Money Plus(PAID) - A nice, lightweight, cheap finance tracking application. All info is stored locally only, so none of your data is uploaded to any server.
Split the Check(FREE) - Simple app I wrote to split the check when you eat out, find out how much each person owes.
RSS Readers:
WebReader(PAID) - Hands down this is the best RSS reader available. Fast, smooth, easy to use UI, supports GR sync, supports both orientations, etc.
GeeReader(FREE) - The best free RSS reader available. Supports Google Reader sync, portrait mode, etc.
Blackberry News(FREE) - A nice RSS reader, currently doesn't support GR sync but it's pretty smooth and nice looking.
Social Networking:
Lemma(FREE) - Currently the best Twitter client on the PB imo. It's free and the UI is smoother than Blaq. It doesn't look quite as nice but it is faster and easier to use.
Blaq(PAID) - Another good twitter option.
Utilities:
File Browser(PAID) - One of the best file managers for the Playbook. Offers .zip creation, extraction, copying between bridged BB phone and PB, etc.
Other:
Comwave ePhone(FREE+Subscription) - An alternative to Skype. It has a $20 per year subscription with free incoming calls + online number, etc.
Conqu(FREE) - A nice tasks application.
FML(FREE) - App to view updates from the website FMyLife.
News360(FREE) - Very good news app.
Poynt(FREE) - Familiar Poynt application for the PB. Local search, gas prices, restaurants, etc.
Scrapbook(FREE) - Very nice scrapbooking app by RIM, has a very nice user interface.
Shopping List(FREE) - Simple and effective shopping list app.
StateOfCash(PAID) - Nice looking finances tracking application that also has a free trial.
Wikipedia(FREE) - Official Wikipedia app, works quite well.
Playbook Games: Angry Birds Space(PAID) - Highly recommended. A lot of fun, different enough from the previous games to keep you interested, and priced right at $2.99
Stunt Pear(PAID) - Very fun physics based game, highly recommended and only $0.99.
Sketch W Friends(PAID) - Online multiplayer pictionary. Supports multi platform play (Android/IOS/Playbook). NOTE: You can use bridge remote control with your Blackberry phone and use the keyboard on your Blackberry phone for this game! You don't have to buy a BT keyboard.
Sketch W Friends(FREE) - This is just a trial version of the game, only supports 2 games per day.
Plants vs. Zombies(PAID) - A very fun tower defense game, a must buy.
Romance of Rome(PAID) - Highly recommended.
Angry Birds(PAID) Angry Birds Seasons(PAID) Angry Birds Rio(PAID) Asphalt 6(FREE) - This racing game is better than the included Need For Speed game.
Modern Combat 2 HD(FREE) - 1st person shooter game from Gameloft, basically a CoD type clone. Not my cup of tea since I've played stuff like Battlefield and CoD a lot, but some people like it.
AirAttack(PAID) - A very good plane shooting game.
Moto X Mayhem(PAID) - Very fun game where you have to keep the guy from crashing and reach the finish line.
Lets Golf 2 HD(PAID) - Very high quality, native golf game by Gameloft.
Mooo(PAID) - Short but fun game.
N.O.V.A. 2 HD(PAID) - FPS game from Gameloft, basically a Halo clone.
SimCity Deluxe(PAID) - Classic city building game.
Sling Golf(PAID) - Fun golf game, can be pretty hard though. There's a free, lite version.
Star Front: Collision HD(PAID) - Realtime strategy game by Gameloft, similar to Starcraft gameplay.
Dillo Hills(PAID) - Very fun and cute game, easily worth it at $0.99. Has online leaderboards.
Fly Squirrel Fly 2(FREE) - One of the most random games I've ever seen, but it's very fun. Lags a bit sometimes.
RobinHood(FREE) - Fun find the difference game with great looking pictures and a story mode. Very well made.
Power Vacuum(FREE) - Free time-based game that is pretty fun and has online leaderboards.
