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What’s Your Must-have iPhone or iPad App?
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The number of iPhone, iPad and iPod touch apps is growing daily, and some of those are must-have gems. Which apps are on your can’t-live-without list?
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I couldn’t narrow my choice down to one, so here are a few I can’t live without:
- 1Password
- TextExpander Touch
-OmniFocus
- Tweetbot
- Fantastical
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Apple Apps
Mail
Calendar
MessagesOther Apps
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Must have a to-do list. I bought an iPhone 3G to reduce my paper planner + cellphone into a single high-tech device. I’ve been using Appigo ToDo for this, though I have many ideas for making a much better ToDo list if I ever get around to it. I use ToDo with Apple’s Calendar (since it doesn’t have it’s own calendaring component).
Replacing the 3x5 cards I used to carry in my planner is Apple’s built-in Notes app. Works fine for me. I haven’t liked a few alternative note apps that I’ve played with. On the iPad it’s a different story, because I like to use a stylus for hand-written and drawn notes. I’m currently using Notes+ there.
Beyond those I would add 1Password, Dropbox, and the apps for my bank and credit card companies. On the iPad iBooks and Kindle are also very important.
Oh, forgot to mention Mail, Phone and Camera which are also critical features of the device. (Camera because this replaces my point-and-shoot for all practical purposes.)
Recap:
iPhone
- Appigo ToDo
- Apple Calendar
- Apple Notes
- Apple Mail
- Apple Camera
- Apple Phone
- 1Password
- Dropbox
- bank and credit card appsiPad
- Notes+
- iBook
- Kindle
- 1Password
- DropboxHonorable mention for iPhone is GuitarToolkit, which is very handy and replaces a $20 digital tuner, but non-critical like the above-mentioned apps.
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PlainText (for grocery shopping) I have PlainText on 6 devices in our house.
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Apple apps
Clock (alarms and timer)
Mail
Messages
Notes
Contacts
Maps
Calendar
iBooks (iPad)
iPhoto/Photos
iMovie
Safari
Find Friends
Find iPhone3rd Party apps
SoundHound
The Weather Channel
What’s On?
Yelp
Urban Spoon
WordBook
Rhyme (iPad only)
San Diego 311
my AT&T
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In addition many of the aforementioned apps I want to add
Torch
This is a flashlight app that uses the camera flash on an iPhone. Real handy, but may be a battery drain. I rarely use it for more than a few seconds.
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In addition many of the aforementioned apps I want to add
Torch
This is a flashlight app that uses the camera flash on an iPhone. Real handy, but may be a battery drain. I rarely use it for more than a few seconds.
There are a bunch of flashlight apps. Handy since then I don’t have to hunt for a flashlight but I still have to unlock the screen and hunt for the icon.
The flashlight app I was using (a free one) decided to add advertisements in addition to the excessive strobe and color cycling options it already had. That was too much overhead when I just want to quickly get into a flashlight. So I wrote my own. It’s not on the app store though so I can’t share.
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In addition many of the aforementioned apps I want to add
Torch
This is a flashlight app that uses the camera flash on an iPhone. Real handy, but may be a battery drain. I rarely use it for more than a few seconds.
There are a bunch of flashlight apps. Handy since then I don’t have to hunt for a flashlight but I still have to unlock the screen and hunt for the icon.
The flashlight app I was using (a free one) decided to add advertisements in addition to the excessive strobe and color cycling options it already had. That was too much overhead when I just want to quickly get into a flashlight. So I wrote my own. It’s not on the app store though so I can’t share.
That would be very handy, not having to unlock the screen. I have the Torch icon in the lower right corner of the home screen so it is relatively easy to find, but it is still a few steps away.
I have never had to use the strobe feature, but it is probably a good idea to have it available.
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In no particular order (iPhone 4S):
Apple apps:
Phone (yes, I actually use it as a phone!)
Mail
Music
Messages
Clock
Camera
Photos
Calculator
Contacts
CalendarThird-Party apps:
Facebook and Messenger
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My most-used third-party apps are 1Password, Tweetbot, Netbot, Fantastical, and Reeder.
The built-in apps I use most are Mail, Messages, and Safari.
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Apple Applications that i use the most are :
Mail
Alarm
Phone
The third party applications are :Facebook
Viber
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My must-have iPhone apps:
1. ReMINEd - a visual wishlist reminder app
2. Facebook - social networking app
3. Instagram - photo sharing app
4. IDBuddy - an ID manager app
5. Viber - messaging app
6. Temple Run - game app
