Best iPhone Apps for 2009 – Results from Twitter
This afternoon, I asked iPhone users on Twitter (who follow me) what were their favorite apps for 2009. There are several here that I had never heard of that I will need to check out. The ones with parenthesis received multiple responses. Here they are, organized according to functionality:
Pandora (4)
Twitterific (2)
Tweetie (2)
Tweetdeck
TwitterFon
Echofon
Logos (2)
Grace to You (2)
Bible
ESV Study Bible
Reformation Study Bible
Pocketbible
Olive Tree NKJV
Olive Bible Reader
Red Laser (2)
Things (2)
Dropbox (2)
Remember the Milk
Evernote
Instapaper
ToDo
ActionMethod
iDisk
BestCam (2)
PhotoShop Mobile
UrbanSpoon
AroundMe
MapQuest
Facebook (3)
Google Reader
Navigation GPS
Perfectlyclr
Fex
Flixster
Sportacular
Birdhouse
Tilt Shift Gen
GeoDefense Swarm
Robocalypse
Tetris
Scrabble 2
Rimshot!
Ecophone
Google Voice Search
Touchpad
MapMyRun
PDFReader
Craigsphone
Pidposterous
Bamcuser
Cycorder
SBsettings
Intelliscreen
ESPN Scorecenter
USA Today
Amazon
Jott
Satchel
Weatherbog
LuxDLX
I know that I asked folks for their top three, but I am going to take some liberty to give an extended list of my favorites accordingly:
Favorite Twitter apps:
1. Tweetdeck (still crashes often & has short timeline)
2. Tweetie 2 (buggy, has best overall features, long load time)
3. Twitterific (haven’t used it in a long time)
Favorite Photo apps:
1. Camera Bag (love the presets, esp. Lomo and Holga)
2. Best Camera (very easy to use editing)
3. Photogene (if you have the time, best iPhone photo app, lots of tweekage)
4. NoiseBlaster (necessary for poor iPhone camera performance)
5. Polarize (simple, fun app, add subtitles)
6. QuadCamera (take multiple shots & formats them for you – fun)
7. ColorSplash (select desaturation tool, unique app)
8. Genius (zoom, camera shake, timer tools makes this a nice app)
9. Pano (photostiching multiple photos for panoramic images)
10. PS Mobile (honestly haven’t played with this one much)
Favorite Bible/Theology apps:
1. Olive Tree ESV Bible
2. Logos
3. Greek Flash & Greek Grams (2 apps for reviewing koine Greek)
4. Reformation Study Bible
5. Mars Hill
Favorite General apps:
1. Pandora (internet radio at its best)
2. Facebook (getting better by the day)
3. MapMyRun (GPS+exercise metrics+online syncing = sweetness)
4. Dropbox
5. Amazon
6. Measures (conversion of just about anything you could imagine)
7. Dragon Dictation
8. Red Laser
9. Shazam
10. EverNote
Favorite Travel apps:
1. Where to? (amazing app IMO, really helpful, use often)
2. UrbanSpoon (the best restaurant/food finder app around)
3. Maps (where would I be without this app no one knows!)
4. HotelsByMe (self-explanatory)
5. Weather Channel (love the map and multiple locations)
There you go. Obviously, there are a ton of apps I do not have or am not familiar with, so what am I missing? What apps have been most beneficial to you (and why)?
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December 22, 2009 at 11:50 pm
Does it have to be ‘useful’? What if it only keeps you from being bored to death on an airplane full of people who only speak french?
December 22, 2009 at 11:54 pm
LOL. No it doesn’t, but I’m hard-wired that way, so my proclivities are coming out in my subjectivity. I *do* have some useless apps, but I suppose I’m too embarrassed to share them. 🙂
December 23, 2009 at 11:19 am
Hey Frank, How about an App to help you learn French?
December 23, 2009 at 12:59 am
IExpenseit. If you’re keeping track of a ministry budget and a household budget, you’ll love this thing. You can even take pictures of receipts. And it generates several charts and graphs ad well.
It’s a snap to send a full report to yourself, your CFO or accounting dept, etc. In fact, it’s a snap to do everything. It really does take the hassle out of running a budget.
December 23, 2009 at 9:02 am
Very cool. Thanks Bobby! I will check it out. Have you tried the Mint app? If so, how does it compare?
December 23, 2009 at 11:26 am
Did you mean iXpenselt? http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ixpenseit-lite/id296426075?mt=8 I want to make sure to get the right one.
December 23, 2009 at 1:24 am
Twittelator
Evernote
Olive Tree ESV Study Bible/GNT/BHS
Dragon Dictation
Pandora
wikipanion
Kindle
Shazam
NYTimes
Sportacular
Knot Guide
Skype
Paper Toss
iSniper3D
December 23, 2009 at 9:03 am
Thanks Ben! I’ve been wanting to get the Olive Tree GNT/BHS but haven’t got the gumption to spend that much money (yet).
December 23, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I’m late to the party, but here’s my list of best iphone apps:
YouVersion
ESPN ScoreCenter
Slacker Radio
ooTunes
Kindle
iHeart Radio (to listen to the Cats)
Guardian
ESV Study Bible
Public Radio
ORBITAL
Fandango
Light
Classic FM
Fuzzle
Peggle
Madden 10
FIFA 10
December 23, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Hey Timmy,
I love this list! My top Bible/Theology Apps match yours almost exactly. I have not bought the Reformation Study Bible though. The Live.tv Bible app would be in there for me. Olive Tree ESV Study Bible is the best and only gets better with each update. I love the Greek Grams & Greek Flash- they really did help with Greek I and Mounce’s text. That was a tough class. I need to really study before Greek II in mid-January.
As for a time killer: Madden 2010 and TweetDeck and IM+. Also, I keep up with your blog with GReaderApp (Google Reader). I use Google’s search app with voice search- I have found it to be much more accurate than Bing. (Did they name Bing after Bing Crosby?)
Okay, since my ADD is kicking in I will list my favorite included apps: Maps, YouTube and Voice Memos (though it seems to cut off about 32 minutes into my messages).
Have a wonderful Christmas everyone.
December 24, 2009 at 12:04 am
Oops – yeah, I meant iXpenseIt. Haven’t tried Mint myself, but I wasn’t that impressed based on what I heard and read about it.
December 25, 2009 at 10:17 am
Tim, I have ditched Tweetdeck for Hootsuite. Much better.
December 31, 2009 at 11:15 am
1) Smart Card plus (oobgolf) – Amazing. I no longer keep a paper card when I play.
2) Twittelator
3) AP Mobile (nreaking news updates)
4) Dictionary.com app
5) RedLaser (saved 5 times the cost of the app on my first purchase)
6) Consumer Reports
7) NY Times
8)ToDo
9)Flashlight (amazing how many times I have used this one)