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Wanted: iPhone app ideas!

Aug 7, 2008 | Comment | Tags: appstore, iphone, software

What’s missing from the app store? Is there a certain application or utility that you just know would be a smash if only someone would write it?

Well here’s your chance to shine! Comment below and let us know what you think would be a great program for the iPhone and Touch.

Who knows, maybe your idea will be seen by some erstwhile programmer and be the next big thing!

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Scott

A note application that sync's with the Mac. Please!

Bill L

I'd tell you but.....then how would I get rich???

Corey

Scott try Evernote it's free and it syncs beautifully with the mac. It's a gift from heaven!

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Matt

There needs to be a geocaching application that can look up where you are (should be easy to do this with locate me). It should then go to the geocaching.com website and download a list of what geocaches are nearby, and put them on a google map with an option of picking one by touching it, and then it will bring up the cache page listing in Safari with the ability to switch back and forth between the info on the cache page, and a live (where you are) GPS locating page which will use the coordinates from the cache info page in comparison to where you are to tell you how far, and in what direction (compass).. or at least compare them on the screen if a compass isn't doable. Trimble has a caching program out for other phones but no plans have been announced with regards to the iPhone. So far my research indicates there are no iPhone geocaching apps. There needs to be one, it's very important to hundreds of thousands of geocachers out there who may have an iPhone already or are considering buying one. Call it a purchase decision maker...

David

an ringtone maker app right in the palm of your hands, duh'

Kas

Hey. I have two ideas;

1. Alarm clock app that wakes you up with a random song from your library. And for the ones who just can't get up in the morning, you can turn on an option. If you have this turned on, you have to shake the phone until it stops playing.

2. App that makes the volume buttons to camera button when you are taking photos. Would much easier to hold the camera straight while taking photos.

Innerrelm

Givin the graphic and accelerometer capabilities of the iPhone/touch I wild love to see someone design a tricorder just another crazy way to impress your friends without one.

Frank De Graeve

How about an application that allows you to tag your Aperture pictures you've got on the iPhone in a handy way, and later syncs back those tags into Aperture?

That way you can kill time by tagging some pictures, without having to spend time in fornt of a monitor doing this dull task.

kip2zip

This would be amazingly easy and probably a huge success... You make 12 apps, and basically someone would download each app and use it for one of their pages on the iphone, and each app you can assign a pic, and then you can assign a number, basically making your "favorites" as people to click, and you can have up to 12 and would just be another little section on the iphone.

Dan

A Pokedex app! This would be huge! I'd pay for it. It's practically just an advertisement though but it would still be kinda fun.

DavidB

I'd like to see an app that would allow the user to delete ALL downloaded email within an account. (Yeah, there's a way to do it by using IMAP rather than POP3, but it's clunky, and not useful for the average user).

Anyone who receives hundreds of emails would go for this app in a heartbeat.

James Bannister

I would like an app that calculates the efficiency of a basketball player. The user would keep stats for their son/daughter during the game. As stats are entered, by tapping a button, the efficiency is updated.

I have created a html file that does this but would like to see it done as an app.

Markus

a 2D FFT image converter then spatial filter-reconverter app!

Steve

I think I have a winner! I named it ”iFall.” It is for Personal Safety. Targeting the energetic and or the elderly iPhone users. The app could text, email or call an emergency contact of your choice should you become unconscious from injury, heart attack or assault. It would use the built accelerometer to detect a non standing position. http://www.ifall.com for better description.
-Thanks, Steve

Brian Sassounian

I think this would be a hugely popular app: An app that creates a mosaic based on the photo of your choosing, comprised of a bunch of images of your choosing, either from Camera Roll or Google photos, etc. In other words, you start with a picture, say a photo of yourself. Then you show the app where a bunch of your other images are. Then the app uses these images to recreate the photo of yourself, matching the colors of the images to the photo, and making a personalized mosaic. How awesome would that be?