There is a multitude of reasons that ensure that every Apple buff goes bananas about the iPhones, but none more so than the fact that it offers a wide gamut of applications, for every kind of user. Therefore whether you’re one of those who want to keep a check on stocks, or keep tabs on the nearest pubs in town or convert your iPhone into a light, fragile saber, or just want to keep in touch with your chums there is an app for you on an iPhone device.
While we acknowledge Apple’s app realm it is pivotal to highlight those apps that cost zilch to the user, while ensuring that they give the user what they want. So let’s put our iPhone spy glasses on and go on an iPhone tracking spree to dig out the top 5 free apps for the device.
5. Flickr
This application allows one to share videos and pictures on the go. So, Geo-tag the photos or you can even add them to a set. You can see the recent photo activity of your friends and family members as well and vice versa. Flickr is a picture perfect solution to your pictorial anxiety.
4. Metro UK
Are you into journalism or want to know what is going on in the world with every passing second? Then this app is just what you need. Metro is a daily newspaper distributed without cost in London and other major British cities. You can go through the paper digitally on an iPhone or even an iPod – the application allows personalization, searching the archives and it also streams the latest breaking news.
Furthermore, with the app one can even download entire newspaper editions while being offline, before heading onto the tube. You will never have to indulge in a brawl for a newspaper on your commute home.
3. AudioBoo
This app is invaluable for anyone who wants to add an audio clip or an interview in a jiffy on their website. All they need to do is create an account and then press the button for recording the audio on the handset, saving the clip of adding a picture with the description while AudioBoo tags the location automatically. The relevant files can also be uploaded to a wide array of websites including Facebook and Twitter.
2. AroundMe
If you’re one of the thousands of people who miss their train stop or get off at the station they aren’t supposed to get off at or even find themselves in a strange part of the town, then this app is tailor-made to cater to your needs to dig yourself out of oblivion. By quickly identifying the location the app suggest the nearest hospital, bank, hotel or a taxi firm for the user. The app can be used to not only locate yourself on a map, but also to know what is around you that can extricate you out of the mini quagmire that you find yourself in.
1. Facebook
This app hardly needs any introduction. By far the easiest way to connect with friends no matter you are, the app allows the user to converse with friends through Facebook Chat, and follow the statuses and updates of the friends and whatever they upload as well. Facebook is available in seven different languages and is by far and away the most popular app no matter which platform you use.