When there are more than 15,000 apps vying for one’s favor like so many new puppies in a box, deciding which ones to try might well come down to picking the ones with the cutest mugs. And of course, how does the AppStore display its puppies, uh, mugs? With galleries of app icons, that’s how.
So, unless you’re hip to some strong word of mouth on a particular app, or you know a few of the 500,000 iPhone app developers newly minted in the past year, you might as well start with something like the “50 iPhone Apps With Icons That Don’t Suck” approach taken by Dr. Macenstein.
A quick browse through the doctor’s post reveals worthy apps may in fact come with worthy icons, such as Dizzy Bee, the highly addicting tilt game, seeker, a free business and residential listings search app, and Rocket Taxi – Cab Finder, an app that uses GPS or WiFi to help you find the nearest cab company.
I feel the doctor went a little strong to the games section with his picks, but the AppStore is overweighted with games, so maybe it makes sense. What do you think? Would you check out an app based on its cute icon alone? What are some of your favorite iPhone app icons?
Via Macenstein
Lonnie Lazar is a writer-musician-web designer-attorney. He writes about Apple for Cult of Mac and Mac|Life, and about VoIP and telecommunications for Voxilla. Follow Lonnie on Twitter @LonnieLazar, join the Cult of Mac on Facebook, and find Lonnie’s photos on Flickr.