Brain Cube HD(FREE) - Fun puzzle, block rolling game. There's a paid version without ads, but the ads aren't very intrusive.
Currently I'd go for Trillian or Beejive if you need a multi-client. Trillian is cheaper, Beejive seems a little more stable for staying connected. Both have push functionality.
Meebo is free and has a very slick interface but kills the battery.
Trillian(PAID) - Very good AIM/MSN/Yahoo/Facebook/Google/Jabber/MySpace/ICQ chat client and at a reasonable price.
Beejive(PAID) - Another good multi client chat app with push to email support.
Meebo(FREE) - Very good AIM/MSN/Yahoo/Facebook/Google/Jabber/MySpace/ICQ chat client.
IM+(PAID) - Multi-client chat client with push mode and FB and Skype chat.
IM+ Lite(FREE) - Free version of IM+ with ads, no push mode.
AOL Instant Messenger(FREE) Nimbuzz(FREE) - AIM/MSN/Yahoo/etc client
Bloomberg(FREE) - Stocks, financial news, etc. One of the better free apps.
Stocks+(PAID) - Another stocks tracking app that has a nice UI.
Thomson Reuters(FREE) - News articles, stocks, keyword news aggregation.
Forum Apps
Tapatalk(PAID) - Excellent app for browsing multiple forums, a must buy. Allows posting, subscribing threads, subscribing topics, PMs, etc. Supports a lot of different forums.
Mapping/Navigation/Local Search/Traffic:
Blackberry Traffic(FREE) - Very useful app by RIM that provides address search, turn by turn voice navigation with street names, estimates traffic conditions, arrival time, alternate route times, and allows you to auto notify others about your arrival time. The turn by turn voice nav works very well, the only downside is that currently it doesn't include map data.
Telmap Beta(FREE) - This is your best option for free, voice turn-by-turn navigation if you need the maps and don't want to use Blackberry Traffic. It only seems to work on GSM carriers, CDMA US carriers don't seem to locate properly. When you sign up you will probably need to select UK as your region as US isn't listed, but it still works in the US.
TeleNav GPS Plus OS6+OS7 (Verizon only)(PAID) - This is your best option for voice turn-by-turn navigation on Verizon. Normally this costs $10 a month but you can get it for $10 for the year here, easily worth it if you use turn-by-turn nav a lot. NOTE: some people report it doesn't work on OS7.1 though...
TeleNav GPS Plus OS5 (Verizon only)(PAID) - Same as above, but for OS5 devices.
Bing Mobile(FREE) - Similar to Google Maps. Driving directions, maps, movie times/locations, etc.
Foodspotting(FREE) - A nice app for finding user submitted pictures of restaurant food nearby. Pictures can be taken by users and uploaded and tagged for sharing. Some of the functionality is still really barebones though, like addresses of the restaurants are text-only...
Foursquare(FREE) - Discover the city and share with friends through social networking. Has the usual checkin at locations type stuff, similar to Facebook checkin and rewards.
Google Maps Mobile(FREE) - Driving directions, maps, locations, etc.
Poynt(FREE) - Local search, restaurants, businesses, movies, weather, etc
Citysearch(FREE) - Local search, restaurants, businesses, movies, etc
miCoach(FREE) - Very well made app that tracks your workouts, has audio notifications, GPS tracking, and it's own music player so that you don't have to use the native media player in addition.
Trapster(FREE) - View & report speed traps
Where(FREE) - Local search, restaurants, businesses, movies, traffic, etc
Media Playback/Sharing Apps:
Player For Youtube Pro(PAID) - Easily the best youtube app out there, has support for high quality streams, uploads, etc.
Player For Youtube(FREE) - Free version, has advertisements and doesn't support high quality streams.
Radar(FREE) - Share pics, vids, conversations with Radar users, twitter followers, facebook, flickr, etc.
Movies:
Flixster(FREE) - A very good app for looking up movie synopsis, actor information + movie history, reviews (rottentomatoes + Flixster user reviews) and even watching trailers. As far as simply looking up movies and related information goes, this app is much better than Poynt.
