Music apps, streaming TV and YouTube. Beam the best the internet has to offer straight to your mobile with the best entertainment apps.
As easy to use as iMovie but it’s woefully short on editing options, making it too difficult to pull off a truly decent effect.
£0.69
Beautiful photography and a few handy features make this a great ambient app for your iPad.
£0.69
On paper, Rockmate shouldn’t work this well, but it’s actually a fun way to make music with friends.
£1.99
An impressively modern catalogue, but not a comprehensive one. That, and a few teething problems, make its monthly price seem too high.
£0.69
A lovingly created homage to Charles Schultz’s iconic characters that makes a wonderfully charming app for kids of all ages.
£1.99
A pleasant way to explore Kew and the wonders of the plant kingdom – and Attenborough is as captivating as ever.
£7.99
More powerful than it seems to let on, but still totally intuitive and easy to use.
£1.49
A moderately entertaining audio toy with sharp looks, but you’d be hard pushed to use BeatSpiral to produce any actual music.
£0.69
Second screen experience makes an impressive debut, but is crying out for more game compatibility
FREE
As a streaming service, it’s great, and has some handy features. But as an overall music service, its lack of offline playback holds it back.
FREE
It’s not a perfect music player, but those looking to some EQ control will likely become totally addicted.
£1.99
An interactive, immersive book app that lets you control the plot. A fantastic read, looks great and could well point to the future of books on iOS.
£1.49
A neat plaything, and slick with it, but the substance doesn’t match its brilliant looks.
£1.99
A beautifully animated storybook mainly targeted at little girls, but nothing that particularly jumps out as unique.
£3.99
Let’s be honest – if you love Batman you’ll download this anyway
FREE
It’s well designed, but needs to expand the content and features if it’s going to compete with others out there.
£0.69
When it works it’s okay, but it’s too hit and miss and at times; the interface is confusing.
FREE
The twitchiness of the app technology used to present the material began to irritate – but the content is out of this world.
£4.99
Potentially charming, but it tries a bit too hard; it’s quicker to use the Music app. The audio filtering’s nice, mind.
£0.69
Glimpse into the future of comics of rusty response to new tech?
FREE
Elmo’s Monster Maker is good fun but just a little too expensive for what’s on offer here.
£2.49
Come with me if you want to avoid wasting 69p on something that doesn’t work.
£0.69
A collection of lovely interactive books – but you might want to choose your own individual collection from the App Store (some Seuss apps are bargains at the moment).
£7.99
Super-slick, quite crispy, but a little shallow, this is hip-hop empitomised and embodied in app form
£2.99
Older children with a passion for dinosaurs will love it, but younger children won’t find enough to keep their interest here
£9.99
Quite simply, the most charming and entertaining interactive book currently available on the iPad. Although it’s not the cheapest!
£5.49
Deezer knows what you want from a music streaming app – and this is a market-leading service.
FREE
Perfectly sized scores, lag-free page turns and brilliant value for money makes this a winner, though extra In-App Purchases would have been nice
£2.99
One of the slickest ways to zap HD video from your smartphone or tablet straight to your TV
FREE
It’s a slick app that promises a decent service once the Big Brother torment is over for another year
FREE
The In-app Purchase content makes this expensive for the completist, but this is a nicely constructed app
£4.99
Educational, but strangely old fashioned. We expect more from iPad apps these days
£5.49
Oh, we don’t know. Works fine. Looks okay. Fills us with hate. Get it if you want. We can’t stop you.
FREE
Brilliant fun, intensely creative, and universally accessible. A compelling musical toy.
£6.99
This is a great app for subscribers now, and we hope it’ll get even better with a few more features.
FREE
Official Android player for Music Beta by Google. The Music application features a redesigned UI and now supports Music Beta by Google.
FREE
Rex is a talking dinosaur. He repeats what you say in his deep threatening voice.
£0.61
It’s a big old bit of software, but this is a great app for Jack White fans.
£3.99
A brilliant app that beats the Spotify equivalent at the same price and happens to be a great tool for discovering new music
FREE
App shows off what you can’t see but there’s probably a reason you can’t see it
FREE
A pretty, fast app, but it needs to be able to tell you where to see a chosen film, more easily.
£0.69
There’s a lot to like about Boxee for iPad, and videos stream over Wi-Fi quite happily. It’s also been superbly designed.
FREE
An enormously clever and fun app that lets you release your spontaneous musical genius.
FREE
More of a listener than a reader? Audible for Android provides access to digital audiobooks for your aural pleasure.
FREE
Keep the kids entertained with this fun and easy to use learning app
£1.80
Experience the magic of Disney and gain access to wallpapers of all your favourite characters
FREE
A fun virtual finger painting app that’ll put a smile on the faces of both kids and adults alike
FREE
Without question, it’s the best media player for iPad. If you’re a video fanatic, it’s the app to buy.
£1.99
A timeless time consuming classic with a concept that really needs no introduction
£1.24
Exquisite graphics and professional narration make for a charming bedtime app for your child.
£1.49
Red Bull’s monthly magazine goes digital with a vast array of exciting new visual content
FREE
A beautiful coffee-table app that will inspire you to revisit, or discover, ’60s classics.
£5.99
A great app that makes it much easier and safer to listen to your music while driving.
