Smart Phone Useful Apps
 

Not sure this hasn't already been done but any use to listing useful (free) apps to load onto iPhone/Droid/BB?

Anyone use tideApp ?
Downloaded onto my Droid and seems to be a very useful ap?

I haven't tried it yet, I have the droid2. Its amazing.
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Navionics App. Its not free but its a great back-up.

Checked this out today, WOW for 10 £ (about $14) it is a great backup for the boat GPS!

Thanks

This thread SOOO needs more love :tooth:

On Droid:

Google Earth (Obvoiusly)
Marine Weather by Bluefin - not sure I like it yet but slowly learning it.
Tide App
TidePrediction


iPhone:

Surf Report
Tides
The Weather Channel
Google Earth
Flashlight (usually use it to find my head lamp :yak5: )

For iPhone:

the weather channel

Swellinfo

Oakley surf report

Surfline

US Harbors Tides

Sunrise/sunset

All free and easy to use.

The surf ones have all the Newport beaches and spots in soco.

Tides are accurate

Sunrise/Sunset is a cool one, tells you when false dawn is and all stages of the sun.
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I had my g/f add the navionics to her droid, it works nice. The other app we added to look for thuderstorms that works well is "rainy days"

It's worth every penny!!! I love that ap. I use it as a back up to my back up on my boat (hence I rarely need on it) BUT have used it MANY times on other peoples boat(s). This thing is ***better*** than the inexpensive GPS plotters I have seen on some boats. (no kidding) There is still a few improvements they can make though.

A fun one around lady friends is .... the fireplace ap (like the guy in the Capt Morgan commercial "the best idea you every had!" I have Barry White as my music selection:biglaugh:

The marine weather ap is great (use it multiple times a day)

I had "family map" that allowed me to keep real time track of my teenagers (in google earth) (but unfortunately, the lawyers got involved and now it tells them they are being tracked. This defeats the purpose and they turn off their phone if they don't want me to track them so I canceled the service.

sb.com needs an ap (I don't know what it should do through...maybe display real time fishing reports with GPS positions :rotf2: )

will a lot of these apps work on the Touch? I am getting the new 4 G Touch for X- Mas. I have never used any apps as my previous touch didn't have any extra room with all my music, this one has much more space. Be real hard to live without one of these things now.

BTW what the hell does 4 G mean anyway? 4th generation? what is the bottom line? speed, memory, just more advanced technology?

I'm an android user so:
"creelcard" for tracking fishing data
"fishin 2 go lite" for when you are bored and want some simulated fun

I use a Moto Cliq, but the Moto Defy is the first waterproof smart phone I know of and would be ideal for fishing...too bad they had to add that motoblur crap on it so it'll take forever to get new android versions :-P

iPhone 4
 

I have yet to find one free weather app that does everything I'm looking for, so I have several (all free):
Accuweather
TWC
WeatherBug
WeatherEye
iWeatherFree

Then I also have
Tides
Bing Maps
GPS Lite
Trailhead
The Onion

And there's one called Free Apps which shows a list of apps that usually cost money that are offered for free as promotions for short time periods.

does the navionics chart plot

google sky map is cool

TideApp on android is ok, not the most user friendly though

Magic Seaweed on android is useful. Its basically long range (7 day) forcest for surfers with predicted wave hight, period and direction; wind speed and direction; and weather for the next week. There are tons of beaches/spots to choose from on there so getting one near where you fish is pretty easy.

Yes
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angry birds

not useful.. but fun :)

atomic fart.. a classic

NERDS

No doubt a "Tell you when and where the bass are hitting in the Canal" app real soon. :fury:


If I had money to burn, I'd buy a portable cell phone signal blocker and carry it with me at the Canal.

Skies of Glory is the best app ever... WWII dog fights

Try Magic Seaweed. Awesome free App has spots and the current weather conditions, tides, etc.

Is it an iPhone app??
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i have it on android

Both iphone and droid.

NAVIONICS: The Leader in Electronic Charts

Useful link depending upon your hardware.

