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saxman211

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Jun 12, 2010
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So what are your favorite iPad apps so far and what do they do??
 
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davedvdy

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Oct 25, 2011
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Settings is quite popular

I concur. I keep it on my dock too. :cool:


Flipboard, Tin Tin, Angry Birds Space, Orbital HD, Real Racing 2 HD, Rat On A Snowboard, Spiderman HD, Asphalt 6 HD, and many others.
 

t0rr3s

macrumors 6502
Dec 23, 2010
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goodreader | flipboard | paper (by53) | noteshelf | sketchbook pro
 

David Menzel

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Apr 1, 2012
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Productivity:

  • Dropbox: file management (unfortunately without rename functionality)
  • GoodReader: for iCloud file management and (easy) annotation
  • PDFExpert: for more difficult/ambitious annotation
  • Pages: for creating documents/letters

Social/News:

  • Tweetbot for iPad (Twitter): to stay informed - my personal news channel
  • Facebook: to keep in touch with my friends
  • Flipboard: to get the best of all worlds in one app
  • Instapaper: for reading saved articles

And of course the build-in apps: iMessage, Mail, Calendar, Reminders, Notes
 

doctorjj

macrumors newbie
Jun 9, 2008
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The ones I use the most are:

Instapaper
Evernote
Dropbox
GoodReader
Keynote
Instacast HD
Reeder
Byword
Netflix
 

D.T.

macrumors G4
Sep 15, 2011
11,050
12,460
Vilano Beach, FL
I use the built in apps where available.

For additional apps, some of my favorite 3rd party:

Downcast
Netflix
Facebook
Kindle
CamViewer
Notability
DropBox
Amazon
Camera+ (iPhone all but works great on the iPad @2X)
WebEx
PlainText
IMDB
Wikipedia

These are Apple freebies, great stuff:

Remote (if you have a shared iTunes library or an AppleTV it’s a must have)
iTunes-U
iBook

Some current games we’re having a blast playing:

Swordigo (highly recommended if you’re a fan of ol’ school Zelda/Mario, was mirroring to the 54” plasma last night!)
Paper Monsters
Choco Loco
 

batotman

macrumors 6502
Mar 14, 2012
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Safari
Flipboard
Where's my Water
Plants vs Zombies
World of Goo
Cut the Rope
GarageBand
Cydia
Splashtop
 

AlexW52

macrumors newbie
Oct 7, 2011
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I feel like an app hoarder, I have so many. But, these are the ones I'm most obsessed with:

-Slippery Seal (great new game as addictive as Angry Birds and so cute: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slippery-seal/id499638045?mt=8)
-Scramble with Friends, Words with Friends, Sudoku
-Tripadvisor (I travel and this is a great place to go for hotel reviews, etc)
-ESPN (All the scores, and easy to keep up with games while they are playing)
-Kindle (great for reading)
-News: Zite, CNN, NPR, Flipboard
-Music: Spotify, Pandora, NPR Music
-Movies/TV: Hulu, Netflix
-Productivity: Dropbox, Evernote
 

saxman211

macrumors 6502
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Jun 12, 2010
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I ended up downloading Evernote, Crackle, and Tripadvisor so far. Some of my favorite apps are

Garageband (even though is seems a little harder than the mac app and I'm still trying to learn it)

CNN

USA Today - I find myself now reading the news more than I ever have

Gmail - it got bad reviews, but I like it

iReal b - for learning music

Dropbox

My favorite games are:

Jetpack Joyride and Words with Friends.
 

btrav13

macrumors 6502
Apr 8, 2010
359
15
Oklahoma
AppAdvice - Never see anyone recommend this app. I've had it since my iPad 1 and it used to be free, but if it's $5 or less, totally worth the money...app reviews, app sales, app lists (IE apps for musicians, or apps for artists).

