iPhone apps directories

Now that the iPhone App Store (along with iPhone 3G) has been out for over a month, there are many sites out there that decided to list and review apps. Should you get that $15 app or is the one at $6.99 good enough? I’ve been checking them out, and here I’ll list the most useful ones. If you own an iPhone or iPod Touch you may find those interesting to bookmark.

The first link is the official one, the Apple App Store page. There’s not much to say about it, the directory lists the most popular ones, with the price and the official description. It’s not a complete list, since it only lists the top 10 in every category. It also does not offer reviews.

A user-created site is AppRater, which does include reviews, but has a somewhat difficult navigation. It allows users to include apps so there is no guaranty of what the site will be telling you.

The obviously named iPhoneAppReviews site provides very long and detailed reviews on a series of apps, with ratings. The apps are picked by the site, but people can request that they review a specific app.

The last site I’ll mention is the iPhone Application List which provides another list of apps for you to check out, along reviews, and very big screenshots. The site also provides many ways to share the reviews.

The common words from iPhone users is that the Apps Store is the best thing that firmware 2.0 brought them. There’s really no reason to not try out all the free apps and maybe some paid ones. One mention however is that some people have experienced increased unstability with their phones when many apps were installed. There’s 2 tips that usually seem to improve this: First, do a hard reboot and format the phone if need be, and second, make sure you install your apps via iTunes and not over the air, this also seems to cause issues for some. Have fun playing with your apps!