iPhone : Tools
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All the best iPhone apps and latest iPod apps, rated, reviewed and ready for download.
The best tools apps to organise your files, de-junk your phone, manage your time and all sorts of other tech-tricks to smooth the kinks in your digital life.
Print n share
Difficult to set up, but once you’ve got it working, it offers a great range of print options.
£5.99
pxl.
The interface feels a bit out of place on iOS, but it’s a fun app, and produces interesting results.
£0.69
Nooka
Nooka is a beautifully-designed novelty clock app with loads of customisation options. Very stylish and a lot of fun.
£0.69
Graffiti Me
Not an app most people are likely to use more than half a dozen times, but it’s reasonably well done.
£0.69
Classique Camera
Save your money and go for Instagram, which is free and offers more filters. That is, unless you desperately want these effects for video.
£0.69
Convertr
Convertr quickly converts values of all sorts, and the beautifully-designed interface makes it one of the most flexible we’ve seen.
£1.49
AntiCrop
Mixed results are an understatement, only of use for the most clutter free of landscape shots.
£0.69
Cinemagram
A superb way of capturing a moment, with an easy-to-use process – even if the app needs a little polish.
FREE
iDarkroom
iDarkroom is terrific fun at a very reasonable price, though is limited overall
£0.69
Evi
A promising Siri rival, if currently too unreliable to be a replacement instead of a companion app.
£0.69
Animoto Video Slideshows
You can create an unlimited number of beautiful 30-second slideshows for free. What’s not to like?
FREE
Capture – The Quick Video Camera
A good idea, decently implemented. We’d like to have seen more guidance on how video is saved
£0.69
Affagato
It’s handy as a brief, pocket guide to all things coffee, but by no means perfect
£0.69
Audium
We can get behind hiding the Music app’s clutter, but Audium could do with settings to personalise its appearance and behaviour.
£0.69
Zapd
Easy websites for everyone at light speed. It’s limited , but what it does, it does with aplomb
FREE
Disposable Hipstamatic
Great for sharing fun moments with friends, but it feels like the app isn’t quite finished yet
FREE
iBBQ
All you need to have a great summertime barbecue, packaged up in a thoughtful interface
FREE
Delivery Status Touch
Perfect for tracking post and courier deliveries from the palm of your hand
£2.99
CoinKeeper: Budget and expense tracking
A brilliantly visual way to track your spending, even if it can be a little confusing at first.
£1.99
Big Lens
Useful on occasions, but ultimately the developer’s claims turn out to be hyperbole. The filters are fun, but you can get more from the free Instagram app.
£0.69
Adobe Carousel
If you’re a pro out in the field hooking up your DSLR to your iPad, it’s worth a look, but iPhone-only users will be left disappointed
FREE
London Bus Checker – Live Countdown for Every Stop
A handy app when you’re trying to get from A to B, although a little on the pricey side for simple info
£1.99
Dropbox for iPhone
The free 2GB account may sound poky, but use it wisely and you may never have to pay to upgrade
FREE
Philips BatterySense
A piece of brilliant interface design, but the figures are not something to be relied upon
FREE
AirBoard
No more fights over who gets to stand at the whiteboard in meetings. Use AirBoard instead.
FREE
FILMiC Pro
If you’re serious about using your iPhone to record video, this app will unleash your camera’s true potential.
£1.99
Coffee Cellar
An easy and pretty way for coffee connoisseurs to keep track of their favourite blends.
£1.99
Grow Your Own
This guides you every step of the way, from sowing seeds to harvest time. Fantastic.
FREE
AirBeam
Whether you use it as a tool or as a toy is up to you, but there’s no denying the usefulness of this app.
£2.49
Don’t Get Me Wrong
A good, fun idea, but the app is hampered by being incomplete – and occasionally wide of the mark.
£0.69
Monochromia – Black & White Photography
Simple, great value photo app for moody, thoughtful images.
FREE
Foodspotting
Tastily presented social app that presses the right buttons for food aesthetes.
FREE
Dragon Dictation
A nice mobile version of Dragon, but speech recognition’s clunky edge is hard to ignore.
FREE
Super 8
There are other ‘shoot with an old camera’ apps out there, but and extremely well done.
£0.59
EyeTV by Elgato
Little wrong with the app, though bandwidth can make the experience quite frustrating.
£2.99
8mm Vintage Camera
If you’re looking for some fun effects to add while you’re recording video, this app works a treat.
£1.19
Capo
A simple app that only really does one thing, but Capo does it so well that it’s very hard to fault.
£2.99
Muybridgizer
If you fancy yourself as an arty photographer, the Muybridgizer will delight and entertain
FREE
Spirit Booth
Scare yourself silly by putting realistic looking ghosts and ghoulies into your photos
£0.59
Moonpig
Moonpig has been around for almost a decade, with the card-personalisation service now getting a dedicated iPhone app
FREE
ForeverMap Europe
It’s a massive map of the whole of Europe that you can view when you are offline. What is not to like?
£2.39
Camera+
One of the rare few camera apps for iPhone that is worth your money and your time.
£1.19
Things
Need to organise your brain in a more productive manner? Let Things do it for you!
£5.99
WorkSnug Pro
If you freelance or regularly work on the move, then WorkSnug Pro is pretty much an essential app to help you find a suitable workplace nearby
FREE
Nigella’s Quick Collection
TV’s sauciest cook makes her debut on the iPhone, in a bid to knock Jamie off the iChef throne
£4.99
ZombieBooth: Alive in 3D
The latest fun photo-manipulation app from the Japanese wizards at MotionPortrait.
£0.59
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