11 useful websites to discover cool iPhone apps
These websites not only help you discover new iPhone apps but also review those apps so you can get a clear understanding of what to try and buy.
Straight from the horse’s mouth, this website has a nice categorization of apps. Not the traditional categories that you see on the iTunes AppStore or on your iPhone but rather apps are neatly organized into more of contextual categories with links that takes you directly to the iTunes AppStore.
Apptism is one of most famous iPhone app aggregator that helps you keep an eye on the apps that are getting approved to the AppStore. This website also categorizes apps so that you can get to what you are looking for quickly.
One of the neatly designed app aggregation website, Appolicious combines social networking, journalism and technology to help you discover the best of the tens of thousands of apps available today at the AppStore. It has got its own iPhone app if you prefer to keep an eye on what’s happening at Appolicious.
FreshApps combines iPhone app aggregation and the social voting methodology. The idea is that if you like an app that’s listed or if you use an app that you like then you can vote up (make fresh) to make that app listed as the freshest.
One of the earliest app aggregator, 148Apps, helps you find the iPhone apps that you are looking for. It keeps track of what’s new, what’s selling and what prices are dropping in the AppStore. It also runs its own reviews of the apps.
One of the most authoritative app aggregator, Macworld’s AppGuide website reviews iPhone apps from the AppStore and helps you as well write a review of the app if you are a registered Macworld user. Since it’s coming from an authoritative source you can mostly trust the review of the app.
As its name reflects, AppReview writes independent reviews of the iPhone apps that are available at the AppStore and are new to the market.
One of most simple looking app aggregator, AppClassics lists the most famous apps on iTunes in a nice shelf with very visible listing. As it claims, behind the scenes iTunes rating information is crunched, sifted, and percolated in a secret formula to find and grade the truly classic apps that make it to the front page.
AppSpace is an intelligent iPhone app recommendation engine that helps you find the apps relevant to you. By registering with the site you can share your favorite apps with your friends on the network and also can get app recommendations.
The Daily App Show is slightly a different take on the traditional screenshot based app review websites. It brings you podcasts and videos that review the iPhone apps and hints you on what’s useful and what’s not.
AppVee brings you the best quality video reviews of the many iPhone apps available at AppStore. If pictures are words are too much for you to run through then these video reviews would depict a better picture of the iPhone app that are craving to buy.
I’m sure this is not the complete list and there might be more websites that might helps us find those apps that we were looking for. If you know of any please share with us on comments.
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Thank you! That was just the coolest post..always looking for new fresh stuff!