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Useful Mobile Apps - Updated

6/4/2013

 
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This is a listing of the Apps that I use continually and that you might find useful. This first appeared in February 2013 and just four months later needs an update. Apps at the top of their group are most useful, I find, but that is personal. Text in red indicates an addition to the listings. Several links have been added to articles about some of the apps.

All of these are found in the Apple App Store. Most are free. Some of these apps are offered free periodically through an app called AppsGoneFree! 

If you have any comments enter them below and I will answer by comment.

These apps make it easy to work wherever the mood takes you.


Photo-related:
  • Genius Scan - turns your iPad or iPhone into a scanner, allows you to square up an image like a foreshortened elevation!
  • PicShop - the name similarity to PhotoShop by Adobe is no accident, very similar capabilities for both iPhone and iPad
  • TitleFX - adds your choice of text in a variety of fonts, colors and sizes for both iPhone and iPad
  • Photosynth - take a series of photos that are stitched together where they overlap for both iPhone and iPad
  • StillShot - lets you select individual frames from a video for iPhone
  • PhotoStation - crops any shape out of a photo for iPhone
  • Nostaglio - assembles selected photos into your choice of grid for both iPhone and iPad
  • RL Classic - QR code scanner and creator for both iPhone and iPad
  • Color Splash - turns a photo into black and white and then lets you recover just the color you want for a special effect for both iPhone and iPad
  • My Measures PRO - add dimensions to a photo [see recent description] for both iPhone and iPad
  • PhotoInWord - select a background, create text, add photo; the text acts like a window onto the photo for both iPhone and iPad
  • Pointillist - converts a photo into a pointillist version for both iPhone and iPad
  • Photos Slice HD - slices up a photo for special effects, adds FX for both iPhone and iPad
Math-related:
  • Scalar calculator -  calculator entries are listed on a document that you can annotate and save for both iPhone and iPad [see recent article here]
  • Numbers - Apple's spreadsheet app designed to give you great looking results for both iPhone and iPad
Writing-related: 
  • IA Writer - a text word processor that helps you focus on just your writing; format later for both iPhone and iPad
  • Evernote - cloud database for holding everything and tagging it so you can find it again in the future; the uses are endless for both iPhone and iPad
  • Notability - a top notch note taking app for text or handwriting/drawing for iPad [see recent article here]
  • Penultimate - create notebooks and write in them with your finger; import photos for commenting, take notes in a meeting, brainstorm, export as PDF for storage or distribution, now synchs with Evernote for iPad
  • Pages - Apple's word processor designed to give you great looking results for both iPhone and iPad
Planning-related:
  • Stickyboard2 - a very flexible combination of sticky notes and freehand writing/drawing for iPad
  • BugMe! - mimics sticky notes and adds an alarm; great for all the things you use sticky notes for -  for both iPhone and iPad
  • lino - electronic tack board for posting up notes, photos, etc.; great for documenting the pieces of a problem and arranging them into a solution for both iPhone and iPad
  • [see article comparing all three]
Project Management-related:
  • Evernote - with the addition of a reminders feature you can track long range tasks (second listing) for both iPhone and iPad
  • Nozbe and Basecamp - see my comparison; both are great project management tools for both iPhone and iPad
  • Personal Basecamp - new version of Basecamp for a single project for a single payment of $25 for both iPhone and iPad
  • AutoCAD WS - view, edit and annotate AutoCAD drawing files for both iPhone and iPad. Beware. The new 360 version looks like a disaster. Be sure to read the reviews before updating from WS!
Reference (storage): 
  • Evernote - cloud database for holding everything and tagging it so you can find it again in the future; the uses are endless (third listing) for both iPhone and iPad for both iPhone and iPad
  • Google Drive - used to be Google Documents, improved for both iPhone and iPad
  • Dropbox - cloud file storage accessible from anywhere for both iPhone and iPad
Social Media:
  • Twitter - great way to find the day's stories on the topics you care about for both iPhone and iPad
  • LinkedIn -  business connections for both iPhone and iPad
  • Google+ - the new Facebook for both iPhone and iPad
  • Social Diary - your posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram added to this diary automatically for you where you can add descriptions of milestones, events, etc. for iPad
Online Management:
  • Weebly - a view into websites created with Weebly (like this one) for both iPhone and iPad
  • Fishead Analytics - an iPhone app for viewing Google Analytics; or Analytics for iPad does the same thing
  • Hootsuite - social media manager that can view, post, analyze for both iPhone and iPad (but desktop works best for my needs)
Freehand Drawing:
  • InkFlow Plus - a great graphics app for both iPhone and iPad [see recent article]
  • Morpholio Trace - is an electronic version of sketching on tracing paper for iPad [see its use in recent article]
  • Paper - very nice freehand drawing app for iPad 
  • Sketch Time - similar to Paper but with more of a graphic art feel for both iPhone and iPad
Presentation:
  • Vittle - a very promising app for developing presentation movies for iPad [see recent article here]
  • Prezi - an alternative to PowerPoint for iPad - now create as well as edit!
  • Grid - a spreadsheet app (in Beta) for all kinds of information which looks very promising, but may be deceased

Miscellaneous:
  • Line2 - our VOIP phone company; $15/line/month, by Toktumi for both iPhone and iPad
  • Epson iPrint - this app is your wireless connection to your printer-scanner-copier; a joy to use (HP take note) for both iPhone and iPad
  • Mercury and Chrome - additional browsers for both iPhone and iPad
  • World Clock - for when you want to know the time in Mumbai or Vilnius
  • Web to PDF - turn whatever you find on the web into a PDF for both iPhone and iPad
  • Join.Me - for those web meetings for both iPhone and iPad

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