MLB.com At Bat

[Poat84]

How do I delete the apps on the home page?

[DynamicCoreApps]

How do I delete the apps on the home page?

if your talking about the ones that come with the iPhone/iPod you cant, but you can put them on a page at the end so they aren’t the first thing you see. I’m assuming you know how to move apps, if not just hold down on an app until it begins to wiggle then drag it and when done press home. If you want to delete an app that isn’t the default app, make the apps wiggle and hit the X

hope that helps :):apple::apple:

[jamaica14]

I really have fun with ipickuplines, it makes me laugh a lot.

[tibby05]

hold down on an icon untill the screen looks like it shakes and hit the x over the app

[Four20]

my favorites right now are. . .

brick breaker deluxe 2
mafia live
crystal defenders
venger

[Gokunama]

Just five? Quite a few apps I think are incredibly useful.

RSSplayer - download high quality ABC and CNN video podcasts.

myVideos - high quality YouTube videos downloaded for offline use.

Wikipedia - most of the wikipedia articles downloaded onto my iPhone for offline access.

Picture Safe - The best of the photo lock apps.

Appsniper

American Heritage 4th Edition dictionary.

Beejive

Memory Status

Chess With Friends

Galcon (the paid version for online play)

Fastlane

My favorite and most used apps.

[speedracer3000]

Games: Fieldrunner, UNO, Rolando, Texas Hold'em
Others: Nimbuzz (for skype), Sportacular, The Weather Channel, USA Today, Easy Wi-Fi, One Disk (to go with your Moible Me), AppSniper

[whitlecj]

1. Google
2. Tweetie
3. Facebook
4. Sportacular
5. Pandora

[kasei]

My pick for the top 5 apps to have on your iPhone are:

FaceBook (free)
Air Sharing (paid)
Cold War (paid)
AirCam (paid)
Shazam (free)

extras to the list:
Shazam (free)
Fring (free)
BofA (free)
Funky Punch (paid)

[Randman]

Bank of America
FizzWeather
vlingo
Google
ToDo

These are on my first page.

[gillybean]

My top 5 favorite at the moment are:

What's On (tv guide, paid)
Mobile News (associated press news, free)
Files (carry your files, paid)
WinAdmin (remote desktop app, paid)
iShoot (game, paid)

[iTech Dev Sys.]

If you need a voice Recorder you can try ours: iRec Voice Recorder.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

1. Things.
2. Tweetie.
3. Beejive (or IM+).
4. Web Mate.
5. Touchgrind.

[nexus144]

Beejive (Paid)
NetNewsWire (Free)
Facebook (Free)
Tweetie (Paid)
iPedia+ (no longer available for some reason)

[ksmith80209]

In no particular order:

(1) NetNewsWire (free - newsreader)
(2) ReQall (free - voice recognition to do system with web/iCal integration)
(3) Wunder Radio (paid - internet radio)
(4) Google Mobile App (free - google that's um, mobile)
(5) Melodis Dialer (free - voice dialer)

One more - 1password. An awesome app to store passwords, credit cards, logins, etc that syncs with your mac. iPhone version is free - Mac version is paid.

[johnqh]

Air Cam (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291400621&mt=8)
Wobble (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301166113&mt=8)
Ocarina (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=293053479&mt=8)
Air Photo (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301897647&mt=8)
Touch Physics (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=296191097&mt=8)

[ScottNWDW]

My top 5 apps other than the ones that are on the iPhone when purchased are....

ToDo (Appigo)
Facebook
Splash Money
Solobon Solitaire
Gas Cubby

[Android3011]

Games: Rolando, Field Runners, Touch Physics

Others: Shazam, Pandora, Wunder Radio, Weather Channel, Sportacular, Facebook

[xsecretfiles]

I am going to list five apps not mentioned yet

1. Appsniper *paid* but worth it for app hunters like myself
2.Dizzy Bee 1, and 2 *PAID awesome games
3. Pet Notebook PAID for per lovers like myself
4. Juxtaposer PAID awesome face morphing app
5. Pocketpedia FREE It's helps you keep track of all movies and games you own

[crabFish]

the most usuefull apps... Hm...

In no particular order:

Chess with friends
Rick Rocketson - (though not me but one of my kids)
TED
Crazy Penguine Catapult - (once again one of my kids)
Facebook

Not particular usefull but the ones that runs on my phone the most currently - so they might not be the ones I like the most, but in terms of "use" these are the ones currently - this changes though...
;)

[Jomskylark]

Games:

Galcon ($4.99)
Super Monkey Ball ($7.99)
Raging Thunder ($2.99)
Squares (FREE)
Artifice (FREE)

Honorable Mentions (Games):

Save Kitty ($0.99)
Tap of War ($0.99)
Watermelons ($0.99)
Cro-Mag Rally ($0.99)
Nanosaur 2 ($1.99)
Cube (FREE)

Other Apps:

Facebook (FREE)
AIM (FREE)
Mobile Translator (NibiruTech LTD., $4.99)
i.TV (FREE)
If Found, Please... (FREE)

Honorable Mentions (Other Apps):

Zenbe Lists ($2.99)
Google Earth (FREE)
World Wiki (FREE)
Dictionaire: The Simple Dictionary (FREE)

[evelocity17]

Facebook

Remote

X-Plane Extreme (well worth $10)

Pandora-Streaming Internet Radio

Around Me- Powerful app that locates restaurants, theaters, etc.

[Gokunama]

I'm going to add a few more apps to my already long list...

