Favorite iPhone apps?

[ipanema]

RunKeeper..... also exercise options for tracking cycling, walking etc.

It automatically downloads your stats & route to a RunKeeper web page as well.

Something freshly and similar to this is Sportypal

[PscyclePath]

I caved in and bought one of the new 3GS phones the middle of last month... and have been really surprised at how much I use it. Right out of the box, the Maps function has helped me out when I wandered out of my usual territory in search on New Roads to Ride, and brought me safely back to some semblance of civilization... The Camera function has been useful, and I finally figured out how to download the pictures to my computer ;-)

As for apps:

• Facebook
• Files (text and Word file reader)
• GoodReader (handles large PDFs
• Google Earth
• iMapMyRide
• Kindle
• Weather Channel
• UrbanSpoon
• WebMD
• White Pages
• VerseWise (Bible (KJV, and quite good, there's now dust on my leather-covered edition)
• MotionX GPS
• Graphing Calculator
• Mathematics (I'm a cookbook mathematician, and this is a collection of cheatsheets for various formulae)
• Pandora Radio
• Traffic!
• Oklahoma/Arkansas Weather Radar
• Arkansas Atlas

No games, though...

With the GoodReader, Files, and YouTube apps, I've got my League Smart Cycling material loaded on the iPhone, and can hold class in the coffee shop, in the parking lot, or along the side of the road as needed. It's a neat little tool.

Tom

[KnottedYet]

Whooo-hoooo!

I just bought an iPod Touch! (iPhone without the phone)

This is to be my personal organizer and my bus-commute entertainment device. At the moment I'm only downloading free apps. I'm quite interested in free books, too.

Right now I've only got 2 apps (both free)
New York Times (search: nytimes in the app store)
Complete works of Shakespeare (search: shakespeare in the app store)

Anyone who has a few good free apps to recommend, please do! Make it easy on me and tell me what words to use to search... I need all the help I can get!

(kinda got a yearning for the Netter anatomy app, but that sucker is EXPENSIVE)

[KnottedYet]

Hah! Answered my own question!

Bought the FreeBooks app ($2) and have access to 24,000 out-of-copyright books - exactly the books I want to be able to read. Classics! The Gettysburg Address! Pulp sci-fi! Aristotle! Plato! Mark Twain!

The eReader format is very nice, makes reading on the ipod screen gentle on the eyes. Page turns are intuitive and very very fast.

I'm happy!

[bluebug32]

the NPR app. is pretty sweet. All of their programs are at your fingertips.

[SadieKate]

I've been playing with the NikePlus app that's native to iTunes and will let you run to a workout and play music with only one device. I'm going to be spending some significant time on a treadmill this winter and didn't want to be wearing a Garmin AND an iPod. The accelerometer sensor for your shoe is only $19.

Plus buckeyeoutdoors takes sync'd files from both Nike and SportTracks so my trainer can work with me.

[Maxxxie]

I downloaded CyleMeter the other day for around $6. It records my ride on the fly, and lets me export the data to .GPX or .KML format. I can then import this into bikely or other ride mapping web sites. Very cool!

Max

[SadieKate]

I've been playing with the NikePlus app that's native to iTunes and will let you run to a workout and play music with only one device. I'm going to be spending some significant time on a treadmill this winter and didn't want to be wearing a Garmin AND an iPod. The accelerometer sensor for your shoe is only $19.

I take it all back.

I used it a couple days ago and at the end I heard "This is Lance Armstrong. Congratulations for setting a personal best in the mile." I just found it kind of annoying. It may be inspirational for some but not for me. And the program should be set to keep him mute until you've used the program more than once.

I know. Lance and "mute" do not go in the same sentence.

[divingbiker]

Anyone who has a few good free apps to recommend, please do! Make it easy on me and tell me what words to use to search... I need all the help I can get!

I just got my iTouch right before New Year's, and I love it.

I have two favorite apps; I don't remember if they were free, but if not they were very cheap.

They are Lose It, to track food and exercise, and Spend, to track expenses. Can you tell what my New Year's resolutions were?

And I just got wifi at home (free from Comcast), so it's lots of fun to cruise the web while I'm watching tv (don't have a laptop).

[Catrin]

Lose It rocks - it has really helped me in my quest to change my body - it provides an easy way to track food and exercise. I also like Pandora Radio - other than that (and Bejeweled 2) I don't use too many apps as of yet.

[divingbiker]

Lose It rocks - it has really helped me in my quest to change my body - it provides an easy way to track food and exercise.

Catrin, I've got a "friend" on Lose It whom I share info with via the web site, and I swear the only reason I exercised today was so she wouldn't see that I was in the red zone. I love how it keeps me accountable, and the food and exercise lists are so thorough and seem to be pretty accurate. I was right on track with my weight loss last week. Glad to know it's working for you, too.

[AnnieBikes]

I love my iTouch which I got for Christmas! My favorites are Pandora Radio, Lose It, (as others have said, it is really great for putting in what you ate and did, exercise-wise). I have one other I like and it is Frugal. It allows you to compare package sizes, etc, at the store to find the best price for an item. Sometimes the biggest is not the best buy. Some stores have this information on the shelf, but more often than not, it is missing or incomplete, or compares two different things on two sizes. I had to play with it a bit before I went to the store with it but it is easy and quick. This was recommended in a magazine I get and I really like it.

Of course, I have Sudoku and Bejeweled 2!! I also have BlogPressLite, which allows me to post to my blog without my computer. I cannot post pictures with this, but that is ok. I can always go back and put them in later.

Thanks for some great suggestions for apps to look at.

[channlluv]

Lose It rocks - it has really helped me in my quest to change my body - it provides an easy way to track food and exercise. ..

+1 on LoseIt!

DH bought me an iPhone 3GS for my birthday in September and it was the first app I downloaded, and in off-an-on usage since September (I've been traveling a lot, eating in places where it's hard to say what's what in detailed calories/fat/sodium/carbs/proteins), I've still lost 13.2 pounds as of this morning.

DH and I are friends on this app, so we can track each other's progress -- that really keeps me honest, I have to say, as divingbiker suggested.

Roxy