Free Apps

swindondave999

Well where do I start...

• Facebook (of course)
• Grindr (for chatting to other gay men)
• Gaydar
• Badoo (online dating!)
• POF (online dating -- can you tell I'm single?!)
• Nimbuzz (combines Facebook chat & MSN into one app)
• Messenger (Facebook chat)
• WhatsApp
• HeyTell
• Find Friends (new iOS5 friend tracker using GPS)
• PingChat
• Sky+ of course
• Navigation (free sat nav using free maps)
• BBC News

Rather than listing them all as there are THOUSANDS of free apps... go to the App Store and just select the FREE APPS tab at the top of each category!!! Hey presto!!!!!!

barmonkey

I use an app called AppZapp, it lists the apps that have been chargable but are now free

Fenella

Flixster. It finds your local cinema, tells you whats on and best of all you can watch trailers of all the current films.

RedJim

I've been hoarding these for a while, so here goes with the ones that I've not seen mentioned above (a lot came from a Sunday Times a while back that listed 100 or so good apps, not all free) - I've tried only to list free ones in rough categories and added an explanation for some if it's not obvious:

Time Out - City Guides: these cost but often you can find free ones from time to time; it's worth checking

Viber - free calls and texts to other viber users over wi-fi, plus IM
0800 Wizard - convert 0800 numbers to local

Scramble CE - addictive word search game
WordCollapse
777 poker

Layer - bit clunky, for finding things nearby, and seeing virtual reality layers on phones, a bit like a phone GIS application
SitOrSquat - finds nearby public toilets!
Google Earth
rama - city tours: last time I looked mostly US

we7 - like Spotify
iScrob - use to play music so it scrobbles to Last fm and records what you play
Last.fm - links to your last fm account
SoundHound - alternative to Shazam
SoundCloud - upload recordings to a profile online
Songify - turn recordings into silly songs

BBC News
AP Mobile
AJE Live
FL Football
Football SC - Sky football news
The Onion

Gorrillacam - good free camera app
Muybridgizer - convert images to art
PS Express - photoshop basics

Dictionary - free, with thesaurus
Met Office
EA Flood Alert
Skeptical Science - climate change info
Thomson local

Dragon dictation
Bump - for sharing photos etc between iphones next to each other
Onavo - tool for compressing data to save on usage, particularly abroad
Converter - free converter for wieghts, lengths etc

Betfair

Tripadvisor - good for travel ratings
Skyscanner - flight prices
Kayak
Booking.com
ThomasCook - exchange rates
Google translate - very useful for text/spoken translation
word lens - translates pictures, only spanish when i last looked

Emoji free - adds icons etc to text messages

SkyGo - if you've got sky, you can view channels on the phone
xfm
stitcher - radio stations
youtube

Highways agency - traffic
AA - ditto
RAC - ditto
autotrader

vouchercloud - this is a good one for finding vouchers when you're out that you can use in shops
myvouchercodes - ditto
pic2shop - scan barcodes in shops and compare prices online
kelkoo - comparison
pricerunner
nectar
ebay
which rights - useful consumer rights reference
groupon
tesco clubcard
ocado
tesco groceries

iTheatre - theatre info
urbanspoon - restaurants
national trust - maps to locations
forestxplorer - info about trees and whatnot I think (there's so much I've downloaded that I don't use much...!)
leafsnap

UMMS medical info
WebMD
BackCare
NHS DrinksTracker
Wiser - this one's very useful for chemical info, if you want that
Micromedex drugs

songkick - good for finding gigs nearby
gigzoo - ditto, not so good in my experience
seatwave - for buying tickets

sikipedia - sick jokes (not for the easily offended)

UKcinematimes
Flixster - ditto
Cineworld
IMDb - movie information
Filmtrailer - free trailers
B-Movies - free B movies, some are ok!

Poetry foundation - free poem search app
Shakespeare - complete works free
Edgar Allan Poe - ditto - app with complete works
Vincent van gogh - ditto - think from rijksmuseum

And that's about it. If any don't work ask and I can check the names as I might have used abbreviated versions in some of the above.

jenniewb

Anyone else think MSE needs an app?

Do you think if we campaign to Martin Lewis he'd build one? (or get a techie to!)

Ideas for his app:
Listings of all his common use phrases (eg SAD FART and etc)
Listings of all the useful places to go for help in your area (eg CAB, Local Police, Trading Standards..etc)
Links to Quidco/TCB and anywhere else
Useful rights to remember if you are unsure of your rights, (eg online trading rules, rights on faulty goods...etc)
Debt advice including a "how to get out of debt" option or tracker to keep tabs on what you spend and your bills and pay day so you can help yourself stay in the black/get out of the red!

And of course a link to the MSE boards


Anyone with a hotline to Martin that can suggest this to him??

bizywizy

wordfeud

can be android or Ipad/iphone

its an amazing scrabble type game - totally recommend using the random board too for a bit more fun. can play against friends or other people - havent come across many weirdos so thats good

moonlight lite - mahjong game - kept me suitably addicted

tesco groceries

vision tests - they are fun

sleeps 2 christmas hahahahah