Selection of best apps 

The question for all new owners of an idevice is what to put on the device. The following is a list of possible choices that one can consider.  

Business
Facebook Manager - fan page or business site
QR Reader – scan & create
PDF Expert- fillin forms, store, sync-
Dropbox-
Evernote –
Google Drive
Scanner Pro by Readdle
 iPhone 5-flattens, deskews, save to pdf, share to Dropbox/Cloud
Softsign – digitally sign doc/pdf fast & easy tap insert signature-sign-save
Square Register –used to accept credit cards
Google Maps - voice direction & turns
Skype – free c-c phone calls  

Education
iTunes U
YouTube  

Entertainment
iBooks – books to read
Kindle app- books to read
Netflix or Redbox
Open Table – reserve a table at a restaurant
Pinterest – fun browsing along with education
Xfinity Connect &
Xfinity TV Remote -

Finance
Passbook
Bank app
PayPal
Cardstar

Games
Angry Birds
Bejeweled
Crosswords
Solitaire  

Music
 iTunes
Spotify
Shazam – identify songs that you are hearing

News
6abc app- current happenings in our area
Flipboard –looks good, relaxed exposure to many magazines & newspapers
Newstand- Got magazines digitally to avoid clutter and killing trees
     Consumer Reports (paper copy gets free digital) Pocket – save later to read
USA Today Newspaper
 Zite – pulls articles based on your keywords

Photo/Video 645 Pro
Photo Collage Pro (1.99) can save a TIFF file for lossless pictures
Adobe Ideas – fun drawing app
Cycloramic – iPhone5 only vibrates a 360˚ panorama
DMD Panorama- fast and easy to use
Dynamic Light – gives HDR look to photos
FlickStackr - basic yet complete Flicker app
 iWatermark – put logo on photos going on social media sites
Photoshop Express
Photoshop Touch – basic app like desktop CS6, photos can be move right into desktop, layers,effects
Photo Sync – get photo/video from desktop to idevice or reverse
Photo Transfer – transfer files easily through the web/wifi
PicStitch – 32 layout collage, shares to
Dropbox,
Evernote,
Instagram, ++
Shuttersnitch – wireless tethering to iPad using
Eye-Fi SD card
Snapseed - (NIK > Google) edit landscapes for tones
Iris – good all around
You Tube Catcher – best app to shoot and upload

 Productivity
1 Password – secure information synced thru
Dropbox to all macs & idevices = web (PC/Mac)
Analytics – no fuss access to google analytics for my websites
Best Prompter Pro – use this to make tutorials and videos
Box Net- cloud storage
Dropbox –cloud based storage
Evernote;Skitch(graphics)&;Everclip – organization +++ sync across multiple idevices & macs
Google Drive - google cloud storage
iBooks – store all manuals and ho todo docs
Notability – organization tool, store business info Quick voice – quick dictation to a text email
Sky drive _ Microsoft cloud storage
SoundNote – records all meeting & allows taking notes
Sugar Sync – Cloud storage
Web to pdf – generate pdf from a url
Tiny scan- great scanner to digitize receipts  

Reference
Google Earth – reference for many things
Google Search – also included in
Safari
Wolfram Alpha  

Relaxation Shazam - find out what song playing  

Social Media
Facebook – social interaction & a way to see friends
Flipboard – see News, twitter, facebook, and local newspapers
Google + - communities
HootSuite - allows managing multiple twitter accounts
Linked In- professional connections in business
Tweetbot – easy to use & popular app to view
Twitter  

Travel/Navigation
Around Me – find out what is available to to you in a certain distance
Flight Track Pro – organize all travel planes with updates and storage
Gas Buddy – find best prices
Google Maps
Motion X GPS – meets all of my travel needs
Tripit – travel organizer, keeps track of itinery
Airport maps
AAA TripTic