Recommended Windows Store (Metro) Apps

ShaneU

Post your favourite apps, their price (if not free) and a brief description of what they do.


Google - not just google search, it also contains gmail, google+, youtube, maps etc.

Filmon.tv - Watch BBC, ITV, CH4 etc. for free!

TuneIn Radio - Huge list of both local and global radio stations.

Fliptoast - Sign in to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, and see all your updates in the one place.

Fresh Paint - A great painting app that's simple and easy to use.

Overheal

Using google as an app will also add it as a usable Search charm filter

Fresh Paint is especially fun for kids if you use it with a real paint brush. Not sure if it requires special material: all I know is I sell a brush which is "designed" for touch screens and it actually works pretty well in paint apps and as a stylus in it's own right.

dulpit

A note on Tune In - seems to struggle big time with RTE stations... Nice app otherwise...

If you are a netflix subscriber then their app is nice...

calex71

So far my most used app is the xbox music one, free music is eh..... free

ShaneU

calex71 wrote: »

So far my most used app is the xbox music one, free music is eh..... free

Can't find it?

edit: it's just called music.

Overheal

LOLCat Bible.

GENESIS;

1 1 Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated dem.

2 Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark face, An Ceiling Cat rode invisible bike over teh waterz.

3 At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? An lite wuz. 4 An Ceiling Cat sawed teh lite, to seez stuffs, An splitted teh lite from dark but taht wuz ok cuz kittehs can see in teh dark An not tripz over nethin. 5 An Ceiling Cat sayed light Day An dark no Day. It were FURST!!!1

ablelocks

ShaneU wrote: »

Filmon.tv - Watch BBC, ITV, CH4 etc. for free!

couldn't find this one this morning - no results from searching the store - any links (or can you link to an app?)

sebastianlieken

ablelocks wrote: »

couldn't find this one this morning - no results from searching the store - any links (or can you link to an app?)

same as, no joy

calex71

sebastianlieken wrote: »

same as, no joy

I got this from the windows store web site when I followed the link on the filmon site for the metro app

"К сожалению, это приложение больше не доступно" translated as it's no longer available. You can still use the desktop client I think.

Thats another annoying thing about the metro apps web site if you you follow links from sites to it it's a bit of a lottery as to what language it will be in, I've had everything from swedish, german and russian

Alun

calex71 wrote: »

"К сожалению, это приложение больше не доступно" translated as it's no longer available. You can still use the desktop client I think.

Doesn't surprise me ... I'd say the legality of what filmon.tv are doing is questionable at least from a rights perspective. Whereas MS can't take down their website they wouldn't want themselves to be associated with anything potentially dodgy through their app store.

Overheal

App store is designed to be, as a brand, a place to get trustworthy, legal and nonmalicious software much like any other app store. So that one sounds like a no go.

ShaneU

Mine still works

kaimera

dulpit wrote: »

A note on Tune In - seems to struggle big time with RTE stations... Nice app otherwise...

If you are a netflix subscriber then their app is nice...

By chance are you running a nvidia card with netflix?

I can't view any videos on netflix - wants WHQL drivers it seems and I'm on the latest beta update from nvidia.

Edit.

No flipboard app yet is there?

dulpit

kaimera wrote: »

By chance are you running a nvidia card with netflix?

I can't view any videos on netflix - wants WHQL drivers it seems and I'm on the latest beta update from nvidia.

No, integrated Intel graphics here...

kaimera

there's a youtube-mp3/video app available now.

handy out

Overheal

PcWakeUp! - a Wake on Lan manager. Preload your PCs and IP adresses, a nice click and fire interface for blasting off wake packets.