I was stuck in a line this afternoon for my out-processing when I turned to my iPhone to pass the time. During that time, I checked my email, my Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter feeds, and checked the news. Because the line was long, I wanted to take a moment to research what other apps I may be missing so I began to dig through the iTunes App Store.
I first turned to the “Top Charts” to see what is popular right now. On the first tab marked “Paid”, I wanted to see what people thought was worth paying for. To me, I thought those would be the more useful app and the most ground breaking. My perspective was that the apps that people paid for had to be the ones most useful. What I found, however, was a list of Games and Entertainment apps loading up the top ten. And I also noticed that those apps are not cheap either. This list bothers me.
I am not so naive that I cannot understand people buying a game or two for their iPhone. I downloaded some games in the past. I deleted them because they became a distraction, but I understand the desire to have them. What I do not understand is the amount of people that buy these games. Out of all of the apps available for purchase on iTunes, these games and entertainment apps are the top purchased. This bothers me because we carry more computer power in our pocket that I had in my desktop in 2001, and all we can find to do with it is games? There lies the concern.
Looking at the “Free” tab, what I found was primarily Social Media. Social Media is important to me, but I am still amazed that we have not found anything more productive to spend our time and money on.
Keith Andrews says
Those are great apps! The iPhone is so powerful! It is best when we find useful applications!
Rodney Olsen says
I’m always amazed at the amount of useless applications out there.
I’d be interested to hear some of your more useful apps.
With Flickr giving everyone a free terabyte of photo storage I love the Flickr app on my phone. It means that I always have my full photo collection with me.
I use the ESV Bible app. ISS Spotter tells me when the International Space Station will be visible. The Dropbox app lets me take essential files with me wherever I go. The Kindle app means I’m never without something to read.
They’re just a handful of my useful apps.