10 (More!) Green Apps for Your iPhone
Phone apps are the order of the day, whether you’re rocking an iPhone, a palm pre or one of the many other new-gen smartphones on the market with their own open-source application stores. Though finding a car that isn’t a gas-guzzler is simple enough, what about eco-friendly phone apps? The iPhone is known globally for its massive App Store, and here are just 10 of the earth-loving examples to get you on your way.
MyMPG
$2.99
Similar to greenMeter, MyMPG helps drivers maximize their fuel efficiency. It evaluates braking forces and acceleration, and even tracks statistics and improvements to your gas mileage over time. Best of all, it’s half the cost of greenMeter.
Green Lemur
Free
Green Lemur is just like Get Green, both offering eco-friendly advice on how to lead your lifestyle sustainably. Check out the tip of the day or browse by a specific topic. It’s a cinch to navigate and costs nothing.
MeterRead
$2.99
If your jaw drops upon opening your electrical bill, MeterRead is the app for you. It monitors your electric meter, enabling you to track your energy consumption and ultimately choose more efficient habits.
Gorgeously Green Survival Guide
$0.99
This green app is all you’ll need to avoid the harmful chemicals in beauty products like makeup and sunscreen. Use it along with GoodGuide, which identifies eco-friendly household products, to protect you and yours from toxins.
Go Organic!
Free
Comparable to iLocavore, Go Organic helps you find nearby organic grocery stores. Use it when you’re traveling in unfamiliar places to maintain your healthy, organic diet.
Greenpeace Tissue Guide
Free
Our dependency on paper products like toilet paper and tissues is unavoidable, but the Greenpeace Tissue Guide is a great research tool. This app finds the safest brands that use recycled materials and avoid bleaches that contain toxic chlorine compounds.
Carticipate
Free
Carticipate makes it easy to organize carpools with other environmentally concerned individuals in your area. Just punch in your departure time and destination and choose from a list of options.
iRecycle
Free
Don’t know where to toss it? With iRecycle, you choose from over 100,000 recycling and disposal sites from coast to coast based on either your location or the item you are looking to recycle.
Green Card
Free
Save paper by digitally sharing your business card with any of your iPhone contacts. If you change your address or phone number, Green Card automatically distributes the updated version to past recipients.
Yowza!
Free
This app is sure to make coupon clipping a thing of the past. Yowza finds coupons for nearby retailers that you present digitally in an effort to save paper.
For more green iPhone apps, visit Grist.
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September 8th, 2009 at 7:40 PM
This is a great post! Thanks for sharing!!
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September 10th, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Man, you are really prompting me to get one of the phones just to check out these delicious Apps, especially that tissue guide. Sadly, I’m behind the times just when I thought I was becoming a whiz.
December 17th, 2009 at 12:22 AM
It’s funny that you say that it is even possible to have green apps for an I Phone considering that Apple is the least eco-conscious computer company on the map. They also reinforce the disposable electronics culture. This is a thing called green-washing. look it up.
March 18th, 2010 at 5:59 AM
MeterRead is on sale! $.99.
Also, you don’t need an iPhone -I have a iPod Touch and the apps work great, I keep in touch with friends by Chat, FaceBook and Twitter… yes, someday an iPhone but honestly, not today! I am happy with the Touch.
May 12th, 2010 at 7:48 PM
I love “Green Travel Choice”: http://itunes.apple.com/app/gr…..82144?mt=8
May 15th, 2010 at 3:16 AM
This is great info – wish I’d found it sooner. I’m going to get meter read right away so I’ll have additional ammo to get my kids to shut off lights, TVs and computers. Two other good ones are cosmetifique and GoodGuide. Both provide info on more sustainable, eco-friendly choices and help us to reduce the number of potentially harmful chemicals in our lives. Thanks again. M’lou Arnett
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