Here are our picks for the best iPhone apps from the iTunes store, gathered together for easy browsing and downloading. Click on the download link to launch the app in iTunes (works on the iPhone too). Some apps will be removed, as the general quality of applications for the iPhone should improve over time. For the best games, see the Top 20 iPhone Games page. (Updated: 5/24/09)
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Speedtest.net | Utilities | Free |  |
Measure and track your iPhone's download speed on 3G, EDGE, and WiFI networks. Review. |
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The Weather Channel | Weather | Free | |
Our top Weather app pick with a focus on quick and easy access to information. Review. |
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Remote | Entertainment | Free | |
Control iTunes and Apple TV over your WiFi network. Review. |
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Google Mobile App | Reference | Free | |
Use voice recognition to search the web, local, or your contacts. Simply speak into the iPhone, and Google does the rest. |
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Bloomberg | Financial | Free | |
Stock prices, financial news, and charts. Review. |
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USA Today | News | Free | |
Quick interface, eye-pleasing graphics, and extensive features. Review. |
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New York Times | News | Free | |
The 2.0 version of the NY Times app is one of the best iPhone news apps. Get access to the great news writing of the NY Times on your iPhone. Review. |
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Wall Street Journal | News | Free | |
The Wall Street Journal brings free access to its premium content with user friendly features. Review. |
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AOL Radio | Music | Free | |
Over 200 radio stations. Powered by CBS radio. Review. |
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Social Networking | Free | |
Access your Facebook profile on your iPhone. | |
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Last.fm | Music | Free | |
Listen to you favorite artists and discover new ones. |
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Pandora | Music | Free | |
Create your own radio stations with your favorite artists. Discover similar music. |
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Dobot Todos | Productivity | Free | |
Rated one of the best free To-Do list apps by MacWorld (review). |
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Sportacular | Sports | Free | |
Our top pick for gettings sports scores and news on your iPhone (Our review). |
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RunKeeper Free | Health | Free | |
Great free tool for runners. Records time and distance and plots your run out on a map for later viewing. |
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Air Sharing | Productivity | $4.99 | |
Popular file storage app for the iPhone. Store files on the iPhone over WiFi. Click here for a video review. |
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One-Touch Dialing Apps | Lifestyle | Free | Free apps that offer one-touch dialing. Assign a phone number, and tap the icon on your home screen to dial. See our list of free one-touch dialing apps. | |
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Grocery IQ | Productivity | $0.99 | |
Create grocery lists quickly and accurately. Review. |
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WunderRadio | Music | $6.99 | |
Has the most extensive collection of radio stations of all radio apps. Review. |
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i.TV | Entertainment | Free | |
The best app for TV listings. Review. |
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Yellow Pages | Navigation | Free | |
Get phone numbers and addresses for local businesses. One touch dialing. One touch mapping in Google Maps. One touch adding of contact information. GPS makes it easy to find businesses closest to you. Review. |
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Now Playing | Entertainment | Free | |
Get movie listings as well as reviews from Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. Know which movie to see when and where. Our review. |
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Call A Cab | Utilities | Free | |
Call a cab with just one touch. Find the 5 closest cab companies with the iPhone's GPS. Review |
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SHOUTcast Radio | Music | Free | |
The best free radio app with over 25,000 stations. Review. |
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Flickit | Photography | Free | |
Upload photos to your Flickr account wirelessly with the iPhone. Review |
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Phoneflix | Entertainment | Free | |
Manage your Netflix queue from your iPhone. Browse and search the entire Netflix catalog. Add and remove movies. Reorder your queue. Review. |
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Fast Add! | Productivity | Free | |
Add a contact (name, phone, email) much quicker than the iPhone's default contacts app. Perfect if you are starting over with the iPhone and need to add a lot of contacts quickly. Review. |
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ColorSplash | Photography | $1.99 | |
Cool photo app that turns your photos into black & white and let's you selectively add color back. A popular, top-selling app. Review. |
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Skype | Social Networking | Free | |
Make phone calls over the Internet using WiFi. Lower your phone bills. Review. |
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Photogene | Photography | $2.99 | |
Edit your photos on the iPhone with tools like crop and color correction. Well-designed interface that works flawlessly. The app was featured in the iPhone commercial "Student." Review. |
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Dictionary.com | Reference | Free | |
Carry a full dictionary and thesaurus in your pocket on your iPhone. Best of all, it's free. Review. |