The iPhone is good at all sorts of things, from keeping in touch, to keeping up with the news. But sometimes, you just want to have a little fun. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite apps for keeping ourselves entertained, and they run the gamut from tools for reading PDFs like magazines and books, to radio, and a slang dictionary to bridge the generation gap. --Leslie Ayers
Good.iWare Ltd · $0.99
The reason you’ve never heard of GoodReader is because you probably never realized you needed it. But trust us, if you ever--and we do mean ever, even just one time--need to view a long, large, or detailed PDF file on your iPhone, The 99-cent investment in GoodReader is totally worth it. It hooks into iDisk, DropBox, or any WebDAV server for transferring files, and offers a ton of features for viewing them.
Looking at a PDF of a two-page magazine spread on our iPhone? We'd never even consider it before discovering GoodReader.
SchroederDev LLC · $1.99
Having trouble understanding the teenager who sells you your daily cuppa at Dunkin Donuts? Slango can act as a translator, bridging the gap between worlds--or at least making it possible to communicate with the kid. Search terms, scroll through words of the day or tap Random Word to see definitions of terms like “game goofy” (someone who lacks street smarts) and “hipster garbage” (something that someone does just to look cool or fit in). Warning: Lots of adult content.
Are you and your S.O. "Facebook-official"?
Feedburst · $0.99
This one’s worth it as a pure nostalgia play. And--since it shows a video of each show’s opener--it’s also handy if you ever get into an argument with a buddy about which one of the Dukes drove the General Lee in the “Dukes of Hazzard” intro (it was Bo).TV Tunes covers popular shows from the ‘50s to the ‘90s--in other words, everything from “Get Smart” to “Ally McBeal.”
Ride along with Ponch and Jon--TV Tunes takes you back to "CHiPs" other TV classics.
Handcast Media Labs · $1.99
Anyone looking for a way to get all their favorite stations’ live streams and explore uncharted programming territory--German goth anyone?--needs Spark Radio. It finds local frequencies instantly with a tap of the Local button, and you can also search by keyword or browse by musical genre, talk radio, or sports. Save your faves in your Favorites to tune in whenever the mood strikes.
Break out of your radio rut by discovering new and unusual sounds with Spark Radio.
Syntonic · Free
iTunes’ Genius Playlist feature is pretty cool, but MoodAgent does it one better, letting you fine-tune playlist criteria by moving color-coded sliders denoting your mood and/or the type of music you want to hear: sensual, tender, joyful, aggressive, and/or up-tempo. Combining different levels of each slider results in some, well, interesting, playlists, which you can save to listen to later. The app does a better job creating playlists that match your chosen criteria if you first download the free MoodAgent Profiler and run it on your Mac.
Tap Save Playlist to keep any playlist and play it later.
MoodAgent creates more spot-on playlists if you run your music collection through its free MoodAgent Profiler app, available for OS X and Windows.
swatkins01
February 01, 2011 at 6:51am
Has the option to print the article disappeared or am I just missing it?
brigosx
January 31, 2011 at 12:55pm
Working with shifts? Is sometimes a bit hard to remember all your duties? You would like to buy a tool for making this job for you without spending lot of money? If the answer to all these questions is YES then Duties Watcher is the app for you. Born from the same necessity to make our working life easier. You may find at the App Store.
With it's smart scheduler Duties Watcher is the app!!! You will never regret buying this awesome product.
July2009
May 19, 2010 at 8:12pm
Here are top 20 of our favorite free iPad apps to get you started from the App Store.
http://www.aneesoft.com/tutorials/ipad/best-20-free-ipad-apps.html
kylerwalker
May 12, 2010 at 3:15pm
every math teacher would love the ipolygon app.but i like the doodle cart app sauce lifter pinball dreams and cluck it
tb
May 07, 2010 at 7:12pm
We just released an iPhone app that allows users to keep a photographic food diary and email their day's log to anyone (themselves, a personal trainer, nutritionist, diet buddy, etc.) It's called dietSNAPS. You can check it out at http://www.dietSNAPS.com.
