What are your essential apps? (Droid/iPhone)

[nsafreak]

After a quick search of the forums I didn't see any threads like this, at least for the past 2 months unless I used the wrong keyword. So I was just wondering what are the essential apps that you install on any Droid/iPhone that you get? I'm new to the smartphone world but here are my apps so far:

WinAmp - Much better than the default music player that comes loaded with most android based phones
Google Goggles - Fun to play with
I(heart)Radio - There's a local talk radio station on there that I like listening to
Angry Birds - self explanatory
ShopSavvy - Handy for finding the best price
LookOut - Nice utility should you misplace your phone

 

[AFurryReptile]

There's been threads for this, but yeah, they're too hard to find.


Subsonic - stream my 50+GB of music anywhere I want at 320kbps.

GRemotePro - A remote control app that works over wifi, can explore all of my video files, and is highly customizable

TV Show Favs - Love this app. Helps me keep track of what's on, when it's on, and if I've watched it

Tasker - Automates a ton of things so that I don't need separate apps to do so

And of course Rom Manager, Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, etc, etc...

 

[foghorn67]

I'll leave out the games...only because I only play the ones everyone else plays anyway.

-Snaptic/Catch. For me it works better than Evernote on mobile devices
-Springpad - They have an awesome interface on the computer. I look up notes here, like my saved pages and stuff.
These two products sound the same, but they are different in approach. I suggest researching the classic Evernote/Snaptic approach vs. Springpad.

-Engadget
-IMDB
-Tweetdeck. An awesome, fast interface for Facebook and Twitter.
Trillian Beta- It's a great IM solution. It does Facebook chat very well, which is rare. So good I ditched ebuddy. BTW, I hate Trillian desktop.
-Vignette- An awesome camera app with retro effects. It's my favorite because the effects are well done, and you apply and try out the effects after the photo is taken. Unlike other popular ones that force you into picking a mode then taking a picture.
And it's fast. Others like Retro Camera are slow.
-Insert favorite news app here-I like Time Mobile and Fox News.
-Yelp and Google Places
-Google Nav
-Pandora. You can argue which was in best for your tastes. Some like last.fm or Slacker better.
-An assortment of Android specific widgets.

 

[notposting]

Running a Droid with BB v0.5, ChevyNo1 1GHz ULV for reference.

^3 Cubed for music
aLogcat checking logs
ASTRO and it's accessory apps
Beautiful Widgets
Connectbot
Documents To Go full version (think I got at $9.99 during a sale?)
Egg Timer very handy
Dropbox, just installed
Fancy Widget Pro (with the H7C skins )
All the various -boid emulators
Rom Buddy for the emulators
Juice Defender
Launcher Pro Plus
Launcher Pro Icons
Mileage
My Movies Light
myRemote Donate (windows media center remote)
NavDroyd (full offline navigation)
PdaNet
PicMe
ROM Manager
Root Explorer
SetCPU
Seesmic (twitter client)
SMS Backup & Restore
Terminal Emulator
Titanium Backup Pro
TeslaLED (super bright )

Plenty more apps but those should be handy for a lot of people

 

[Tristicus]

Advanced Task Killer
Launcher Pro
Angry Birds
Dolphin Browser HD

That's about it.

 

[olds]

App 2 Sd
AppBrain
Barcode Scanner
CamCard
Chrome To Phone
Converter
Places
Talking Caller ID
Titanium Backup
Wireless Tether

 

[tfinch2]

AppBrain
Angry Birds
Angry Birds Seasons
ASTRO
Barcode Scanner
c:geo
Craigsnotifica
Engadget
Movies (Flixster)
Robo Defense
ScoreCenter
Google Shopper
Video Game Scanner (My app)
Zeam Launcher

 

[ponyo]

Titanium Backup- Seems like I'm always flashing some new rom. Quick and easy way to restore back.

XDA developers app- I check that site multiple times a day so it's very useful app for me. Plus I can set the display style to dark so it uses very little battery on my AMOLED screen.

Rom Manager- for recovery and new rom flashing.

 

[sivart]

Phone Dialer
Contacts
SMS Messages
Gmail

 

[MrX8503]

Engadget
Tons of games
Tune in radio
Atomic browser
Facebook
360 panorama
Netflix

 

[akugami]

Google Talk (for free texting)
Quickoffice (viewing MS Office docs)
ESPN Scorecenter
Fluent News
Youtube (daughter loves this)
Shoutcast
AOL Radio
Stanza (ebook reader)
various games

 

[s44]

Widgets:
Beautiful Widgets
Pure Calendar Agenda
Tasker (this is the ultimate widget app)

Apps:
Dolphin HD
Google Voice (VM + free texts)
Jorte (SGS stock calendar sucks)
Astrid
Catch
Aldiko/Nook/Kindle (depends on the content)
XDA/AVSforum (need AT app/Tapatalk support!)
Yelp (Google's Places may actually be better though)
Movies (Flixster version)
Sipdroid + Google Voice Callback

Media:
MortPlayer (most elegant file-based player -- UI could be better though)
TuneIn (just incredible)
BeyondPod (free)

Tools:
Titanium (paid)
Root Explorer
Dropbox
ROM Manager (free)
Barcode Scanner
Launcher Pro (free)

