Terry’s Must Have Apps
With over 100 Apps on my iPhone, the question I usually get from friends is "do you use them all?" I can easily say YES! However, as you might imagine I use some way more than others. Some of the apps I have get used every day and others get use every blue moon, but I do use them. So I decided to put together this list of My Must Have Apps. These are the Apps that I use all the time and more importantly the ones that I would recommend to a friend who just got their iPhone or was looking for some recommendations. So here goes in no particular order…
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Lose It! I've been officially on a diet since the end of June. With Lose It! I'm able to keep track of it all. This app is amazing and it's Free Original review here. You can download Lose It! here from the App Store:
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Remote Apple's Remote App is one of my favorite apps and they just keep making it better. I use it to control iTunes running on my iMac as well as my Apple TVs. Since it works over Wi-Fi, I can easily control the music that's playing in the house no matter which room I happen to be in. Also it's much easier and faster to use when you have to key in a search on your Apple TV than using the onscreen keyboard. Yep, it's FREE! See my original review here. The Remote app is a FREE download from the App Store:
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Tweetie 2 Yep! I'm into social networking and I just haven't seen a better, more full featured Twitter client than Tweetie 2. This App takes full advantage of Twitter including the new Lists and Geotagging features. If you do Twitter, this is the app you want. BTW: Follow me on Twitter
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Speaking of Social Networking, I'm a fan of Facebook also. This is an easy one as this is the official Facebook App. While I wish it had more features to match what you get on the website, it is quite useful for networking on the go and of course those important status updates that can't wait til you get home
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OneTap Movies Although I don't get out to the movies every week, when I do go. I simply want to know one thing: "what time does the movie start?" Although OneTap Movies provides much more than that, they let me get to the movie times in "one tap". See my original review here. OneTap Movies is a FREE download here from the App Store:
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ToDo I need my To Do list to stay on top of things. I'm stunned that the iPhone doesn't offer a native To Do function that syncs with iCal/Outlook. However, until they do I'm very happy with ToDo. Appigo not only offers the iPhone App, but you also get with it (via download from their site) a desktop client to keep your iPhone To Dos in sync with the ones in iCal or Outlook. They also added Push Notifications so that you are reminded of To Dos that are due. You can get ToDo here from the App Store:
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Photoshop.com Mobile I take pictures with my iPhone and therefore I need to touch them up a bit before emailing or posting them. My app of choice for this is Photoshop.com Mobile. Great cropping, adjustments and effects. Not to mention that it's super easy to use. See my tutorial video here on how to use this app. Photoshop.com Mobile is a Free download from the App Store here:
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Best Camera Although Photoshop.com Mobile handles my cropping and adjustment needs, it doesn't upload to Facebook or share images on Twitter. So for easy uploading to either or both services simultaneously and/or email I open my finished image in Best Camera and off it goes! Best Camera also does effects, but doesn't offer free form cropping yet. So for now I'm using both of these apps. You can download Best Camera here from the App Store:
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FlightTrack Pro Being a frequent flier you get used to delays and canceled flights. However, I don't want to have to constantly check the status of my flights. So this is where FlightTrack Pro comes in. First off it integrates directly with TripIt (a free travel itinerary tracking service) so that any intineraries that I send over to TripIt.com that contain flights automatically show up in FlightTrack Pro. The latest version has Push Notifications to let you know immediately if there are any changes, delays or cancelations with your flights. You can see my original review here. I also use this to track the flights of relatives and friends coming to visit me so that I know exactly when to be at the airport to pick them up. You can download FlightTrack Pro here from the App Store.
Also check out the FREE TripIt App which gives you the rest of your travel plans in one easy to read view.
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Dragon Dictation Although I've gotten pretty good at typing on the virtual iPhone keyboard, there are times that it's just easier to dictate or speak what I want to say. Dragon Dictation does an amazing job at recognizing my voice and converting what I say to text. That text can then be either copied to the clipboard and pasted into any app I choose or copied and sent over to the Text Messaging or Mail apps. You can download it here from the App Store (free for a limited time!):
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Navigon If you have an iPhone 3G or 3GS, then you have a built-in GPS chip. So why not have the comfort of turn-by-turn voice navigation as you drive or walk through unfamiliar territories. My favorite GPS navigation app to date is the Navigon app. They seem to be very responsive to the market with regular feature updates. So far they are ahead of the pack in many ways. You can get the Navigon App here from the App Store:
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You can get Tweetie 2 here from the App Store:
Also check out…
The People's Choice Awards: The Top 50 Apps Chose by You – here.
10 Travel Apps That Made A Difference - here.
