Best Free iPhone Apps


Best Free Disk & File Tools for iPhone
Best Free File Manager
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FileApp
(2.4 MB)
 
Transfer files between your PC and iPhone wirelessly via Wi-Fi using File Transfer Protocol, or via a USB cable using iTunes File Sharing, and easily browse, view, search or remove these files on your iPhone. Most file formats are supported but some features such as create and rename folders are not available in the free version.
 
Best Free Online Backup
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Dropbox
(8.7 MB)
 
Upload and access your files including photos, docs and videos from your iPhone, and sync them between your computers and mobile devices on the go. Easy to use—tap a file to view, copy or email links to share, or set as Favorites. (Review)
 

 
Best Free Desktop & System Tools for iPhone
Best Free System Monitor
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System Status Lite
(1.6 MB)
 
Monitor your iPhone's basic parameters including disk usage, battery level , CPU load, network connections, system boot time and uptime, with real time updates when the parameters change, but memory details and other info are only available to the full version.
 
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Activity Monitor Touch Free
(9.0 MB)
 
Show your device information including model, name, OS version and universal device identifier (UDID), free memory and remaining disk space, network status, battery status and battery level monitoring.
 
 
Best Free Multimedia Software for iPhone
Best Free Radio Broadcasting
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TuneIn Radio
(9.9 MB)
 
Listen to local or worldwide ratio station streams on the web, find an extensive selection of local radio, music, talk, sports and podcasts from over 50,000 stations, and preset your favorite channels at ease.
 
Best Free Multimedia Streaming Software
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Audiogalaxy Mobile
(4.7 MB)
 
Play your PC-based music files on your mobile device everywhere you go, without the need to copy or upload the files as the Audiogalaxy Helper on your PC streams them to your mobile via the Internet connection.
 
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VLC Streamer Free
(4.3 MB)
 
Stream videos from your PC over an active Wi-Fi connection to your iPhone, on which you can then watch almost all the video formats that VLC can play. Ads supported. The VLC Streamer Helper is needed on your PC.
 
Best Free Music Recognition
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SoundHound
(11.6 MB)
 
What's that song? Tap the yellow button to identify music you hear playing, singing or humming, and in just a few seconds, SoundHound displays the song title, artist, album art, lyrics lookup and other details for you. It's fast and intuitive.
 
Best Free Music Video Catalog
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VEVO
(2.9 MB)
 
Search, watch and share your favorite music videos in a catalog containing 25,000 videos from more than 7,500 artists. You can also create playlists, explore music maps and stay in the know with your favorite artists via Twitter feeds.
 
Best Free Movie Resource
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IMDb Movies & TV
(5.7 MB)
 
Watch trailers, browse photos, find latest releases, explore popular charts, rate movies and share movie info from a huge resource of more than 1.5 million titles, and 3.2 million celebrities, actors and actresses, directors and crew members.
 
Best Free Computer Piano
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Virtuoso Piano Free 2 HD
(8.1 MB)
 
Turn your device into a piano with good sound quality and learn the basics of music or just having fun. You can get two sets of piano keys, tap the arrows to move each keyboard by one key or one octave, adjust settings for volume, key labels, etc., but no tuning, recording or other advanced features in this free version.
 
Best Free Music Creation Software
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Beatwave
(13.2 MB)
 
Create your own music is easy and yet enjoyable using this app, with a standard 16 note sequence, four layers of recording space and other features including tone and tempo controls, beat visualizer, saving, loading and sharing tunes, etc. Sadly audio export is limited to the paid version.
 
Best Free Remote Control
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Remote
(14.8 MB)
 
Turn your mobile device into a remote control unit to browse and play music and video files in your iTunes on your computer—once it's set up, just sit back in a sofa and enjoy. This app also controls Apple TV.
 
 
Best Free Image View and Edit for iPhone
Best Free Image Editor
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Adobe Photoshop Express
(7.2 MB)
 
Edit photos on your iPhone easily—touch to crop, rotate, adjust exposure, saturation, tint, black and white or contrast, and add artistic effects or borders, then save them or upload to Facebook or Photoshop.com. Nice interface but no resizer is included.
 
 
Best Free Home & Office for iPhone
Best Free E-Book Reader
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iBooks
(15.3 MB)
 
Download and read books by flipping through pages with a swipe or tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favorite pages. Other features include search function, adjust screen brightness, various font sizes, white or sepia colored pages and more.
 
