[geekladyemjay]

Taking a slight break from the frustration of when we will take possession of our phones...

I have not had a Windows phone in years I did recently purchase a Surface 3 but the phone what are the top apps? Which apps work best? Which apps are good substitutes for apps on other OS's?

[greynightshirt]

The ones I always load on to a new phone first are:

NextGen Reader (Feedly)
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=eaIPxWaE

6tag (Instagram)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/6tag/9wzdncrfhvxc

Windows Central - it has a very nice live tile, always the latest Windows news right on my front page
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/windows-central/9wzdncrfjc4r

MetroTube (YouTube)
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=g125Bzza

Vieather (weather app)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/vieather/9wzdncrfj4bf

Package Tracker
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=W0Z0MM8P

ebay (better than nothing ;-))
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/ebay/9wzdncrfj14f

amazon kindle (again, better this app than nothing...)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/amazon-kindle/9wzdncrfj2jf

audible
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/audiobooks-from-audible/9wzdncrfj1cr

7Pass (still the best app for your keepass passwords)
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=tcTSBoK1

Ported / tblog (the best tumblr app, IMHO)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/tblog/9nblgggz4whd

Wunderlist (To-Do List)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/wunderlist-to-do-list-tasks/9wzdncrdfxzs

also OneDo, but that doesn't have a desktop equivalent
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=cYgSHke2

WhatsApp
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=B3f-zzCr

Core Music Player (music player - you can play/view your files by folder too!)
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=nSBFmcqj

Digital Audio Book (audio book player)
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=ZsXPzgFR

Week View (my favourite calendar, has the best live tile for my needs)
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=AlRL73XW


I hope this helped a bit!

[nokia4life]

I have a question its been a while since I have been on windows phone as well, how is microsofts music offering? Is it on par with Google Play Music or Apple Music? The last music service I used was in the zune days which was awesome if not better than everything out there. I don't care for spotify and I don't mind paying subscription right now since I carry multiple phones I have google subscription music and Apple subscriptions. I know neither of these have apps for their music service on windows phone at the moment so just asking. Thanks in advance and have a great day everyone......

[geekladyemjay]

Wow thanks greynightshirt that is quite a list!
Nokia4life the music app is Groove Music it is available on other OS's as well.

[nokia4life]

Wow thanks greynightshirt that is quite a list!
Nokia4life the music app is Groove Music it is available on other OS's as well.

Thanks by any chance have you used Goove Music and if so how is it (features, playlist and so on ) compared to the others if you have used any of the others. If not then just based your experience with that platform what are your thoughts.

[geekladyemjay]

Thanks by any chance have you used Goove Music and if so how is it (features, playlist and so on ) compared to the others if you have used any of the others. If not then just based your experience with that platform what are your thoughts.

I like it but haven't used it much. I have it on my iPhone, Surface 3 and nexus it works great. I am intentionally am not using it much because I want to really get into it on my 950 xl. You can do the free 30 day trial and see what you think.
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=fuCE4EYb

[nokia4life]

I like it but haven't used it much. I have it on my iPhone, Surface 3 and nexus it works great. I am intentionally am not using it much because I want to really get into it on my 950 xl. You can do the free 30 day trial and see what you think.
https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=cu8jl3QH

Thanks for responding can't wait as well.

[geekladyemjay]

You're welcome!

[CronGM]

A must-have for me is Poki, a Pocket (formerly Read It Later) client. It's fast, has a clean UI, and it's very reliable: https://forums.windowscentral.com/e?...token=NYpM4g-c.