101 Most Essential iPhone Apps of 2008
Posted 12/09/2008 at 11:56am
| by Mac|Life Staff

70. Note2Self
This 99-cent audio recorder uses the accelerometer to start recording when you bring your phone to your ear. Then you can tag your recording's location, add text notes, and email it to yourself, or share with your computer over Wi-Fi.

69. SolarQuest
Great for younger players and highly competitive types alike, SolarQuest pits you in a space-race against the clock. It’s well worth the price.

68. iTalk Recorder
Record audio with your iPhone or second-gen iPod touch with headset microphone. Download high-quality AIFF files to your computer over Wi-Fi. The free version is solid, and the $5 iTalk Recorder Premium adds even more features.

67. UrbanSpoon
More fun than Yelp for the iPhone, Urbanspoon has the potential to overtake Yelp’s iPhone app, as long as users keep submitting reviews.

66. i.TV
Browse you local TV and movie listings. Not enough? How about we throw some Netflix browsing in there.

65. Mobile Disk
If you're already paying for MobileMe, you should definitely shell out 99 cents for Mobile Disk, and have access to your MobileMe iDisk (PDF, Office docs, photos, H.264 videos, AAC music) on the go—even over EDGE.

64. Chimps Ahoy!
Chimps Ahoy! one-ups Super Monkey Ball's cuteness quotient by dressing up the titular primates in adorable pirate outfits and bouncing coconuts off their heads in a clever mash-up of Pong and Breakout.

63. Night Camera
The built-in iPhone camera is fine until you try to take a picture in a low-light situation. Night Camera gives the iPhone low-light capabilities and image stabilization.

62. Zen Pinball Rollercoaster
You’ll have to get used to holding the phone and tapping its corners, but the complete table and physics make Zen Pinball Rollercoaster a pinball wizard.

61. Netter's Anatomy Flash Cards
This venerable tool for medical students is reproduced faithfully, with new, helpful features. It's nearly indispensable for medical students of all levels.

60. Lightsaber Unleashed
Free download and bam, you're a Jedi.

59. Scribble
Okay, we admit it can be difficult to draw with this app. But with a little practice, you too can create juvenile masterpieces from your iPhone pics.

58. WootWatch
WootWatch does exactly what you think it does. You can check the daily Woot, Woot Shirt and Woot Wine. While it's a one-trick pony, it has an impressive UI.

57. Roventskjj IR-909
Whether you’re a skilled beatmaker or a total noob, Roventskjj’s homage to those beat boxes, IR-909, lets you make sweet-sounding, butt-jiggling rhythms in the palm of your hand.

56. Yahtzee Adventures
Like the recent iPod version, Yahtzee Adventures crams those five dice into an iPhone with plenty of extras rolled in. A story mode against the game's AI characters, multiplayer with up to three friends, and alternative game rules--even with multicolored dice--make this Yahtzee translation better than the analog original.