I guess, there should be a "Must-have" thread for Windows phone users just like for Android/iOS.
Since WP is a budding ecosystem, first time WP users may have trouble finding the apps/games for their WPs, coz myself troubled at first.
So, lets help with each other with what we've known and i will try to update this post often.
Update log 1.0:
Update log 2.0:
<<Will be updated soon>>
Games:
3D Brutal Chase
Angry Birds
AE 3D Motor
AE Doodle Dash
AE Fruit Slash
Air Hockey
Chicken Story 2
Flow Free
Line Birds
OneTouchDrawing
Portal Ball
Top Truck Free
ThinkInvisible
Word Search
Please be informed that, i have included the FREE apps/games so far..
Whether we need any sub-divisions for games, coz a game can fall in more than a category?
Any other suggestions are welcome..
Since WP is a budding ecosystem, first time WP users may have trouble finding the apps/games for their WPs, coz myself troubled at first.
So, lets help with each other with what we've known and i will try to update this post often.
F = Free, $ = Premium, OFF = Official, 3RD = Third Party App
Update log 1.0:
- Initial Version.
Update log 2.0:
- Segregated apps based on Price (F/$) and Source (Off/3rd).
- Added hyperlinks because some apps share common names (Ex: Battery). Now users can directly try the app.
- Added/removed few apps based on member's suggestions.
Must have APPS for
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| SOCIAL NETWORKS . CHAT | ||||
| Facebook Beta | F | 3RD | World's biggest Social Network - yet din't have any Official app for its user base. | |
| Foursquare | F | OFF | Location-based app to find your friends/deals/great places nearby. | |
| G+ | Google Plus viewer | F | 3RD | World's 2nd largest Social Network - yet din't have any Official app for its user base. Till that, these apps are breeze. |
| F | OFF | Not-a-social, but for those who love Google search engine. | ||
| Hike | F | OFF | An alternative to Whatsapp, and its free. It will be fun, only when your friends/family are there. | |
| IM+ | IM+ Pro | F & $(Pro) | 3RD | Same as talk.to, but features more services with annoying ads. Not-a-must, but can be tried. |
| F | OFF | A professional social-network for the professionals who are on the go. | ||
| Pin+ | Pinterest Wrapper , Pinterest | F | 3RD | |
| Skype | F | OFF | Skype needs no intro - Send instant messages and make free video/voice calls to anyone/anyday. | |
| Talk.to | F | OFF | An easy-to-use chat-client for Google talk/Fb messegner/Ping pong. | |
| F | OFF | For twitter junkies, who wanna stay up-to-date on happenings. | ||
| Viber | F | OFF | An alternative to Skype (free calls) and Whatsapp (messaging) and it's available for all platforms. | |
| F | OFF | Not-a-must. If you're bored with others, you can try these for its some funny features. (really!!) | ||
| F(1yr). 1$ henceforth | OFF | A cross-platform smartphone messenger which fits for all groups. Supports only free SMS,as of now. | ||
| LOCATION . GPS . TRANSPORTATION | ||||
| Gmaps | Gmaps Pro | F/$ | 3RD | Hosts a handful of features (needs internet connection to work) built over Google maps API. Must have for those people who constantly travel. |
| HERE City lens | F | OFF | Aug-Reality based app which shows nearby shops, restuarants, famous places and needs camera + internet to work. Won't work with ALL WINDOWS PHONES. | |
| HERE Drive+ Beta | F | OFF | A feature-rich turn-by-turn navigation app homebrewn by Nokia, works online as well as offline with voice guidance system. | |
| HERE Maps | F | OFF | Nokia's answers to Gmaps, which works seamlessly with any given location. One can't get lost anywhere with its 2D/3D maps. | |
| Wikitude | F | OFF | Another Augmented reality app, with its plethora of features. | |
| HERE Transit | F | OFF | Compare routes between two places and choose the route that works best for you and let HERE Transit do the rest. | |
| Weather Tile | F | N/A | Tiny app that brings live weather stats based on your location to your home screen via its live tile. | |
