Top 10 iPad Utility Apps?

[NumeroTen]

Hey guys for my website i was thinking of making a top 10 ipad apps thing... but realized its been way overdone.. so lets try something different. What are your top 10 or at least favorite utility apps on the ipad?

 

[stuartmeyers]

I have 3 on my home screen that I use all the time.
- System Activity Monitor for releasing memory and checking ip's, mac address, etc.
- Cisco Speed Test for exactly what it says.
- Dictionary.com app

 

[maflynn]

I don't have 10 but I my top utilities are:

• iStat
• DropBox
• speedtest
• logmein
• convertbot (is this a utility?)
• idisk

 

[colmaclean]

My 11 in no particular order...

GoodReader
VNC Viewer
1Password (good for storing secret stuff, but the integration sucks)
DocsToGo
Photogene
Air Video
iCab
Pulse News
WeatherProHD
myTrains (realtime UK train timetables)
PlaneFinderHD

Oh, and of the original apps, Maps is superb.

 

[kohum]

Some of my utility apps I use all the time

In No particular order

- MultiMeasure
- System Info
- Alarm Clock
- WiFi Photo
- UStream Viewer
- TuneIn Radio

 

[ClutchThese]

Downloads
Air video
Friendly
Pandora
Boom button

 

[bocomo]

Audiogalaxy
Use your hand
iCal (i never used it before, but my ipad is always with me so it makes sense now)
iBooks
Kindle reader
Imdb
Netflix
Arthouse
Snagfilms
Pdf-notes
Pages
Numbers
Dropbox
Instapaper
various apps from newspapers and magazines

Appshopper is a great app too

 

[John Benitez]

Below are the top 10 iPad utility apps:
TweetDeck(Free)
NetNewsWire ($9.99)
GoodReader($0.99)
SimpleNote(Free)
iSSH($9.99)
BlogPress($2.99)
Penultimate ($2.99)
Instapaper($4.99)
BeejiveIM ($9.99)
Things ($19.99)
Regards,

 

[sim667]

Mocha VNC
zTools
Zumocast
Media remote (for sony Blu Ray players)
Dropbox
Downlite
ip Scanner (can check if anyones stealing my wifi)
Speedtest
Sleepover (forces my mac to wak across a network, only use it VNC client/Zumocast client cant wake it, but very handy none the less)

 

[palpatine]

Hey guys for my website i was thinking of making a top 10 ipad apps thing... but realized its been way overdone.. so lets try something different. What are your top 10 or at least favorite utility apps on the ipad?

I hadn't really thought about it before, but I am totally uninterested in the utility apps and own only a couple (alarm clock apps).

Judging by some of the responses you have gotten, I think a lot of people don't distinguish between utility apps and other ones (like productivity apps), so maybe your idea for the page ought to be modified in some way so that it better meets the needs of visitors.

How about a page of people's top ten free apps, top ten apps for under $5, or top ten apps that make the most of the iPad's capabilities (ones that take a novel approach to an old problem and redefine what the iPad can do, like Notes Plus).

 

[stevep]

Apps that I would categorise as 'utilities' are as follows:

theVault (free) - very useful
PlainText (free)
Ping (free)
Dropbox (free) - essential
Calculator (free), but don't like the adverts, powerOneSL might be better but haven't tried it yet.

Perhaps, as another poster has suggested you make a bit more of your website by having a top 10 for several different categories, and also by distinguishing the free from the paid-for.

Just to get you started on some free apps in the 'photo/illustration' category:

SketchBookX (free)
DoodleBuddy (free)
PS Express (free)
Adobe Ideas (free)


and in the 'Apps that will blow you away' category:

BBC News (free) - obviously UK - yea I know it's just a news site but it is so well implemented that it deserves a mention.
Saved the best until last -
MorphWiz 6.99 UKpounds - a simply unbelievable creative music app