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December 10th, 2009, 22:20
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_iphonetopsfree.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/iphonetopsfree.jpg)Nobody wants to pay for iPhone apps (http://gizmodo.com/tag/iphoneapps/), and some people simply don't. The good news is, you don't really need to: For almost every paid app, there's a free app that's nearly as good. Here are the best of the best.
A lot of these apps will be familiar to anyone who's checked out our Essential iPhone Apps directory (http://gizmodo.com/tag/iphone-apps-directory/) before, and yeah, there is a lot of overlap. What we've done, basically, is strip out the paid apps from the list, then fill in the gaps with more free. With the new list, you can turn a fresh, untouched iPhone or iPod Touch (http://gizmodo.com/tag/ipodtouch/) into an apped-out powerhouse without spending a dime.
(To view the following gallery as a single page, click here (http://gizmodo.com/5423680/free-iphone-apps/).)
What counts as an essential iPhone app (http://gizmodo.com/tag/iphone-apps-directory/) changes all the time, and so should our guide: If we've missed anything huge, or you've got a much better suggestion for a particular type of app, let us know, or say so in the comments. We'll be updating this thing pretty frequently, and a million Gizmodo readers can do a better job at sorting through the app mess than a single Gizmodo editor. Enjoy!
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:V_sGLiPBpWU)
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/w0Uvan9E2UM/gizmodos-essential-iphone-apps-free-edition)
A lot of these apps will be familiar to anyone who's checked out our Essential iPhone Apps directory (http://gizmodo.com/tag/iphone-apps-directory/) before, and yeah, there is a lot of overlap. What we've done, basically, is strip out the paid apps from the list, then fill in the gaps with more free. With the new list, you can turn a fresh, untouched iPhone or iPod Touch (http://gizmodo.com/tag/ipodtouch/) into an apped-out powerhouse without spending a dime.
(To view the following gallery as a single page, click here (http://gizmodo.com/5423680/free-iphone-apps/).)
What counts as an essential iPhone app (http://gizmodo.com/tag/iphone-apps-directory/) changes all the time, and so should our guide: If we've missed anything huge, or you've got a much better suggestion for a particular type of app, let us know, or say so in the comments. We'll be updating this thing pretty frequently, and a million Gizmodo readers can do a better job at sorting through the app mess than a single Gizmodo editor. Enjoy!
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http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=w0Uvan9E2UM:Tf4U4BMWZGs:V_sGLiPBpWU)
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More... (http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/w0Uvan9E2UM/gizmodos-essential-iphone-apps-free-edition)