Best Free Alarm Clock
Nightstand Central Free
(15.2 MB)
 
An easy-to-use alarm clock allows for setting multiple alarms for different days with weather conditions, adjustable snooze time, alarm sounds and wallpaper displays. It works even if the device is sleeping or the screen is locked. See also the iPad version.
 
Best Free Notepad and Notebook
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Evernote
(11.7 MB)
 
Take notes, ideas, pictures and recordings with your iPhone, and sync them instantly to your Web, Mac or PC version. Not only can it index all your notes, Evernote recognizes the actual text within the pictures so that you can search them easily.
 
Best Free Dictionary and Thesaurus
Dictionary.com Free
(54.2 MB)
 
Search words offline with this app that includes nearly 2 million words with definitions, synonyms and antonyms. Extra features include audio pronunciation, voice-to-text search, hyperlinked words, Word and Question of the Day, and the Hot Word blog. See also the HD version for iPad.
 
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
(18.8 MB)
 
Type in a word to look up its definitions, example sentences, synonyms and antonyms accessible offline, or speak a word to search when you're online. Other features include audio pronunciation, hyperlinked words, scrolling index, Word of the Day and recent searches. Ads supported. See also the HD version for iPad.
 
Best Free Encyclopedia
Wikipanion
(2.9 MB)
 
Searching for useful information from millions of articles in Wikipedia is made faster and easier with Wikipanion. It streamlines your browsing with table of contents, bookmark and history, in-page searching, Wiktionary lookup, font resizing and more. See also the iPad version.
 
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Fotopedia Heritage
(15.8 MB)
 
A photo encyclopedia gives you more than 25,000 high quality images of World Heritage sites with point-of-interest descriptions, slideshow, search and navigation, travel planning and other useful features.
 
Best Free Calculator
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OmniCalc
(1.1 MB)
 
Rotate your device to swap between 4 different calculators with standard, scientific, statistical and date math functions. You can change anything you entered and get instant results almost like a spreadsheet without the need to start a series of operations all over again.
 
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PCalc Lite Calculator
(8.2 MB)
 
A well-designed calculator with multiple undo and redo by swapping the result panel or tapping the buttons. It comes with scientific functions, basic conversions, adjustable theme, digits and key click.
 
Best Free Voice Recognition
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Dragon Dictation
(5.4 MB)
 
Save typing and use your voice to text or email your friends, send notes and reminders to yourself, update your Facebook status or tweet to the world, faster and quicker when you are on-the-go. Supports a multitude of global languages.
 
 
Best Free Internet, eMail and Messaging for iPhone
Best Free Instant Messaging
imo instant messenger
(3.3 MB)
 
You don't need to create a new account with imo, but just sign in your existing IM accounts to stay in touch with your friends and family. Supported IM accounts include Facebook Chat, Skype, Google Talk, MSN, ICQ/AIM, Yahoo, Jabber and Myspace. See also the iPad version.
 
Best Free News Reader or Feed Aggregator
Pulse News
(7.5 MB)
 
Manage your news sources in tabbed pages, browse stories by sliding visual mosaics and tap one to read in full. What's more? Add stories to your Pulse.me accessible on the Web, or share them with your friends via Facebook, Twitter or email. See also the iPad version.
 
Best Free Bookmark Manager
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Read It Later Free
(5.7 MB)
 
Ever come across an article you'd like to read but can't at that time on a browser? Add it to your Read-It-Later bookmark list from your PC or mobile, and this app downloads all articles in the list to your iPad for offline reading. Advanced features are limited to the paid version.
 
Best Free Web Search
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Google Search
(8.7 MB)
 
Search the Web with this official Google Search app and get search results and suggestions instantly as you type, take a picture with your device camera, or even speak into your iPhone. Also with easy access to other Google products from the Apps tab.
 
Best Free Navigation
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Google Earth
(13.6 MB)
 
Hold the globe in your palm and tour the world with a wipe of your finger to search for cities, places and business with millions of geo-located photos and other useful information. You can also tap the Location Icon to zoom from space to your current location in just a few seconds.
 
Best Free Weather Monitoring
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Weather HD Free
(115 MB)
 
Monitor the current and hourly forcast weather at your chosen locations around the world, presented in high definition videos but at the expense of a big file to download. Two cities can be preset in the free version.
 
 
Best Free Network, Website & Server for iPhone
Best Free Social Networking
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Twitter
(6.2 MB)
 
A dedicated Twitter app for iOS devices to post a tweet on the go and discover what's happening right now anywhere in the world. When run on the iPhone, it comes with sliding panes to make full use of the larger screen area.
 