| ENTERTAINMENT . COMICS | ||||
| GoComics | F | N/A | A one-stop comic portal app with 100+ daily updating comic strips, but don't expect Chacha Chaudry here. | |
| Explosm | F | 3RD | Free app which randomly shows a C & H strip. No-date based search. | |
| Cyanide & Happiness | $ | OFF | Explosm's own C & H premium app with optons for viewing strips based on any date/month/year along with their daily NEWS. | |
| Dilbert.app | F | 3RD | Dedicated Dilbert comics strips with date-based search/viewing. | |
| Hulu plus | F/$ | OFF | Watch your famous/classic TV shows on the go, get daily feeds with this free app. Premium features ad-free. | |
| EDUCATION . REFERENCE . KNOWLEDGE | ||||
| Advanced English Dictionary | Dictionary | F | 3RD | Search a word to get the meaning along with the pronounciation. |
| Wikipedia | Wikipedia | F | 3RD | Wikipedia - Biggest Online Encyclopedia ever created by people for people. |
| How Stuff works | F | 3RD | For those who love "How stuff works". | |
| PHOTO MANIPULATION . LENS . PAINTING | ||||
| Proshot | $ | N/A | Strictly for photography professionals, but others can try with "TRY" option before buying. | |
| Camera360 | F | N/A | App blends perfectly with camera, to produce uber cool effects that's otherwise impossible. A must for mobile-clickers. | |
| Phototastic free | F | N/A | A collage maker with many templates with cool effects. | |
| Photofunia | F | N/A | Basically a clould-based photo editor with 300+ effects to create some great/funny photos. | |
| Fantastia Painter free | Fantasic Painter | F/$ | N/A | Painting + Photo editing app with many effects up its sleeve to create really cool photos. Available as Pro too. |
| Photosynth | F | N/A | A different panorama app which allows you to capture 360 degrees horizontally and vertically, making a perfect “sphere." | |
| Blink | F | N/A | Basically a burst-mode shooter app with shoots before & after one presses shutter, so as to select a perfect shot. | |
| Photobeamer | F | N/A | Lumia-exclusive app, which makes your mobile as projector to show your pictures on any screen. | |
| #2InstaWithLove | F | 3RD | Nokia's answer to Instagram lovers of WP to create some great photos with ultra cool effects. | |
| Cinemagraph | F | OFF | Create awesome cinemagraphs with a slight touch. | |
| Creative Studio | F | OFF | Quick-and-easy photo editor exclusively for Lumia. | |
| Panorama | F | OFF | Simple panorama app that automatically switches the images, when you move the camera. | |
| SmartShoot | F | OFF | Nokia's official burst shot app that shoots five frames for each picture, to select the best one. | |
| Translator | F | OFF | Translate the foreign texts right on your screen, just by holding up the camera against the text. | |
| OFFICE . PRODUCTIVITY . MANAGEMENT | ||||
| AppSwitch | F | N/A | Find replacement/equivalent apps for your Windows phone, which works on iOS/Android/BB. | |
| Lumia Storage Check Beta | F | OFF | Find where your Lumia's storage are getting eaten/filled up and free up some space by clearing some temporary files. | |
| PDF reader | PDF reader | F | N/A | PDF readers for reading PDF, XPS and CBZ files from SD Card, Internet and SkyDrive. |
| Shrink Storage | F | N/A | Claims it will free some of the "Other" storage, though it worked for some. | |
| Connectivity Tiles | F | N/A | A nifty app which pins your some important apps like "Wifi/Data/Bluetooth/Location" straightly to the home screen. | |
| Fuse | F/$ | N/A | A simple newsreader appf or your windows phone. | |
| Effectual | F | N/A | Easy-to-use task management app for people who want to be organized. | |
| Speedtest.net | F | N/A | Check the speed of your 2G/3G mobile connections with this app. | |
| Stopwatch | Stopwatch+ | F | N/A | These apps will fill the void left by your Windows phone, when you need a timer/stopwatch |
| Nokia conference beta | F | OFF | For serious professionals, who use conference calls often with many codes. | |
| Group Tiles | F | N/A | Group your apps/games into separate entities on your home screen SEPARATELY. | |
