Top iPhone Apps?
 

So.....you've got a shiny iPhone and it's crammed full of the best Apps (free or paid for) that you can find.....what are they?

I've only been using an iPhone since Sunday, but here are mine:


National Rail: Lists train times, gives real-time updates, has a nice 'last train home' feature

Tube Deluxe: Route planner and service indicator for the London Underground

TV Guide: Lists what's on now and next for hundreds of channels

Shazam: Identifies any song playing on the radio, links you to it on Youtube and iTunes, provides additional information about the artists

Mocha VNC Lite: VNC Client



Haven't really downloaded much apart from those.....what are your favourites?

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Another vote for tube deluxe..

Also London Bus by the same author (brilliant if you happen to get lost in London as you can use it to look up your nearest bus stop and the timetable for the routes that serve that stop.

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Skype

YouTube

Facebook

TVU Player

Sol Free (solitaire)

Google Earth

Urbanspoon

iDaft (for a bit of fun)

iTranslate

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Mine Are:

MyConvert (Convertor App)
Flick Fishing (Game)
i-Handy Level (Spirit Level)
UK Train Times
TV Guide
Sol Free (Game)
ECB Cricket (Cricket Scores/News App)

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Will try out Mocha VNC at some point!

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Remote record for Sky+

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Ohhh...

Good call :)

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Traffic i UK - Motorway traffic info
WifiTrak - Find local wifi networks
iNet - IP Network info for your connected device
Informant - linked in to Google Calendar and Toodledo

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Shazam

Facebook

Sky+

Sky News

Around Me

Traffic Info

iFooty

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Other than ones already mentioned:

TV Plus - prefer this to the free sky version. Allows me to set my sky+ remotely.

TwitterFon - Good Twitter client
Keeper - pin protected password storer (a lifesaver)
ESPN soccernet - Good for UK footy scores and info
GPS Tracker - Lets you update a webpage or your facebook with location Good for bike rides as you can save your routes and speed info.
FTPOnTheGO
BBC Iplayer
Paypal
Remote - Possible the best free app out there.
Air Sharing - Wirelessly use the iphone as a portable hard drive on a wireless network
IM+ Lite - Instant messaging
eBay
Open Table - Book tables at restaurants
LinkedIn - Facebook for business professionals

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Can't find the iPlayer app on the App Store..... Does it have to be downloaded from elsewhere?

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It's a website..

Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer on your iphone..

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Well that's just cheating :D

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Although I've just found out how to add things to the home screen, so the deception was worth it :D

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How about the skype app? I've downloaded it but its not supported so I was a bit reluctant to set it up.

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DOn't know anybody else on skype so haven't bothered with that one.

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Tweetie is great if you have Twitter, eBay app is quite nice - Last.fm is brill, Beejive IM with Push also.

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I have...

Facebook - free

Google Mobile - free

ITN News - free

Last.fm - free

Measures - paid for. Converts currency & many other units.

Movies (Flixster) - free. Movie listings, trailers, nearest cinema via GPS or post code.

nin: access - free

NYTimes - free

Peggle - paid for. Game.

Shazam - free

Sky News - free

Tioti TV+ - paid for. TV guide & Sky+ Remote Record.

Trism - paid for. Game.

Tweetie - paid for. Twitter app. [A very good free Twitter app is Twitterfon].

XKCD - free. XKCD webcomic.

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Problem with the IM apps are that the iphone doesn't allow background apps. You have to have it actually open/in use for it to work... something apple should allow imho

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If you jailbreak your iPhone you can use Backgrounder to force apps to run in the background. Means you can listen to a music app like Pandora or Last.fm and play a game/whatever.

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BeeJive and some others work now using Push, it basically tells your phone that an app has an update (new data, message, whatever). So works the same really...Although not for apps that do more than notify..

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But its a fiver :) and I don't use IM often enough to justify that.

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I had beejive back when I had my ipod touch. I am hoping that when I get my 2nd hand iPhone I can install my apps onto it.

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I was wondering, if anybody has got the GBA Emulator working yet, it requires doing "somethings" to your phone - but, there seems to be different methods for v3.0 - I've been trying without sucess to FTP and or SSH into my iPhone - no such luck though..

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Got some new ones :)

Mobile Allowance: Allows you to check your O2 balances without having to use a text message or log in to their site.

ToDo: Basically a To Do list generator. You can track single tasks, checklists of tasks, or projects. With a single task or checklist of tasks you can set a date that either the task of checklist is to be completed by. Within a project you can have multiple tasks, all with differing priorities/dates. This is probably my favourite app at the moment.

