# What are your favorite free iPhone applications?

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**Created:** [May 14, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-free-iphone-applications/496439 "2009-05-14T18:46:00Z")\
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Everybody loves free stuff, and that’s as true with iPhone apps as with anything. So, what are Dopers’ free iPhone apps. Let’s restrict this one to freebies, since it’s easy to go crazy even with 99 cent apps.

Mine are:

**AOL Radio** , **Tunin.FM** , **SHOUTcast** , **Pandora** , and **Slacker** , all streaming radio apps.

**Weather Bug** , an application that gives you detailed weather forecasts for your area.

**Action Bowling** , a free stripped-down bowling game. You can’t customize balls or play against other players, but you can bowl a full 10 frames. It’s very easy to play. You just flick you finger up the screen to roll the ball, or you can move your hand like you’re using a Wii controller.

**Shazam** - Have you ever heard a song on the radio and wanted to know the title? With Shazam, you just hold your iPhone to the speaker to sample the song, and within 30 seconds, it gives you the song’s name, artist, and the album it was released on.

A couple of more that aren’t really apps:

**[TV.com](http://TV.com)**, which puts a bookmark on your main screen. It takes you to [TV.com](http://TV.com), which is owned by CBS and has full QuickTime episodes of current and classic shows, such as _CSI_, _Numb3rs_, _MacGyver_, and _Star Trek TOS_ available to stream over 3G.

**[NBC.com](http://NBC.com)** is similar. Just go there in Safari and set it as an icon for your main screen. Similar to [TV.com](http://TV.com), they also have full QuickTime episodes of shows such as _Parks and Recreation_, _The Office_, and _30 Rock_.

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