Best Free iPhone Apps

Digitally Imported Radio iPhone App Review

Description:

Radio is something that the world responds to and uses to this day.  The creation of radio is spanning almost a century, and it has had many uses over the years and still has many uses today.  Having the ability to listen to music and other things through the air, is something that still amazes many people today.  Well know radio that is played halfway around the world can be streamed right to your iphone.  There is a new radio app for the iphone called Digitally Imported Radio.  This app allows you to stream the world’s most addictive music and the app has a hand programmed radio channels feature that shows off world renowned artists, DJ’s, and the hottest shows around.

This service has been on the net for a while, but it has just come to iPhone so you can enjoy it anywhere you are.  You can tune into over 35 radio channels for the hottest electronic music from genres such as Trance, House, Dance, Lounge, Chillout, Techno, Ambient, and many more.  You can visit the developer site to learn more about them and their presence in the radio world and how it fits in with the world.

Features:

• Unique radio channels programmed by real passionate channel directory
• if you arent sure what channel to pick, its no problem!  You can explore the styles list with a predefined group to make a discover fun and easy to learn about and start to like new and different music
• The app also supports the new IOS 4 OS for the iphone and streams music in the background so you can use other apps on your phone as well
• Favorites to save your favorite channels for quick and easy access
• View current and upcoming exclusive radio shows on digitally imported
• set higher or lower stream bitrate preferences for when cellular vs wifi is used
• optional buffer bar with data usage display.  This is great for the gracking of data plan usage and cellular signal issues
• Optional instant in app upgrade to Premium to switch to even higher audio quality and completely commercial free streams.

If you like radio, and want to experience it on your phone, this is one of the best ways to do it.  The new Digitally Imported Radio app is here to stay and has lots of features.

Conclusion:

This app is FREE and has gotten a 4 out of 5 star rating

Barcode Hero iPhone App Review

Description:

Barcode scanner apps are certainly cool as they allow you a cool way to compare prices and find out exactly what you are looking for. This is extremely helpful in this down economy when all we want to do is save money and make it easier on ourselves to make the bills get paid.  Well there is a free app that takes a barcode scanner app to a whole new level.  The app is brand new and it is called Barcode Hero.  Of course this app will scan barcodes and give you information as to how much things cost and where you can find the best deal on an item.  The app goes one step further and allows you to post the barcodes that you have scanned on a social networking site.  Social network sites like Facebook and Twitter are integrated into this app so that you can compare your shopping lists with your friends and help each other find the best deals.

The developers are also dedicated to not allowing facebook spam to be sent to your profile or pages.  This is especially nice because a lot of free apps kind of do this type of thing where you get a whole bunch of crap when you sign up or download it.  You can rest easy with this one as it is safe for your social networking sites.

Features:

• built in scanner from Redlaser works great on all iPhones
• compare prices with top retailers like Amazon, Ebay, and Buy.com
• follow other shoppers to see their scans and recommendations to help each other find the best prices out there on the stuff you are looking for
• build a wishlist to share with friends and family
• invite your friends to see your scans and recommendations
• cool profile pages based on the items you scan
• The app is constantly being updated and new features will continue to roll out with this app once you download it.

If you like to help people save money besides yourself, this is a great app to share what you are searching for with your friends to help them find the best deal as well.  The law of numbers helps.  The more people looking for a deal, the more likely someone you know will actually find the deal you have been searching for.

Conclusion:

This app is Free and has been given a 4 out of 5 star rating.

Fotopedia Heritage iPhone App Review

Description:

We have all heard of wikipedia, an encyclopedia made by users.  Well not only is it important to contribute to these types as things, but it is important that these types of resources be available for people to be able to take advantage of.  Well now there is a free app for the iphone that helps you to discover and explore places in this great nation and world.  The app is called Fotopedia Heritage, and it is for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.  What exactly is this app?  Well this app concept is very simple actually.  The app  is a wikipedia of sorts, but it uses photos to help people learn about things instead of text information.  This means if you want to check out the pyramids of Egypt, you can with this amazing app.  The app gets new photos constantly, and they are high quality photographs as there are lots of amazing photographers out there.

There are over 20,000 photos ilustrating over 3,000 points of interest, and that number is steadily growing.  This site has built in features from the Unesco World Heritage Center, fotopedia Heritage helps to reinvent for you the amazing picture book on the coffee table.  Having access to these amazing photos can really help to spark interest and can help you learn a lot about these places.

