Best 2011 App, Non-Game Category
by George Watches Things
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The runner-ups, in alphabetical order:
EW Must List
If you love pop culture, you’ll love this app. It shows you everything you need to check out in each given week. Things discovered thanks to this app: Weekend, Page Eight, Woody Allen: A Documentary. Price: free.
I have downloaded a lot of photography apps, but this is one of the best. It doesn’t have as many filters as, say, 100 Cameras, but the quality of those (about 10) filters are much better than the 100 that others have. Price: free.
Leonard Maltin Movie Guide
Stop. Don’t buy any print version of Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guides ever again! This app has all of the movies he’s ever reviewed in one spot, and it’s only $1.99. I hate to sound like an advertisement, but this app is amazing. Also, it was this year’s best film app.
Ness
A beautiful and useful restaurant suggestion app. Unlike its competitors, it bases its suggestions off of your ratings of restaurants you’ve already been to. Price: free.
Shopkick
You get points for tapping things on the screen! Genius! Price: free.
Show of Hands
This is the ultimate polling app, from politics to which way the toilet paper should hang. It’s supposed to hang over, by the way. Price: free.
Zite
I love apps that learn about what you want. StumbleUpon is an interesting app, but you can’t feel it getting smarter each time you open it. Zite is a news app that gives you that feeling. Price: free.
And the winner is…
Photosynth
This is the best panorama app ever. I deleted another panorama app that cost $1.99 to make room for this one. It’s easy to use, and the photos come out looking like one photo, not 17 photos stitched together. Price: completely free.
I love apps! Free ones are even better.. :)
Great post.
I just got a smart phone so I suppose I will be checking these out!
I’ve just upgraded my phone and have discoved apps for the first time! Yippee, wow, so many fun things to play with, touch and just have. (not to mention the games). I am a cheap skate so free stuff is what I’m after. From your list though, show of hands and photosynth take my fancy. One for fun and one to ‘use’. :)
Thats a great list of Apps. Well except for the Leonard Maltin one he even hated Fght Club :-)