App-lesauce iPhone App Reviews

By: Chili X
Site: http://chillix.wordpress.com/our-apps/
Release Date: Sept 18, 2009
Price: 99 cents
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Ever tried to fumble around with your devices controls while driving. I'm not trying to say it's the most difficult thing in the world, but it is definitely a distraction from the things you should be doing, like paying attention to the road. PlaySafe gives you a little less to be distracted over by offering a simple swipe system to switch tracks. Swipe left to go forward one track and right to go back. Tap to switch between pause and play. A large icon will be displayed so you can tell what you did at a glance.

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The developer, Chili X offers one piece of advice that I feel I should pass on. Please, for all our sakes, create a playlist for this app before you start driving.

By: META-GLAMOUR
Site: http://app.meta-glamour.com/
Release Date: August 15, 2009
Price: 99 cents
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With TwitMusic, you can post the name, artist, and genre of the song to which you are currently listening. Search Twitter for the hashtag "#twitmusic", and get a list of music currently being listened to by users all around the world. Great way to find new music.

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By: Tetsuo Kikuchi
Site: Listed site did not work
Release Date: July 14, 2009
Price: Free
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You and i Free is an app that will use the information provided from iTunes, Amazon, or Yahoo Music to search Youtube for music videos. Users cannot search for a specific video. What this app does is this: If you are in iTunes, then you pick from 9 genres of music and see the top ten songs for that genre. Click on the song you want to see the video for and you get the choice going to the Youtube app or opening the search results page for Youtube in Safari.

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I have two problems with this app. #1 is that there is no search function. You are pretty much stuck with a bunch of top ten lists from three different music providers. #2 is that you very rarely ever get the actual music video. Don't just go opening the Youtube app unless you are a fan of the "I'm feeling lucky" button on Google. Instead, go to the results page in Safari. That way you can do the one thing I found this app really useful for: finding live performances of hit songs I have never seen before. Unfortunately, a huge percentage of the videos are still pics with the audio, like the Black Eyed Peas video pictured above.

By: TuneWiki Ltd.
Site: http://www.tunewiki.com/
Release Date: June 12, 2009
Price: Free
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TuneWiki is a lyrics app with an emphasis on community. Load up a tune and the lyrics scroll up the screen karaoke style. Users can post comments on the artists' or song's shout wall. They can post their location on the map and see where else their favorite song has been played.

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TuneWiki is a feature rich lyrics app. I ran into many songs in my library for which TuneWiki couldn't deliver the lyrics. Testing the songs on Rhapsolyric proved that this is not a problem with me having obscure music, rather a somewhat limited selection at TuneWiki. TuneWiki's community features are unique, though, and earn it a 7 out of 10.

By: LyricFind
Site: http://www.lyricfind.com/iphone.htm
Release Date: April 23, 2009
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LyricFind Lite is an adequate lyric finding app when compared with the other two in this post. Users can search for the lyrics to their favorite song by artist, song name, or by a quote of the lyrics. That's right! Or. Don't let the first screenshot fool you. You can only search for your lyrics by one category. That means that you cannot search for an artist and a quote of lyric at the same time. Most times a small quote of lyric won't even get you the correct artist, anyway.
You can click on the Top Artists and Top Lyrics buttons to access many current songs. You can also save a song as a favorite for easier access later.

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By: SchroederDev
Site: http://www.schroederdev.com/
Release Date: June 28, 2009
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Okay, so I paid 99 cents for this one. Just to be fair to LyricFind, the $3.99 for the paid version will get you some photos of the artist and album art. For 99 cents Lyric+ gets you a little more functionality. Lyrics+ lets you choose any song in your library, or it will find the lyrics of the song that is currently playing.Lyric+ is on sale at 99 cents. It's regular price is $1.99.

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By: Venkatramanan Krishnamani
Site: http://www.purplehazeapps.com/
Release Date: July 08, 2009
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Rhapsolyric offers the most of all three apps, and at my favorite price, too - free! Rhapsolyric does not offer a search function, but it makes up for it with a plethora of other features. First and foremost, Rhapsolyric will use your location to select a list of local radio stations. You can then use that to find the lyrics to the last few songs played as well as the current song. You can also email the lyrics of songs to your friends. Rhapsolyric also offers a list of related songs and a link to buy the song from iTunes.

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By: Pandora Media, Inc.
Site: http://pandora.com
Release Date: July 9, 2008
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Pandora was where I started my online music journey. When I first opened up the app, it was blank. It just said, "Enter the name of an artist or song". So I entered Van Halen and Van Halen Radio started playing. "Cool!" I said. Before the song was even done, I was back out in the menu searching for more of my faves, creating dozens of artist-centric radio stations. Pretty soon, I had a good list built up. This is where Pandora gets very interesting, especially for people like me who enjoy a wide range of music. Just tap the QuickMix button, then edit it to include or exclude any of the radio stations from your list. You can mix together Iron Maiden with Vivaldi, if you are so inclined, or try picking Parliament, Earth, Wind, and Fire, and Southern Culture on the Skids for a great funk channel. The options are virtually endless!

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By: Slacker, Inc.
Site: http://slacker.com
Release Date: January 15, 2009
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Slacker Radio is pretty much the same app as Pandora, only with a slicker look. Slacker also includes sixteen categories of stations, each with multiple sub-genre stations. One of these categories is Comedy, which gives you hours and hours of stand up comedy. Awesome!

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By: Clear Channel Broadcasting, Inc.
Site: http://iheartradio.com/iphone/
Release Date: September 8, 2008
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iHeart Radio is for the more adventurous type. Pandora and Slacker play the music you have told it to play, all the while offering suggestions for you. iHeart Radio is different. iHeart Radio gives you a list of cities and a list of radio formats. You can dial in the combination you want, and if there is a match, off you go to listen to R&B hits from Cincinnati, or classic rock from Phoenix. If you are feeling really brave, you can use the Shake It feature to shake yourself up a random city and format.

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By: Wolfgang's Vault
Site: http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/
Release Date: April 3, 2009
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Concert Vault is strictly for live music fans. Wolfgang's Vault provides you with scores of recorded concerts on-demand on your iPhone/iPod Touch. Choose from artists such as The Grateful Dead, Stevie Wonder, or Led Zeppelin. If you aren't in the mood for whole concerts, then choose Vault Radio and sit back and listen to single live tracks from producers like the King Biscuit Flower Hour.

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With an iPhone and a good 3g connection, it might be hard to understand why someone would even need to put a single music file on their phone.