Hello and welcome to the final day of our iPhone app Showdown! On yesterday’s show, we did everything from verbally pick apart a music service to weigh things on our thumbs. So what will we be getting ourselves into today, you ask? Well, you are about to find out…

App #7: The Weather Channel

Positives: It’s (almost) everything we love about the Weather Channel, only in a convenient “app” format.
Negatives: Again, we lament the loss of the classic “Weather Channel soundtrack.” Our “Local on the 8’s” just isn’t the same without having the Vince Guaraldi Trio or Spyro Gyra playing in the background.
Overall: 7; Add the music and/or some gratuitous shots of Jim Cantore getting pounded by a hurricane, then we’ll talk.
Is It Worth Loading? Yes.
Will I Keep It on My iPhone?: Yes.

App #8: ESPN 2010 World Cup: South Africa

Positives: ESPN claims to have developed this app for the “true football soccer fan,” and it shows. It truly does have everything a fan would want, from team stats to previous scores to even a “virtual tour” of every major soccer pitch in South Africa.
Negatives: Those who dislike soccer will be bored to tears by this app.
Overall: 9.5 (For fans); 3 (for everyone else)
Is It Worth Loading? Yes, if you’re a fan of soccer.
Will I Keep It on My iPhone?: No, as I am not a fan of said sport.

App #9: Google Mobile

Positives: What else can we say? It’s Google. If you’ve seen one Google service, you pretty much have seen them all at this point.
Negatives: Aside from the nifty “dictation search” feature, this is merely a collection of previously available apps that have been put together into one tidy package.
Overall: 5
Is It Worth Loading? Not really.
Will I Keep It on My iPhone?: No.

App #10: Hottest App

Positives: Nothing.
Negatives: So what is it that we hate the most about Hottest App? Is it the fact that it keeps on recommending that I load Apple-friendly smut? Is it the fact that I receive push notifications about games that I have no interest in? Is the fact that the app itself has all of the charm and design savvy of a low-rent squatter site? Answer: It’s all of that, and so much more.
Overall: 1
Is It Worth Loading? Hell no.
Will I Keep It on My iPhone?: Again, hell no.

App #11: Fandango

Positives: I like having the ability to order tickets directly from my phone.
Negatives: Not everyone has an AMC movie theater in their area.
Overall: 7
Is It Worth Loading? Yes, but only if you live near an AMC branded theater.
Will I Keep It on My iPhone?: Yes.

App #12: Convert Units for Free

Positives: Ever wonder how many light years are in a parsec? Or how many pounds are in one British long ton? How about the amount of pascals it takes to make one atmosphere worth of pressure? Convert Units for Free will tell you the answers to these burning questions, and so much more.
Negatives: Nothing.
Overall: 9.5
Is It Worth Loading?: Oh yes.
Will I Keep It on My iPhone?: Yes.

…And that concludes the last Showdown of the year. Come back tomorrow for part three of our Year End Extravaganza. Until then, we bid thee a fond adieu.