Top Free Reference apps for iPad and iPad 2

If you are looking for some useful free reference apps for your iPad and want to expand your knowledge, here we’ve gathered some of the best ones.

Wikipanion

Wikipanion is the iPad version of Wikipedia. Features offline reading. wiktionary with audio for  correct pronunciation and various customization options, like font resizing. It works great in landscape or portrait mode. You will be amazed how fast it is.

iTranslate

Get instant and accurate translations for over 50 languages. Translate words or whole text and enjoy its text-to-speech feature for English, French, Spanish and other 15 languages. Furthermore it comes with voice recognition and word lists for your saved translations.

WorldBook

World Book is an interactive multimedia calendar with interesting facts, photos, speeches and music. You can hear president speeches, national anthems of various countries, view related illustrations and much more. Basically it is a  ‘today in the History’ alike app.

Bible HD

Bible Hd comes with 150+ Bible versions in numerous languages and more than 200 study plans to help you stay motivated and keep track of your progress.You can also take notes, bookmark favorite verses and interact with other Bible readers.

3D Brain

Explore your brain and discover how it functions with 3D Brain, interactive app. Get detailed information for various disorders, damages, mental illneses, why they happen and learn functions for each region (total of 29 regions) and get inspirational case studies. The app looks and works great on the iPad.

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Browse high quality Nasa space photos and see what’s happening in the sky.
View educational infos and get every day a new picture (with shuffle feature).Well built, free app for astronomy lovers.