When we show off our iPhone to curious friends, we usually cycle through some of the useful and cool apps that might tempt them into purchasing one for themselves. In the midst of apps aplenty, it’s easy to forget that the iPhone is also a music player, and, at most, we usually tap the Pandora button to listen to a wider variety of tunes than we store on our unit. So when our editor asked us to find 10 good, free (or almost free) music apps for the device, were shocked to see 274 pages of them on the App Store.
The apps range widely: free publicity for almost every extant music group, a wealth of free and for-pay pretuned radio stations, and apps for making your own noise with cowbells, screen taps, and virtual instruments. We confess that the cowbell app left us, um, moo-dy, and in our hands, the virtual-instrument apps drove most other living creatures from the room. But in the end, we did track down 10 versatile, interesting, and free music apps that either enhance the native iPod playlist structure or add hours of listening pleasure to your day.
