Here are two apps that are dealing with the same subject, recipes, and are extremely effective but in different ways.I would argue that while they are dealing with the same subject, the apps are for two different audiences. Allrecipes.com is the app for the less advanced cook, someone who still relies on by the book ideas for meals. This is demonstrated by the apps straightforward search engine. However, Big Oven is more of an app for the advanced cook, someone who wants to be creative and get a little crazy with mashed potatoes, for example, coconut mashed potatoes being one of the recipes in their “What’s for Dinner” section. Both apps are free and offer cool extras beyond recipes. Below i’ll offer the Pros and Cons of each app to really break it down for you.

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Most people have had the unfortunate task of looking for a restaurant last minute while trying to seamlessly mesh their location, preferred style of food and price point. Then someone, who would definitely be my friend, created the Urban Spoon app. Urban Spoon sticks out for me as not only a useful app but also one that is really fun to use, for the following reasons. Its utility stems from the fact that the app tells you information about a restaurant that you could only otherwise learn from a computer, reviews from blog posts, critics and user reviews. It makes choosing a restaurant fun because once you choose an area in any U.S or Canadian city, a style of food and a price point (one dollar sign to multiple) the app “shakes” until it finds the right restaurant for you.

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Some apps are useless. Some apps are kind of useful. Some apps are useful.

This app — is excellently useful.

Houzz(for iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad) has over 30,000 photos and 25,000 ideabooks for home design ideas – the largest on the net. Read the rest of this entry »

Ever had a time when you knew a great restaurant, felt too lazy to make a reservation(or maybe forgot to), and went there with a bunch of friends but had to wait for an hour to be seated? I do. Yes I do.  And if you ever had to do that, you know how that feels like.

IT SUCKS!

And so I was absolutely delighted when I found out about OpenTable for iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Read the rest of this entry »

Food. FOOD. Food. FOOD.

“Food” is one of the most beautiful words I have ever learned to say. I like food. I love food. In fact, one of my hobbies is to try to find and taste the food of the highest quality wherever I am, whether it’s American, Italian, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Indian, Mexican etc.

And then I came across Zagat to Go now on iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. If you are a seeker of good food or just like to eat out in general, this app is perfect. This app is also useful when you are traveling and have no clue where to find good food in a new area. Read the rest of this entry »

Need to find a place to grab a bite? A couple of drinks? A convenience store?

Wander into an unfamiliar town or a district; you might not know where to find those. Yelp, however, is now on iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »

Simple were the times when reality was exactly as we saw it. Now, apps are introducing augmented experiences to what’s right in front of our face. By utilizing the iPhone camera, many apps enable you to see things that aren’t immediately there, be it stores and restaurants in the nearby areas, information about your surroundings, or explosions of cars you see that you don’t particularly like. These “augmented reality” apps show what’s there in conjunction with what’s not, and could very well be the future of how we perceive reality, by enhancing it with information, fabrications, suggestions, others’ feedback, and advertisements. Read the rest of this entry »