16 Quality Free Business and Productivity Apps for the iPhone
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Free Business Apps for iPhone
Below are iphone apps that really add a significant benefit to your iphone use for business and productivity purposes. These apps are truly helpful and have not been disabled to encourage you to purchase the premium version.
Voice Dictation
Dragon Dictation
You can use Dragon dictation to save typing and use your voice to text or email your friends, send notes and reminders to yourself, update your Facebook status or tweet to the world. This app is great when you're on-the-go and need a faster and quicker solution to use to send notes and messages. Dragon Dictation supports a multitude of global languages.
Business Card Scanner
CardMunch
This business card scanner app is not complicated to use. Just capture and image of the card, and real humans transcribe the info with guaranteed accuracy and send the info back in minutes. These contacts can be added to your iPhone address book, can be sent a follow up email, and can also be invited to your LinkedIn network.
Free Camera to PDF
Scan Pages
Scan pages can turn your iPhone into a mobile scanner and convert captured images into PDF documents. It also organizes and cleans your images creating sharp, clean files. And it combines multiple images into one PDF file and stores them in GoogleDocs, Evernote, Dropbox or to share via email.
Airport Info & Flight Status
GateGuru
With this app you can enjoy receiving real-time flight status information like push notifications, view your TripIt and KAYAK itineraries, view/post airport security wait times, view airport food, shops and services reviews. You can also quickly search and sort by rating or location. As well as bookmark airports and post to Facebook, Twitter, foursquare and Gowalla to keep your network posted on your travels.
Mind Mapping App
Mindjet
This app is ideal for visual thinkers. Mindjet lets you enter ideas, tasks, and meeting notes into intuitive visual maps that help you organize concepts and prioritize action items accordingly. It helps build new maps or import them from Mindjet Connect. Mindjet has many options for creating, moving, linking, and copying entries and formatting their appearance. Also, you can access PDF, Word, Pages, Excel, Numbers docs stored in Mindjet Connect. Synchronize with Dropbox, export to PDF.
Image To Text-OCR
Image To Text
ImageToText will extract editable ASCII text from images, and share the results by email or Evernote. Take a picture of a document then send an email to yourself. You'll receive the image and a text file with the editable text. Only English version available.
Note Taker
Springpad
This app has a good note taking program and collaborative tool similar to Evernote. The only difference, Evernote, downloads your notes so they can viewed when you are offline; Springpad requires you be Internet connected but doesn't cap your data transfer to 60MB/month like Evernote does. However, Springpad has a nicer user-interface and scans barcodes. You can also share your notes on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and email. Both are great apps, try both and decide what works best, or use both!
Free Productivity Apps for the iPhone
Simple List
Simplenote
Simplenote is great for notes, lists, ideas and automatically synchronizes with your computer and other devices. Is you need more power, it can also be used for tags, pins, versions, and sharing. You can review the developer's download page for numerous other programs this app works with.
File Syncing
Dropbox
Dropbox can be used as handy USB drive on run. You can upload files from your desktop and sync them between multiple computers. Also you can view, copy, or email links from your phone.
Replacement Web Browser
Atomic Web Browser Lite
Atomic Web Browser Lite offers full screen mode, tabs, multi-touch gesture support, page search, private mode, image block, rotation lock, font adjustment, search engine plug ins, bookmark scripts, share links with Facebook and Twitter, customize full screen view, and Air Print.
Note, Image & Sound Recorder
Evernote
With Evernote you will be able to take notes, ideas, pictures and recordings with your iPhone, and sync them instantly to your Web, Mac or PC version. Evernote also indexes your notes and recognizes the actual text within the pictures so that you can easily search.
Remote Computer Access
TeamViewer
This app will let you remotely access your computers. And it uses multi-touch gestures: left click, right click, drag & drop, scroll wheel, zoom, change monitors. It also has keyboard controls including special keys such as Ctrl and Alt. Other features include the ability to remotely reboot, adjust the screen resolution as well as access computers behind firewalls and proxy servers.
Calendar with Google Sync
SaiSuke
SaiSuke has a nice calendar with view modes that provides daily, weekly, or yearly views. Previous event title and locations are remembered eliminating the need to re-type. You can also synchronize with iPhone Calendar, as well as Outlook/iCal/MobileMe calendars via the iPhone Calendar. Keep in mind, that you can only sync one week in advance of events.
Simple To Do list (Getting Things Done)
SeizeTheDay
Seize the Day is a simple but powerful to-do list app. You can use to set due dates, reminders, priority, tags, and notes. This apps works great with David Allen's Getting Things Done™ system.
Aggregate Search
FlexSearch
With this app you will be able to search Google, Bing, Wikipedia, WolframAlpha, Answers.com, Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus, About.com, eHow, WikiHow, Youtube, Goog-Images, B-Images, Flickr, Photobucket, WebMD, PubMed, Healthline, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook! And also share to Facebook, Twitter, and email.
To Do list with Web Access (Getting Things Done)
reQall
reQall allows you to save ideas, to-do items, and things to remember by voice or text. It has lots of flexibility. For instance, it allows Categories, People, Time or Tags to be listed in Favorites. It also lets you record task by voice using the apps translation or use the iPhone voice transcription, if you supported on your phone. Last but not least, it automatically organizes to-do's by recognizing dates, times, locations and share your entries with selected contacts using the People tab. This apps also works well with David Allen's Getting Things Done™ system.
