My Top 5 iPhone Apps
// October 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // iPhone
I’ve had an Apple iPhone 3G for a while now and have installed, tried and removed a fair few apps on it. There have been a few though that will be staying put. So here are my favourite 5 apps, in reverse order, that I have on my iPhone.
Number 5: Mobile Fotos
This is a great app if you have a Flickr account. I’ve been using Flickr for a while now and wanted to be able to add pictures I take with the iPhone camera to my Flickr account easily. I found Mobile Fotos to be really easy to use and it gave me all the functionality I needed. Flickr have since brought their own app out, but by all accounts it’s not as good as Mobile Fotos so I’m sticking with it.
Number 4: Labyrinth
This is an addictive game that makes use of the iPhone’s tilt sensor. You have to tilt the iPhone in order to get a ball through a maze to the finishing point. There are various holes to negotiate and the mazes are of varying difficulty. The best part is that you can create your own mazes through an app on your computer and submit them for anyone to download. If you have the odd 5 minutes to spare from time to time, Labyrinth is a great way to spend them.
Number 3: Weather Pro
The iPhone has it’s own weather app, but I wanted something a little better. Planning photography trips means I need to know what the weather will be doing. The satellite and radar views give me a good idea what weather might be in store and the search facility allows me to save my favourite locations for future reference.
Number 2: Lightsaber
OK, this app is not really useful, but it’s a lot of fun especially if you are a bit of Star Wars geek like me. This app gives you your own Lightsaber to wield and as you move the iPhone around the sound effects make it even more real. A bit sad and geeky I know, but hours… well minutes… of fun. Originally this was a basic lightsaber app but when the official Star Wars chaps got wind of it it was pulled from the App Store, but fortunately it was remade and became an official Star Wars App.
Number 1: Tweetie 2
I’ve been using twitter for ages and I wanted a decent twitter app for my iPhone. There were a few available at the time, but Tweetie was getting good reviews so I went for that one. Since then, Tweetie 2 has come out which is much better and allows me to get my twitter fix as and when I need to. The nearby search is excellent if a bit scary. You get a map of your location and anyone tweeting nearby will show up on the map. Very clever.
So there you go, my top 5 apps that I have installed on my iPhone 3G. Do you have a favourite app that you want to give a mention to? Are there any that I should be trying out? Just let me know.