Tide App
Radar Now
The Weather Channel
Magic Seaweed Surf Forecasts
Google Earth
Google Maps

...all on Android

The Navionics app looks cool too

A couple of friends have that Tideapp. It has been off from Noaa Tide charts in almost every circumstance we used it in.

I refuse to come out of pocket and the technology shadows for a smart phone until they make the phone we ALL need, and they are fully capable of making:

Smart phone that is:

* Waterproof
*8 + megapixel camera WITH flash...

Until my demands are met, this new so-called necessity will remain an un-purchased luxury...


*carry on....

i find tideapp buggy

the bluefin marine weather is good, and also has tides so that is what I use.

Almost there....Motorola Defy is an Android phone that's weather resistant (but I've a photo with it in a cup of water), but only has a 5MP camera and that godawful Motoblur junk (my Cliq has it and it slugs when it syncs)-:

Great thread.

Navionics is awesome.

Tide app is ok.

definitley going to to download magic seaweed right now.

For those of you with membership to BoatUS, there is now an ap for the Android platform. Useful emergency contact info and location transmission.

Red Laser is a very useful ap

I was in a marine store and was looking at a new compass for the boat. I found the one I want and the price looked good. You click red laser, and it reads the bar-code using the cell phones camera. You hear a beep when it acquires just like at the checkout stand. Then tells you about the item and its cost. But then using the GPS is knows where you are and then finds the exact item in other nearby stores and lists the price. The stores are arranged by nearest distance. It also has a tab for online retailers as well. Within 20 seconds I found out that I could save 30 bucks buy walking across the street to a retailer there who had 3 in stock! Or I could save 37 dollars by getting it online. pretty useful.

Thanks for that one! Happened to be in a shoe store in Chicago, new boat shoes $100 + 9% tax......scanned the box barcode and found Amazon had for $56, 0$ Tax, $0 shipping. I had them ordered from Amazon before leaving the store and on my doorstep 2 days later.

PS I knew exactly what size to order since I tried them on in the store.

My kid told me about that one.

Another one that I found out about is card vault. You enter in all your discount cards and when you check out it displays the barcode at the checkout. You can then empty your wallet with the stack of cards. I have used it a number of times and it works OK. It does not do CC's just things like stop and shop, membership cards, etc.

IGFA has an ap that is fun to look at when you have some down time and useful as well with lots of species info...but it is kind of expensive.

Animated "grog Knots" I look at this often and it is useful. Lots of good knots: Basics, Boating, Climbing, Fishing. Scouting, Rescue, Household.

Tunein Radio: get any radio station pretty much. I use this to listen to the Bruins when I am out of town. (It uses a lot of battery and the phone gets hot after a long time of use)

BoatUS has an ap, it is free and seems somewhat useful but I have not really used it yet.

I have another ap called "Float Plan" you keep all your contact info in there as well as boat info and before you leave you can send out an email to those that should expect you back at some time. If they have to call the CG they have all the info. Again, I tested it and it seems to work but I have not really used it.

My Blackberry really blows!!!!!!!!!!!

The only useful app it can handle is not actually an app but Wunderground.com has a great mobile tab that tells weather, marine weather and tide and current (when applicable) by zip code.:wall:

Lots of good apps listed here. I just got the new iphone last week. I have been looking for some apps for it. I am new to the whole smart phone thing, went from the basic flip phone with no texting

Android related

Boat Ramp APP - by TAKEMEFISHING.org

CardStar - sounds similar to one above. Scan all your discount keychain barcodes (ie CVS, S&S, etc..)

Call Confirm - since I used to always "pocket dial" folks by mistake

Compass

First Aid Guide

KnotsGuide

Shazam - since I'm bad with song titles & artists

Just upgraded to a Droid-X yesterday, time to start loading up on apps. So far all I grabbed are Pandora and Stupid Zombies, neither of which will aid in fishing unless I am waiting on the tide to turn.

Going to start playing around with it today as I want to get solid tide & weather apps.

Couldn't find that one but isn't that the same/similar as the BoatUS ap? I have BoatUS loaded.

Sit or Squat - It has helped me find a bathroom when I needed one.