# Got an ipod touch.  Any critical free apps I should check out?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 15, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-an-ipod-touch-any-critical-free-apps-i-should-check-out/489535 "2009-03-15T16:57:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-an-ipod-touch-any-critical-free-apps-i-should-check-out/489535/1 "2009-03-15T16:57:50Z")

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Subject says it all. My wife got me one for our anniversary and I want to put some cool things on it. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-an-ipod-touch-any-critical-free-apps-i-should-check-out/489535/2 "2009-03-15T21:57:36Z")

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Well, what do you like? What do you want to do?  
Facebook has a free app, New York Times, just check out the App store and page through the top free apps. It seems like any need/whim/random what if you can think of, somebody’s filled it with an app.  
We like games, so there’s a ton of those on ours but they’re not usually free. Cheap though. I love The Oregon Trail game, ah, nostalgia and technology, how far we’ve come. 😉