Movela Netflix Queue Manager(PAID) - Manage your Netflix queue.
Poynt(FREE) - This app is a lot more multi-purpose than Flixster, but Flixster is better at movie info, actor info and reviews.
News Apps (Non RSS):
AP Mobile(FREE) - A good news app. I preferr the Time Mobile app personally.
Thomson Reuters News Pro(FREE) - Nice, easy to use news app for Reuters.
Time Mobile(FREE) - Excellent news app. UI looks very nice, app is fast, very easy to use.
Personal Organization/Info Storage:
Pageonce(FREE+PAID) - A very good app that allows you to add many different accounts and view balances/status/alerts. Basically it's an all-in-one hub (Comcast, Email accounts, Credit Cards, etc). Premium version has more features.
KeePassBB(FREE) - A very good secure information storage app (store multiple password/logins/etc with one password). It's free, works great, easy to customize, supports desktop sync and external file modes, and supports multiple platforms
Radio Apps: (Recommend sticking with either Slacker or Pandora personally)
I keep going back and forth between Pandora and Slacker, each has it's own problems. Pandora's volume equalization sucks, often songs come on that are twice the volume of previous. Slacker tends to have buggier releases sometimes and the song suggestions aren't nearly as good, but has a larger library and the sound quality is much better. Also Slacker has a Playbook app that works great.
Pandora(FREE + PAID) - (Streaming radio, no caching. Subscription account has higher quality, more skips, etc.)
Slacker(FREE + PAID) - (Streaming radio. Paid subscription has caching, wifi caching, unlimited skips, etc.)
iheartradio(FREE) Nobex Radio Companion(FREE) Sirius(PAID SUBSCRIPTION) - Requires a SiriusXM subscription. Supports radio, news, entertainment, talk, etc. Quality is very good. Network tolerance on the app is poor though...
Remote Desktop Apps:
RDM+(PAID) - There isn't much competition in this area. RDM+ is expensive, but it has a ton of features.
RSS Readers:
BeReaderPAID - One of the best RSS readers with google read/unread sync.
Freerange(FREE) - Much more lightweight and a bit faster than Viigo, but missing a lot of Viigos extra features. UI isn't as polished, no Google Reader sync
XPRSS(FREE) - Lightweight and fast RSS reader. Not as featured as BeReader, but still quite good for being free.
Travel Apps:
Blackberry Travel(FREE) - Very well made app by RIM, probably the best travel app out there.
Kayak.com App(FREE) - Flight/Hotel search and booking
Worldmate Live(FREE+PAID) - Travel information aggregator. Flight times, scheduling, itinerary, world clock, world daylight map, hotel scheduling, etc.
Utility Apps:
Advance OS and LED(FREE) - A highly featured LED notification customizer. Prior to this app I would have always recommended BeBuzz, but this app offers a lot of the same functionality but free. This offers email popup notifications as well, but it's not quite as featured as BePopup.
BePopup(PAID) - The best email popup notification app.
Blackberry Protect(FREE) - Very good app. Allows you to locate your device on a map through the Blackberry Protect website, cause your device to emit a loud ringing noise even if the sound is off, as well as backup and restore device data online.
BBMaps Launcher for AT&T(FREE) - Must have if you want access to BBMaps on AT&T since AT&T blocks it. Best part is that it doesn't go away on reboot like some other solutions.
BB-Meter(FREE) - Free app for monitoring battery drain, memory, signal, etc. Similar to MeterBerry but free and much, much lighter (30kb).
BeBuzz/BeMail/BePopup/BeWeather(PAID) - Several must-have apps by Bellshare. Every BB i've had uses BeBuzz + BePopup at least.
Atomichelix OpenPGP(PAID SUBSCRIPTION) - PGP encryption app for BIS users.
Dictionary.com(FREE) FlashOn(FREE) - Excellent flashlight app that allows LED or camera light use and customization, best of all it's free.