Don't use but others love:
Genie (Google News app)
World Newspapers

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Android:
- Launcher Pro
- Handcent SMS
- Titanium Backup
- Root Explorer
- Dolphin HD Browser

iPhone:
- ConvertBot
- PasteBot
- Beejive IM
- Lots of games (Angry Birds, Real Racing HD, Cut The Rope, Flight Control)

 

[Absolution75]

Barcode scanner (thank god I got this early)
Meebo IM
Google Navigation
Gmail
Corporate Sync
Browser
Gizmo (J R Media Center DNLA App)
PdaNet
Transdroid
ConnectBot
Ringdroid - Make your own ringtones/alarms, its what I've always wanted

 

[MotionMan]

iPhone:

About Battery
AOL Radio
AppBox Lite
Boxcar
Craigsphone
Disc Space
Dropbox
Facebook
FalshLight
GV Mobile+
iDealyzer
iHappyDays
iTommyCam (I hate USC, but it is fun to look at, anyway.)
MacDailyNews
Mint
Radio Disney (For my kids)
RunPee
Shazam
Siri
Skype
Speed Dial 1
Speed Dial 2
Speed Dial 3
Speed Dial 4
SplashID (My lone paid app)
Sportacular
TrackerLite
WootWatch

...and three pages of games.

MotionMan

 

[Qbah]

Stuff I couldn't live without on my iPhone:

- Beejive IM
- Bejeweled 2
- Navigon
- System Activity Monitor

Nice stuff to have:

- Off Remote
- Air Video
- Road Trip
- DI.fm
- a few more games (Edge, Auditorium, PvZ, Infinity Blade)

The "usual":

- Facebook
- Twitter
- Shazam

 

[Rottie]

iPhone 3GS
MotionX GPS Drive
Facebook
MySpace
Skype
Beejive
Trillian
AIM
Yahoo
Bible
AP News
MSNBC Mobile
ESPN
Sportacular
Cnet
Engadet
DeafNation
Bing
Boxcar
itranslator
Atomic Web
Opera Mini
iBeer
iMDB
Jokes
Apple Store
Craigslist
Walgreen
Foursquare
Loopt
Twitter
Kik
Vevo
Instagram
Battery
Mark the spot
mywireless
Bank of America
Reverse

Since you are not into games so I leave it out.

 

[olds]

iPhone 3GS
MotionX GPS Drive
Facebook
MySpace
Skype
Beejive
Trillian
AIM
Yahoo
Bible
AP News
MSNBC Mobile
ESPN
Sportacular
Cnet
Engadet
DeafNation
Bing
Boxcar
itranslator
Atomic Web
Opera Mini
iBeer
iMDB
Jokes
Apple Store
Craigslist
Walgreen
Foursquare
Loopt
Twitter
Kik
Vevo
Instagram
Battery
Mark the spot
mywireless
Bank of America
Reverse

Since you are not into games so I leave it out.

Those are essential?

 

[Tiamat]

Angry Birds
The Weather Channel
Navigator
PingChat!

 

[Fingolfin269]

Those are essential?

Seriously. I mean once you have Bible and iBeer what more do you need?

 

[anxi80]

HTC Droid Incredible
Car Finder AR - Go to a lot of sporting events, so this has helped navigate me back to my car a few times. Not a free app.
Dropbox - Upload pictures/files/etc., handy for uploading pictures and just emailing friends/family a link to the album. Syncs with all my computers. Very easy and dependable.
Epistle - Tried other notes/reminder apps and this won me over. Simple, light, easy to use, and best of all: it syncs the notes to Dropbox!
Tasker - Have tasks that auto-enable WiFi when I get home or to work. Turns GPS on for apps that need it and shuts it off when I'm done. Quiets my phone from getting notifications during certain hours of the night. Turns down brightness and other features when my battery gets too low. And allows me to track my phone if I lose it. Saves my battery, indispensable app. Not a free app either though.

 

[Raduque]

LauncherPro +
WidgetLocker
Beautiful Widgets
BattStatt
MixZing
MyBackup Pro

Those are my essentials.

 

[akugami]

Rather than make a new thread on apps, which we've had a few of, I thought I'd just bump this thread instead.

Anways, it seems that PBS has release an iPhone app. Seems like a cool app. Was only able to spend a few minutes with it on my home's Wifi so I don't know how slow streaming over 3G is but being able to watch full episodes of PBS shows like NOVA and Nature is damned awesome. Also has some kids shows like Sid the Sciense Kid for those with smaller children. The actual interface is not bad. Video quality is pretty good. Unfortunately one negative is that video does not automatically fill the screen. Letterboxing on all four sides.

 

[RedRooster]

I only really have two essential apps for my iPhone. Music One radio and the Joystiq news app.
Everything else I have I probably only open once a week, but those two are everyday for sure.

 

[bucwylde23]

Just a quick list of my somewhat essential apps:

- Handcent
- Mint
- Profile switcher widget
- OI safe
- Astro
- SystemMonitor
- LauncherPro
- Wireless Tether
- Twidroyd
- My Verizon
- Yahoo Live Scores
edit: added a few new apps I found based on this thread
- beautiful widgets
- widget locker