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title: "Your Favorite Mobile Apps of 2009 (Reader Survey)"
date: 2009-11-27
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2009"
    url: "/tag/2009.md"
---

# Your Favorite Mobile Apps of 2009 (Reader Survey)

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/iphone_apps_logo_aug09.jpg)A year ago we polled you, the ReadWriteWeb community, on [your favorite mobile apps](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/your_favorite_mobile_web_apps_and_sites.php). It’s become an annual tradition to run this survey, so in this post we’re collecting your top 5 lists for 2009. To get you inspired, the ReadWriteWeb team have listed their personal favorites below.

[We first ran this poll in November 2007](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/5_essential_mobile_web_apps.php), ***before*** Apple’s App Store opened [on July 10, 2008](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/apples_iphone_app_store_launch.php) and when [Android](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/android_is_out_for_iphone_blood.php) was but a twinkle in Google’s eye. At that time, the 5 most mentioned mobile apps were the Gmail Java app, Google Maps, Opera Mini, Fring and Shozu. [In November 2008](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/your_favorite_mobile_web_apps_and_sites.php) we began to see popular web services being mentioned as favorite mobile apps too: Facebook, Twitter, last.fm, FriendFeed. Also newer mobile-focused apps like Evernote and Brightkite. Read on for the 2009 edition of this reader survey…

***Note:** ReadWriteWeb’s iPhone app is coming soon! To be notified as soon as it becomes available, email [**notify@readwriteweb.com**](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611/mailto:notify@readwriteweb.com).*

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/authors/richard_dec07_75.png)Richard MacManus, ReadWriteWeb founder and editor (iPhone user):

- Diamedic; diabetes data input and monitoring tool that I use multiple times a day.
- Encamp; new Basecamp project management app that the RWW team has just begun using.
- Shazam; amazing song discovery app that I use regularly, e.g. holding up my iPhone to the car radio to identify cool songs!
- Evernote; notes service which I was late adopter of, but it’s since become essential.
- Tweetie 2; my current Twitter app of choice on the iPhone.

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/authors/marshallk-75x85.jpg)Marshall Kirkpatrick, lead blogger and VP Content Development (iPhone and Android):

- Aardvark
- Tweetdeck
- SuperSearch
- Regator
- Appsfire

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/authors/sarahperez-75x75.jpg)Sarah Perez, feature writer and RWW’s resident Mobile Web expert (“Only 5?” she replied to my Basecamp message…Sarah uses iPhone):

- Facebook
- Tweetie 2
- Yelp
- NYT Mobile
- Bump (app for swapping contact details)

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/authors/frederic.jpg)Frederic Lardinois, writer (iPhone):

- Tweetie2
- Beejive, for IM
- Notifications
- picposterous
- Pandora

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/authors/jolieodell-75x83.jpg)Jolie O’Dell, writer and RWW Community Manager (Blackberry):

- TwitterBerry
- Flickr

Jolie notes (and you can sense the frustration!): “The BlackBerry user of the group has few options and fewer favorites. In fact, I’d almost post a response rant about how the development for BlackBerry devices AND the OS make enjoyable user experiences a near-impossibility.”

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/authors/danaoshiro-75x75.jpg)Dana Oshiro, writer (iPhone):

- Foursquare
- Tweetie
- Breaking News Online
- Aardvark
- Yelp, or OpenTable

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/mt423-static/support/assets_c/2009/10/alexwilliams-thumb-75x75-9738.png?9738)Alex Williams, ReadWriteEnterprise editor (Blackberry, who notes that “the experience is just awful.”):

- Yelp
- Slandr
- Facebook
- Gmail
- Google mobile

![](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611im_/http://www.readwriteweb.com/images/authors/jared-75x75.png)Jared Smith, RWW webmaster (Blackberry and iPod touch):

- RadarScope; weather radar viewer for iPhone and iPod touch.
- TouchTerm; on-the-go SSH for iPhone and iPod touch.
- MyKite; BlackBerry Brightkite app.
- Yatca; BlackBerry microblogging client that supports Twitter and identi.ca with seamless inbox integration.
- Google Sync for BlackBerry; “while not true push, it works so quietly and seamlessly I don’t give it a second thought.”

Now, RWW readers, it’s time for **your feedback!**

Let us know in the comments below what your favorite mobile apps are and what mobile device(s) you use. **Please limit this to 5 apps**, so we can identify trends more easily and report back on them in an upcoming post.

**UPDATE:**[Appsfire](https://web.archive.org/web/20100204060611/http://appsfire.com/) have given us a special widget featuring quick links to all of the iPhone apps mentioned by our team.

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/your_favorite_mobile_apps_of_2009_reader_survey.php))*