What are the best iPhone applications?
Here are some of the applications that I’m trying out right now:
What applications do you like on the iPhone 3G?
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Don Campbell Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 2:15 pm
Matt, I’m liking the Jott iPhone App, Evernote, and Sketches. Remote is a must have. And my kids love Phone Saber, but I see you already found that too
Michael Quinlan Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 2:28 pm
I have so many installed, I am having a hard time playing with them all!
Shazam is awesome. I keep playing with it in my car with the radio. I am astonished with how well it works, even with the noise. The similar but more full-featured midomi also lets you search by singing or humming the song yourself or saying or typing the name of the song (as well as listening to a snippet like Shazam). But midomi doesn’t seem to work as reliably.
Jott is a neat idea. You speak a short item (to-do, reminder, etc.) and it is transcribed to text for you. You can organize the results into different lists. I have found it fairly reliable but recently it has gotten quite slow.
Pandora is my favorite online radio.
Urbanspoon is a cool idea, but only if you are in one of the top 50 or so urban areas that it covers.
Matt J Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
Get rid of Loopt. For why see here. I would like to use Pandora, but it’s not available in Britain, so I’m using Last.fm’s fantastic application. I’ve bought a great GTD app called Things, which is at a low price for a limited time, as they add features, the price will go up. I’m using NetNewsWire, and the brilliant Facebook application.
Barry Cooke Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 2:57 pm
Hey Matt,
I personally use the shopping list script (although not only for shopping!).
The pool application is pretty cool too and is good for killing time whilst waiting around for a train etc
Greg Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 3:52 pm
Why should it be limited to iPhone 3G?
Right now it’s Twitterrific, Facebook and the iTunes Remote that are leading the way
joe Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 3:56 pm
anything with google i like.
Octavian Costache Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 4:05 pm
You should try Yelp, it’s great specially if you already use yelp.com for restaurants and also BoxOffice (for movies / movie tickets).
Chris Latko Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 4:11 pm
When are we going to see an ssh application? We now have a vnc app, but I thought that ssh would be in higher demand. To me, this will be the killer app.
NetNewsWire is my favorite app. The clippings feature doesn’t work consistently, but that will be fixed as brent simmons is a rock star..
Ryan N Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 4:52 pm
Any idea why I can’t find the google app in the app store. Is it not available in Canada or something?
Matt david Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 6:44 pm
I really like iTuner and Pandora.
Matt david Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 6:45 pm
oh, and tap tap revenge is cool, too
Jonathan Wilbur Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 6:50 pm
Good list Matt. I haven’t been impressed with twitteriffic to be honest with you. Maybe it has to do with the fact the free version is ad supported. I do however love twittelator and twinkle (gotta love location support).
Tap tap revenge is another great one. SportsTap would be perfect if alerts were available.
steve Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 7:41 pm
No Loopt, Urbanspoon, Pandora in New Zealand.
Michael Stoppelman Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 8:18 pm
Come on Matt, you haven’t tried the Yelp app yet? You’re killing me :)!
(full disclosure: I work at Yelp)
Matt Cutts Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 9:12 pm
Michael Stoppelman, I’ll try it out. My wife has tried it out already.
derek Said,
July 19, 2008 @ 11:02 pm
@Chris - Have you tried the vt100 term app? (im sure that is the naming - I only played briefly on a friends iPhone) you can use SSH from the command line with that..
Andrew Said,
July 20, 2008 @ 12:52 am
I really love Vicinity, which uses the phone’s GPS to provide lists of relevant Wikipedia articles, Flickr photos, banks, shops, restaurants and other local facilities based on your current location. (And, @Chris, couldn’t agree more about a SSH client…)
Gidseo Said,
July 20, 2008 @ 4:01 am
As long as I have my phone sabre app I don’t need any other!
todd lucier Said,
July 20, 2008 @ 7:24 am
I was delighted with my introduction to Truphone. Everyone knows how long distance on cell phones is a drag. At .06 US/min, calls all over the world via wifi are very nice. The $4 credit to start is a nice bonus. I also like the Local Picks by tripadvisor and Star Map… night sky interpretation is beauty.
William Said,
July 20, 2008 @ 9:52 am
how did you get that screenshot? Which app is that one?
Joel Lesser Said,
July 20, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
does anyone know if there a windows compatable terminal services app for the iphone?
Kimberly Kimbrough Said,
July 20, 2008 @ 8:05 pm
Hey there,
I am using Pandora, Google and Remote.
Matt Cutts Said,
July 20, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
Chris Latko, my guess is that you won’t see an ssh application unless you unlock your phone. I could be wrong though. I would love to be wrong about that.
Jonathan Wilbur, I agree with you–I like twittelator more.
Matt Cutts Said,
July 20, 2008 @ 11:02 pm
William, to grab a screenshot on your iPhone, just press the Home button (circular button centered at the bottom of the iPhone) and then press the on/off button at the same time. It will save the screenshot as an image which you can then email or sync to your computer.
Ellen Said,
July 20, 2008 @ 11:35 pm
Definitely Tap Tap Revenge and let’s not forget about Aurora Feint and Cube Runner, all for free
Matt - SEO Devon UK Said,
July 21, 2008 @ 4:43 am
Wish I could stop playing with phone saber. I’m driving my wife mad
Nathania Said,
July 21, 2008 @ 5:39 am
i have a BUNCH!
WritingPad is my favorite concept - you can drag your finger on the keypad to create words. I’m hoping other apps (and preferably Apple itself) will incorporate this to their keypads
Zenbe is great for lists
Games - Moonlite Mahjon, Ruby Repeat, Spinner, iMaze, Jirbo Break, Cube Runner, Bubble Wrap
YouVersion Bible - it comes with a bunch of different translations. Which is awesome. I wanted a Bible app that had the Message version and this one has it.
More Cowbell - yes, it’s just a cowbell, and yes it’s from the SNL skit.
Social Media - Facebook, Friend Feed, MySpace.
midomi - hum a tune, it will find it for you
Shazam - if you hear a song, turn on shazam and aim the mic at the source, and this app will find the song for you
MathQuizK - great for the kids to learn math
Molecules - you can examine molecules, zoom in, twist and turn, pretty cool and educational
phew, is that enough?
Nick Stamoulis Said,
July 21, 2008 @ 6:54 am
The best one that I have used is Pandora…if you like music this is the one for you!
SEOMike Said,
July 21, 2008 @ 10:14 am
Pandora is AWESOME! I love plugging it in to my car and getting non-stop great music when I drive! Big fan of the Remote. I use my Apple TV on my home stereo and it’s nice to control it without a line of sight to my stereo.
UA Said,
July 21, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
Safari is the best iPhone application
Gary Beal Said,
July 22, 2008 @ 2:31 am
My fav is iBeer
GaryTheScubaGuy
Daniel Said,
August 6, 2008 @ 6:04 am
A friend and I saw Eddie Izzard at the Pearl in Las Vegas a couple of weeks ago. He got out his iPhone and played with Phone Saber on stage. Genius.
Kevin Said,
October 30, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
Right now I have 4 main Apps on my iPhone 3G. My favorite is the Jott app. I use this for my GTD system and blog writing.Evernote for all my little notes I wright down, and Speakeasy for my braindump app. I don’t know how I would function with out it any more!
Babyphone Said,
November 16, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
Please take a look at Babyphone for iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=293317774&mt=8
Joe Said,
November 18, 2008 @ 9:30 am
My kids like Waki Snap!
My wife likes Style.com.
And I can’t live without AirSharing:)