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Legit, GOOD apps for cheap or FREE!

Just wanted to share a couple of ways I've been using to LEGITIMATELY get Free apps.
Amazon Apppstore, "Free app of the day"
http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?ie=UTF8&node=2350149011
* Mostly crap, but there are gems every so often (sometimes REALLY good gems, like OfficeSuite Pro)
GetJar
http://m.getjar.com
* Everything there is free, but in particular they have a Gold Star section where there's some really decent gems (like Samurai II, Beautiful Widgets and Backbreaker to name a few).
** One bit of caution though, the Getjar app runs 2 services even if you quit the app. I don't know exactly what they do, but as soon as I'm done with the app I also go through and kill those services.
Please feel free to share any other apps, tools and such (legit ones) that you use.

Windows Marketplace Offering

I would like the Windows Phone community to help me compile a list of popular applications (apps) that are available on iOS and Android, and the status of these apps on Windows Marketplace (free, paid and price, or not available). Also, an alternative app if one is missing would be helpful.
Legend
Blue app is free
Green app is paid
Red app is not available
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Apps
Facebook +
YouTube +
Twitter +
Google Maps gMaps + Bingle Maps +
Skype Tango +
Evernote +
Instagram das Image +
Whatsapp +
Dropbox SkyDrive +
SoundHound +
Tapatalk Board Express for Tapatalk +
Adobe Reader +
Games
Angry Birds ($2.99) + (Seasons) (Rio)
Fruit Ninja ($2.99) +
Cut the Rope Spider Jack ($2.99) +
Words with Friends Words by Post + Scrambled +
Uno +
Plants vs. Zombies +
Doodle Jump ($2.99) +
Where's My Water?
Scrabble with Friends
NFL Kicker
Paper Monsters
Stickman Cliff Diving
Bejeweled ($4.99) +
The Game of Life
Tetris ($4.99) +
Reel Steel
NBA JAM by EA Sports
Notes
Third party keyboards are currently not allowed
Adobe Flash is not supported.
There is no native File Explorer; users have to use Zune Software.

There are loads of 3rd party Google map apps. My favourites are Gmaps and Bingle Maps.
Dropbox clients are available:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439260
There's an Xbox Live game called Spider Jack that is similar to Cut the Rope. Costs $2.99. Also you can play a HTML5 browser version of CTR for free, by going to http://www.cuttherope.ie (not sure if it works on WP7 or not)

You might want to narrow the list to top apps or most wanted apps.
Microsoft stated they would bring the top apps by the 2nd quarter. I think I read that.
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Box Files for Dropbox
There is a dropbox app that has a free version and paid version.
BoxFiles for Dropbox.
I only have played with it a bit, but verified that it works.
More details and review - http://www.windowsphoneapplist.com/en/boxfiles_for_dropbox-a4304.html
Download - http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/5d7f992b-ee03-e011-9264-00237de2db9e

vetvito said:
You might want to narrow the list to top apps or most wanted apps.
Microsoft stated they would bring the top apps by the 2nd quarter. I think I read that.
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I don't believe nicksti asked for advice on how to run the thread.
Please provide a link where Microsoft stated they would bring the top apps. Clearly they are not in control of third party software. There is no need for you to try to create trouble here. If you can not find a credible link stating that, please edit your post and remove the comment. It is clearly an attempt by you to discredit Microsoft and Windows Phone 7 with false information.

Aphasaic2002 said:
There's an Xbox Live game called Spider Jack that is similar to Cut the Rope. Costs $2.99. Also you can play a HTML5 browser version of CTR for free, by going to http://www.cuttherope.ie (not sure if it works on WP7 or not)
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It does work although it takes a little to load and you also have to go into options and change to click to cut because drag will scroll you left and right. I've played it before and was surprized to see it in a post here.

vetvito said:
You might want to narrow the list to top apps or most wanted apps.
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I had put popular apps which I figured would mean most downloaded or top apps. So I bolded it now for emphasis. You have a good point though, because I would not want this to be a wall of any and every app.

