iPhone是一個選擇無限的國度。首先，你要抓取Twitter，Kindle，Facebook，找到我的iPhone，Shazam（這仍然是一個神奇的東西），還有蘋果遠端控制iTunes的遠端應用程式。但接下來你會遇到一些棘手的問題。要獲取哪個待辦事項應用程式？哪種地圖替代品值得下載超過蘋果的預設值？有沒有一個天氣應用程式，提供每小時更新和動畫多普勒影象的完美平衡？什麼是最好的遊戲，以避免家庭在不可避免的節日鬥爭？幸運的是，我們在這裡為您服務，它沒有比在一個+應用程式商店挑選時，一邊看第一百萬次聖誕假期，一邊啜飲著第四杯蛋奶酒更好的了。

Gmail

There’s no better way to handle Gmail on your iPhone than Google’s official Gmail app. It finally includes support for labeling, muting, and even multiple accounts. The app even received an update recently from Google that makes Gmail look more like Sparrow and less like a tasteless and sluggish web app.

Flipboard

Flipboard is the first magazine for the 21st century, a mixture of articles, links, and viral videos from Facebook, Twitter, and Flipboard’s many curated channels like Science and Tech. It’s our favorite way to sit back on the couch and absorb whatever’s news without feeling overwhelmed by text. There’s even a Verge channel hidden in there somewhere you can check out.

Google Maps

Google’s brand new Maps app for iOS is excellent. Bearing similar handsome design cues as Gmail, Google Maps is our favorite way to get directi***, check subway times, and even get turn by turn directi***. It may not be as integrated as Apple’s Maps app, but at least you can be confident you won’t end up in a lake after following its turn by turn directi***.

Instagram

Instagram is a social network built for sharing photos of what you’re doing right now. Its filters can make anyone’s photographic drivel look appealing, and simple sharing opti*** let you post your photos to multiple social networks simultaneously.

Dark Sky

Dark Sky’s creators spent months coming up with custom algorithms to visualize storm radar like never before. Ultimately, there’s no better app to turn to if you want to know “Do I need an umbrella if I’m just running out for an hour?” Dark Sky doesn’t look too far into the future, but is incredibly handy for checking present and near-future conditi***.

Fantastical

Fantastical for iPhone, like its Mac counterpart, is the fastest way to create events. Sure, you can ask Siri to schedule all your events for you, but Siri is far from infallible. Type in “Dinner with David on Friday at Pizza House at 8PM,” tap Add, and you’re done. No more messing around with countless, sliders, dials, and fields like in Apple’s Calendar app. There’s also DayTicker, a cool new way to see what you have coming up at a glance.

Instapaper

Instapaper is the refined, handsome “read later” app we’ve come to rely on. Using a browser bookmarklet (on either your desktop or from mobile Safari), you can quickly send things you want to read later to Instapaper. Once you load up the app, you can choose from a variety of text settings to make your reading experience as pleasant as possible. You can even set Instapaper to send regularly send your unread articles to your Kindle if you have one.

Simplenote

Evernote’s great, but holding all your photos, articles, and links can make it a bit sluggish. Simplenote is just for storing text notes, and works with a variety of clients on both Mac / PC and mobile. Need to write down a quick shopping list, or remember a dream you just had? Simplenote is the quickest and most dependable way to do it, and it’s all stored in the cloud.

Clear

Clear revolutionized touch interfaces when it launched on iPhone, bearing no butt***, menus, or on / off switches. It’s a beautiful to-do list where swipes complete items and drags re-order them by priority. It’s intuitive and accessible to just about anyone, and is now on Mac, so syncing to-do’s between computer and iPhone is simple.

Today

Today is a fully-featured and good-looking new weather app for iPhone. It succeeds where others fail, combining essential weather views with advanced features like push notificati*** for severe weather alerts. There’s even radar, like Dark Sky, for checking out incoming storm fronts.

Letterpress

Letterpress is a clever new one-on-one word game that mixes the best of Scrabble with the strategy of Othello. Each player takes turn forming words using a grid of letters ***creen, and you can even grab letters your opponent has already used, given they haven’t blocked them in. Beware — Letterpress is a real time-suck. You might feel a little sharper after playing a few rounds, however.

Jetpack Joyride

There's really no way to explain why Jetpack Joyride is so much fun. You... fly. You... press and hold on the screen to go up, and let go to go down. You... dodge obstacles, and try and go further than you have before. You... suddenly realize you've been playing the game for three hours and are now an hour and a half late for work. (This may or may not be based on a true story.) It's the simplest, most addicting game imaginable — just try it.

Ski Safari

Remember Canabalt? Or Tiny Wings? Ski Safari is that, only better. You’ll ride wolves, yetis, penguins and skimobiles through harrowing worlds, always trying to go further, collect more coins, and buy cool stuff from the shop. Ski Safari's developers are always adding new worlds, new items, and new obstacles, so even once you feel like you've conquered the game there's something new to reckon with. Plus, trust us: you haven't conquered this game yet. Not even close.