List of Best Windows Phone Apps
Ever since I started using my Windows Phone Lumia, people have been constantly asking me about the apps. What are they like? How many are there?
The good news is, there are a lot. I am still missing a few of my favorite iPhone photography editing apps, but in general, everything I need is there. So here is a list, current for 2015, of all the apps you should get as soon as you get a Windows Phone. They are in alphabetical order, and I left off games because that’s a whole ‘nuther post in itself!
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6Tag
The best Windows Phone Instagram app.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Adobe Photoshop
Excellent basic photo editing.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Afterlight
Lots of lovely filters.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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Amazon Kindle
Read all your books on your Windows Phone.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Around Me
Check out amenities around you by category.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Battery Status
Manage battery usage, via a great user interface.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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Cool Tiles Pro
Customize tiles for your favorite apps.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Diptic
Best app to combine multiple photos.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Duolingo
Fun app to learn Spanish, German, French, others.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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Fandango
Find movies and buy tickets.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Flashlight Free!
Something WP is missing but we all need.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Flickr Booth
Best Windows Phone app for Flickr.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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Flipboard
Mix of blog, newspaper and magazine reader.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Fotor
My favorite overall photo editing app in WP.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
gPlus
Best Windows Phone app for Google+.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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Here Drive
Best navigation app, with speed control.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Hulu Plus
Better interface than even the iPhone app![/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Instagram
Still in beta, but good. Prefer 6Tag.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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Instasquarer
Great app to make photos square.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Life360
Cross platform “Find My Friends” alternative.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Metrotube
Best Windows Phone app for YouTube.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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Netflix
Binge on House of Cards all you want![/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
New York Times
Read limited for free, pay for full access.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Open Table
Make restaurant reservations easily.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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PayPal
Manage your account from afar.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Phone2Car
Better of the 2 WP Car2Go apps. [/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Phonely
Get your Feedly feed with Phonely.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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Pin It
Best Pinterest app, with the most features.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Rdio
My favorite music streaming service.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Shazam
Music discovery, if Cortana fails.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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Skype
Essential business and family connection tool.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Sleep
Mix sounds and rhythms for white noise at night.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Trip Advisor
Travel ratings and recommendations.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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TripIt
Excellent travel planning and scheduling tool.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Tweetium
Best twitter app besides the offical one.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Twitter
Official app and better than the iPhone version.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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Uber
The car service, with WP interface.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
USA Today
Great app for general purpose news.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Voice Memos
Best for recording sound and sharing. I tested.[/ezcol_1third_end]
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Waze
Other fave navigation app, with accident alerts.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third]
Weather Flow
Gorgeaous app with lots of customizable info.[/ezcol_1third] [ezcol_1third_end]
Yelp
Restaurant rating and discovery app.[/ezcol_1third_end]
As you can tell, there are lots to choose from. Do you have any other Windows Phone apps to suggest?
Note: Microsoft Lumia provided me with a Lumia 1020 in the past. However, all words and opinions are mine. No app creators were involved with the content of this post.
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Wow, looks like they do have the basics covered.
I know right, Janie?
Terrific list! I would add two apps to it.
MixRadio is a fantastic music streaming service unique to Windows Phones right now, though it might push to Android later this year as they’ll be splitting off from the Microsoft team.
I would also throw out a shout to Movie Creator. It’s one of the best mobile video editors on any platform, rivaling what you can do with iMovie, and absolutely stomps anything available on Android. Plus it works on ALL windows devices from phones and tablets, to laptops and desktops. Really handy way to quickly slice up some video. I reviewed it here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gRPFCYkPZA
Juan, thanks for the additions. I didn’t put Mix Radio on since they were coming standard but good point since they are splitting off. I love that app too! And I will check out Movie Creator!
Will check these out. thanks!
Thanks so much for including us, Aimee! We’re proud to be able to provide our platform for Windows users, which was an exciting new expansion for us in 2014!
I had no idea there were so many!
I love this one, now I can put applications to my Lumia. It is really difficult to find applications suited to windows phone. Thank you for sharing this one.