JVH3 said:
I don't believe nicksti asked for advice on how to run the thread.
Please provide a link where Microsoft stated they would bring the top apps. Clearly they are not in control of third party software. There is no need for you to try to create trouble here. If you can not find a credible link stating that, please edit your post and remove the comment. It is clearly an attempt by you to discredit Microsoft and Windows Phone 7 with false information.
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We will have to give him this one. Top 25 iOS and Android apps are expected to hit WP in first half of the year. I will ads links too. Im on my phone and waiting in a queue to pay for my shopping but soon adding the link.
EDIT: Here is that link Vet talked about or what I think he was referring to: http://wmpoweruser.com/skype-and-all-top-25-apps-to-be-released-in-first-half-of-2012/
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JVH3 said:
I don't believe nicksti asked for advice on how to run the thread.
Please provide a link where Microsoft stated they would bring the top apps. Clearly they are not in control of third party software. There is no need for you to try to create trouble here. If you can not find a credible link stating that, please edit your post and remove the comment. It is clearly an attempt by you to discredit Microsoft and Windows Phone 7 with false information.
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My apologies for sounding rude or making a suggestion. You can clearly name thousands of missing apps, that's why i suggested naming most wanted. Sorry if that creates trouble.
I think I read that information on this site.
Anyway I can't post here since I'm not allowed.
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vetvito said:
My apologies for sounding rude or making a suggestion. You can clearly name thousands of missing apps, that's why i suggested naming most wanted. Sorry if that creates trouble.
I think I read that information on this site.
Anyway I can't post here since I'm not allowed.
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Posting here to say that you are not allowed to post here? I do welcome the suggestion. Beyond the missing apps, I could name thousands of app that are present as well, but I do agree the exercise is to make a list of the most popular/downloaded/desireable apps.
This really all came about after reading posts with people complaining about missing features and apps. I wanted to get a sense of what is missing from an app perspective so people can be more informed about making a Windows Phone purchase.
Honestly, from a mass market consumption standpoint, the only thing I see missing right now is Skype (and that is coming).
Any more popular apps that I am missing?

Are we not counting the third party apps/ clients that do the same thing as the official apps?
If so, probably the title should say 'official apps' comparison?

drupad2drupad said:
We will have to give him this one. Top 25 iOS and Android apps are expected to hit WP in first half of the year. I will ads links too. Im on my phone and waiting in a queue to pay for my shopping but soon adding the link.
EDIT: Here is that link Vet talked about or what I think he was referring to: http://wmpoweruser.com/skype-and-all-top-25-apps-to-be-released-in-first-half-of-2012/
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Interesting. That article's title boldly states
link_from_you said:
Skype and all “top 25 apps” to be released in first half of 2012
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But, it links to this site for it's reference: http://www.winsupersite.com/blog/su...wsphone75/skype-windows-phone-due-2012-141905
In that article, this is the closest that I could find to that statement.
the_link_I_put_here said:
Looked at another way, the addition to Skype to the Windows Phone apps market will help Microsoft "bridge the gap in top apps" between Windows Phone and the competition, and the overall goal is to ensure that all "top 25 apps" (from both iOS and Android) will be available on Windows Phone before the end of the first half of 2012. And Microsoft is also investing tens of millions of dollars over three years to promote competitors of key apps that will never, for whatever reason, be ported to Windows Phone. Pandora is cited as an example, alarmingly.
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overall goal vs to be released.
I just looked at my iPhone for the top 25 apps (each costs $0.99 on the iPhone except camera plus, which is $1.99):
1. Where's my Water
2. Scrabble with Friends
3. Fruit Ninja - WP ($2.99)
4. Words with Friends
5. Angry Birds - WP ($2.99)
6. NFL Kicker
7. Angry Birds Seasons
8. Paper Monsters
9. Stickman Cliff Diving
10. Cut the Rope
11. Camera+
12. WhatsApp Messenger - WP (FREE)
13. Angry birds Rio
14. Bejeweled - WP (Bejeweled Live $4.99)
15. Doodle Jump - WP ($2.99)
16. Free Music Download Pro Plus - WP (Free Music downloader FREE)
17. Battery Boost
18. The Game of Life
19. Evi
20. TETRIS - WP (by $4.99 - Tetris7 FREE)
21. Pimp Your Screen
22. Reel Steel
23. NBA JAM by EA SPORTS
24. Color Texting for iMessages
25. Tiny Wings
Pandora and Skype don't even make the list.
My guess it that Microsoft uses a different top 25 list.
In any case, I marked the ones that are available on Windows Phone and included the price in the Windows Phone Marketplace.
The iPhone App Store does let you list the top and top free for each category as well.
Guessing the Social Networking category would be the most important, then maybe music.

