The great thing about the iPhone is that while it is an extraordinary phone with some extraordinary features, there are also an umpteen number of super cool third party apps available which can help you do just about anything you can imagine with your iPhone.
This list discusses some of the coolest and mind-boggling music apps that can turn your iPhone into a powerhouse of music. Ranging from apps which stream radio stations to apps which can convert your iPhone into a flute or piano, we’ve got them all covered.
1. Last.fm
Last.fm, the immensely popular social music site is on the iPhone too. The Last.fm iPhone app lets you access your Last.fm account on the iPhone and listen to your favorite tracks. You can get the music recommendations according to your taste, add tracks to your playlist, purchase tracks directly from iTunes, tag the tracks, share them with the Last.fm community and much more. Certainly offers great features at a great price – $0.
Download the Last.fm iPhone app.
2. Pandora
The Pandora iPhone app is the iPhone version of the free personalized radio which is completely integrated with your web based Pandora account. It is easy to use and offers all the Pandora features. You can create a station from the current song or artist, tap the album art to get more information, email the station to a friend, bookmark songs and artists, buy tracks from iTunes and get a nice view in the landscape mode by rotating your iPhone.
Download Pandora iPhone app.
3. Shazam
Shazam is an innovative iPhone app that cures your ” What was that song ? ” problem. It happens to all of us, isn’t it. We hear a song, love it, know we have heard it before but just can’t recall it. With Shazam you don’t need to. Just hold your iPhone near the speakers of the device playing that music. Through iPhone’s microphone Shazam gets hold of that song and identifies the album, artist and song title for you. Cool, isn’t it ? Oh, and it’s free too.
Download Shazam iPhone app.
4. Ocarina
Ocarina makes one of the most unique uses of iPhone’s and iPod touch’s touchscreen by turning it into a flute which you can play with your fingers. You can blow into the mic and tap the four virtual holes on the screen, all of which give a cool experience of playing a real flute ( atleast to those who have never touched a flute ). In fact users of the Ocarina community can hear what you are playing in the globe mode. The cost of the app – $0.99.
Download Ocarina iPhone app.
5. Slacker
Slacker gives you access to unlimited free music on your iPhone. It is easy to use and has an elegant user interface. It can stream music from millions of songs from a huge number of artists in its library. You could also listen to over 100 expert programmed radio stations or create your own custom station. The sound quality is great and it certainly emerges as a tough competitor for Pandora. It’s free to download.
Download Slacker iPhone app.
6. Tuner Internet Radio
Tuner Internet radio is another brilliant iPhone radio app which gives you access to 1000′s of radio stations from all around the world. You can bookmark your favorite stations, choose from your favorite genres, create your own streams and even get access to premium authenticated streams. Another nice feature is the OpenGL visualizer which adds more value to the app. It costs $5.99.
Download Tuner Internet Radio iPhone app.
7. Imeem
Imeem is an app aimed specifically at Imeem users so that they could access their Imeem library on the go. They can access the features of the web based Imeem which includes discovering new music, creating stations with free streaming music from their favorite artists and much more. Like most of the music apps, this also allows you to purchase songs from iTunes. And like its web version, this app is free too.
Download Imeem iPhone app.
8. Midomi Ultra
Midomi Ultra is a pretty cool iPhone app which can identify music in a snap. You just need to take your iPhone near a speaker and it can identify a song in as fast as 5 seconds. Hence it works like Shazam, identifying music through the iPhone’s microphone and naming the song, artist and other stuff. But there are some differences and as the iPhone blog points out, Midomi takes music identification to the next level. That’s why it costs $4.99.
Download Midomi iPhone app.
9. PocketGuitar
If you love playing guitar, you’d love PocketGuitar too. It turns your iPhone into a guitar, rather a virtual guitar which you can actually play like a real guitar. Yes, you could press & strum strings and get the real guitar feeling. Choose sounds from 6 different instruments like Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Electric Bass and more. Also choose effects like Chorus, Distortion etc. The best part – it’s relatively cheap at $0.99.
Download PocketGuitar iPhone app.
10. Chordmaster
Chordmaster is another great app for music ⋆ that puts a huge library of more than 7,800 guitar chords at their disposal. It displays a virtual fretboard complete with notes and fingerings and virtual chords in various positions on the fretboard. You can strum the strings, in fact even tap individual strings to to hear the specific notes just like in a real guitar. It is priced at $1.99.
Download Chrodmaster iPhone app.
10 Best iPhone Music Apps