Flight Control: Highly addictive game.

Harbour Master: Another highly addictive game.

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Forgot to mention before, but this now works with the Notification system introduced with OS3.0.

However... it doesn't appear to be on the App Store anymore :confused:

Searching for "Tioti" doesn't bring it up, & using a direct iTunes link doesn't work either.

Very odd.


There is now a free official "Sky+" app from BSkyB, although from a quick look at the reviews it doesn't look as good as Tioti (which, when it was on the App Store, was less than 2 quid, so hardly pricey).

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Not as such best one, I've got installed

AtomicFart = FREE - Funny more than anything

Liquid Lite - Little one loves this, as it's basically water sloshing around making noises. Pretty relazing.

iHandGun - FREE

IGunLite - FREE

ATM Hunter - FREE - Finds Cash machines in your area or closest to you

ChaseTheDot - Free - does what it says

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I contacted Tioti about this. They said that the most recent version of Tioti TV+ contained a bug in the notification system, & so they have temporarily removed it from the App Store while waiting for a newly submitted version to be approved by Apple. So it should be back in a couple of week.

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That would be good...but for £0.59p its a bit expensive to check a balance when i can use my data allowance to do this for free from o2 website?

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Can't you just do this for free? http://forum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?...1ff29135a2de30

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iTap RDP - Remote desktop client.
Not much you can't do with this.
Left/right click/double click. Scroll, zoom (pinch), scope (magnifying glass) to exact point to click, all done with gestures.
From 8 to 24bit colour portrait or landscape with adjustable resolution.
Advanced settings for 3G and Wi-Fi.
2nd keyboard with various 'F' functions and Pg Up/Pg Dn etc.

I've tried a few of these but this one's the dog's doo-dah's.

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Harbormaster
Waterslide
Peggle
Bejeweled2
Wolfenstein 3D
FlightControl
Crazy Penguin
Labyrinth
Translator
Speed Test
Showtimes
TV Guide
London Tube
LinkedIn
ITN News
Facebook

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Wow, what an app. Thanks very much!

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Allowance is free today, and this weekend - so grab it today and keep it forever.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...302552208&mt=8

Oh and also, I've bought Boxcar which gives Push notifications for Twitter apps (I use it with Tweetie)

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...321493542&mt=8

Deliveries is also useful if you post alot of things via UPS, DHL, City Link, and ofcourse Royal Mail - also handy if your tracking items.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...290986013&mt=8

Wunder Radio to listen to pretty much any radio station in the UK and Worldwide

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...292233889&mt=8

Notify Me (Theres a free one out, but I loved it so much, and hated the wait times - I bought it)

Push notifications to notify you of whatever you want to be notified about :D - It's a must have

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...319840387&mt=8

Free - http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...319847777&mt=8

Rolando 2 is a brilliant game also, fun nintendo type game if you haven't played Rolando 1.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...321084051&mt=8

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I discovered Car Mania yesterday, great little game a bit like Flight Control.

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The new Barclaycard water slide game, is hours of fun!

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Try eBuddy - its free!

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Has anyone tried the Navigon sat nav on the iPhone? is it any good, does it have a walking mode?

I'm thinking about it or maybe waiting for the tom tom one.

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Spotify should be available soon for the iPhone and Google Android.

iPhone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNCb1IdmJ_0

Android: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ALGPknOsiU

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I just updated the facebook iPhone app, that seems quite good :)

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Six icon dock - Nice :)

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Six?! LOL, I've got the Five Icon Dock, didn't realise there was a Six Icon Dock.

Nice wallpaper too btw ;)

You could use iBlank & blank null to have a completely blank first page on the Springboard, thus revealing the whole wallpaper (with App icons on page 2 onwards).

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A GTA rip but looks decent for an Iphone game. - http://www.gangstar-game.com/index.p...eos&country=uk

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The six one only came out a couple of days ago ;)

I will look at iBlank :)

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Sad I know but I just changed my lock screen to a space invaders one. I think it's cool :)

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Speaking of which there is a jailbroken app which shows your upcoming calendar appointments on your lock screen. Really useful. Its called Lock Calendar in Cydia.

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Seven by Seven dock / springboard :)

Ok so now this is getting silly ;)

Incidentally I went back to the 5 colum and 6 icon dock in the end.

