The 12 most useful iPhone apps of all time

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Karissa Bell
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Utility apps may not be the flashiest of the App Store's offerings but they are some of the most useful.

As long as the App Store has been around, there have been developers who have pushed the boundaries of what's possible on the iPhone. And utility apps -- the iPhone equivalent of tools on a Swiss Army Knife -- have, in many cases, been leading the charge.

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This list is a look at the best utility apps to ever make their way to the iPhone, based on our list of the best 100 iPhone apps of all time. As with the rest of the apps on the list, we evaluated utility apps based on their design, cultural impact and how they resonated with users. The apps below are ranked in the order in which they appeared on the best 100 list.

For a closer look at how we chose and ranked the apps on our list, you can read more about our methodology here.

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Contributors: Samantha Murphy Kelly, Pete Pachal, Lance Ulanoff, Christina Warren and Raymond Wong.

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