[Closed] good Apps for the i Phone

all of them will eventually lead you into feeling of futility when trapped inside a fridge and you know its sat just outside the door, on the floor. All except the bargainilicous App for[url= http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/charles-manson-quotes/id312029125?mt=8 ] [u][b]"a new Charles Manson Quote a day"[/b][/u][/url] that is. 😀

Don't get Orbital or Drop7 unless you want hours of your day to just disappear!!!

Doodle Jump.

You want us to go through them all? 😉

The one I wrote is, naturally, ace.

If you like that sort of thing.

My son is addicted to doodlejump, I can't be bothered. I like moodagent, which chooses music semi-randomly according to various settings for things like tempo, 'joy', 'aggressive', 'tender' etc. Sounds a but rubbish but actually works quite well - adjust a couple of the setting then if the first track suits your mood you'll have a whole playlist full of songs that match. Ideal for the car.

Some games:
Doodle Jump - good "sat on the bog" game
Flight Control - stop planes hitting each other.
Bejewelled 2 - the gem matching classic with new Facebook-linked Blitz mode.
Wild West Pinball
iBomber - man the bomb sight of a plane and blow stuff up
Word Ace - Boggle meets Poker
Broken Sword - remastered version of classic graphical adventure
PicGrid - picross style puzzles
Jet Car Stunts - remember "Stunt Car Racer" on Atari/Amiga, well it's like that.
Dr Awesome

Other Stuff
Now Playing - local cinema listings, film reviews, etc
TVGuide - TV listing that is probably faster and better than the one built into your TV
Stanza - electronic library
iOSMaps - os mapping (currently broken)
MotionX GPS Lite - more mapping, plus tracks, offline maps etc (free)
Photo Buddy - lots of handy calculators for photography (e.g. DoF, exposure etc)
NatWest - banking
Gorillacam - adds self-timer, digital zoom, spirit level etc to camera
Camera Genius - similar to Gorillacam but also adds burst mode and voice activated shutter
Photoshop Mobile - for tweaking pics once you take them
PixUp - for uploading pics to various websites (Facebook, Picasa, Flickr etc)
facebook - becasue you can't live without status updates
MPORA - for a YouTube like thing full of biking/snowboarding videos.

Oh and most of those are free or dirt cheap (i.e. 59p)

cheers all that will give me something to play with.

ECG Guide
AF Guide

Are very useful for teaching and refreshing.

Pandorabox for checking to see which apps are now free.
IMDB for movie geekness
MX Mayhem
Angry Birds

viz profanisaurus

Not so much an app, but one i'm loving at the moment is [url= http://www.tvcatchup.com/ ]TVCatchup.com[/url] bookmark the page on your home screen and you can watch all the free to air channels for free with only about a 30s delay from the live.
Works peachy over 3G so no need to be hooked up to wireless.

Other than that i use runkeeper to log my rides and view/share the map afterwards

WD13

Likewise a home screen bookmark to [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/ ]Mobile version of the iplayer site[/url] gets used pretty frequently on mine.

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Mpora - excellent mtb vids
acrossair - augmented reality
bloomberg - if you have shares
Photoshop
facebook

all free

Forget iOSMaps, it's utterly useless. If you want OS maps with route tracking, then get Memory Map Free. You get 400sq km free maps in either1:50k or 1:25k, with 1:1000000 and 1:250k free. You set up an account, then you can buy 700sq km chunks of map OTA (Over The Air), for £12 a time. It works very well, and is the only option if you want to record and save and export tracks, until Viewranger is released. They're demoing iPhones and Android phones at the Outdoor Show this weekend. Flixster for cinema listings, Shazam for getting song info from radio, TV, or even gigs. Stanza, eReader and Kindle for ebooks.

dave_aber...

That's brilliant that is...where [i]do[/i] you get them?

Dd, if you zoom into the bottom r/hand corner of the pic you'll see the URL of the 'site.
demotivationalpics.com

Sky Sports Football
ECB cricket scores
amazon (great for the image scanner/price comparison)
facebook

Highways Agency traffic updates

Call of Duty Zombies

Cheers CZ...added to the home screen 😕

It works very well, and is the only option if you want to record and save and export tracks, until Viewranger is released.

I think the MotionX app also lets you record and share tracks.

Doesn't have true OS maps, but does have downloadable [URL= http://www.opencyclemap.org/ ]OpenCycleMap[/URL] terrain maps which have contours etc.

And it's all free, including maps.

deadlydarcy:
dave_aber...

That's brilliant that is...where do you get them?

[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/i-may-ditch-my-iphone/page/2 ]STW apparently.[/url]

Yes, I knew I'd seen it only hours earlier but to be fair Jamie,

go crazy on your diamond

imobsters
flight control
angry birds
suduko

Are my most used apps (well games really)

The two I use most are Byline for RSS feeds and the NY Times, the best newspaper app.

One I used earlier that you ought to have is Orange Wednesday. And yes, it does work on other networks.
All you do is get a cheap PAYG SIM, and put that number into the registration, or if you have access to an Orange email addy then put that in. Works just fine. The various spirit level apps are handy, too.

Oooh nice tip CZ. So tell me again, I just get my ass into an orange shop, pick up a PAYG sim and I'm there with Orange Wednesdays? Been trying to figure that one out for ages. Nice one 🙂

I have the Orange Wednesdays app on my phone (O2) and didn't need to do anything - it seems to work fine. ?

But do you actually get the "Orange Wednesdays" offer mf? (i.e. two-for-one at the cinema)

I haven't tried to do it but the function to get the ticket is on the app - just read the terms though so perhaps not...

I think that what the count says is correct... Just need a cheap PAYG sim...that should sort it.

So if you get a[url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Orange-Pre-Pay-SIM-Card-Airtime/dp/B001FSK09C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1269512665&sr=8-1 ] cheap sim[/url] from Amazon for £3 then it will pay for itself in 0.3 trips to to the cinema..nice!

More info on Martin's Money Saving website.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/shopping/orange-wednesday

I have purchased an iPhone this morning and doodlejump will be the first app I add.

I thought they were giving them away these days...£3.02 you say? Still good value though.

Oh, as for apps. [url= http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plants-vs-zombies/id350642635?mt=8 ]Plants vs Zombies[/url] is wikid.

I thought they were giving them away these days...tenner you say? Still good value though.

See ninja edited post 😉

Never seen faster...

You can get free Orange (and O2) payg sims posted to you. Just order them off their websites.

Is there an equivalent of Nokia sportstracker for the iPhone?

My wife's doign the Brighton marathon next month and it would be useful to be able to track her progress so we can get to various points at the right time to cheer her on.

Another good app is Sky Remote Record (if you have Sky obviously).

Autodesk Sketchbook looks awesome for a drawing package

Another good app is Sky Remote Record (if you have Sky obviously).

I thought you were struggling to get this to work?

[i]You can get free Orange (and O2) payg sims posted to you. Just order them off their websites. [/i]

And then sell them on Ebay for £3

I thought you were struggling to get this to work?

It WAS a sack of shit before that though 🙂

It WAS a sack of shit before that though

Yay! My memory wasn't failing me then...I thought I remembered it from a previous thread.

Yeah I tried and tried and tried then gave up. Then the new one updated, I clicked on it and 'hey presto' - it worked. Every time I open it I think it will just decide to stop again.