Apps
Learn about new iPhone apps that are worth downloading. Finding new cool iPhone apps is hard, and iPhone Application List discovers and reviews some of the best apps.
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Mobiscope on iPhone: an early window into live cameras
Revisit SHAPE Services’ Mobiscope and the difference between public webcams, personal cameras and a genuinely live view.
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Puppet Animation: turning one iPhone photo into a moving character
Daisuke Nogami’s Puppet Animation animated parts of a still image. Its surviving developer history shows what came at launch and what arrived…
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Fishing Calendar: sun, moon and a record of your catches
The historical Fishing Calendar paired a location-based timing forecast with a photo-and-catch log.
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Santana for iPhone: music, lessons and the story behind the app
Santana’s 2009 iPhone app brought together music, a discography, news and guitar lessons. Here is what its developer documented.
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Safety Button: what an alert app can and cannot promise
A historical look at location-alert apps, the difference between notification and response, and the questions that matter before relying on one.
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GoodFood: finding a restaurant recommendation you can use
The early GoodFood name and a practical method for assessing restaurant suggestions on an iPhone.
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iPirate: a pirate-voice joke generator from the early App Store
Taco Apps’ iPirate packaged theatrical pirate insults as a small entertainment app.
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Near+Now: local discovery based on the places you liked
Revisit Sortuv.com’s Near+Now and the difference between a nearby result and a personally relevant recommendation.
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iHound: early lost-phone software and the importance of preparation
A look back at device-location apps, with current official resources for locating your own missing Apple device.
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Massager by Oscar Yau: an early iPhone novelty from the archive
The original Massager listing identifies Oscar Yau and app ID 300815710. Here is what the historical record actually establishes.
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Photo Spot for iPhone: the picture puzzle behind the old link
A fresh overview of Nexx Studio’s spot-the-difference game, with a careful distinction between the historic title and present availability.
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Geisha by GClue: an early interactive iPhone novelty
Identify GClue’s original Geisha app and the small interaction loop described in its 2009 listing.
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Shakespeare for iPhone: a complete-works reader from Readdle
A look at the early Shakespeare app from Readdle and PlayShakespeare.com, and how to use a pocket edition for reading and study.
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Word Warp on iPhone: a small set of letters, a satisfying puzzle
How MobilityWare’s word game works and how to decide whether its style of anagram play fits your next short break.
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Seadragon Mobile: exploring a huge image through a small screen
Revisit Microsoft’s early iPhone image demo and the interaction between overview, detail and navigation.
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ActiveNotes: the Morbius Labs note editor for early iPhone
The original ActiveNotes listing identified a Morbius Labs app for writing and editing notes on iPhone and iPod touch.
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Dietician for early iPhones: meal planning beyond a food diary
Revisit the original Dietician meal-planning app and distinguish its historical feature claims from evidence about health outcomes.
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7 Chords: a guitar reference you could see and hear
Revisit Handplant Studios’ 7 Chords and the connection between a chord diagram, its fingering and its sound.
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iLOL for iPhone: TipMobile’s early photo-caption community
The 2009 iLOL app let people caption a photo and publish it to a shared community. Here is the original product behind…
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Bodybook: keep a workout journal useful beyond one app
What surviving 2009 references say about Bodybook Fitness Journal and how to preserve meaningful personal records.
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Where To Golf: finding a course is different from booking a round
A look at the early course-finder app and the practical information to verify before choosing where to play.
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VR+ Voice Recorder: SHAPE’s audio-recording and sharing app
How VR+ combined recording, MP3 sharing and voice-activity detection, with clear limits on what the surviving historical record proves.
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U.S. Historical Documents: reading, searching and annotating on the early iPhone
This app stored a collection of historical documents locally and offered paragraph-level notes and bookmarks.
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iPhone: The Missing Manual — an early guide on the phone itself
The historical /manual/ page covered David Pogue’s iPhone guide from O’Reilly. Revisit its context and choose documentation that matches your iPhone today.