My top 10 Apps for the iPhone

Submitted by Matthew Needham on Wednesday, 20 January 20107 Comments

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Right so we all love the iPhone and we love getting things done. The trouble with all the available apps in the App Store is that you download them and before you know where you are you spend so long playing about with them that you never get anything done.

I spend a lot of time travelling to clients and out of preference I prefer to travel by train when I can as it gives me the opportunity to read or tweak my site etc . My current journey is on a small cross country train which has little space to use my laptop so my iPhone is very much my office, having replaced my beloved Blackberry for one 6 months ago! – (see my post on 24 hours with the iPhone)

So, for this post, I’d thought I’d put together a top 10 list of the iPhone Apps I find the most useful.

Here’s the list. They are all available to download from either the App Store or the site itself.

IXpensIt - App for tracking where your money goes and keeps control of your expenses
Evernote – brilliant, fully search able note taking software – read a review here
Tweetdeck – great for keeping track on Twitter
Free RSS – keeping track of the blogs I’m interested in whilst on the move.
Things – Task management software (although it’s not free)
RTM – Remember the Milk – another task management software (free)
Flickr – Ideal for posting the photos I take directly to my flickr account (and onto this site)
Huff Post – What’s going on in the world – News site
PayPal – Sending money quickly anywhere or simply checking the balance.
thetrainline – UK application this one, I couldn’t be without it – keeps track of train times and routings (also great next train facility – very handy sometimes!)Since writing this post I’ve discovered a new one. So here’s your bonus
Wordpress – excellent for updating the site on the move, moderating and approving comments etc.

What applications make your day go easier?

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Ben Lumley said:

Great list Matthew

Another alternative to Free RSS is NetNewsWire which pulls your RSS feeds from an account like Google. It allows you to send it to Instapaper to read later and even to tweet it out all from within the app itself.

And it’s free
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Matthew Needham Reply:
January 20th, 2010 at 3:48 pm

Ben, thanks for adding this I’ll download it later. As always lots of added value!

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Matthew Needham Reply:
January 21st, 2010 at 4:25 pm

Ben, thanks for sharing this app. I downloaded it last night and for my purposes, it’s actually suits me better because of the Re-Tweet facility. (How else can I share your awesome posts?!)

A very worthy addition to the list.

Thank you.

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Ben Lumley Reply:
January 21st, 2010 at 4:28 pm

Nice one. Glad you like it

That’s got to make me 1st surely????
Ben Lumley´s last blog ..The Keys to Unlocking Success: Part 4 Being Positive

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- 20 January 2010 at 10:18 am

Karen
Twitter: kruby
said:

No games? All work and no play, makes Matthew you-know-what

I have Tetris, Suduko, and Scrabble installed

Google Earth is pretty cool on the iPhone, as are Google Reader (for RSS feeds), AppsBox Pro, the Dictionary app, and WikiTap. I use the Facebook app almost daily, too.

Love, love, love the iPhone

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- 21 January 2010 at 5:03 am

Jason @ fort2fifty.com said:

hey Matthew,

Thanks for the leads on these apps. I love my iPhone and haven’t heard of some of these and really don’t take the time to research it. Guess I don’t have to now.

Thanks again

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- 27 January 2010 at 4:47 pm

Moon Hussain
Twitter: moon_hussain
said:

Matthew,

I like your list. It makes me think about the potential in the realm of iPhone apps. I’m really curious to check one out, but changing phones/services/plans is such a pain (well, in my eyes).

I have heard of that farting applications. I think it’s absolutely genius (yes I do, haha) and I can see getting people with it. Whew.

Being a programmer, this kind of stuff is always interesting
Moon Hussain´s last blog ..Why Automating Your Proccess Is The Only Way To Stay Sane

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- 20 February 2010 at 4:13 pm