Best Free Remote Access Software
TeamViewer
(11.5 MB)
 
Access to remote computers from your iPhone to help your friends and family with their computer problems or to your own computer with all its documents and installed applications. Free for non-commercial use. See also the HD version for iPad. (Review)
 
 
Best Free Security & Privacy for iPhone
Best Free Private Library
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Photo Privacy
(3.2 MB)
 
Manage your private photos and videos into folders and subfolders with a passcode to lock the entire app or individual folders. Useful features include import and export, slideshow, trash and unlimited number of files, but some other advanced features are for in-app purchase only.
 
 
Best Free Education for iPhone
Best Free Talks and Lectures
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TED
(12.0 MB)
 
Talks at TED events usually last around 30 minutes and cover everything from technology to art to medicine to music. Almost all of the talks are online for you to watch at your leisure or they can even be downloaded with the app for offline viewing.
 
 
Best Free Sports and Games for iPhone
Best Free Action Game
Fruit Ninja Lite
(17.6 MB)
 
Swipe the screen to cut as many fruits as possible and get scores in this fast action game. It's game over if you slice a bomb or let more than 3 pieces of fruit fall off in the free Classic mode. Try also a taste of the local multiplayer mode - Zen Duel. See also the HD version for iPad.
 
NinJump
(24.5 MB)
 
Tap to jump from one wall to the other, clear obstacles from the air but avoid them on walls, and rise to the top to become a ninja master. A game of fast action and precision, with original sound and music. See also the HD version for iPad.
 
Best Free Physics Game
Angry Birds Free
(17.1 MB)
 
Use the unique powers of angry birds to destroy the fortresses of pigs who stole their eggs. A challenging physics-based gameplay with 15 levels set in 5 mini episodes, needing logic, skill and force to solve. See also the HD version for iPad.
 
Cut the Rope Lite
(16.4 MB)
 
Cut the ropes by swiping your fingers across them and feed candy to the creature Om Nom. It's not always simple as you might need to think outside the box in this game which combines realistic physics with precise touch controls and challenging levels. See also the HD version for iPad.
 
Best Free Match-3 Puzzle
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iZumas
(30.5 MB)
 
Tap and tell the tortoise where to shoot a new ball to match two or more rolling balls of the same colors and clear them before they spin into abyss, and gain access to more challenging levels in this fast paced and addictive match-3 puzzle game.
 
Best Free Card Game
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Solitaire
(15.1 MB)
 
Play the most popular version of Solitaire with a slider to control the mix of random and winning deals to your liking—a winning deal is guaranteed to have a solution which can be shown to you. Other features include auto save, unlimited undo, hint and more.
 
Best Free Computer Chess
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Chess.com
(10.0 MB)
 
Play chess against a computer with adjustable strengths, explore a library of over 35,000 puzzles and choose the winning moves, or play online against real people with this premier chess app, featuring an intuitive menu system, various piece designs and color schemes, optional sound effects and email your game as PGN text.
 
Best Free Sudoku
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Sudoku Joy
(3.9 MB)
 
Keep your brain sharp or pass your free time by playing this well-designed Sudoku game, with tutorials, undo/redo, pencil marks, hints and solver, save and resume games. It comes with 16 difficulty levels but you can use the app to create a puzzle yourself or scan one from books or newspaper using the built-in camera. Ad supported.
 
Best Free Reversi
Reversi *
(16.9 MB)
 
A minute to learn—take your turns to place a disc to sandwich one or more lines of your opponent's discs then they become yours—but a lifetime to master. Try this game app designed with quality graphics, optional music and sound effects, adjustable difficulty level, undo, auto save and resume functions. Ad supported. See also the HD version for iPad.
 
Best Free Pinball
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Retro Pinball
(29.8 MB)
 
Save and beat your high scores by manipulating metal balls on any of the three classic tables originally created by James Schmalz, with updated graphics, sound and music to enhance your gaming experience on your mobile device.
 
Best Free Air Hockey
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Air Hockey Gold
(17.1 MB)
 
Play a computer opponent with a choice of six levels, or get a friend and grab your mallet to see who dominates the air hockey table in 2-player mode. Be the first to score 7 points to win the game with an option for 1 or 2 pucks. Ad supported.
 
Best Free Casual Game
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Talking Ben the Dog
(71.1 MB)
 
A popular fun game to cheer you up for a good moment—talk to Ben who repeats everything you say with a funny voice, press buttons to make him eat, drink or belch, or press the phone button and have a conversation with him. Try also other variations such as Talking Tom Cat.

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