For once I do not write anything related to Oracle Database Technologies and Security. After I’ve been asked from time to time, what I’ve installed on my iPad or what I could recommend, it is time to put things together again. It is not an “All-time best IOS App list” nor is the list exhaustive. It is just a personal experience at time of writing. Some App’s are just for the iPad and some are for the iPhone as well. For the price I can not make any statements. But I try to rate them at least with free, costs or free/costs. Where free/pay means that there are two version available.
My must haves
App’s which I regularly use.
| iTunes Link | Costs | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| AroundMe | free | Information what’s around me e.g Restaurants, Bars etc. |
| Evernote | free | Collect and access your links, notes etc on the iPad and sync it with your Max |
| free | Official FaceBook App. There are others around but it’s a good one to start with | |
| free | My favorite to read news, twitter, etc | |
| iBooks | free | Must have for eBook’s, PDF etc |
| Instapaper | free | Collect web links and read them later |
| PCalc RPN | free/costs | My RPN calculator and replacement for HP 48sx |
| Remote | free | Remote from Apple for Apple TV and iTunes |
| Schweizer Fernsehen | free | Information, news, TV program etc from the swiss broadcasting service |
| Swiss Phone | free | Swiss phone book |
| free | Twitter client | |
| free/costs | eVersion of Tagesanzeiger newspaper |
Business
Serious App’s for business. Ok in some cases I just though I need them for work…
| iTunes Link | Costs | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers | costs | Apple’s spreadsheet app |
| Oracle | free | Oracle News App |
| Oracle Magazine | free | Oracle Magazine |
| Keynote | costs | Apple’s presentation app |
| GoodReader | costs | read and update all kind of documents, access dropbox, iCloud and WebDAV |
| OmniFocus | costs | Task manager with iPhone and Mac synchronisation |
| OmniGraffle | costs | Diagramming, charting, and visualization software for iOS |
| OmniGraphSketscher | costs | More drawing |
| Pages | costs | Apple’s word processing app |
| Quickoffice Pro HD | costs | App to view and edit Office documents. With WebDAV and DropBox access |
| Swiss Map Mobile | costs | Maps of Switzerland. I mean real maps not just funny pictures but expensive… |
| iOf | free | App for the Swiss army. Coordinates, regulations, SNORDA etc |
| Dropbox | free | Access and view documents on your dropbox account |
| Penultimate | cost | Notes and sketches |
| Reeder for iPad | cost | Newsreader for iPad and iPhone |
| iKeePass | costs | Password management storing the passwords in a keepass database |
| Textastic | costs | Text editor with syntax highlighting for differen languages (C, perl, sql etc) |
| WordPress | costs | iOS App to view and edit wordpress posts, pages etc |
| F5 BIG-IP Edge Client | free | Open a VPN over F5 VPN Gateways |
Gadgets
Ok, these App’s are somehow just gadgets 🙂
| iTunes Link | Costs | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Evri for iPad | free | Something similar to Flipboard |
| FastFinga | free/costs | Write with your fingers |
| Find My Friends | free | Localize your friends… |
| IMDb Movie | free | Need to know anything about a movie or actor? |
| Find My iPhone | free | missing your iPhone? Here’s the app to look for it… |
| Google Earth | free | Google earth for the iPad |
| iBrainstrom | free | as the name implies |
| iCircuit | cost | Must have for an electrical engineer. App to draw and simulate circuits |
| iPhoto | cost | iPhoto for the iPad. Haven’t used it that much sofa |
| iWeather | costs | Nice weather app |
| Jumpidoo | free | Simple game from swiss rail service. Helpful if you are traveling with children 😉 |
| SBB Memory | free | Another game from swiss rail service. Helpful if you are traveling with children 😉 |
| NASA App HD | free | Pictures from outer space |
| Radios | free | Swiss and other internet radios |
| Skype for iPad | free | Skype what else…. |
| Wikihood for iPad | free/costs | Wikipedia based travel guide |
| Wikipanion for iPad | free/costs | Wikipedia for the iPad |
| ZüriPlan | free | Maps from Zürich, City maps, history maps etc |
The others
I have them but in most cases I do not really use the often 🙂
| iTunes Link | Costs | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Activity Monitor Touch | free/costs | Monitor resources on the iPad |
| Air Display | costs | Use your iPad as second monitor for your MacBook Pro | Bambo Paper | fee | Notes |
| Booking.com | free | Booking through booking.com |
| BlickTV for the iPad | free | Blick TV |
| Currency | free | Currency converter |
| Dictionary | free/costs | English / German dictionary |
| Google Search | free | Google App’s and Search |
| Google Translate | free | Interface to Google translate |
| iA Writer | costs | Cool way to write on iPad |
| Nespresso | free | Simple app to order Nespresso capsule |
| Kindle | free | Kindle Reader |
| On AIR | free | TV Schedules |
| Photogene | costs | Photo editing similar to iPhoto |
| Rezepte | costs | Collection of recipes |
| Schweizer Spezialitäten | costs | Swiss recipes |
| Swiss Info | free | Swiss news portal |
| Teletext | costs | Swiss Teletext |
| TomTom | costs | Tom Tom Navigator for iPhone and iPad |
| Zattoo | free | Watch TV on your iPad |
| 20 Minuten | free | News portal for 20 Minutes |
There are a few app’s more but run out of time….
Feel free to drop me a line about your favorite apps for the iPad