Essential iPhone Apps

NickK said:
Just out of curiosity how do you guys feel if something's worth say 99p, £5, £10 on the iPhone?

I'm considering writing a few iPhone apps so I'm just trying to get an eye for the costs.
Click to expand...

Completely depends on what the app does and what alternative apps are available.
 
Faded said:
Completely depends on what the app does and what alternative apps are available.
Click to expand...

Yup, I've been studying pricing strategies recently.

The application I've been thinking would put it above those that are available and would have something to stop it getting involved in price wars.
 
NickK said:
Yup, I've been studying pricing strategies recently.

The application I've been thinking would put it above those that are available and would have something to stop it getting involved in price wars.
Click to expand...

I'd recommend £1.99 or even 99p.

Selling for 59p would make you next to nothing unless it went in the top 25, so start at a good base :)
 
EVH said:
It's easier to show the apps that I have, and explain below..

img0004j.png
img0005.png

img0006q.png
img0007.png


(Yes I have them sorted alphabetically :p)

Band - Play some instruments
BBC iPlayer (web app) - Watch BBC programmes on demand
iBomber - Good little top-down bombing game
ChaseTheDot - Reflex testing, good timewaster
Converter - Useful converting app, also does accurate currency conversions
Decibel - Sound Level Meter, pretty accurate too!
Deliveries - Delivery Tracking App, extremely useful
Digg (web app) - Handy for checking out news, good UI
eBay - Self explanatory.. more of quick-check than an auction manager though
Engadget (web app) - Nice way to check up on tech-specific news
Facebook - For socialising and posting nekked pics
Flight Control - Very entertaining air-traffic control game
Flixster - Movie times and reviews (has Facebook integration)
iFooty - Checking tables and upcoming fixtures / results
Invaders - Classic arcade game of Space Invaders
Jelly Car - Easy to learn, hard to master platformer
Last.FM - Discovering artists & useful when radio sucks
Mac Rumors (web app) - Check up to date with latest Mac news
Monkey Ball - Sega platformer
Pac - Man - Needs no introduction!
Remote - Control iTunes / Apple TV
Shazam - The pub's worst "guess that tune" nightmare
Skype - Make free calls on Wi-Fi
Sonic 1 - Another childhood classic from Sega
Speed Test - Useful for checking web / mobile speeds
Stanley Level - Novelty spirit level app, useful
Tetris - Highly addictive classic with some good new game modes
Trism - Fiendishly difficult be-jewelled-like puzzle game
TV Plus - Used to remote-record Sky HD box / check TV guide
TwitterFon - Sharing pointless info with the world via Twitter
Wiki Mobile - When you need a wikipedia injection
X-Plane - Great flight sim. Good level of detail too.
Click to expand...

Have they got rid of the BBC iplayer app?:confused:

I have searched but can't find it:(
 
Ok, so after a couple of weeks this is what I have on my iPhone.

Facebook - Free - Self explanatory
Sky News - Free - Self explanatory
eBay - Free - Self explanatory
iFooty - Free - Will be used heavily when football season starts
Wiki Mobile - Paid - Wiki on the move, awesome!
BBCReader - Free - Self explanatory
AroundMe - Free - Finds your location so you can find local pubs, banks, restaurants etc. Also gives you locations on a map and links well with the phone so you can call directly from the App
Flickit - Free - Upload to Flickr, will probably remove as I don't upload snaps to my Flickr
Backgrounds - Free - Categorised background for iPhone, regularly updated, free and easy to use
Last.fm - Free - Self explanatory, not had much success streaming over 3G
Skype - Free - Self explanatory, will probably remove as I don't really use Skype!!
feX - Paid - Syncs Facebook friends with phone contacts, gives them all a contact photo etc.
To Do's - Free - Crap to do list, will probably remove
Shazam - Free - Tells you what music is playing etc.
Tap Tap Revenge 2 - Paid - Guitar Hero with you fingers, a bit boring after a while
Flick Fishing - Paid - Pretty simple and I am quite bored of it already
Touchgrind - Paid - Finger skateboard, great for when you have a few minutes of boredom to fill
FlightControl - Paid - AWESOME!!
PaperToss - Free - Simple and addictive, I love it!
MiniPiano - Free - Basic Piano, good for showing off but is very limited
X2Football - Paid - Lite version impressed me so I bought the full version, not actually played it much though
iShred + Effects - Paid - Fun for a bit
Flixster - Free - Awesome, see upcoming movies, box office movies, read reviews, watch trailers etc
Monster Pinball - Paid - Good fun
Pocket Alan - Paid - LOLZ! I love Alan Partridge
DrawRace - Paid - Fun little racing game, I think made by the same people who did FlightControl
 
There's now a plus version of iFooty, £1.19 IIRC, and it includes push updates etc, looks pretty useful. I loved iFooty last season, so have purchased the plus version for this one.
 
ScarySquirrel said:
Last.fm - Free - Self explanatory, not had much success streaming over 3G
Click to expand...

Try FStream. I have had great success with it over 3G. Used it all last season for the footy.

If you find it doesn't connect, simply press 'More' then turn 'Cellular Network' of then on again, then go back to 'Play' and retry your chosen station. This worked 100% of the time for me.
 
Diggsy said:
Try FStream. I have had great success with it over 3G. Used it all last season for the footy.

If you find it doesn't connect, simply press 'More' then turn 'Cellular Network' of then on again, then go back to 'Play' and retry your chosen station. This worked 100% of the time for me.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the suggestion mate. This sounds really useful as I play football on a Saturday but cannot listen to the footy on the radio in my car (when driving to away games) as it doesn't do Medium Wave very well, so if this works I can hook up my phone to the stereo and stream it :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom