17 Kick-Ass Websites To Find & Learn More About iPhone Apps
If the iPhone is the bare body, then the iphone apps are the apparel over the body. Every day, several apps are simultaneously released in the market which serves diverse purposes. There are apps to do everything from weight loss to planning your schedule. You just need to be smart in choosing the right app for your needs.
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To choose the right app, you need to put some effort and go online and first find all the apps that fall in your category. Then you need to go through the review of each app and evaluate its plus points and drawbacks. Finally you need to zero in on the right app and then fork out the cash to get the app. Listed below are the sites where you can do the searching and the reading part.
If you are an app freak then this site should be your home page. FreshApps is the best site for reading the reviews of the site. FreshApps is something like Digg for iPhone apps. Besides you can also vote for your favorite app and leave comments/reviews for others to read. In case you have developed some app then you can use this as a forum to find out how good your app is. The USP of the site is its sorting mechanisms of its apps. You can sort the apps either by the newest, most fresh, or the most discussed. You can also differentiate between paid and fresh apps easily by sorting them.
AppVee is supposedly the “largest and most extensive resource for professional, high-quality video reviews of iPhone applications”. At least that’s what the developers claim. However the site is loaded with quality reviews. The site is organized in a very easy to follow manner. You have to pick the category of the app you want to read about, then select the app you want to read about. Each app has a full written review combined with a video walkthrough of the app. You need to register in order to write a review.
Since apps get released on a daily basis, it is simply impossible to keep track of each app. Instead what AppVee does is chooses the best of the apps, writes a review and also provides a video walkthrough of the app. So you can be assured that even the apps which have bad review are not that bad after all. You can browse through the screenshots, review and video before deciding to buy your app. However the site has quite a comprehensive list of apps.
This site also offers a comprehensive list of apps. You can browse through its categories of apps or simply search for the app you are looking for. There are lots of wonderful apps listed in the Editor’s picks tab and worthwhile apps tab. However this site does not offer video walkthrough of the app and just provides few screenshots.
This site mentions how many users actually own the reviewed app to give you an estimate about its popularity. It also mentions the purpose the app will serve the best so that you don’t get misguided and buy the wrong app. You can also go through the list of highly rated apps to download the best of the best apps.
Apptism features an easy to use interface so that you can find your app without any hassles. It allows users to write their own reviews, compare apps and rate them and even save their favorite apps to a watchlist. You can even send these earmarked apps to your friends or bookmark them in your user account. It is currently tracking close to 100,000 apps and the number is increasing on a daily basis.
This site will help you to filter through iPhone Apps of your choice. You will find tons of iPhone Apps in every single category.
It is one of the best iTunes apps review site as well as web apps review site. Boost yur career by choosing the right app suggested by this site. The reviews include overview of he app and follows up, a mini review and the final verdict.
It is a great review site for iPhone apps as well as jail broken apps via Cydia. It has a large collection of app reviews which seldom are incorrect. It also has a collection of videos for you to browse through before deciding on your app. It also has ample screenshots for each app.
If you have never lifted a book in your life and hate reading then this is the best site to visit to get the reviews of apps. It reviews popular and upcoming iPhone & iPod Touch apps. The site is updated on a daily basis so you will never miss on the newest apps. Their podcasts are usually very detailed which give you a thorough walkthrough of the apps, including the pros and cons. AT the end of the video you will have a fair idea whether you should go ahead and buy the app or not. Streaming the video might be a problem since the video file sizes can be quite big sometimes.
This site is like the imdb of apps. While most of the other review sites stop with 10, 20 or maximum 50, this site publishes top 148 lists. From the top 148 paid apps, top 148 games apps to the top 148 newest apps, you will find a list that suits your needs. Even we are wondering why they have chosen such an arbitrary number. They also feature the top 148 app price drop so that you know when your app is at its cheapest price. Each of the reviews come with plenty of screenshots and ratings. You can find ratings for iPhone integration, user-interface and re-user/replay value.
This site goes about rating apps in a different manner. The developers feel that other stes review the app based more on personal references rather than its actual functionality. SO instead of giving it a rating, they show how many members use it. The more people use it, the better it is. You can then go ahead and vote on the apps that you have used and then even write a review on it.
Macworld is one of the best iPhone app review sites. They provide in depth reviews and also list out the pros and cons in bullets. It just takes a glance to weigh the pros and cons to decide whether the app is worth the cash. Among all the iPhone app review sites, MacWorld is the one that I love best. Not only do they provide in-depth reviews, they also list out the pros and cons of the apps. It don’t take long to find out if an app is good, just read MacWorld’s review and you will know it instantly.
Although it has categories of apps it is still not as organized and comprehensive as the other sites. Nonetheless it does feature the reviews of the most recent and popular apps. It also has an archive for the older apps. However it does not have an easy to use interface and looks very bland.
This is one of the best upcoming review sites. It already boasts of a huge catalogue of apps. It ranks the apps based on two categories, the hottest apps and the newest apps. Moreover each review is paired up with wonderful screenshots. You need to register in order to write a review. However the reviews are not as detailed as other sites mentioned in this list. Each review also displays the star rating. You could also vote for the app and modify its rating.
AppShopper is also a site that lists top 100 apps in each category. However it excludes all free apps and is exclusive paid apps review site. It provides screenshots, list of all features and a brief review of each app. Moreover it also provides a timeline of the app’s first version to the latest version and lists down all the differences between the versions.
This site looks very simple and attractive. The home page has drop down box from which you can select the category of apps you want to browse through. Each app carries a Classic rank along with video walkthrough. It also features a brief review. The reviews are concise and give you an idea whether the app is worth the cash or not.
Another Cool Website to screen through a massive list of apps and reviews for your satisfaction.
Awesome… I love finding new apps but I think the appstore kinda sucks.