Your Top 10 Essential Apps (Non-JB'd devices)

[brayhite]

Couldn't find any "essential" lists on here through MRoogle outside of iPhone Hacks, sooo..

Name your essential app for each category:

1. Free Game app
2. Paid Game app
3. Free/Paid Navigation
4. Free/Paid Event/Schedule app
5. Free/Paid Music/Video (listening to) app
6. Free/Paid Social app (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
7. Free/Paid Sports app
8. Free/Paid Shopping app
9. Free/Paid Management-type app (money management, file management, etc.)
10. Free/Paid News app

BONUS: Name any three other apps or additional apps that may not top one of the categories, but you use or rely on just as much.

My list:
1. Paper Toss
2. Real Racing
3. Maps (I haven't really looked for any other)
4. iCal
5. Last.FM
6. Tumblr
7. Sportacular
8. shopkick
9. Mint
10. Mashable!

BONUS: MobileRSS for my Google Reader, Netflix despite how flaky it can be at times, and WolframAlpha. I don't use Wolfram that often, but I rely on it a lot when I want some specific info about something that a Google/Wiki search would take too long for.

Anyone else?

 

[south8212]

Here ya go...

1. Free Game app - cube runner
2. Paid Game app - angry birds
3. Free/Paid Navigation - maps
4. Free/Paid Event/Schedule app - calendar
5. Free/Paid Music/Video - espn radio
6. Free/Paid Social app - Twitter
7. Free/Paid Sports app - my sports picks
8. Free/Paid Shopping app - eBay
9. Free/Paid Management - simpletask
10. Free/Paid News app - yahoo finance

 

[brayhite]

Here ya go...

1. Free Game app - cube runner
2. Paid Game app - angry birds
3. Free/Paid Navigation - maps
4. Free/Paid Event/Schedule app - calendar
5. Free/Paid Music/Video - espn radio
6. Free/Paid Social app - Twitter
7. Free/Paid Sports app - my sports picks
8. Free/Paid Shopping app - eBay
9. Free/Paid Management - simpletask
10. Free/Paid News app - yahoo finance

Ah, I've never heard of Cube Runner, but it definitely looks like a game I'm gonna play now. I used to play some game called Steve Young or something in elem. school similar to this. You were just a football player running "trying to avoid being sacked".

And have you used Evernote? If you have, how is it compared to SimpleTask?

 

[-aggie-]

1. Free Game app - TapDefense
2. Paid Game app - None
3. Free/Paid Navigation - Maps
4. Free/Paid Event/Schedule app - Calendar
5. Free/Paid Music/Video (listening to) app - Pandora
6. Free/Paid Social app (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) - Facebook
7. Free/Paid Sports app - ESPN
8. Free/Paid Shopping app - Amazon
9. Free/Paid Management-type app (money management, file management, etc.) - Files Lite
10. Free/Paid News app - AP News

 

[LSUtigers03]

1. Free Game app - Jailbreaker
2. Paid Game app - Zombieville USA
3. Free/Paid Navigation - Navigon
4. Free/Paid Event/Schedule app - none
5. Free/Paid Music/Video (listening to) app - SiriusXM
6. Free/Paid Social app (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) - Facebook
7. Free/Paid Sports app - MLB at bat
8. Free/Paid Shopping app - eBay
9. Free/Paid Management-type app (money management, file management, etc.) - Billminder
10. Free/Paid News app - none

 

[csnplt]

1. I don't really use any free games. Most try to get you to spend money in some way.

2. This is hard. I'll name a few: Doodle Jump, Real Racing, Angry Birds, ...
3. I don't use navigation apps (besides Google Maps, LOL)
4. Just Calendar for me
5. Pandora, for sure!
6. Facebook, but I'm not really into any social apps
7. I'm not a huge sports fan, but a friend of mine wrote a great app called Fantasy Football Monster (it's so much better than the Yahoo or ESPN versions)
8. Red Laser
9. Dropbox
10. NewsRack and Instapaper

Bonus: Epicurious, Adobe Ideas, Pro HDR, and if I can plug my own app (which I use to get up every morning), Nightstand Central

 

[Gokunama]

1. None owned. Got N.Y. Zombies for free, but it's normally a paid app.
2. UniWar
3. Maps
4. Pocket Informant, SaiSuke, and the Calendar app (syncing with Gcal only)
5. Top 100 (don't often listen to it, just occassionally like to see if there's anything I might like).
6. Facebook
7. Sportacular
8. None
9. Pocket Informant (tasks) and Active Money Pro (personal finance).
10. Fluent News (I think the offline, multiple sources, and custom categories are worth the yearly subscription cost, I prefer it to even my desktop news sources).

