2011 results: the best software for the iPhone

In the App Store now features hundreds of thousands of applications. That's because in our opinion looks a dozen of the best programs for the iPhone in 2011:

WhatsApp Messenger

WhatsApp allows you to save on SMS-messages. The program is presented on all major platforms - iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Nokia (S60 3rd edition, 5th edition, Symbian ^ 3 and Symbian Anna). WhatsApp every day delivers about 1 billion messages. Those. we can talk about the relative popularity of the service.

What good is WhatsApp? All messages are sent / received for free. You only pay for the mobile internet. To post, you can attach a photo, video and audio. And also free. Each huddle can have multiple people, it is convenient to discuss operational issues. WhatsApp supports push-notification of a new message arrives instantly recognize. Finally, the service is reliable. During the year, there was only one case in which the message was delivered with a delay. Now you can download WhatsApp Messenger is free.

Camera +

In the App Store you will find hundreds, perhaps even thousands photoappendices. The best of them - Camera +. The program has sold 5.4 million copies. This is the most popular non-fiction paid app in 2011.

Camera + offers photographs Editing Tools: Rotate and crop the frame may be in a couple of Taps. Dozens of stylish effects and quick sending of photos to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, via SMS and e-mail - the main features of the application.

A distinctive feature of the developers Camera + - innovative thinking. They are smart enough to use the volume control button to create a snapshot for the year before Apple came to this. Wired Magazine writes that Camera + better than a standard application in almost all respects.

Official site | Page in the App Store

Yandex. Cards

The iPhone and iPod touch is the standard Maps application. However, we recommend to put more and Yandex. Cards. Domestic application offers detailed maps for 260 cities (and for 60 of them are available gorgeous panorama), search for addresses, information about traffic jams, etc. But the main "trick" Yandex. Cards - an opportunity to download a map of the city in memory. Now you can use the service even without an internet connection.

Download from the App Store

Buy a loaf

"Buy a loaf" - is the most convenient shopping list for the iPhone. With this application, you will never forget that it is necessary to buy in the shops. The main advantages of the program: a quick shopping list (help special dictionary of products and automatic tips), the use of the list, together with friends and relatives (wife, for example, can be added to the list of purchases on website http://kupibaton.ru/, and you have a current version of the iPhone will be), the ability to send the list via SMS and your email.

You can read the detailed program overview and learn about Developer plans. Download the program in App Store.

RunKeeper

RunKeeper - this app and social network that unites people leading a healthy lifestyle. RunKeeper is a detailed statistics of your workout: how many kilometers have run, what was the route, average speed, maximum speed, etc. The program is great to motivate not throwing sports, sometimes even service sends congratulations to the achievement of the new record.

Pay attention to the RunKeeper is not only runners, but also cyclists, fans of walking, skiing, downhill skiing, snowboarding, skating, etc.

One of the interesting features of the app I would note control heart rhythm and affordable fitness classes.

• Keep yourself in shape, three iPhone-app for fans of a healthy lifestyle
• Download from the App Store

Band of the Day

When it comes to music recommendation services usually begin to rely on smart algorithms. They make sure that you listen, they listen to friends, and use that information to try to guess what else you might like.

But there is a second, more straightforward approach. Editors of the company's 955 Dreams every day looking for new and not very well-known performers. The best ones they recommend in Annex Band of the Day. And as it turned out, people deal with search and recommendation of new music is not worse than robots.

Program Band of the Day tells of talented musicians, their work and released album. The main advantage of the application - a stunning interface.

Overview | Page in the App Store

Reminders / Reminders

Task manager for iOS written many, but among themselves they are not very different and something. A good half of the application puts emphasis on minimalism and simplicity.

Releasing "Reminders" for iPhone, Apple showed how it should look friendly to-do list. The program supports the maintenance of multiple lists, the selection execution priorities, setting deadlines. Geo-Tagging - "trick" is absent in many paid apps.

Shazam

Shazam - a program that answers the question, "Oh, what is this song now sounds?". Simple interface, high accuracy of the author's composition, the ability to watch a video on YouTune - is only a small part of the merits of the application.

Download from the App Store

The Rules | The rules of the Russian language

Ilya Birman and Alexander Babayev gathered in one application with all applicable rules of the Russian language. Flawless user interface, quick search and offline mode - for all this is not a pity to give $ 3.

Official site | Page in the App Store

Snapseed

Over the past 16 years, the company NIK Software produces products for photographers. Their latest decision - Snapseed - raises the bar for iOS-applications:

If Aperture for iPad exists in the minds of Apple employees, at least I want to believe, it is necessary to pay attention to the ways of interaction with the user is used in Snapseed. There are really good ideas.

Overview iPad-version (The app itself - Universal) | Page in the App Store

***

Tell us in the comments, what application do you personally think is the best in the past year? Praise developer ;-)