With close to 100,000 iPhone applications now available on the App Store, finding the ones the ones that you will actually enjoy and use can be difficult. There are other apps and sites that offer a resource for you to find and share popular apps, and even present customized recommendations, such as AppsFire, 16 Apps or Sidebar, which we recently wrote about here. But what about tapping into your social graph to help find the apps that are popular amongst your friends? Enter Chorus— a free iPhone app that helps you discover apps with the people you trust most – your friends.
Chorus, which is developed by envIO Networks, is sort of like a mobile social network based around the apps that your friends have downloaded. The app features real-time feeds from your designated friends (those who have also downloaded Chorus and whom you have friended) displaying the apps they are downloading, and what they are saying about them in the app.
Chorus uses a proprietary Social Genome technology to match your favorite apps against those your friends use, building a personalized and relevant list of recommended apps. Chorus will also ask your a series of questions to determine the types of apps your like. And you can share your favorite apps through social networks such as Facebook and Twitter and also invite them to test out Chorus.
Chorus also aggregates opinions of tech experts via its AppMavens service and features AppMavens’ reviews and ratings from trusted app reviewers from leading review sites. The app also offers a desktop application that will sync to your iTunes account and and iPhone to update your Chorus app with all of your apps.
The app seems useful to tap into your friend’s recommendations but I am also a fan of Sidebar’s app as well (which has not been released yet). After learning about both apps, I find myself wishing that they could be combined into one app that offers both friend and personalized recommendations, content
An app to help you find other apps…isn’t this what the App Store genius feature is for? This just seems like a lot of waste of time to me…
I really want something more than genius. Something outside of apple given their closed way of doing things.
Our iPhone app, App Popular, also aims to help with app discovery. We are currently at work on version 1.1 that improves current features and will offer 3 additional features that assist with app discovery. Currently, it assists with discovering, tracking, listing and sharing the world’s iPhone apps.
Apple’s Genius feature for iPhone and iTunes is a terrific artificial intelligence that guesses what you may like. Chorus works with your friends in mind to do what Genius can’t do, “make app recommendations personal” I think after setting up the application, you’ll find the results terrifically accurate compared to Apple’s offerings.
I got automated message from their Twitter account, after tweeting this. Its really annoying
Hi Mike. I’m with Chorus. That was actually me and I typed that tweet in manually. If you go to our “engagement” Twitter account http://twitter....m/ChorusSupport, you’ll see hundreds of unique tweets to people trying out Chorus. Please feel free to reply with any questions you have about it.
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Recently Ravensburger ask Apple to remove 1000 Apps that using word “Memory”
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May be your app number become 100,000 – 1000
I’m getting a message that says, “This video is private.” I’d love to learn more about this app. Please contact the user that uploaded this and have them unblock public access.
The video is up now.
all this services relying on script-scrapping iTunes pages, crazy
All of these apps suffer a similar issue: the popular apps become more popular. I solve this with my app, fluke . It is purely random at showing you apps in your desired categories. Simple and effective. Try it.
Unfortunately, the same observation can be applied to pop culture, corporations and pretty much any brand / product in the world. I’m sure you could use the same argument to say that Britney Spears shouldn’t be the #1 best-selling female artist but she is. It’s difficult to be fresh and original but our goal is to change all of that. If your friend installs and rates an obscure app, you’ll see it and check it out. It reinvigorates the ecosystem and helps make organic discovery a possibility.
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why is this only available in the United States? us canadians need app discovery too!
We’re working hard to bring this application globally. However, most of the apps on the app store are US only. It’s unfortunate but we are working hard on improving the application daily and eventually extending it to new markets including Canada. Thanks for the comment!
Lets not forget the popular website http://www.appgiveaway.com
More apps, we can’t get enough of apps. Hah!
The Chorus app is a way for my friends to recommend Apps and for me to see what they are using (depending on which ones they share). It allows me to search by my Friends, by Recommended which randomly scrambles Apps with the “Shake is Up” feature and can be sorted by “paid” “free” or “latest.” I’ve had some time to play around with it & I love it!