Below are iphone apps that really add a significant benefit to your iphone use for business and productivity purposes. These apps are truly helpful and have not been disabled to encourage you to purchase the premium version.
Voice Dictation
Dragon Dictation
You can use Dragon dictation to save typing and use your voice to text or email your friends, send notes and reminders to yourself, update your Facebook status or tweet to the world. This app is great when you're on-the-go and need a faster and quicker solution to use to send notes and messages. Dragon Dictation supports a multitude of global languages.
Business Card Scanner
CardMunch
This business card scanner app is not complicated to use. Just capture and image of the card, and real humans transcribe the info with guaranteed accuracy and send the info back in minutes. These contacts can be added to your iPhone address book, can be sent a follow up email, and can also be invited to your LinkedIn network.
Free Camera to PDF
Scan Pages
Scan pages can turn your iPhone into a mobile scanner and convert captured images into PDF documents. It also organizes and cleans your images creating sharp, clean files. And it combines multiple images into one PDF file and stores them in GoogleDocs, Evernote, Dropbox or to share via email.
Airport Info & Flight Status
GateGuru
With this app you can enjoy receiving real-time flight status information like push notifications, view your TripIt and KAYAK itineraries, view/post airport security wait times, view airport food, shops and services reviews. You can also quickly search and sort by rating or location. As well as bookmark airports and post to Facebook, Twitter, foursquare and Gowalla to keep your network posted on your travels.
Mind Mapping App
Mindjet
This app is ideal for visual thinkers. Mindjet lets you enter ideas, tasks, and meeting notes into intuitive visual maps that help you organize concepts and prioritize action items accordingly. It helps build new maps or import them from Mindjet Connect. Mindjet has many options for creating, moving, linking, and copying entries and formatting their appearance. Also, you can access PDF, Word, Pages, Excel, Numbers docs stored in Mindjet Connect. Synchronize with Dropbox, export to PDF.
Image To Text-OCR
Image To Text
ImageToText will extract editable ASCII text from images, and share the results by email or Evernote. Take a picture of a document then send an email to yourself. You'll receive the image and a text file with the editable text. Only English version available.
Note Taker
Springpad
This app has a good note taking program and collaborative tool similar to Evernote. The only difference, Evernote, downloads your notes so they can viewed when you are offline; Springpad requires you be Internet connected but doesn't cap your data transfer to 60MB/month like Evernote does. However, Springpad has a nicer user-interface and scans barcodes. You can also share your notes on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and email. Both are great apps, try both and decide what works best, or use both!
Free Productivity Apps for the iPhone
Simple List
Simplenote
Simplenote is great for notes, lists, ideas and automatically synchronizes with your computer and other devices. Is you need more power, it can also be used for tags, pins, versions, and sharing. You can review the developer's download page for numerous other programs this app works with.
File Syncing
Dropbox
Dropbox can be used as handy USB drive on run. You can upload files from your desktop and sync them between multiple computers. Also you can view, copy, or email links from your phone.
Replacement Web Browser
Atomic Web Browser Lite
Atomic Web Browser Lite offers full screen mode, tabs, multi-touch gesture support, page search, private mode, image block, rotation lock, font adjustment, search engine plug ins, bookmark scripts, share links with Facebook and Twitter, customize full screen view, and Air Print.
Note, Image & Sound Recorder
Evernote
With Evernote you will be able to take notes, ideas, pictures and recordings with your iPhone, and sync them instantly to your Web, Mac or PC version. Evernote also indexes your notes and recognizes the actual text within the pictures so that you can easily search.
Remote Computer Access
TeamViewer
This app will let you remotely access your computers. And it uses multi-touch gestures: left click, right click, drag & drop, scroll wheel, zoom, change monitors. It also has keyboard controls including special keys such as Ctrl and Alt. Other features include the ability to remotely reboot, adjust the screen resolution as well as access computers behind firewalls and proxy servers.
Calendar with Google Sync
SaiSuke
SaiSuke has a nice calendar with view modes that provides daily, weekly, or yearly views. Previous event title and locations are remembered eliminating the need to re-type. You can also synchronize with iPhone Calendar, as well as Outlook/iCal/MobileMe calendars via the iPhone Calendar. Keep in mind, that you can only sync one week in advance of events.
Simple To Do list (Getting Things Done)
SeizeTheDay
Seize the Day is a simple but powerful to-do list app. You can use to set due dates, reminders, priority, tags, and notes. This apps works great with David Allen's Getting Things Done™ system.
Aggregate Search
FlexSearch
With this app you will be able to search Google, Bing, Wikipedia, WolframAlpha, Answers.com, Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus, About.com, eHow, WikiHow, Youtube, Goog-Images, B-Images, Flickr, Photobucket, WebMD, PubMed, Healthline, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook! And also share to Facebook, Twitter, and email.
To Do list with Web Access (Getting Things Done)
reQall
reQall allows you to save ideas, to-do items, and things to remember by voice or text. It has lots of flexibility. For instance, it allows Categories, People, Time or Tags to be listed in Favorites. It also lets you record task by voice using the apps translation or use the iPhone voice transcription, if you supported on your phone. Last but not least, it automatically organizes to-do's by recognizing dates, times, locations and share your entries with selected contacts using the People tab. This apps also works well with David Allen's Getting Things Done™ system.