Lifestyle Apps
Life is beautiful — when you know which iphone apps to use. For a list of our favorites, check out AppCraver’s Editor Picks for Best Lifestyle Apps for iPhone and iPad, or read on for current news and reviews of apps from the Lifestyle section of the iOS App Store.
DirecTV App a Dream for DVR Lovers
Sometimes you are not always in front of your television when you think of a show that you want to record on your DVR. If you are a DirecTV subscriber, the new DirecTV iPhone app gives you the freedom to program shows or series right from your iPhone/iPod touch.
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Analyze HandWriting Does Anything but That
I truly believe handwriting can tell you a bit about someone’s personality, which explains why I was so keen to review Analyze Handwriting.
Locavore: Paring Down The Miles To Fresh Produce
Locavore - We live at a time that allows us to purchase most fruits and vegetables all year long. Through the use of mass-transportation, chemicals, and warehouses, produce grown half way around the world is often picked green, shipped and ripened in warehouses under questionable conditions.
iZen Garden Relaxes Just Like its Japanese Namesake
If the economy or bad weather has you singing the blues, we may have found a welcome distraction in the App Store. iZen Garden is a portable Zen Garden. From a real world art form to your handset, you’ll be able to create your own personal relaxation garden and take it with you everywhere.
Wine Enthusiast Guide for Wine Neophytes
If you like to drink wine, which I bet you do, you will appreciate the Wine Enthusiast Guide app from MobileAge. With over 68,000 wine reviews and at least another 1000 added monthly, theoretically there is a good chance that you will find a description and rating for the wine you desire.
Gumbo: Dashboard-like App Needs More Preparation
I like Gumbo, Trimeego's new app, but not as much as I like the spicy Cajun stew. Gumbo (the app) cleverly puts bite-sized chunks of info, or snippets, into a buffet where you can pick and choose whatever feeds your head.
VeganXpress: No More Guessing
For a vegan or those that are trying to eat a vegan meal, dining out can often be confusing and difficult. The VeganXpress iPhone app by Brandon Berger seeks to alleviate some of those concerns. VeganXpress is a guide to vegan choices at many of the most popular U.S. chain restaurants.
iAmHappy Has 500 Reasons to Feel Good About Yourself
If you believe in the power of positive thinking, your daily inspiration may now be more than just a small pocket book of quotes. iAmHappy is a new lifestyle app that aims to keep you in high spirits.
Betty Crocker Mobile Cookbook Heats it up
Do you feel like chicken tonight? Are you at the grocery store and don’t have a recipe? Well, life just got a little bit easier. The folks over at General Mills introduced The Betty Crocker Mobile Cookbook to make finding recipes to make breakfast, lunch and dinner a little bit easier.
iCraig Simplifies Browsing Craigslist's Online Classifieds
Craiglist, the vast classified ads Web site, is part marketplace for buyers and sellers and part entertainment for window shoppers. SplashData, gives you both parts with iCraig, an app that lets you see what's going on in the world of Craigslist ads in your area.
iGossip Delivers the Dish on Celebrity News, but Needs an Extreme Makeover
Gossip junkies around the globe are getting their fill more often and much faster from some fun new apps.
Want to Know Where to Eat? GoodFood Might Help
GoodFood - Good food is something anyone can appreciate and knowing where to go to find it is always a help.
All Tied Up and Ready for Your Next Interview
Tie Knots, from egerev lab, is the right tool for the difficult economic climate we all find ourselves in. Finding a job — any job — is getting to be as challenging as leading a herd of elephants across the Alps in the middle of winter.
For Days When There are Only Two Things to Eat: Pickup or Delivery.
Developers GrubHub and CityMint have introduced apps of the same names that make it possible for you to order meals from nearby restaurants and have your food ready for you to pick up or for delivery, when that service is available. Each app features online restaurant menus in proximity to you.
TrueFlirt: Sexy, Romantic, Playful — Interactive Texting for iPhone
My first TrueFlirt message read: This is how techies flirt. ^_^ With a wink, a smile and an interactive "love scene," my first flirt flew through the ether striking the recipient like cupid's bow.
