I blogged earlier today about the new Using your iPhone to Get Things Done micro site that Apple had just released.
One of the items on the micro site is a list of the Top 10 Paid iPhone Productivity Applications.
I am presuming this is based upon data from Apple and download information over a time period. However it is worked out, this is great data from Apple as you can see what other people are downloading in order to use their iPhone and iPod Touch as a productivity device.
So, below is the list from Apple along with links to Productivity Apps in the iTunes store.
- Spell Check
- EasyWriter Pro
- WifiTrak
- Air Sharing
- FaceCall
- Sonic Boom
- SplashID
- Things
- Easy Email
- ACTPrinter (Mobile Documents)
The big shock for me is that my favorite GTD app on the iPhone, Omnifocus, is not on the list!. Maybe the cost of OmniFocus puts people off, and also the fact that you do really need the Mac App as well in order for it to work to the full effect.
The only real GTD or Task based item on the list is Things, which comes in at number 8!. Maybe
The category within iTunes for Productivity is quite big and covers a lot of areas. It is however interesting to see which applications are selling the best from Apples point of view.
What do you think? Are you surprised by this list of the top 10 Productivity Apps?
Couple things:
1. I think this title will get you some traffic :-).
2. It’s always amused me what’s garnered the label “productivity.” It’s as if anything that’s not a game these days deserves then label. But then again, isn’t technology supposed to be all about saving time?
It’s tough to use that word because now productivity (in our community) is kind of meta–it’s as if most applications save you time, but productivity applications save you time at saving time. Or, they’re all about organizing.
I don’t know what apps belong on this list as I’m not an iPhone user, but just wanted to add some food for thought 🙂
@Jared Goralnick:
Hi Jared, yes, it is a good title for a post. The “Top Ten” type of posts always seem to do great.
Totally agree about the use of Productivity. I mean, is a spell checking app really a Productivity app?
Have a great weekend..
Thanks Andrew, I hadn’t seen the micro site until it came up in your post. BTW, the premier issue of Productive! magazine has just been released, and has 17 great articles on productivity, along with an exclusive interview with productivity guru, David Allen. I’ve posted a link to the free premier November issue at
http://johnkendrick.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/john-kendrick-online-featured-in-productive-magazine/
This link includes a bit of self promo as I have an article in the mag. John
@Andrew, nice post. Though I would add to the list some other to-do apps as well. It seems to me that there are many of them that are worth using. E.g. Zenbe list, EasyTask, Task2Gather.
thank you for this list.
I’d just like to add a great Calculator and universal Converter.
It would have been much better if “paid” was replaced with “free”. People like free things 😀
Nice list by the way. Spell check was probably the first application I bought.