 

[Watabou]

1. Free Game app - Eliminate Pro
2. Paid Game app - Super Mega Worm
3. Free/Paid Navigation - Native maps app
4. Free/Paid Event/Schedule app - Native iCal app
5. Free/Paid Music/Video (listening to) app - Pandora
6. Free/Paid Social app (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) - Facebook
7. Free/Paid Sports app - None
8. Free/Paid Shopping app - None
9. Free/Paid Management-type app - None
10. Free/Paid News app - Pulse

 

[DKatri]

1. Dark Nebula
2. eBoy FixPix
3. NavFree
4. ToDo/Calvetica
5. iPod is all I use really
6. Official Twitter for iPhone
7. Sky Sports Score centre for football(soccer) and NFL 24 for NFL (Both free)
8. Amazon
9. GoodReader
10. Reeder and Instapaper.

 

[TITNTUFF]

1. Free Game app - Underworlds
2. Paid Game app - Tricorder
3. Free/Paid Navigation - Trapster
4. Free/Paid Event/Schedule app - N/A
5. Free/Paid Music/Video (listening to) app - Pandora
6. Free/Paid Social app (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) -N/A
7. Free/Paid Sports app -N/A
8. Free/Paid Shopping app - Amazon
9. Free/Paid Management-type app (money management, file management, etc.) - FILES
10. Free/Paid News app - MSNBC

 

[nburwell]

Here is mine.

1. Free Game app - Angry Birds lite
2. Paid Game app - Words with Friends
3. Free/Paid Navigation - TomTom
4. Free/Paid Event/Schedule app - iCal
5. Free/Paid Music/Video - ooTunes
6. Free/Paid Social app - Echofon
7. Free/Paid Sports app - MLB At-Bat
8. Free/Paid Shopping app - eBay
9. Free/Paid Management - OmniFocus
10. Free/Paid News app - NY Times

 

[Jaydhil24]

1. Free Game app - Doodle Jump (Practically Free)
2. Paid Game app - Street Fighter IV
3. Free/Paid Navigation - Tom Tom
4. Free/Paid Event/Schedule app - iCal app
5. Free/Paid Music/Video (listening to) app - Pandora
6. Free/Paid Social app (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) - Facebook
7. Free/Paid Sports app - ESPN Radio
8. Free/Paid Shopping app - Amazon
9. Free/Paid Management-type app - DocsToGo
10. Free/Paid News app - WSJ

 

[ozzyman500]

I always love these topics.

1. Paper Toss was the best I played.
2. Plants vs Zombies
3. Been waiting for retina TomTom, but settling with Maps.
4. Calendar
5. Pandora or Wunder Radio
6. Beejive IM
7. Not really into sports much...
8. Amazon
9. Awesome Note is cool for organizing.
10. BBC News

 

[Inhabitant]

1. Free Game app - Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Lite
2. Paid Game app - Bejeweled 2 + Blitz
3. Free/Paid Navigation - Navigon
4. Free/Paid Event/Schedule app - Calendar
5. Free/Paid Music/Video (listening to) app - WunderRadio
6. Free/Paid Social app (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) - Twitter
7. Free/Paid Sports app - RunKeeper
8. Free/Paid Shopping app - ZipList
9. Free/Paid Management-type app (money management, file management, etc.) - Appigo Todo
10. Free/Paid News app - Reeder

 

[brayhite]

Wow a lot mote variety than I was expecting. I only hear or read about so many apps and I assume it's what almost everyone uses heavily; apparently not. I'm going to definitely check some of the productivity and game apps out.