AppSlappy 28: “The best apps of 2009!”

Today’s show is a little different! Join Eric and Scott as they nail down the best apps in various categories for the year that was, 2009!

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Here are the full lists. First up, Scott’s:

Social Networking
5. Twitteriffic
4. Tweetdeck
3. Distant Shore
2. Facebook
1. Tweetie 2

Casual Game
5. Doodle Jump
4. Flight Control
3. Poker Quest / Bejeweled Blitz
2. Mr Ahhhh!
1. Canabalt

Long Form game
5. Doom III Resurection
4. I Dig It 1 and 2
3. Star Hogs
2. Dungeon Hunter
1. Sally’s Spa (and all games like it)

Number one multiplayer game:
Star Hogs

Camera
5. iMotion
4. Pano
3. Photoshop Mobile
2. TiltShiftGen
1. Camera Genius

Utility
5. Recorder
4. Rowmote
3. IMDB
2. DropBox
1. Jot Not

Productivity
5. Convertbot
4. Skype
3. Evernote
2. 2do
1. Things

Music
5. Ambience
4. Shoutcast
3. NPR
2. Last FM
1. Pandora

Health / Fitness
2. Run Keeper
1. Lose It!

Navigation
4. Fandango
3. Geocaching
2. Yelp
1. Around Me

Art
Sketchbook

Novelty
5. iMotion
4. Fake Call
3. Line Rider
2. ExtraLife comic reader
1. Scanner 911

And Eric’s list:

Social Networking – Tweetie 2 – awesome interface, love the instapaper option.

Honorable Mentions – Facebook Mobile App

Casual Game – Bejeweled 2, Have had this app for a loooong time and still play it quite often

Honorable Mentions – The Mr. series and Canabalt

Long Form game – The Defender Chronicles – always fun, always challenging. And still amazed by all the craziness on screen.

Honorable Mention – Sally Spa- Time management at it?s best.

Camera – The Best Camera App – gives me the best results out of all the filtered/camera app I use. And great social networking connectivity.

Honorable Mentions – Photoshop Mobile – can?t go wrong for slight adjustments with this one, not crazy about the filters though. Hipstamatic – get old school results by combining old lenses, films and flashes- great results.

Utility – Dropbox App – great interface and sharing/caching capabilities

Honorable Mentions – 1Password Pro – very handy keeping track of log-in info Spend – great simple budgeting app, not overly complicated.

Productivity – BeejiveIM – Keeps me in instant contact with co-workers

Honorable Mention – Notes, use it all the time and love how it syncs with Mail.

Music – Pandora…nuff said.

Honorable Mention – Mood Agent, based on mood sliders it creates a playlist based on your mood.

Health / Fitness – Nike + iPod – Awesome simple interface along with connectivity to sensor along with iTunes/Nike.com integration.

Honorable Mention – iMapMyRun – great GPS app for tracking your running routes- even supports elevation.

Navigation – Tom Tom – had a slow start but with the latest update, this is the king of Navigation apps with Text to Speech, Lane Assist and IQ Routes

Honorable Mention – Googles Maps, great for finding everything and the GPS/Compass mode is great for letting you know if you headed in the right direction.

Art – Sketchbook Mobile – Amazed by what you can draw with this app. Updated often with great new features, keeps getting better and better.

Honorable Mention – Doodle Buddy – always have a great time drawing over the WiFi network with the kids.

Novelty – I am T-Pain – always have a good time with this one with young and old

Honorable Mentions – Photospeak – love it, can?t wait to see what they add to the next update. iForce – Still get a kick showing this magic trick app to the unsuspecting masses.

Multiplayer – Scrabble

Honorable Mention – Chess with Friends

34 thoughts on “AppSlappy 28: “The best apps of 2009!””

nail dow?

what?

in the description of the show. it says nail dow

Thanks for the best of 2009 episode.

I was one of the people that emailed asking for it.

Any chance of getting a list of the apps mentioned in the podcast?

I would also like to see a list of both your apps. Thanks for your podcasts keep up the good work.

Scott is my home jizzle!

A list! A list! Please. Thanks And a very happy new year 2010. May your endeavours be even more successful this year.

Please!

My favorite long form game didn?t get mentioned – Civilization Revolution. Sid Meier’s Civilization is my favorite game ever. Years ago, a magazine named it the second best game ever behind the popular shooter of the day (I think it was Doom) and someone wrote in to say that it was grossly underrated. Civilization translates very well to the iPhone. It has been simplified so that a game can finish in a few hours rather than dozens. I also like Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor – excellent graphics and gameplay mechanics.

Where’s the list and shownotes?

I second the Hipstamatic app as a runner up. Personally, it’s my favorite camera app of the year, but Best Camera is a great experience as well. Great episode guys.

Scott, I love you and the shows you produce and please don’t take it the wrong way but I think it’s unfair to call us here in Manila an idiot not getting the Free Apps that is not available here thru iTunes, i.e. Pandora. You’re still the best!

Ditto on the show notes I was listening to the podcast in the car and was going to download everything I had missed during the year… but no notes!

When you get a chance… it would be much appreciated

Hmmm…good point. I was worried no one would listen to the episode if we did them all in the notes.

Huh? I posted a comment previously but it’s gone missing. i was just wondering if there is a list of your top apps of 2009 somewhere?

Woops sorry, my bad. Appeared when page refreshed after submitting another comment. Sorry for double post.

There is another genre that you should include. Music creation or recording apps. I really like the updates to 4Track. It is really powerful and can import files from DopplerPad. I also like Simple SongWriter for capturing music ideas. It records your cord progressions for you and will play them back. Too bad it won’t layer so you could build an entire song. I love your Show.

DERP!

Scott, which recorder app do you use that replaces voice memo? There are a ton in the app store and I’m not sure which one it since there are no show notes

He used to use the app Recorder by Retronyms. I still use it and it works amazingly, just make sure to turn on the high-quality recording setting make its sound alot better. Highly recommended : o)

By looking at it, is those in app pruchases when you record outgoing calls? I can just record voice memos with this right?

I LoL to sally’s spa pick from Scott but was shocked Eric picked it to haha

Another vote for a list. I’m just too lazy to take notes while listening. Also it’s not safe to have pens on the stair stepper machine.

Glad to see flight control up there, but that’s a given. What about MiniSquadron?! Really great indie game. Also, 321 Photo is the best camera app – and its still free! Grab it.

Yea, MiniSquadron is pretty fun.