Ask Reader: What’s your dream iPhone app?

lawchick says on November 11th, 2009 at 1:17 pm

I would just like some folders to put the apps in. Thats my simple dream at the moment!

Tara Lewis says on November 11th, 2009 at 4:58 pm

‘Bento’ -is my dream app. – Its great for creating to do lists and keeping organising client information while on the move. Its also got a feature for organising membership lists – thats neat for any type of list you may have.

Moe Rubenzahl says on November 11th, 2009 at 6:01 pm

Medical data organizer that would sync with calendar and to-do. I can give details but basically, it would allow me to enter my prescriptions, lab test results, appointments, health events. It would support reminders (get lab tests for next week’s annual appointment with endocrinologist). You could look at it by date, separate out appointments, immunization history. You could look at your numbers (e.g. cholesterol) over time.

Kind of like Gas Buddy for the person.

Killer app would be to share data between this and a matching desktop app (like Things and SplashShopper do); or export to Excel.

Gypsy says on November 11th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

i would love to know if any of the people i ‘know’ through social networking sites like facebook and twitter are within, say, 100 yards of me. and be able to either reach out to them, or depending on who it is/the situation, hide from them.

oooooh…and i would like to name a specific food i want to eat and be told exactly where i can get it within a range of miles, and b able to see reviews of each place listed. perfect for pregnancy!

ooooooh! and a fashion police app so you could take pictures of people, apply a black bar to their poor little faces and then share with others who like to play the game!

oooooh! ummm. maybe i should stop now.

Bob Downs says on November 11th, 2009 at 10:17 pm

Can’t tell you about iPod Apps but wish there was a Quicken App for Android.

Júlio says on November 12th, 2009 at 9:00 am

A good and simple CRM that could be sync with Outlook and other major e-mail and contact applications.

It should also automatically journal all phone, sms and mail contacts, as well as specific history notes, so it would be easy to review a customer relationship history.

If could also label files in the iphone as well as PC / Mac with customer contact and review them later would be a plus. We could define customized fields as well and develop workflows for entering data.

Pambudi says on November 15th, 2009 at 11:45 am

Palm OS emulator.

mikelite says on November 16th, 2009 at 12:07 am

I know I’m talking like a crazy man, but I’d looooove an app that’ll let you make a phone call reliably.

horqua says on November 16th, 2009 at 1:16 am

I’ve heard rumors regarding a Blood Glucose meter using the iPhone. I’d really like to have and use such a device that would also allow me to trac my daily caloric intake and help me track and manage the daily aspects of my diabetes. What would be the absolute greatest app (the non-lite version) would be the ability to collect my blood glucose without having to stab one of my fingers with a needle numerous times per day. The iPhone could be an ultimate tool in the data management of diabetes. There’s gotta be a better way. My fingers will say Thank you!

Gavin says on November 16th, 2009 at 7:20 am

I would like to see a webmasters app that allows me to view Google analytics, adsense, adwords and webmaster tools data, aswell as the ability to view bit.ly info (number of clicks ect.), and page rank details, who is lookup, domain availability checker and buyer. (all whilst making me a drink). Can it be done?

Tronster says on November 16th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

I would love a weight tracking application that does just that; no calorie counting, exercise tracking, etc…

Just weight, and body fat %.

The big plus is how the data is shown:
A graph that shows both overlaid or just one.
Pinch and zoom into a date range.
Allow modifications (corrections) of historical data.

Icings on the cake would be:
1. Allow data to be brought in/out via csf or a spreadsheet.
2. Overlaying historic date ranges (like Google Analytics.)
3. Showing an optional trend line

Closest APP I have that does it now is “Lose It!” but it “does too much” and for the weight tracking part it “does too little” for viewing the data.

Gabe says on November 17th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

I would like the functionality of Google voice search avialable with the amazon.com app, then I would like an app for browsing Ikea in English that works the same way.

What about a to do list like Remember the Milk but adding a Pomodoro timer? Even better would be if it could run in the background some how so I could listen to Itunes and still get pom timer notifications.

Rebecca says on November 18th, 2009 at 8:18 pm

A searchable book database that you could sort by author, title, genre. Would need to be able to import this data from other sources. Bookbag for the Palm has most of the features, but they don’t seem to be in any hurry to get a Palm version out. Would be preferable if it could be usable by both Iphone and Ipod Touch.