| Flashlight 7 | F | N/A | A flashlight app with some cool features apart from what it intended to be. | |
| SkyDrive | F | OFF | Cloud-based app by Microsoft to autoupload your contents to SkyDrive. | |
| BookMyShow | F | N/A | Check movies/events around your place, and book it straight away with your Windows phone | |
| Dashboard | F | N/A | Though features a crappy design, it hosts some handy shortcuts and information about Windows phone. | |
| Battery | Battery | F | N/A | Battery management tool for your lovely phone along with handy shortcuts to connectivity. |
| MUSIC PLAYERS . RADIO . FREE STREAMING | ||||
| Nokia Music | F | OFF | Music player for not only playing songs, but also to retrieve some information of the song/album/author etc., | |
| Mixtapes | F | N/A | Freely listen to the millions of songs organized into mixes by listeners like you. | |
| Flatbeats | F | N/A | Same as mixtapes, but streams hand-crafted music of people around the world. | |
| Pandora | F | OFF | Tune into this app for listening your favorite songs/stations on the go. | |
| VIDEO PLAYERS . STREAMING | ||||
| Youtube | F | OFF | Youtube's officially app that looks great after a latest update. | |
| Metrotube | $ | N/A | Before Youtube's official app, Metrotube streamed videos from youtube. Not a must now. | |
| SPORTS & STUFFS | ||||
| The Football app | F | N/A | A must have app for the football fans. | |
| ESPN Hub | F | N/A | Handy app for following latest scores, news, videos and standings from your favorite sports teams around the world. | |
| PERSONAL / FITNESS | ||||
| Caledos Runner | F | N/A | An app that tracks your fitness, gives audio cues and also provide an ability to control/listen music during workout. | |
| Endomondo Sports tracker | F | N/A | Nifty sports app that tracks your fitness along with running, cycling, walking and any other distance based sport! | |
| NEWS | ||||
| NDTV | F | OFF | Stay updated with the current events/news/videos directly with NDTV. | |
| The Times of India | F | OFF | TOI's official app just like NDTV. | |
| Dinamalar | F | OFF | For those, who want to read Dinamalar directly in TAMIL. | |
| BBC News mobile | F | N/A | For the regular readers of BBC. | |
| CNN | F | 3RD | For CNN readers. | |
| UI . AESTHETICS . RELATED | ||||
| Wallpaper HD | F | N/A | Get HD wallpapers for your lock screen, E141straight from Zedge through this little app. | |
| Lock Screen Changer | F | N/A | Automatically changes the wallpaper over time, based on the location set by the user. | |
| Lockwidgets | $ | N/A | Augments your lock screen background with information like Weather & Battery. | |
| AI Wallpaper HD | F | N/A | Another HD wallpaper Database that features many sections to suit your wallpaper needs. | |
| APPS FOR KIDS | ||||
| Drumkit | F | N/A | Hone your drumkit skills with this tiny app. Perfect for kids. | |
| SoundTouch | F | N/A | Create some amazing sounds, just by touching the screen. | |
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
| WPCentral | $ | OFF | WPCentral's official app/guide to WP. Get updated with info/news/reviews/tips/comments on Windows phones. | |
| Engadget | F | OFF | For those who love news and want to hear on Gadgets and technology instantly. | |
| Disqus | F | OFF | Disqus's own app to continue your conversations directly from Windows phone. | |
| Baconit | F | 3RD | Reddit directly on Windows phone. | |
| Shoopix | F | 3RD | Get connected to 500px directly with Shoopix. | |
| Flickr | F | OFF | Flickr's official app for Windows phone. |
Must have GAMES for
*i.imgur.com/Jd3oLK0.png
<<Will be updated soon>>
Games:
3D Brutal Chase
Angry Birds
AE 3D Motor
AE Doodle Dash
AE Fruit Slash
Air Hockey
Chicken Story 2
Flow Free
Line Birds
OneTouchDrawing
Portal Ball
Top Truck Free
ThinkInvisible
Word Search
Please be informed that, i have included the FREE apps/games so far..
Whether we need any sub-divisions for games, coz a game can fall in more than a category?
Any other suggestions are welcome..