Saisuke - copy and paste of events makes scheduling my lessons fast and easy. It looks cluttered though.

SplashMoney is great.

GeoDefense - vector graphics, extremely challenging TD game. I don't know how many times I've tried to beat the first level in the medium difficulty pack. It took a while to pass a few levels in the beginner pack as well. Lots of fun!

[Minus Human]

My top 5

Facebook
Groups
Holy Bible KJV
Picture Dialer
Darkroom

Noteworthy apps ...

Pangea VR
Midomi
iBear Timer
Seadragon
Super Dial

[SuperKat]

In no particular order...Just what I've been using the most.

Bejeweled2
Shazam
TWC
USA Today
Beejive

[SFC Archer]

Top 5 iTunes Apps

Evernote
ooTunes
Pandora
BillMinder
TouchTodo

Honorable Mention: ABContacts

Top 5 Apple Apps

Phone
SMS Text
Mail
Safari
iPod

[mrbass]

Top 5 I use daily
Mail
Weather
AppSniper
Warcraft Characters
Warcraft Chest

[Buschmaster]

The "must-have" 5 for me would be:
Solebon
AIM
MLB At Bat
i.TV
And then which sports app I choose to open at the time (iSports or Sportacular)

[ScottNWDW]

More notable apps, in addition to the 5 I previously posted.

FCTasks by Franklin Covey
Groups
SaiSuke
Gym Buddy
Notebook by Appigo
Bejeweled2
MLB At Bat
Fast Food Cal
Splash ID
Splash Shopper

[Mcmac17]

I've found virtual pool really addictive...

[Jaaack]

Hi

With my iPhone sitting in it's box waiting for me to get home, I was wondering if we could compile a list of the absolute must have apps for the iphone? And what are the first 5 applications i should download?

what are your top 5 apps?

ibeer
Imilk
Imunchies
Feildrunner
Facebook (if you have 1)
Cuberunner(free) and (if you dont have facebook)

[messedkid]

BeejiveIM (paid)
Facebook (free)
Dr. Awesome (paid)
Bejeweled 2 (paid)
Backgrounds (free)


IMO there are no apps that I "need", so I like to stick to social networking and games, like most people tend to these days.

[blained]

I'm a little biased on the first two since I wrote them, but I do use them more often than most apps I own. I did write them because I wanted them.

Fit Phone (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285741166&mt=8) <- First workout log in the store and still updated regularly
Pet Phone (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=298342540&mt=8)

Apps I didn't write but are still good :)

Grocery IQ (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=290591617&mt=8)
Zenbe Lists (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284448147&mt=8) <- simple lists that sync to a website
facebook (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284882215&mt=8)
USA Today (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300669003&mt=8) <- Best news app, by far
Now Playing (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284939567&mt=8) <- use it mostly for the netflix queue management
Air Sharing (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=289943355&mt=8) <- Very handy for getting files onto your phone. I used this when I went to Europe to add maps of Barcelona and Italy so I didn't have to use international roaming.

I'm much more into "useful" apps instead of the joke apps. But Wobble (http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301166113&mt=8) is a pretty funny/cool app.

[rdsxrule117]

i have used many different apps, and know that it depends on what you want, not what others find good.

for a sports scores etc app, get sportstap
weather app, the weather channel
news app, get ap mobile news network
vnc app, the best is jaadu, but if u dont want to pay then get vnc lite

also if you're going to get a text editor, i highly recommend writeroom

other must haves are facebook, air sharing, or something similar, ebay (if you have an account) bank of america (if you have an account) and graphing calculator. those are all free cept for air sharing.

now as for games, the only racer you will ever need is asphalt 4, and need for speed when it comes out. ishoot is insanely addicting, and monopoly is good for long flights etc. super monkey ball is one of the best games out there, and cube runner is a must have. for a brickbreaker game, the best is superball 2. if youre gonna get a sniper game, then shooter is pretty good. if you were considering x-plane, wait for x-plane racing to come out.

oh, and if you are looking for a way to edit documents on your phone, then dont pay for ANYTHING yet. trust me i have searched, but there isnt a true one out there yet. i hear documents to go is about to come out tho.

[Gokunama]

I much preferred Fastlane over Asphalt 4, and I'd therefore recommend Fastlane as the best racing game.

[Ekelon]

My most used Apps:

1. Facebook (free)
2. NetNewsWire (free) - RSS feed
3. Shazam (free)
4. FreeMemory ($0.99)
5. TouchCalc (free)

Games:
1. Galcon Lite (free/paid version)
2. Cuberunner (free)
3. Tap Tap (free)
4. Tap Defense (free)
5. Labyrinth 3D (free/paid version)

[Sehnsucht]

1. Fieldrunners - $4.99
2. HeavyMach - $0.99 (on sale)
3. Centipede - $4.99
4. iDracula - $0.99
5. geoDefense - $0.99

:D The best games :D

Edit: Would have included iShoot, but it's a bit BUGGY right now. :(

[Inked]

My top 5 in no particular order

Road Trip (£2.99)
TV Plus (£2.99)
Remote (Free)
iStat (£1.19)
Night Stand (£1.19)

[TheMBC]

My Top 5 are...

1. Tweetie
2. Facebook
3. Shazam
4. Air Mouse Pro
5. Last.FM

[vivalashakeit]

I'd have to say...

1. Facebook (free)
2. Things (paid)
3. Sol Free Solitaire (free)
4. Remote (free)
5. USA Today (free)

[fluidedge]

Hi

How does the airmouse work out for you? I was looking at it and wonders if it might be worth getting