Zite - I'm on Zite at least twice a day, great way to get news by category that you select

Notability - my favorite note taking app I've tried yet...love the organization ability this thing has
 

saxman211

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Jun 12, 2010
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appadvice seems cool... I kind of think it should be free though..
 

Elven

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May 13, 2008
862
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UK
Flipboard

Zite

Twitter

Facebook

RedditPics

Autotrader

Google Earth

BBC iPlayer
 

chrisvee

macrumors regular
Jul 2, 2010
209
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Winnipeg, Canada
  • Tweetbot - My favourite Twitter app for iOS! (Paid)
  • RedFlagDeals - Canadian Deals/Coupons app (Free)
  • Mint.com - Personal Finance app, helps me keep track of ALL of my banking needs (Free)
  • Flipboard - News and social feeds with a sweet UI (Free)
  • Dropbox - Gotta have my files with me at all times! (Referral link in siggy!)
  • Maps - Gotta love 'dem maps!
  • Reminders - I actually use it quite often..
  • Current Games: League of Evil (1 & 2, Paid), The Impossible Game (Paid), Flight Control (Free? I don't remember), Sonic CD (Paid), ASYNC Corp. (Free)
 

Dukat

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Mar 9, 2012
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Video Players
GoodPlayer

Photo
iPhoto
Picup
Photosynth

News
AP Mobile
Flipboard
Zite
Alien Blue HD
Blastr
Discovery
Digg
Engadget
CarBuzz
Mashable
NPR News
Bloomberg
Pulse

Videos/Music/Photo
Wimp
Plizy
TED
Pandora
Video
FlickStackr for Flickr
Instacast HD
iMovie

Writing Apps
Quickoffice Pro HD
PDF Expert
iThoughtsHD

Organizers
Awesome Note
Toodledo
Google Calendar Client

Games
Scrabble Free
Words with Friends
Scramble Free
Flight Control HD
Infinity Blade Dungeons
Ticket to ride
Carcassonne
TowerMadness HD
Angry Birds HD in Space

Cloud Storage
Dropbox
Skydrive
iDrive
SugarSync

Utilities
Readability
Media Transfer FTP
FTP On the go pro
The Best Ruler
Units
Level-
iHandy Level
Speedtest
RL Classic
Skype
Google
Google Voice
Google Earth
Google Translate
Bing
Shazam
Realtor.com
Trulia Real Estate
Zillow Real Estate
ATTConnect
Find my iPhone
SoundHound
AppShopper
WolframAlpha
Talkatone

Password Keepers
mSecure

Food
Epicurious
Whole Foods
Allrecipes
Jamie's Recipes

Instant Messaging
Fring
Rooms
LimeChat

Misc/Educational/Reference
pqMaths
Wikipanion

GPS Enabled
AroundMe
Urbanspoon
GPSLite
Yelp

TV/Movie
What's On?
IMDB
Trailers
Flixster
TV Forecast HD

Twitter
Tweetbot
Twitter
Tweetbot

Browser
iCab
Mercury Web Browser Pro

Weather
Magical Weather
The Weather Channel
AccuWeather
Weather Genie
Intellicast HD

Calculator
Soulver for iPad
HiCalc
Digits Calculator

Remote Access
Logmein
Teamviewer
 
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i0Nic

macrumors 65816
May 17, 2006
1,456
68
Sydney, Australia
My favourite 3rd party apps.

Reading:
Flipboard
Zite
News.Me
Reeder
Readability

Writing:
Byword
Simplenote

Media:
Vodio
Showyou
Rdio
Band of the Day
TED

Productivity:
Day One
Evernote
Things
Dropbox

Creation:
Paper
Snapseed
PS Touch
Pix
Mixel
Skitch
Djay
Procreate

Newsstand:
Popular Science
Fitness First (Australia)
Distro
Fast Company
Wired

Others:
Stumbleupon
Fotopedia Heritage
Realestate (Australia)
Domain (Australia)
Big Picture
Khan Academy
MoMa AB EX NY
Tweetbot
 
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