The Best Apps for Android and iPhone, 2012 Edition
A smartphone is only as good as the apps you have on it. We've filtered Android’s Google Play store and the Apple App Store to select the most useful and fun apps for your phone. Check out our picks for the top mobile utilities, entertainment software, news apps, productivity tools, and games available today.
A smartphone is only as good as the apps you have on it. We've filtered Android’s Google Play store and the Apple App Store to select the most useful and fun apps for your phone. Check out our picks for the top mobile utilities, entertainment software, news apps, productivity tools, and games available today.
(To read the related story about each category of apps, click the appropriate heading below, or use the contents box to the right. You can also consult our alphabetical list of all the apps described in our "Super Apps!" package.)
Shockingly Useful
EDITOR'S PICK: Any.Do (free) Android | iOS
EDITOR'S PICK: GasBuddy (free) Android | iOS
SayHi Translate ($1) iOS
Smart Tools ($2.50) Android
Lookout Mobile Security (free) Android | iOS
Alarm Clock Ultra ($3) Android
Just for Fun
EDITOR'S PICK: Turntable.fm (free) Android | iOS
EDITOR'S PICK: Tweetbot ($3) iOS
Snapseed ($5) iOS
AfterFocus (free) Android
StumbleUpon (free) Android | iOS
Friendcaster for Facebook (free) Android
Viddy (free) iOS
The Replacements
EDITOR'S PICK: Assistant (free) Android
EDITOR'S PICK: GroupMe (free) Android | iOS
Camera+ ($1) iOS
Opera Mini (free) Android | iOS
K-9 Mail (free) Android
Sparrow ($3) iOS
DoubleTwist (free) Android
Noteworthy News Apps
EDITOR'S PICK: Pocket (free) Android | iOS
EDITOR'S PICK: Zite (free) Android | iOS
1Weather (free) Android
Flipboard (free) iOS
Instapaper ($3) Android | ($5) iOS
Ready for Business
EDITOR'S PICK: Business Calendar Free (free) Android
EDITOR'S PICK: GoodReader for iPhone ($5) iOS
Google Drive (free) Android
OneReceipt (free) iOS
mSecure Password Manager ($10) Android | iOS
Adobe Reader (free) Android | iOS
Pocket Arcade
EDITOR'S PICK: Minecraft: Pocket Edition ($7) Android | iOS
EDITOR'S PICK: Infinity Blade 2 ($7) iOS
Angry Birds Space (free) Android | ($1) iOS
SpellTower ($2) iOS
TripleTown (free) Android | iOS
Draw Something (free) Android | iOS
Hero Academy (free) iOS
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- Obama nominates Wheeler as new FCC chairman
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- Asana adds enterprise features to its task management app
- Oracle takes stake in ingestible health sensor maker
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Senator introduces legislation targeting patent trolls
A U.S. senator has introduced legislation allowing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review and invalidate controversial patents challenged by technology startups in an effor(...) -
Dunkin' Donuts brews up strong social response to Boston bombings
When Dunkin' Donuts executives were deciding how to respond on Twitter and Facebook to the Boston Marathon bombings, they acted like what they are - members of a grieving Boston(...) -
Buyers Beware, Many BlackBerry 10 Apps Aren't Compatible with Q10 Smartphone
When I reviewed the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone, the Z10, in January, I had mostly good things to say but also expressed concern that big-name app publishers were not throwing t(...) -
Magicka for iPad is a fun port of its PC counterpart
The original Magicka, Arrowhead Studios' inaugural release for Windows PCs, was--for a while--the best possible excuse for killing your friends. It is a comical action-adventure ga(...) -
Obama nominates Wheeler as new FCC chairman
U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated telecom trade group veteran Tom Wheeler to be the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
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