JVH3 said:
Interesting. That article's title boldly states
But, it links to this site for it's reference: http://www.winsupersite.com/blog/su...wsphone75/skype-windows-phone-due-2012-141905
In that article, this is the closest that I could find to that statement.
overall goal vs to be released.
I just looked at my iPhone for the top 25 apps (each costs $0.99 on the iPhone except camera plus, which is $1.99):
1. Where's my Water
2. Scrabble with Friends
3. Fruit Ninja - WP ($2.99)
4. Words with Friends
5. Angry Birds - WP ($2.99)
6. NFL Kicker
7. Angry Birds Seasons
8. Paper Monsters
9. Stickman Cliff Diving
10. Cut the Rope
11. Camera+
12. WhatsApp Messenger - WP (FREE)
13. Angry birds Rio
14. Bejeweled - WP (Bejeweled Live $4.99)
15. Doodle Jump - WP ($2.99)
16. Free Music Download Pro Plus - WP (Free Music downloader FREE)
17. Battery Boost
18. The Game of Life
19. Evi
20. TETRIS - WP (by $4.99 - Tetris7 FREE)
21. Pimp Your Screen
22. Reel Steel
23. NBA JAM by EA SPORTS
24. Color Texting for iMessages
25. Tiny Wings
Pandora and Skype don't even make the list.
My guess it that Microsoft uses a different top 25 list.
In any case, I marked the ones that are available on Windows Phone and included the price in the Windows Phone Marketplace.
The iPhone App Store does let you list the top and top free for each category as well.
Guessing the Social Networking category would be the most important, then maybe music.
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There is another article somewhere talking about Pandora won't even be bothered to officially come to WP until Apollo. So Pandora - we definitely are using the clients even after Apollo sadly. But my feeling based on current rumours is - Skype app around Tango and Skype integration in Apollo to say the least!

Pimp my screen, Battery Boost, Tiny Wings, Color Texting for iMessages (obviously) are iOS only correct?
I am trying to compile a list that would be cross-platform. Would not want to include Android only or iOS only software.

nicksti said:
Pimp my screen, Battery Boost, Tiny Wings, Color Texting for iMessages (obviously) are iOS only correct?
I am trying to compile a list that would be cross-platform. Would not want to include Android only or iOS only software.
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Correct, I think. I am not sure what Tiny Wings is, so I'm not sure on that one.

How to get promotional apps in play account

So Trolli, the gummy candy makers have been having a promotion with Wal-Mart where if you buy any two trolli products (gummy bears, worms etc) you get a free EA Android game.
So I tried it first with my tablet (Googe I/O Galaxy Tab) and it said none of the games were compatible. Tried it with my HOX and two came up! So off I went and downloaded Dead Space and Spymouse (the other games offerred are: Bejeweled 2®, Peggle™, Need for Speed™, SimCity™). Sounds great so far, except every time I start either of the apps, they crash.
It literally opens, shows the EA logo, gets ready to load and then closes. Also, because it doesn't link to the play store, but rather just downloads the APK now that I have sold that HOX (AT&T) and got an international one I can't get them back.
Is there a way to link them to the play store so I can get updates? Any idea why they keep crashing?

Finding apps similar to ones I use on Android?

Thinking about moving to WP... I remember seeing somewhere a web site where you punch in what Android apps you use and it spits out WP equivalent. Am I imagining stuff?

I remember something like that a while back, but I'm not sure if its still around or updated.
With that said, the WP market is growing every day, and there's some cross-platform apps and some unique apps (especially games).
If you list some of the apps you're interested in, we can put what we use or if the same app is available.
The ones I miss most are my banking apps (no apps for Chase, ETrade, or Mint.com yet). I know Chase is being worked on, but I'm not sure about the other two.
There's also no Words with Friends or Draw Something, which are both popular on Android and iPhone, but they're in the works and should be coming soon too. There's also no Scrabble by EA. For Angry Birds, we only have the original game, not any of the later versions.
There's quite a few good XBox Live games though, which I like how its all tied in with my XBox and achievements.
With all that said, if you're wanting to change to WP, I would wait for WP8 devices to come out.

Search for "E*Trade" and scroll through the matches. The app was just released.

biang said:
Search for "E*Trade" and scroll through the matches. The app was just released.
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Yeah, I downloaded it the day after it came out. Unfortunately its a BIG disappointment from their banking side. You can't do anything with checking/savings accounts other than see the total balance. You can see transaction history, no transferring of money, no mobile check deposit, no bill pay, etc.
IMO, it was a rushed job, especially when compared to the Android and iOS versions.

