--- description: HBO Now, Highball and Dingo are some of the best iPhone apps of the week. title: The 5 Best iPhone Apps of the Week image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaaa3e6c82d757e91/6987788fe53ababc6f4d6e27/iphone-social-apps-facebook-3.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The 5 Best iPhone Apps of the Week (15 Apr 2015) by [Alexander Aciman](/author/alexander-aciman/) ## Alexander Aciman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 15, 2015 10:00 AM CUT  Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME by [Alexander Aciman](/author/alexander-aciman/) ## Alexander Aciman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 15, 2015 10:00 AM CUT It seems like hundreds of new iPhone apps pop up every week, but which ones should you bother trying? We explored the App Store and found some apps actually worth downloading. **HBO NOW** HBO NOW is HBO’s new standalone streaming service, offering all of the network’s programming for $15 a month sans a cable subscription. You can watch shows like _Game of Thrones, Veep,_ and _Silicon Valley_ as they air, or dive deep into HBO’s back catalog to catch up on _Sex and the City_ or _The Sopranos._ [_HBO NOW is free in the App Store_](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hbo-now/id971265422?mt=8 "undefined") **Highball** Highball is less of a cocktail recipe app and more of a cocktail diary app, helping you remember exactly how you prefer certain drinks. For example, I like twice as much gin in my Negroni than the normal recipe calls for. Highball allows you to doctor and alter drink recipes, adding measurements as small as a “Pinch” (which will come in extremely handy for the eccentrics who like to add a drop of bitters into everything). [_Highball is free in the App Store_](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id973319934 "undefined") **Dingo** Ticket-buying app Dingo is perfect for anyone looking for more reliable options than Craigslist or scalping outside the stadium. U.K.-only at the moment, Dingo combines the efficiency of StubHub with the chat function of Tinder to bring you a pretty solid way to buy tickets directly from other fans. [_Dingo is free in the App Store_](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dingo-buy-sell-tickets-music/id893538091?mt=8 "undefined") **Dialr** Dialr makes life easier by putting your most-dialed contacts right in the Notification Center so you can reach them with minimal effort. Basically, it makes your iPhone way more useful without overcomplicating the device. While there are other similar apps out there, Dialr is simple and doesn’t require launching the app every time you want to use it. [_Dialr is $0.99 in the App Store_](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dialr/id938041461?mt=8 "undefined") **CARROT Weather** If ever you’ve wanted to feel like Tony Stark jabbing with his sarcastic artificial intelligence J.A.R.V.I.S., then CARROT Weather is the app for you. It’s an adorably designed weather app that talks to you, or, more accurately, talks back to you. It puts up new images on your screen for different weather scenarios, and makes checking the weather actually sort of fun as opposed to tedious. [_CARROT Weather is $2.99 in the App Store_](https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id961390574?mt=8 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3821458/best-iphone-apps-hbo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3821458/best-iphone-apps-hbo/"},"headline":"The 5 Best iPhone Apps of the Week (15 Apr 2015)","datePublished":"2015-04-15T10:00:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:52.667Z","description":"Try HBO Now, which brings you HBO content without a cable subscription","url":"https://time.com/3821458/best-iphone-apps-hbo/","keywords":["Tech","apps","iPhone","App store","iOS"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaaa3e6c82d757e91/6987788fe53ababc6f4d6e27/iphone-social-apps-facebook-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexander Aciman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexander-aciman/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaaa3e6c82d757e91/6987788fe53ababc6f4d6e27/iphone-social-apps-facebook-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIME.com stock photos Social Apps iPhone Facebook","caption":"TIME.com stock photos Social Apps iPhone Facebook","creditText":"Elizabeth Renstrom for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3821458/best-iphone-apps-hbo/","name":"The 5 Best iPhone Apps of the Week (15 Apr 2015)"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Driverless Cars: The Future of Driving","description":"Predictions about a future in which cars that will drive themselves have been staples of everything from science fiction to pop culture to corporate PR for decades. 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