AppSniper: Buy

Because of this $0.99 application I’ve saved money on apps I want and tried out on-sale apps I would never have heard of otherwise; if you buy apps frequently, you need AppSniper. While there are some other applications that show a list of on-sale apps (PandoraBox comes to mind), AppSniper is the only one that gives you price history and a “snipes” list that will watch for price changes on specific applications.

There’s not much more that needs to be said - it lets you see a lot more of what the iPhone has to offer and save money. I’d recommend turning off syncing on startup and setting up your genre filters (eg. I never buy books from the app store, nor do I need medical applications).

Convertbot: Buy

Recently bumped back up from $0.99 to $1.99, Convertbot is still worth it being the fastest and best-looking of all the unit conversion applications - it’s obvious that time was put into designing this specificall for the iPhone. From the start it’s easy to operate - you spin to choose your units, the center button swaps the two units you’re converting (eg. CAD -> USD to USD -> CAD); tap either unit to change it or the screen to enter the number. In practice it makes it quick and easy while still visually impressive.

In addition to these features, the application has a wide variety of units - including measures of radioactivity and typography! The currency units are also kept up to date, updating every 15 minutes. Convertbot remains one of the limited list of utilities I would buy again if necessary.

These are just two applications I can cover right now; there’s several more that I suggest getting, including the Google Mobile App, Dictionary.com’s app, Wikipanion, and Stanza - all 4 are free.