If you have purchased a new iPhone, and you’ve set it up just the way we told you to [1] , then you’re probably ready to load that baby up with apps. And while there are over 500,000 apps available in the store, we don’t recommend downloading all of them.
Instead, try out these 19 free apps for size: They are what we consider the essentials, the staples of the iPhone app universe, the ones we don’t like to imagine our iPhones without. (Sorry, no games here, but, uh, while your boss isn’t looking you should take a peek at Angry Birds [2] , Bag It! [3] and The Creeps [4] ).
And now: Back to work. Check our our 19 favorite free apps for the iPhone below, then tell us what we missed and what apps you can’t live without. Leave your thoughts in the comments, tweet them at us (@HuffPostTech [5] ) or email us (technology@huffingtonpost.com).
Find My iPhone
An app from Apple that tracks your iPhone’s location so that if you ever lose it, or it’s stolen, you can log onto iCloud.com and find it quickly. You can a href=â€http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/icloud-find-my-iphone_n_1009425.htmlâ€read more about why Find My iPhone is so indispensable here/a.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/find-my-iphone/id376101648?mt=8″Download Find My iPhone Here/a.
The popular social network that you may or may not belong to.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/facebook/id284882215?mt=8″Download Facebook here/a.
In the a href=â€http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/what_twitter_looked_like_when_it_was_born_screensh.phpâ€immortal words of Twitter’s hilariously outdated first homepage/a, “You’ll never be bored again…E V E R.â€
That might not be totally true, but Twitter is a wonderful way to pass time, connect with like-minded people and complain about airlines.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8″Download Twitter here/a.
Yelp
Find restaurants and other nearby establishments, complete with user ratings. Now integrated into Apple Maps, though you might have better accuracy within the Yelp app itself.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yelp/id284910350?mt=8″Download Yelp here/a.
MapQuest
A mapping application that won’t give you horrifically bad directions.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mapquest/id316126557?mt=8″Download MapQuest here/a.
Flashlight
Turns on your rear camera flash â€" which is very bright! â€" so that you can search the floor of that dark bar for your dropped contact lens (or whatever else people use flashlights for).
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flashlight./id285281827?mt=8″Download Flashlight here/a.
Shazam
Identify songs â€" and now television shows â€" by holding up your phone to the speaker for a few seconds.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shazam/id284993459?mt=8ign-mpt=uo%3D2″Download Shazam here/a.
The Huffington Post
SHOCK: Your favorite news site, at your fingertips.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-huffington-post/id306621789?mt=8″Download The Huffington Post here/a.
Seamless
Order takeout or delivery the easy way in several large cities. Makes ordering food so convenient that at the end of the month you’ll wonder where all your money went and why there are so many empty styrofoam boxes in your kitchen.
From:a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seamless-food-delivery-takeout/id381840917?mt=8″ iTunes/a
Venmo
Split the bill the easy way by paying your friends through this smartphone app. You’ll need to convince them to download the app, too: You can do this by never carrying around cash and insisting that you’ll Venmo them the money you owe.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/venmo/id351727428?mt=8″Download Venmo here/a.
Save webpages on the Internet and read them later, even when you don’t have an Internet connection.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-formerly-read-it-later/id309601447?mt=8″Download Pocket here/a.
RunKeeper
Track your runs, or at least remind yourself daily that you really should be exercising.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/runkeeper-track-gps-running/id300235330?mt=8″Download RunKeeper here/a.
Remember The Milk
Remember The Milk is a simple reminders app that’s better than the one Apple has included with iOS 6. It can help you remember â€" among other things â€" the milk.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/remember-the-milk/id293561396?mt=8″Download Remember The Milk here/a.
Photoshop Express
The camera on the iPhone is good but basic, lacking any on-screen post-photo editing tools. Photoshop Express gives you a free suite to perfect your photos on the iPhone.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-photoshop-express/id331975235?mt=8″Download Photoshop Express here/a.
Foodspotting
Ostensibly a social network for foodies, Foodspotting is a good way to visually search, by dish, for good restaurant food around you. Don’t get caught at a spot with small portions ever again!
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/foodspotting/id350727118?mt=8″Download Foodspotting here/a.
Onavo Extend
For those of us who don’t have unlimited data plans, watching your megabyte count each month can be essential to avoiding overage charges. Onavo not only monitors your data usage each month; it can also automate certain settings on your iPhone to lower the amount of data you consume in certain applications.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/onavo-extend-data-usage-get/id423545287?mt=8″Download Onavo here/a.
GroupMe
This is another one you have to force your friends to download: GroupMe is a group messaging application that bypasses the need to send texts, which can drastically reduce the cost of your text messaging plan and help you avoid overages.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/groupme/id392796698?mt=8″Download GroupMe here/a.
Waze
A GPS app with a twist: You and your fellow drivers can manually report crashes, stalls, and speed traps ahead. Especially helpful for those in cities, as Waze has a large (and growing) user base of drivers reporting traffic.
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/waze-social-gps-traffic-gas/id323229106?mt=8″Download Waze here/a.
Pulse
A beautiful app that pulls in the best of the day’s writing into a central location. Clean navigation and and an addictive to keep up with the news (or adorable puppy photos).
a href=â€http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pulse-news-for-iphone/id377594176?mt=8″Download Pulse here/a.
Links
- ^ you’ve set it up just the way we told you to (www.huffingtonpost.com)
- ^ Angry Birds (itunes.apple.com)
- ^ Bag It! (itunes.apple.com)
- ^ The Creeps (itunes.apple.com)
- ^ @HuffPostTech (twitter.com)
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