30 Best Windows Phone 7 Apps For Year 2011

Not many people were optimistic about the future of Windows Phone 7 when it was launched, and sure enough, the start to WP7’s smartphone life was shaky, to say the least. However, the interface, and the basic concept behind WP7, is so unique that it was bound to attract a lot of people. Even though it is still way behind iOS and Android in the smartphone race, the metro OS has really come of age with Mango, followed by a growing quantity of great apps added to the Marketplace in 2011. Here, we will take a look at some of the best WP7 apps covered by us during the course of the previous year.

1. Wiz Tiles (Customize Live Tiles and create themes for WP7 Start screen)

  

2. TuneWiki (Listen to songs, browse by artists, albums or lyrics and follow people with similar music interests)

 

3. Image Map (Edit and view all the data related to your photos, including EXIF data)

 

4. FunShot (PhotoBooth-like app for Windows Phone 7, only for Samsung phones)

5. SoundHound (Recognizes music being played anywhere, also recognizes humming)

 

6. Recipe Shows (Video instructions for cooking just about any dish)

 

7. Tango (Make free voice and video calls across multiple smartphone platforms)

 

8. Foodspotting (Lets you find restaurants, based on what you want to eat)

9. Stop The Music (A small, handy tweak that clears the volume bar of past music)

10. Myxer (The ultimate ringtone-finder for Mango)

11. GeoReminder (Reminds you of a particular task when you are at a specific place)

12. PuriClub (Add photo frames, stamps and other effects to your pictures)

13. Traffic4All (Navigon’s navigation app that works through user feedback, letting people know of any hazards on a particular section of a road)

14. Yammer (A social network for business environments)

15. Pulse (A beautifully laid-out newsreader, supports custom categories)

16. WhatsApp (The famous cross-platform messenger)

17. Tonido (Remotely access files from your computer, stream music from PC to WP7)

18. AccuWeather (Beautiful weather app, hourly updates, activity suggestions)

19. IM+ (Cross-platform messaging app with support for a plethora of IM services)

20. Music Cloud (Allows you to search for and stream songs from SoundCloud)

 

21. easyTube (Removed for Google policy violation)

22. I’m A WP7 (A social network exclusive to Windows Phone users)

23. Calorie Tracker (Lets you keep track of the amount of calories you have consumed each day)

24. Poynt (Find out every useful place near you with ease)

25. App Flow (App discovery platform for Windows Phone 7)

26. Kik Messenger (Cross-platform messenger with a light interface)

27. 8Tracks (Listen to playlist of songs according to your mood or occasion)

 

28. TripIt (A comprehensive travel planner for WP7)

29. 1App Budget (An app that caters for all your financial record-keeping needs)

30. Compass VO (Compass app with multiple skins)

 

Of course, there were a lot more apps which came out in 2011, but our list of apps consists exclusively of apps that we covered during the year. Most of these apps are for Mango, and free, however, some are pre-Mango as well. With the Marketplace reaching the 50,000 apps mark, we are hopeful that this year too will see plenty of amazing additions to the Windows Phone app store.

If you didn’t find your favorite app of the year in the list, do tell us about it in the comment section below.