Top 5 iPhone Apps for Social Networking

We recently started series of Top 5 iPhone Apps from particular categories. We have already written about Top 5 Poker iPhone Apps, and  Top 5 iPhone Apps for Health and Fitness. In this post we will talk about Top 5 Apps for Social Networking.

Social Networking is the new buzz word. You will find more people communicating over Social Networking sites as compared to other methods of communication like SMS, Voice calls or even face to face. Networking over web is considered really convenient, what makes it more convenient is being able to do social networking on the go. Smartphones enable you to do that (and lot more). Almost every social networking site has a dedicated application for all mobile platforms, iPhone is usually the first one to get it. In the abundance of apps which allow you to do Social Networking, it might be hard to find the best ones. That’s why we are creating this type of lists, to help you find the best iPhone apps. These are the apps you must have if you are interested in apps from a particular category. Lets get started.

1) Facebook

Facebook is the current leader of Social Networking sites. The Facebook App for iPhone is equally famous, specially after recent updates. The App now supports your Facebook timeline as well. This iPhone app provides access to your complete Facebook world. From reading the latest news feed, status updates, uploading pictures from your phone to chatting with your buddies, this application lets you do it all.

Facebook (Free)

2) Skype

Skype is actually a well known messenger to have a free calls and also free video chatting with all your friends around the world that also using Skype too, who hasn’t heard of Skype? Skype application for iPhone can do everything that its desktop counterpart does. You can make free calls to your Skype contacts or you can use it to make cheap calls to landline/mobile numbers.

Skype (Free)

3) Twitter

Twitter is one of the largest social networking websites that so many people in this world use. Twitter has made a lot of improvement since buying at as Tweetie and changing its name to Twitter. iOS 4 and above has inbuilt integration of Twitter and it is a must have app for all Twitter users.

Twitter (Free)

4) WhatsApp

This app is similar to Skype in a way that you can send free SMS to anyone who is using WhatsApp application. The app though costs $0.99 on iPhone App Store, it is free for 1 year on other major platforms. The application is available for most of the platforms and this is one of the major reason behind this app’s popularity. You can send multimedia messages using this app and the interface is very simple, and experience of using it is great.

WhatsApp ($0.99)

5) Vtok

Google Talk’s equivalent for iPhone, Vtok is a simple application which allows you to make video call, voice call or chat with anybody in your Google contacts list. The app runs in the background and will send push notifications if someone tries to start a video chat with a user that’s logged in. Users that are signed in and receive call requests can choose to speak either by voice or video. Calls can be made or received on both Wi-Fi and 3G networks.

Vtok (Free)

These five were our picks for Top 5 iPhone Apps for Social Networking. If you believe that there is another app which should be part of this list, let us know in comments below.

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