Best iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch apps of 2013

With hundreds of apps on the Apps store for social netwroking, travel, news, photography, productivity and more, here is a list of the 20 best apps which are available for your iPhone 5S, iPhone SC, iPod Touch and iPad.

1. Facebook
   The world's biggest social network brings a tightly honed experience to the iPhone and iPod touch, but nonetheless still enables you to access your contacts, feeds and other important information. This sense of focus makes it in many ways superior to using Facebook via a desktop browser.
   
   
2. PhotoSynth
   PhotoSynth is a really great panorama app; it's user-friendly and fun to use, especially when watching your panoramas take shape while you capture them. (The iOS Camera app also has a panorama mode, but PhotoSynth's more flexible and works with older devices.)
   
   
3. RunKeeper
   RunKeeper has been touted as better than Nike+ and unbelievably also provides a free version. Previously split into 'pro' and 'free' versions, the developer now generously includes all the features in one free app. That means you can spend no money, yet use your iPhone's GPS capabilities to track your jogging and cycling routes, and examine mapping and details of your pace and calories burned. Activities can be shared online, and treadmill runs and other exercise details can be entered manually.

4. TonePad
   Virtual pianos and guitars are all very well, but purely digital musical toys are more suited to Apple handhelds. TonePad, is the best of them, using a grid-based interface that enables you to turn notes on and off and compose pleasing and harmonious loops; your creations can be edited, saved and uploaded to share with other users.

5. Comics
   The app might be a little awkward, while using it on an iPhone. But this app is free, with loads of free downloadable comics. Also many more are available, if you're ready to pay for it. Reading works on a frame-by-frame automated 'zoom' basis, and is surprisingly usable.

6. Evernote
   Evernote is multi-platform software service designed for note taking and archiving. A “note” can be a simple piece of formatted text, an image, webpage excerpt, a voice memo, or a handwritten note. It is available in free and paid version, with a few restrictions in the free version.

7. AroundMe
   The app figures out where you are and lists local stuff - banks, bars, petrol stations and, er, Apple Retail Stores. The app's reliance on Google Maps info means there are gaps, but it's nonetheless handy to have installed when in unfamiliar surroundings, and the 'augmented reality' landscape mode is amusing, if flaky.
   
   
8. Dictionary.com
   Over two million definitions, synonyms and antonyms are available in the palm of your hand with this free, offline dictionary and thesaurus app. The app is fast and efficient, includes phonetic and audio pronunciation of words, and its interface seems perfectly suited to the iPhone.

9. Adobe Photoshop Express
   The Adobe Photoshop Express doesn't have half the power of its Photoshop desktop application. However, if you're after a quick, free, highly usable tool for making edits to your iPhone photos, Adobe's app is ideal. Use it for cropping, straightening, exposure adjustments, colour effects, sharpening and more.
   
   
10. Pocket
    The service formerly known as Read It Later enables you to save pages from websites, to read them later, bereft of the advertising and other junk on the original page. The service is free, which downloads your articles, so that you can digest them without a web connection.
    
    
11. AfterLight
    Games aren't the only apps that can be addicting, and dedicated iPhone photographers may find Afterlight just as hard to put down. Just like Photoshop Express this app also allows users to do the basics, like crop and rotate photos, but it also has an expansive collection of filters, borders and textures to turn your iPhone photo into an iPhone masterpiece. Of course, the app also allows users to share the edited photos to their social media accounts. Put these added features come at a price as this is a paid app.

12. Duolingo
    Apple selected Duolingo as the company's top iPhone app of the year -- and it's pretty clear why. Duolingo helps users learn a new language from their iPhones with both visual and verbal lessons. Learners are rewarded with experience points, which they can use to buy perks within the app. Perhaps the best part: it's free. Right now the app offers five languages, including Spanish, German, French, Portuguese and Italian.

13. Phot Light Meter
    If you are an avid photographer, Photo Light Meter is the real deal. The app provides photographers with a functioning, quality light meter that tests the intensity and exposure of the photography subject. Light meters cost anywhere from $15 to $200 at the store and online. The iPhone app is free, plus you won't need to carry around an extra gadget with you at all times.
    
    
14. Over
    A picture says a thousand words, but sometimes you need to add a few more of your own. Over allows users to overlay text onto the images that they take with their smartphone. The messages can turn routine smartphone pictures into e-cards, or simply provide a fun way to spruce up your photos before sharing them to social sites such as Instagram or Twitter.

15. Venmo
    Nothing says "you'll never see that $5 again" quite like a friend saying, "I'll pay you back later" after you buy him a beer. Enter Venmo. The app allows friends (or roommates, or siblings, or couples) to pay one another via iPhone at the touch of a button. Simply connect your checking account to your Venmo app and settle debts (no matter how small), without paying any processing fee to send payments or cash out back to your bank account. Users can also use the app to "charge" others -- a gentle reminder to send along the money when possible.

16. Temple Run 2
    Jump. Slide. Jump. Turn. Argggghh!
    If you've ever played Temple Run, you know this feeling. Thankfully, gut-wrenching failure doesn't stop us from playing the game. Temple Run 2 turned out to be a great sequel to its predecessor, which set lofty standards. For starters, the new game has much better graphics. Plus, there are more characters to choose from and new terrains to conquer. All of this added up for iPhone users -- the app was the third most downloaded iPhone app in 2013, behind only Candy Crush Saga and YouTube.
    
    
17. ThirdLove
    The biggest danger of buying clothes online? The risk they won't actually fit when they arrive in the mail. That's the problem ThirdLove aims to solve. The app allows women to send in iPhone photographs that can be analyzed to determine the proper bra size (the company also designs the lingerie). This is a good example of an app actually using advanced technology to solve a real-world problem.

18. Vine
    The six-second video sharing app came out in January, and was the fourth most downloaded iPhone app from the past year. The video length is short enough to keep things interesting, and the free app has just enough editing control to give users flexibility to create unique content.
    
    
19. Proust
    Think of the game Marry, Date or Dump. Now add two more options, and change the categories to anything your heart desires. That's the idea behind Proust, a game that allows users to create their own Marry, Date or Dump scenarios with any items they choose. You can write in your own choices, or the app will generate random ones for you, and you can send your list to your friends to see which topics they deem most important. It's a simple game, but you can learn a lot about your friends (which we realize isn't always a good thing).

20. Mextures
    Mextures is another great photo editing app for iPhone. Users can save setting packages for use on other photos in the future, and the app has more than 70 pre-loaded textures. Users can blend, layer, or simply adjust lighting levels.

The best apps from 2013 for iPhones, iPod Touch and the iPad have been listed above, if in case you feel, an app should have made the list above, but has been missed, do leave a comment, so that it can be added.