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Midomi is a good alternative to Shazam
Bejeweled 2 - Game
Movies (Flixter) - Check Cinema Times and see trailers etc
Ocarina - Play the iphone like a recorder (sort of) Very good use of the iPhone
Peggle - Game
PlipShare - For those that have a Flip video camera!
Papertoss (Free) or Paper Toss World Tour (Paid) - Very simple but addictive game
Ragdoll blast - Another addictive game
TFLN (Texts from last night) - Mature content, drunken texts that people have forwarded Very funny but be warned of strong language.

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Now that in-App purchasing for free Apps is allowed, Boxcar has gone FREE.

Instead of purchasing the main App itself, the App + one Push service is free, and you pay to add additional Push services.

I have Push email anyway (Google), don't need Push for Facebook (email updates), so all I need is one Push service for Boxcar (Twitter)... which is free :)

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the faves I have on my iPhone are;

IM+
Sky Sports Football
Sky News
HarborMaster
peggle (full)
ragdoll blaster (full)
Layar
0870
BigOven
BodyTalk
iKitt
GoogleEarth
Remote
AroundMe
Take Me To My Car

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Oh, forgot to mention some I've added recently:

Snapture - a camera App, better than the built-in one. Used to only be available for Jailbroken devices via e.g. Cydia, but is now on the App Store.

Redlaser - barcode scanner. Scans & IDs barcodes, & searches online for the best price. Works quite well. The devs release betas for free on Cydia, prior to then releasing the final version as a paid-for App on the App Store.

Layar & Wikitude - Two separate Augmented Reality (AR) Apps.


JB-wise, I have:

SBSettings (process/memory info & memory freeing; on/off toggles for WiFi, 3G, etc.; App shortcuts & other tweaks & customisations)

Winterboard (theme manager - I just use it for the transparent dock option at the moment).

Five Icon Dock

Five Column Springboard

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I love this app - I spent an hour last saturday just scanning things around my house.

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Remember the wack a penguin flash games? Someone has done one for the iPhone:http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/M...332059339&mt=8

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Anybody get Suzi Perrys bike game

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yeah, it's ok - nothing great. but it's free...

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Was first App I got on my new 32GB Touch :D

Love: Flight Control (PAID) & just read this topic so am trying FREE versions of: Car Mania, Harbour Master.

Lightsaber, Paypal, Connect 4, Bubble Wrap & a few others :)

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Is it true that contracts for the iPhone include unlimited internet access?

Where I work one guy has TVcatchup streaming Sky sports news, as well as last.fm to his phone all day.

Can you connect the iphone to a laptop and use it as a modem and watch TVcathup on that.?

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Yes. Although "Unlimited" varies.

With O2, it is unlimited (although it is subject to an FUP, there is no concrete limit, more just a case of "don't take the mick").

With Orange, although "unlimited", there is a 750MB per month limit.

Yes. But you need to pay extra to use it as a modem.

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It's as unlimited as I need it to be. It's perhaps the best thing about the iphone as it has assisted in introducing internet as an unlimited service on contracts. I used to make sure any internet access was very limited but now I use it carefree and very intensivly. Worth noting though that at home and work I'm on wifi.

Right where I park someone has a BT open zone so I can blast into my work emails as I park then have them all checked by the time I walk into work leaving me stress free to grab coffee and cereal :-)

Love this phone and onto my 3rd one on the 18th Dec (3gs whoop).
As sad as I am I'll have owned all 3 generations then (queued up for the 2g at launch)..

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you'd be better off connecting the iphone to a wireless network and streaming through that.

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Best app for me is logmein ignition. Costs 17.99 saved hours sitting in front of pc

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Both me and the wife have an Iphone now is there an app that we can both use where I can call her or text her for free?

TIA

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Well you could both use skype, and (only 59p) ping! For messeging each other.

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There is Ping and Whats App, which let you message for free. Think the apps are only 59p each. Sometimes they show as free in the app store.

I prefer Ping of the two though.

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I will give that ping a go thanks! :tu:

Also.

I gave the Mrs the few apps I downloaded though Itunes, I now have all her contacts and lost her brought tunes! Is there an easier way to ‘share’ apps?

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Nope.

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Anoying! :td:

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Itunes
Wifitrak
Redlaser
soundhound
vnc
aroundme
atmhunter
paypal
ebay
tvguide
skynews
itnnews
rogdollblast

cydia
cydia
winterboard
SBsettings
pkgbackup (backup all JB apps/settings/repo's and stores the info through itunes, simply resync after update to restore everything)
iblacklist ((must have program) creates black lists for calls/msgs, sends auto reply an so on)
bosspaper ((allow multi wallpapers and rotates them) very nice app)
mxtube (youtube only better)

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...s-an-asbo.html

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