Equivalent Apps in Windows Phone - From iOS

Posted by kirbha on October 31, 2012 03:10 am 3

Ok the holiday season is almost there and new gadgets are out :) ... I'm not a fan of any particular OS since I care a damn if Apple, Google or Microsoft or whoever the heck makes them. I like new awesome gadgets and buy them irrespective of platform, though I have been using iOS for a few months now. Currently I own an iPhone 5 and will be buying Nexus 4 on the day it releases. I'm also planning to buy the HTC 8X since I want to try WP8 as well and the 8X looks pretty good. I have owned multiple WP before and last I used Windows phone was with Lumia 900. Before buying I want to list the apps that are currently installed on my iPhone 5 and see if there are direct 1st party apps available? If not please suggest good alternatives.

* - Means available in Windows Phone based on my memory of when i used Lumia 900.

** - Alternative available based on my memory of when i used Lumia 900.

News Apps:

Flipboard - (One of the best apps and I absolutely love it)

Verge

Engadget

Pulse*

CNN*

Tapatalk

Downcast (Podcast app)

UStream

Jasmine/Youtube (Is there a decent youtube app now? the default youtube is just a web browser and Metrotube was decent i think)

Social:

Facebook*

TweetBot ** (Rowi best alternative?)

Google+

LinkedIn

Instagram

Tumblr

Skype * (Well this should be best experience on Windows phone)

Games:

Real Racing 2 - (Favorite racing app on iOS and Android)

Temple Run

Letterpress - (New word game and pretty addictive and awesome)

Football

Other:

Gmail/Sparrow - (I guess i have to use the default mail client for google but no label support correct?)

Google Apps like Google voice, current, chrome, search ... list goes on

Amazon*, Amazon Fresh, Kindle*

Bump (Nice app to share photos wirelessly across platforms, both iOS and Android have Bump apps)

OneNote* - This will awesome on Windows phone so will gain here.

ESPN Scorecenter

Yahoo Sportacular

Slice - (Scans your email and sends notifications on scheduled deliveries stuff like that)

HBO GO

DENON Receiver remote app

Samsung TV remote app

XFINITY remote app

Banking Apps (American Express, Bank of America*, Fidelity)

PluralSight - Educational training apps

Dropbox

IMDB*

Redbox

Shazam

Spotify, Pandora

SpeedTest

DocuSign Ink (document signing app and sending electronically)

Runkeeper (Track your daily activities - fitness app)

Craiglist Mobile

Travel apps like Just Landed, Airbnb, KAYAK