£1.19
Comic spoof from the guy who brought us Shaun of the Dead.
£1.79
Want all the info on your favourite comic creations? Then look elsewhere.
£0.93
4oD comes to the iPad at last – and getting it is a complete no-brainer while it’s free.
FREE
Yes it’s free, but the selection of films you get in the UK is so limited that this is unlikely to be of interest.
FREE
It seems pricey, but djay’s layout, waveform display, split output option and sync feature make it feel pro.
£11.99
myPlayer provides access to TV and radio streams directly to your Android device.
FREE
Everything you ever needed to know about the British Royal Family.
FREE
Kindle rival offers up decent customisable reading experience
£1.83
There are some minor flaws and omissions, but there’s just so much to love here.
FREE
If you want to be a record breaker, dedication’s what you need, and this app might help
£0.59
Reignite the Christmas cheer with this interactive rendition of a timeless classic
£1.19
myFry is Stephen Fry’s latest autobiography, in the rather wondersome shape of a beautifully-designed iPhone app
£7.99
Britain has hundreds of crap pubs, avoid them forever more with CAMRA’s handy ale guide for your mobile
£4.99
Finally, a TV guide for the iPhone that lets you plan your gogglebox viewing in no time at all
£1.79
Total Film magazine’s new app gives cinephiles and movie buffs everything that they could possibly want on the iPhone
£0.59
This latest iPhone photo-manipulation app is by far the grossest yet. And yet still the funniest.
£0.59
Another Japanese gem that lets you create fantastic comic avatars of you and your mates in no time at all.
£1.19
An encyclopaedic knowledge of history’s greatest sayings awaits in this insightful app
£1.79
Fed up of streaming YouTube on your phone? Now you can download the videos instead
FREE
Nothing is guaranteed to make you the life and soul of the party more than getting your Windows Mobile smartphone out and waving it about, right?
FREE
Damn your dead-tree-based products, we want to read books from vastly complicated electrical devices!
£2.19
An app that promises free streaming TV but much like the Loch Ness Monster, it’s rarely seen.
FREE
Plan your cinema and film enjoyment from one app and never leave the glow of the silver screen again
£1.69
If you want to produce cool, retro-looking Polaroid style pics with your iPhone, Hipstamatic is the app to do it
£1.19
Do you like stroking your chin in front of baffling paintings? If so, here is an app for you
FREE
We are big fans of the mental French circus troupe and this app helps us track their gigs around the world
FREE
Less bells and whistles than the desktop version, but a brilliant mobile incarnation of iMovie that will empower iPhone 4 users everywhere.
£2.99
Men’s mag makes iPad debut with stunning Hot 100 issue. Gallerytastic.
£1.79
Spider-Man and Captain America have rarely looked better than on the iPad’s 9.7-inch touchscreen
FREE
Broadcast your virtual sounds around the world and check in on the competition
£0.59
£35 for non-subscribers, but is it worth it for Premier League on-the-go?
FREE
Your portal to free ebooks on Android – complete with bookmarking and extensive online library
FREE
Become the pub bore with a 5001 facts with which to ‘entertain’ everyone
£1.19
A simple link from the BBC to let you watch all its on-demand programming via the specially designed website
FREE
Mystic Meg doesn’t have a prayer when there are free apps like this one around
FREE
If you’re into the latest movies, it’s always handy to have an application that’s got the inside scoop on what’s coming up
FREE
A humorous-if-chauvinistic application that basically works out your ladyfriend’s time of the month and gives ‘tips’ on how to act
£2.15
A big set of personality tests to help you find out who you really are apparently ‘funny and pleasant’.
£4.99
Turn your BlackBerry into an old school PC with this range of screensavers
FREE
Stealing the best of YouTube on your BlackBerry and offering it up in a tidy package
FREE
Ever wanted to waste money on a pointless clock? Here’s your chance
£2.15
The coolest subscription-based music streaming service which turns your phone into a melody machine
FREE
An insanely addictive game where you have to make the entire screen one colour
FREE
Brings the BBC iPlayer to your Android phone. It’s unofficial but it’s all in the best possible taste
FREE
A simple version of the popular childhood handheld game where you mimic the flashing buttons.
FREE
A pretend fish inside a pretend fish tank that you have to pretend to feed and care about
£0.59
All your favourite bits of the world’s leading video site streamlined for use on the move.
FREE
Spotify is the world’s greatest music streaming service and one of our favourite iPhone music apps.
FREE
Perhaps the creepiest and most addictive thing to come out of Japan since Pokemon.
£1.79
A superb way of identifying new music that you like and sharing your finds with friends.
£2.99
A fun photo-manipulation app that lets you turn your friends into the Mona Lisa.
£0.59
Layar is an augmented reality web browser that brings the internet to the real world and allows you to search exactly what you see.
FREE
Preview and download ringtones, ranging from chart hits to classic phone melodies.
FREE
Turn your Android into a music machine with Amazon’s music store and download songs without DRM.
FREE
Shazam is a music-discovery application that tells you who sings that song you just heard on TV.
FREE
With thousands of backgrounds on offer, you can select a new one each day to completely personalise your Android phone.
FREE
A home entertainment system for your phone, that’s more than just an elaborate media player.
£18.69
The promise of streaming radio, webcams and TV all from a single app, but is this an endless entertainment dream come true?
£2.69
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