Features:

• explore our heritage deeper and deeper by being able to navigate carefully through chosen tags that can help you to learn a lot about different places
• learn more about each place by reading rich descriptions from UNESCO and Wikipedia as they are both incorporated into the app to give you a full resource to search from
• browse an interactive map and localize precisely each site so you can see how far away you are from some of these amazing places
• The app has an easy to use navigation screen and makes it very easy to navigate and find exactly what it is you are looking for

This app is a great resource for people that have some time to kill and want to do it in an educational way.  If you love photos and love places on the earth, give this app a try and download it today! The app is free so you have nothing to lose by giving it a try!

Conclusion:

This app costs nothing and has been given a 4 out of 5 star rating by other users.

Glamour Magazine iPhone App Review

Description:

With the newspapers and press magazines moving to a digital format, it is cooler than ever to view these new digital formats right from the palm of your hand.  The Glamour magazine has been a staple magazine for many years and many men and women enjoy the magazine for the article content and also the product reviews.  Well now you can get monthly, daily, and hourly Glamour gratification with the new Glamour magazine iphone app. The app is free for the iphone an you can use it to purchase complete issues of the magazine or use the free glamour.com reader to browse the latest fashion, beauty, relationship and health posts right from the phone!

Each digital issue gives you much more than the traditional off the magazine stand issue.  There are extras like video, photos, and app only fashion picks that allow you to purchase and tap a product right in the magazine to get pricing and even buy it right from your device. This type of functionality can make things very easy when trying to get the most out of the digital editions that you are purchasing.  You can also save your favorite fashion and beauty items from the magazine with details on where to buy them – for easy shopping references when you are on the go and want to hurry and check something out.

Features:

• the app is very easy to use and allows you to purchase monthly issues right within the app
• you can tap items in the magazine to buy them, price check them, or add them to your favorites
• the app allows you to view videos and photos that are not available on the hard press issues
• there is also a free content side to the app so you can check out fashion trends and clothing as well as new beauty products and health posts by Glamour magazine

If you love this magazine, this is the app that you need to get all of the amazing things that this magazine can offer you digitally.  This app will keep you in the now about new clothes and products that can make a real difference in the way that you look and feel about yourself.  Give this free app a try and you will be surprised at how well it works for you.

Conclusion:

This app is free and has been given a 2 out of 5 star rating by other users.

BabyFirst Mobile iPhone App Review

Description:

Do you have smaller children that absolutely love your iphone?  Well you probably don’t let them play with it as there are tons of things they can ruin such as your contacts, email lists, your facebook, and countless other things.  Well now you can entertain your children from your iphone with the new BabyFirst mobile app for babies.  This app allows your toddler and baby to safely use the iphone  which is based around the Babyfirst’s TV original award winning educational video content made just for children at their age.

This app locks out all of the other applications and features on your phone so that your baby or toddler can’t hurt anything as they start to play this app.  Having this ability to lock the phone while giving them entertainment is perfect for you as you don’t have to worry about them messing anything up while you play.  You child will giggle with delight as they explore the great world of animated and live action videos – all complete with simple inspiring adventures and cheerful music.  You can choose among numerous programs and characters including:

Features:

• harry the bunny, the lovable funny bunny introduces new words and experiences
• peekaboo, i see you the timeless game of peekaboo comes to life.
• hide and seek, friendly squirrel friends play a game of hide and seek with an acorn
• rainbow horse, a spirited horse brings colors into the world around him
• tillie knock knock, tillie has play dates with all her animal friends to keep them company
• fred and fiona, friends discover objects and where they exist in the world
• Bonnie bear, a musical bear introduces common objects and the sounds they make
• the notekins are seven musical note characters that meet instrument friends and learn about music
• counting time, the introduction of number 1-10
• animal friends, familiarity with animals, their environments, and the sounds they make
• music and sounds, exploring the joyous words of music
• first words, the introduction of basic vocabulary words for children.

As you can see, this app has a lot to offer as far as entertainment value goes.  So get on the band wagon and use your phone to entertain those little ones with fantastic apps like this one. This app is FREE so you have nothing to lose by downloading it.

Conclusion:

This app is FREE and has been given a 3 out of 5 star rating by other users of this app on the iphone.