“As a mostly ecstatic new iPhone owner, I’ve spent considerable time checking out–you guessed it–the hundreds of freebie apps available from iTunes. Here’s a list of seven I’m loving right now,” Rick Broida writes in, appropriately enough, “The Cheapskate” column for CNET.
Broida’s Seven Favs:
• AroundMe
• Dashbuster
• Movies
• Google Earth
• Joost
• Melodis Voice Dialer
• TapDefense
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Man, if I were really freaking cheap, I’d care about that. What a lame topic for an article.
Almost all of the apps are essentially free. Even the best one in the store, Air Sharing, is only $6.99.
Don’t you think most people who throw down a thousand bucks a year for their iPhone can afford a few seven-dollar apps?
I wish Joost would become family friendly.
I can’t see getting that content piped into my living room on an AppleTV.
I’ve written them recently to offer lock out options for non family friendly content.
Here’s another list you all might find interesting:
The Ten Best Free iPhone 3G Apps of 2008
http://iphonesoftwarereviewsblog.com/index.php/2008/11/30/the-ten-best-free-iphone-3g-holiday-apps-2008-page-1/
I want a JackBot to save my wrists and elbows!
@Dergen Bailey
You need to up your medication a little bit and chill out. Your opinion is worth exactly what we all paid for it: nada.
FRING FRING FRING
@Dergen Bailey
Don’t you think most people who throw down a thousand bucks a year for their iPhone can afford a few seven-dollar apps?
Amen brother!
You keep right on ranting. Too many people in this world have the “give it to me free” attitude.
Guys,
Free apps don’t require any forethought. You don’t have to read up on it, you don’t have to first figure out what it does and whether you think it’ll be worth it for you; you just download. If you don’t like it, dump it.
And let’s not forget, these free apps are one of the most compelling elements that initially attract people over. Once there, they discover much more value in those cheap but extremely usefull other apps (like that flight simulator X-Plane…).
I just brought the “Ocarina” app yesterday, is absolutely awesome!!!
If you think abut it, many applications were possible under other platforms, even if they don’t have multitouch screens, you could use keyboards. But I believe apple is the only company that inspires such a great genius applications.
Shazam is the one app that still blows my mind. And, it’s free!!!
Dashbuster is crap…you access your Netflix queue, and you can move items around, but you can’t add anything! You can search for a film, but what’s the point if you can’t add it to your queue? Make that option available and it’s my favorite app. How great would it be to be talking to someone at the pub, they bring up a film you’ve been meaning to see, you take out your phone, add it to your queue, and voila, film arrives next day!
@Predrag
I agree with you also, but it’s the whiners that get on to the App Store and cry about an app being too expensive (at $5). Your view is probably right on. Free apps are the “loss leaders” of the App Store. Get people in, and once they find some stuff they like, they’ll be back for more (and probably pay).
there are certainly some terrific free apps, indeed, several that I would pay for. But some of the paid apps are great too and it is hard to beat the $0.99 price for many of them. I for one don’t mind paying 99 cents to try an app. Heck even the more expensive apps are only a few dollars more. Really not that big a deal.
What I would really like are: 1) the ability to demo the app, and in this regard I applaud developers who release “light” version for free so you can try them out; and 2) the ability through iTunes to order and arrange/manage your various iPhone screens.
Maczac
I’d love to get a refund on crappy apps – like Super Monkey Ball. Some apps are gems, some are crap. Having to pay to try so many of them for a fee makes app consumers wary of trying any, unless you’re just as apt to throwing money out the window.
The app store should gravitate towards short trial periods. Otherwise, those crappy “just wanted to try it” apps add up enough to ruin the app store experience.
Caring about getting a good deal for your money isn’t whining. There are some who’ll whine about anything, and then there are some who are just unwilling to cave in to whatever Apple dictates.
Those who whine about whiners are probably, albeit unknowingly, the worst kind.
Here’s a few more app roundups you might find interesting:
The 10 Best Free iPhone 3G Travel Apps
http://iphonesoftwarereviewsblog.com/index.php/2008/11/05/the-10-best-free-iphone-3g-travel-apps-page-1/
The 15 Best iPhone 3G Games That Aren’t Free
http://iphonesoftwarereviewsblog.com/index.php/2008/10/06/the-15-best-iphone-3g-games-that-arent-free/
The 20 Best Free iPhone 3G Games
http://iphonesoftwarereviewsblog.com/index.php/2008/10/01/the-20-best-free-iphone-3g-games-page-1/
Super Monkey Ball rules!
Really, I dig that game. Works perfectly with the accelerometer. Takes seconds to learn. Gets more and more difficult at just the right pace. What’s not to love?