Flipboard
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/3473
Flipboard
The award-winning Flipboard app has become
the standard in personalized magazines. Flip through a gorgeous arrangement of
customized news categories, along with your Facebook, Google+, and Twitter
feeds. The app also makes it easy to share articles with your social networks.
Downcast
Price: $1.99
Website: app2.me/5209
Downcast
Downcast lets you subscribe and listen to
podcasts without having to sync with iTunes. The app features Airplay support
for sound and video, plus the ability to download manually or automatically.
Podcast subscriptions sync with iCloud.
Prismatic: Always Interesting
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/5233
Prismatic:
Always Interesting
Like Flipboard, Prismatic creates a
personalized news feed and layout based on your preferences and social network
accounts. This stylish app makes it easy to discover and share new content.
The Daily for iPhone
Price: Free with in-app subscription
Website: app2.me/5208
The
Daily for iPhone
This digital-only publication features new
content on a daily basis, and it's beautifully laid out with articles, pics,
and info-graphics. You can subscribe for $1.99 a month or $19.99 a year. It's
the sister publication of The Daily app for iPad (free, app2.me/4051).
NextDraft
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/5210
NextDraft
Internet news addict Dave Pell distills the
day's top 10 news stories into bite-sized nuggets written with wit and insight.
Cleanly designed and easy to read, this app is a quick and easy way to stay
informed (and entertained).
Weather
The Weather Channel
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/2898
The
Weather Channel
Powered by over 200 meteorologists and
their TruPoint forecasting technology, The Weather Channel app is your
essential weather app. The app's background image changes to reflect local
weather conditions, and badges alert you to severe conditions.
MyRadar Weather Radar
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/4116
Pro version
Price: $1.99
Website: app2.me/4117
MyRadar
Weather Radar
If you like to see exactly what's happening
around you, then this is the app for you. MyRadar displays a radar with
animated weather conditions as they happen. The Pro version is ad-free.
Weather Underground
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/4979
Weather
Underground
Weather Underground's advantage over other
apps is its extensive local weather coverage. The app features an interactive
"Wundermap," and like the other weather apps, it features push
notification alerts for severe weather.
AccuWeather for iPhone
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/2373
AccuWeather
for iPhone
In addition to hourly, daily, and weekly
weather forecasts, AccuWeather integrates with your iDevice's Calendar app, so
you can see the 15-day forecast without leaving your calendar. The app also
features animated radar and satellite pics.
NOAA Hi-Def Radar
Price: $1.99
Website: app2.me/5211
NOAA
Hi-Def Radar
This smooth and interactive weather app displays
vivid animated radar videos. You can control the loop speed and frame rate of
each animation. The app also displays U.S. drought and wildfire maps.
Weather Live
Price: $1.99
Website: app2.me/5212
Weather
Live
When you open this app, you're greeted by
animations showing real-time weather conditions outside. The current
temperature is an icon badge, so you can see it without even opening the app.
The app also features hourly and weekly weather conditions.
Books
Kindle
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/2482
Kindle
If you're an avid reader, downloading
Amazon's Kindle app is a no-brainer. It syncs your book purchases, page
locations, highlights, and notes across devices, and features customizable
settings to make reading more enjoyable in any environment.
iBooks
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/2403
iBook
Apple's iBooks is a beautiful app that
connects to the built-in iBookstore. Although I've found books on the Kindle
app to be better priced, the experience of reading a book with iBooks is undoubtedly
Apple-esque: sleek, stunning, and smooth.
Goodreads
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/5220
Goodreads
This community of 10 million loves to read
and share book recommendations. Use the barcode scanner to add books to your
"to-read" shelf, and write book reviews for others to comment on.
Wattpad eBook Reader
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/4931
Wattpad
eBook Reader
This community of readers and writers has
millions of members. It's a free marketplace for original fiction, where you
can discover and share new stories across many different categories. Some of
the app's reading features include customizable auto-scroll speeds and text
sizes.
Audiobooks
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/2953
Audiobooks
Audiobooks features over 5,000 free
classics, plus a premium selection (available via in-app purchase) of
professionally narrated modern bestsellers. The newest update features the
ability to put the player to sleep after the end of a book chapter.
OverDrive Media Console
Price: Free
Website: app2.me/3685
OverDrive
Media Console
This app lets you access the digital
catalogs of over 18,000 public, school, and college libraries around the world.
You can "borrow" titles just like you do from your local library
(you'll need a library card), and the books disappear from your reading list
when the lending period expires.