Nokia released a migration tool for pc called Welcome Home, if you have an Android/iOS device you need to sync with it and it will give a list with the apps of your current phone for WP, if it cannot find the correct app it will give you an alternative.
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What's your favorite app for checking sports scores, news & rumors?

I use and hate the Yahoo sports app.
At first glance it's great & easy to use.
But the news section sucks.
Every bit of news is just a one paragraph click-bait to click open an external site and 75% of the time the external links are super slow to load or don't load anything at all.
I tried the ESPN app and didn't like it much either.
Wanna keep up to date on NBA, NFL, NCAA and MMA action.

The Score. Easily destroys Yahoo's app and everything about ESPN is awful so I'm not surprised the app is bad.

Another vote for the score.

Nothing beats The Score. ESPN app is too unwieldy.

I use theScore as well, been using for past three years or so. Just their new releases have messed up with long character club names, though that's only for football I have noticed. No idea about those sports though, but they were there when I installed the app, so could try it.

Thanks guys. I downloaded theScore and it's almost perfect!
A big issue I'm having is how to follow favorite teams, etc.
The app just presents me with local teams at the top.
Then I have to scroll through hundreds of other teams from various leagues or search by name.
Does anyone know how to make it only show you NFL teams so you can choose NFL. Then only show NBA teams so you can choose NBA, etc. etc.

CZ Eddie said:
Thanks guys. I downloaded theScore and it's almost perfect!
A big issue I'm having is how to follow favorite teams, etc.
The app just presents me with local teams at the top.
Then I have to scroll through hundreds of other teams from various leagues or search by name.
Does anyone know how to make it only show you NFL teams so you can choose NFL. Then only show NBA teams so you can choose NBA, etc. etc.
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I do recall that being dumb/non-intuitive. I'm pretty sure there was a way to just search by name. I don't recall and I cannot replicate since you only do that at startup. I remember it took forever to find the Cubs, and I'm wondering to myself, "how does it suggest all these teams to me but not the Cubs?" Note: I live in the suburbs of Chicago, so this is just preposterous. I like the idea of suggesting certain teams for convenience (based on location) but it needs some better algorithms, and should make finding other teams simpler.

CZ Eddie said:
Thanks guys. I downloaded theScore and it's almost perfect!
A big issue I'm having is how to follow favorite teams, etc.
The app just presents me with local teams at the top.
Then I have to scroll through hundreds of other teams from various leagues or search by name.
Does anyone know how to make it only show you NFL teams so you can choose NFL. Then only show NBA teams so you can choose NBA, etc. etc.
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One shortcut was that I checked the scores of the teams I wish to follow, then from those individual matchups, I clicked the stars for the teams I wanted. However, you can also go into Settings, Alerts to set up your teams.

CBS Sports Fantasy is pretty good.

I use Bleacher Report Team Stream. Love it
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+1 for theScore been using it forever
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I don't use any specific app. Just ask the Google assistant..
This Pixel is the first voice response engine that gets my voice requests right 99.9% of the time. No more "what's the latest Bronco's score" being translated as "what's the latest bongos door" or some such other nonsense.
If you haven't tried it, I think you will be pleasantly surprised. It works for all sorts of requests, not just sports scores.

I just use Google assistant now. It's learned my teams and the phone shows the appropriate sport symbol in the top left when a game is on.(hockey sticks etc) I get very reliable updates, recaps, highlights, upcoming games,
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Unicorn512 said:
I don't use any specific app. Just ask the Google assistant..
This Pixel is the first voice response engine that gets my voice requests right 99.9% of the time. No more "what's the latest Bronco's score" being translated as "what's the latest bongos door" or some such other nonsense.
If you haven't tried it, I think you will be pleasantly surprised. It works for all sorts of requests, not just sports scores.
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The assistant is really useful, but lacks a lot of information IMO. Whatever feels comfortable to you. I prefer The Score.
wpghtc said:
I just use Google assistant now. It's learned my teams and the phone shows the appropriate sport symbol in the top left when a game is on.(hockey sticks etc) I get very reliable updates, recaps, highlights, upcoming games,
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"The Athleti" for Android
I have to saw I absolutely love this app and what these guys are doing. Option 1 is to read the same old recycled articles on the major websites for free, or Option 2 is to subscribe to The Athletic and read carefully researched articles that are actually worth your time. I can't say enough good things about The Athletic and I'm fine paying for content if it's new, unique, and interesting. Keep up the great work guys!!