The Best iPad Apps
iPad has a lot of potential for improvement, but at the same time it is great and useful tool when comes to business, education or traveling.
Here is a huge (and still growing) resource with the Best iPad Apps to enhance your life and get the most out of your device.
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Productivity/Utilities
Evernote
GoodReader
If you need an all-in-all PDF reader and editor GoodReader will definitely come in handy.
This powerful mark-up tool is capable of adding highlights, comments, lines, drawings and much more to your PDF files. It is a powerful reading application for iPad as well.
Supports all major file formats, including pdf, .doc, .txt, .xls, .ppt, iWork and html.
Price:$1.99
DropBox
Sync, and access your files throughout all of your devices (iPad, iPhone, Pc etc) wherever you are. Allows you to edit, bookmark (for offline reading), share and send your files via email/text message or export them to third party apps, like Pages,Keynote. It requires a Dropbox account(free). Price:Free
Desktop Connect
View and control your Windows (XP, Vista 7- Home, Professional and Business), Linux or MAC OS computers. You can access flash based content, media player, presentations, documents, listen to music wherever you are. It is fast and secure. 128-bit encription available for all passwords.
Price:$11.99
Toodledo
Powerful task management application to help you manage your to do lists. It is flexible and clean with intuitive features to boost your productivity…it really does its job. If you already own the iPhone or iPod version then you don’t have to buy it, but otherwise it costs a worthy 3 bucks. Price:$2.99
Trapster
Shows you speed traps, red light and speed cameras, police check points as you approach. It really comes in handy at any time. Price: Free
Pages
Create and share documents with Apple’s most used word processing app.
You can choose from 16 Apple templates to work with. Easily add media content, tabs, intelligent charts, tables; enhance your document with textures and many more.
The only con is that you will have to use File Sharing in iTunes in order to transfer your docs. Price:$9.99
Calc XT
Calc XT is a full feature scientific calculator. Supports different output mode: Normal, Scientific, Fixed, Engineering Mode. In landscape mode, a memo pad is also available that you can jot note easily.
Price: $0.99
NightStand Central
Nightstand Central for iPad Free turns your iPad into a high quality alarm clock with current information and beautiful, customizable wallpapers.
Price:Free
Weather
Weather HD
Weather HD offers weather information for various places around the World. It gives the current and a 5 day weather forecast in high definition environment.
You can add multiple locations and keep tack of the weather anytime you need
Price:$0.99
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AccuWeather
Accuweather provides 2 weeks forecasts for 2.7 million locations worldwide, hourly weather details for your current place, weather alarms and much more. The free version comes with ads. To get rid of them you will have to pay $0.99.
Travel
FlightBoard
Turn your iPhone or iPad into the Arrivals and Departures board for any airport in the world! FlightBoard lets you check out the boards of your favorite airports and view all the flight information in real-time.
Price:$3.99
Flight Track
Flight Track covers 5000 airports worldwide, showing you real time updates, cancellations, delays of your monitored flights. Allows you to find alternate flights, check gate numbers, even create schedules and notes, You can use it offline if needed. Price: $4.99
Kayak Flights
The application is a flight, hotel and car rental search all in one. The interface is really clean and works great. Flight booking is available, but you can’t purchase tickets within the app itself you will be redirected to the website with the best deal, thus Safari will be launched. Price:Free.
Beat the Traffic
Features life traffic cameras in 31 cities, real time traffic conditions (accidents, speeds) to avoid jams. It works for both USA and Canada. Traffic Maps are amazing and easy to use. Price:Free
Navigation
Motionx GPS HD
Track your position anywhere in the world. You can even store road maps for later offline using. The app comes with marine charts, coordinates in D, UTM, MGRS, DMS format, live navigation and distance tool to monitor your progress and ETA. Works great on both iPad 3G or WIFI version. Price: $2.99
11 Responses
Really nice list, thanks for putting in the effort! Job well done.
Great collection of gems! Thanks
Awesome list of apps, thanks for piecing this together. Both evernote and desktop connect are great apps for me.
Great list. I’ve been mainly interested in the iPad as a device for music creation, but it has loads of potential beyond what the iPhone or iTouch could do for us…
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