Google Voice(FREE) LaterDude Pro(PAID) - A collection of PIM integration tools that add nice functionality.
Navita Translator(FREE) - Awesome translator app.
PatternLock(FREE+PAID) - Excellent touchscreen pattern locking application, integrates message notifications, wallpapers and weather programs as well.
PayAnywhere(FREE) - Allows your Blackberry device to accept credit card payments.
Photo Editor Ultimate FREE(FREE) - Allows you to crop, scale, modify photos.
Screen Muncher(FREE) - A simple application that lets you take screenshots of your device. It has a funny animation and sound when capturing as well.
ShortcutMe(PAID) - Launcher with user customizable shortcut keys and backgrounds.
Show Me The Images(PAID) - Automatically download email images based on a whitelist.
Split the Check(FREE) - Simple app I wrote to split the check when you eat out, find out how much each person owes. Only supports the 9900/9930/P'9981/9810 right now.
Weather Apps:
BeWeather(PAID) - One of the best weather apps, a little pricey though.
BeWeather Free(FREE) - Similar to the paid version, just missing some features like using weather as wallpaper.
BeWeather (promo)(FREE) - This is the paid version of BeWeather, temporarily free for some countries and devices courtesy of RIM.
Poynt(FREE) - Excellent app, local search, restaurants, businesses, movies, weather, etc. This has weather for your current location in the app, but it is not primarily a weather application.
The Weather Channel(FREE) - Another good weather app. On some devices you only get a link to the website though...
Viigo(FREE) - RSS reader, weather, sports, stocks, podcasts, twitter, etc. Supports Google Reader sync and OPML import. Memory hog though
WeatherEye(FREE) - A pretty good, free weather app. Doesn't have the annoying purchase reminders tha BeWeather free does.
Other Apps:
Amazon.com or Kindle App(FREE) - Access Amazon, able to sign in, track orders, search, etc
F***MyLife(FREE) Fuze Meeting(FREE) - Attend web meetings online for free. Wish they supported the 8520/8530, push for them to do so!
MaraTick(FREE) - Shopping list
Shazam(FREE+PAID) - Free on a limited use basis, $3 one time fee to purchase. This app can identify songs by listening to them)
Texts From Last Night(FREE) - Official app for Texts From Last Night, funny stuff
UberTwitter(FREE+PAID) - $5 a year for paid version
Games:
Free Games: Aces Jewel Hunt Classic - Bejeweled type game but funner and very nice graphics and animations. The paid version has more features.
Bubble Gum Air - A Copter type game with funny looking art.
Copter - Classic helicopter game, works very well and is simple and fun.
GT ConnectFour - Play connect 4 online
GT BlackJack - Play blackjack online
Rollercoaster Rush Jurassic 2 - Fun 3D rollercoaster game, only supports OS7 devices.
Paid Games:
Aces Jewel Hunt - Bejeweled type game, very nice graphics and animations. Absolutely great puzzle game.
Aces Traffic Puzzle Pack - Very fun puzzle game with a ton of levels.
Cut the Thread - A cut the rope clone. It runs quite well on the 9900 and is fun and easily worth the $0.99. It's not totally smooth, but the performance is still good.
Juminja - A nice clone of the classic game Zuma. Looks nice, plays well and is priced properly.
Fierce Towers - Another good tower defense game
Fightin Words - Multiplayer scrabble type game (similar to words with friends). Currently the best version for BB.
Chess - Chess game that supports online play
Cliffed - Simple and fun platformer
Lexulous - Multiplayer scrabble type game (similar to words with friends). This one is multiplatform also.
Peggle - Classic puzzle game by EA.
Road Mania - This game is a steal at $0.99, very addictive and highly recommended (by the makers of Nintaii).
PBA Bowling 2 - 3D bowling game, fun and nice graphics
Nintaii - Addictive puzzle game
Pinball Deluxe - Excellent pinball game
Texas Hold'em King Live - Poker w online play
