- Blue Skies: I've tried all the weather apps, this one is the best imo, since the tile display is sharp and clean and it supports user theme color/transparency color, which is important for me
- Circle Stopwatch: cleanest interface among all the stopwatch apps I've tried, closest one to the standard Windows 8.1 app (MS should really standardize this one)
- Health and Fitness: allows a live-tile pin of the step-counter (pedometer)
- Maps: allows 3D rotation browsing of downloaded HERE maps, which Here Drive still doesn't support
- NextGen Reader: best RSS feedly app I've tried
- Pocket Explorer: allows you to pin almost any file to the home screen, like pictures and pdfs (MS should allow this using their Files app)
- Translator (Bing): coolest feature is live-view translation, when it works
- Travel: allows you to pin flight-specific status tile
- TrueCaller: real-time internet-based caller ID, when it works