Grist’s guide to green iPhone apps | Grist

Grist’s guide to green iPhone apps | Grist

Wondering what brand of toothpaste is the most eco-friendly? There’s an app for that.

Need to know which species of fish on the menu were caught sustainably? There’s an app for that.

Long to plant a tree with every swish of your PhoneSaber? There’s not an app for that ... yet. But check out the apps that plant trees—digital and otherwise—that are already available.

Contrary to the rest of the going-green retail world, iTunes doesn’t have a “green” category in its app store (For better? For worse? Can’t decide….). And search for “green” in the iTunes store and the first app that appears is “BreakMeter—the Golf Green Reader.” Hmmm … that’s not quite what I meant.

Fear not this categorical inconvenience, dear Grist reader, we have examined the 50+ carbon calculators, shopping guides, mileage trackers, and more of the green iPhone world and offer some recommendations on where to best spend your App store dollars.