As promised in our monster-long, epic Best of Everything iPhone 2009 post yesterday, here is the first of our more ‘bite-sized ‘ chunks recapping our favorite iPhone-related things we got to cover during this year. What better place to start these than with iPhone apps, our favorite subject to cover.  2009 was a memorable year […]
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Best of iPhone Apps 2009

Dec 24th 2009 by

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As promised in our monster-long, epic Best of Everything iPhone 2009 post yesterday, here is the first of our more ‘bite-sized ‘ chunks recapping our favorite iPhone-related things we got to cover during this year.

What better place to start these than with iPhone apps, our favorite subject to cover.  2009 was a memorable year for iPhone apps “ tens of thousands of apps added, and not all of them horrible ‘spam apps ‘.  Although there was certainly plenty of ‘junk ‘ added to the App Store, there was also plenty of great stuff as well.  Hit the jump to see some of our favorites  

Best iPhone Apps 2009 

Sniper Vs Sniper iPhone app 

Brandon on Sniper vs Sniper:
http://isource.com/iphone-application-reviews/review-com2us-sniper-vs-sniper-go-buy-it-now/

Go buy it. Now.

Google Reader web app beats all native app contenders: http://isource.com/iphone-software/google-reader-on-iphone-vs-native-rss-apps-like-marvin-hagler-vs-well-anyone/

Evernote 3.0 released:
http://isource.com/iphone-software/new-evernote-30-for-iphone-is-out-and-looking-very-good/

Steampunk Tales brings pulp fiction to the iPhone: http://isource.com/iphone-application-reviews/review-steampunk-tales-for-iphone

A great iPhone game from early in the year – Zombieville USA: http://isource.com/iphone-games/quicklook-zombieville-usa-zombies-beware/

Pandora gets huge download numbers:
http://isource.com/iphone-news/pandora-iphone-download-numbers-big-getting-bigger-faster/

Autostitch provides stunning panoramic photo effects: http://isource.com/iphone-application-reviews/review-autostitch

QuickOffice released for editing of MS Office docs on the iPhone:
http://isource.com/iphone-news/quickoffice-for-iphone-coming-this-month-ms-office-maybe-soon-too/

Josh loves Boxcar for push notifications:  
http://isource.com/iphone-software/boxcar-app-review

Boxcar does what it ‘s designed to do, very well in fact. It pushes all my DMs and mentions to my iPhone, and when I view the notification message, it launches Twitterrific. That ‘s all I ‘ve been asking for. And Boxcar delivered And quit launching Tweetie or Twitterrific every 5 minutes to see if you have any new DMs or mentions. Just relax, Boxcar will let you know when you get something.

Baseball Slugger is a home run:
http://isource.com/iphone-games/review-baseball-slugger-for-iphone

Free Reign highlights some good free apps: http://isource.com/?s=free+reign

Appsfire provides a slick new way to share app recommendations: http://isource.com/iphone-application-reviews/review-appsfire-easiest-way-to-share-your-iphone-app-recommendations-with-friends

Apps that help us find good / discounted / free apps “ Bargain Bin adds push notifications:
http://isource.com/iphone-software/bargain-bin-updated-does-push-notifications-for-app-store-price-drops/

Thomas loves Lexic:
http://isource.com/iphone-application-reviews/review-lexic-2-0-for-iphone

I loved every spelling second with Lexic, and that ‘s really because the Kieffer Bros. have treated it as a labour of love. Lexic is a beautifully polished and balanced gameplay experience, and I think it ‘s much more than just a fantastic casual game, but a triumphant example of what premium iPhone apps can be ( ‘Word! ‘).

Apps aren ‘t rocket science, but NASA brings out a good one anyway: http://isource.com/iphone-application-reviews/iphone-apps-arent-rocket-science-but-nasa-has-one-anyway/

LogMeIn Ignition is a versatile remote access champ: http://isource.com/iphone-software/logmein-ignition-remote-access-to-all-your-pcs-macs-servers-from-your-iphone-and-it-works/

JotNot Scanner impresses:
http://isource.com/iphone-application-reviews/review-jotnot-scanner-for-iphone

Tweetie 2 is very good:
http://isource.com/iphone-software/tweetie-2-is-out-early-impressions-are-very-positive/

Canabalt is instantly gripping:
http://isource.com/iphone-software/like-iphone-games-check-out-canabalt-just-do-it/

The music pulsates and the man starts to pick up the pace. He clears the next three rooftops in half the time it took him to run the first and this is when the music and the world simply explode into action. Buildings rumble and collapse, airships scream as they fly overhead, and I realize that after a mere 20 seconds of gameplay: Canabalt already has me hooked.

My kiddo’s favorite app of the year:
http://isource.com/iphone-application-reviews/review-dolphin-experience-for-iphone/

Beautiful – The Louvre on the iPhone: http://isource.com/iphone-application-reviews/want-to-see-the-louvre-yup-theres-a-gorgeous-app-for-that/

iPhone RSS apps – some good choices:
http://isource.com/iphone-software/iphone-rss-apps-some-good-choices/

Moneybook – finance with flair:
http://isource.com/iphone-application-reviews/review-moneybook-for-iphone-finance-with-flair/

Nextstop is a kick-ass web app:
http://isource.com/iphone-application-reviews/nextstop-an-iphone-web-app-that-kicks-ass/

Joe ‘s in love with words, and Words with Friends:
http://isource.com/iphone-games/apps-we-love-words-with-friends/

gCalWall “ a handy app from our man Brandon: http://isource.com/iphone-software/new-apps-gcalwall-from-our-man-brandon/

Roll on 2010

As much fun as 2009 was for iPhone app junkies, I think 2010 will likely be an even more exciting one in the iPhone apps arena.  I hope next year we ‘ll see Apple continue to gradually loosen the restrictions on what is allowed in the App Store, and make major improvements to App Store policies and the review process.  I also expect we ‘ll continue to see great jailbreak developers push forward the boundaries of what ‘s possible on the iPhone.

I hope you enjoyed our iPhone apps recap “ and that you ‘ll share some of your favorites in the comments.

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