There was a thread recently started at LinkedIn in the Wholesaler Masterminds Group about iPad apps.
Naturally we needed to chime in.
Here are the apps that we are using most frequently – both on our iPad and/or iPhone. Some apps may not be optimized for both platforms. All comments extracted from the app’s iTunes listing.
**Our Update is in blue.**
Feel free to add to this list in the comments section below.
Apps in bold we use most frequently.
Wholesalers Masterminds – Get access to all of the great content from this site plus our YouTube channel, Twitter stream and the one of a kind Wholesaler Commode And Caffeine Finder. All yours…for free!
In our Office apps folder:
Thank You Pro – Create and mail a professional thank you card in minutes – right from your iPhone or iPad! Elegant designs, a personal note, your actual signature, a logo or photo, first class postage, mailed in 24 business hours.
GoDocs – The Ultimate solution for Google Docs.
GoodReader – GoodReader is the super-robust PDF reader for iPad.
DropBox – Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your iPhone and iPad and even the Dropbox website!
Evernote – Evernote turns the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad into an extension of your brain, helping you remember anything and everything that happens in your life. From notes to ideas to snapshots to recordings, put it all into Evernote and watch as it instantly synchronizes from your iPhone to your Mac or Windows desktop.
Dragon Dictation – Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages.
CalenGoo – CalenGoo gives you a fast and easy way to access and modify your Google Calendar with your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
CamCard – CamCard is a fantastic business card reader with high recognition accuracy. Simply take a picture of a business card, CamCard recognizes the contact information and saves it Card Holder or iPhone Addressbook.
SlideShark – is the free app for viewing and sharing PowerPoint presentations on the iPad the way they were meant to be seen – with animations, fonts, colors and graphics intact. Available for individuals and teams.
Postcards on the Run – Instantly create and mail real photo postcards directly from your iPhone from $.99 cents to $1.69. Just snap, tap and send anywhere in the world! We handle printing, postage and delivery. Easily personalize with your own photo, message, and signature.
Diigo – Your all-purpose digital library on iPad – bookmarks, archives, annotations, notes, images, and screenshots. Collect everything, find fast, share easily, and access anywhere.
In our Read folder:
Kindle – The Kindle app is optimized for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, giving users the ability to read Kindle books on a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. You’ll have access to over 950,000* books in the Kindle Store, including best sellers and new releases.
Zinio – Zinio is the world’s premier high fidelity mobile reading experience, with the best magazines from around the world, in pure digital form. Zinio lets you read and share articles from top titles, buy digital subscriptions or single issues, and manage your library on multiple devices
FeeddlerPro – Feeddler is a fast and highly customizable Google Reader client that stays perfect sync with Google and presents RSS stories in a clean interface. Feeddler is a universal app that supports iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads.
Zite – Zite is a personalized magazine for your iPad that automatically learns what you like and gets smarter as you use it. Zite gives you personalized news, articles, blogs, videos and other content from a variety of both mainstream and niche publications and sites.
Flipboard – Named Apple’s iPad App of the Year and one of TIME’s top 50 innovations of 2010, Flipboard is a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos, videos, and updates your friends are sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, Flickr, and Instagram.
Wall Street Journal – Experience The Wall Street Journal’s award winning coverage, blending the best of print and online. Get everything you love about The Journal including, What’s News, Opinion, Marketplace, Money &Investing, Greater New York, Personal Journal, WSJ Weekend and more.
News360 – News360 delivers headlines and back stories from more than 20,000 newspapers and magazines in one intuitive stream, personalized to your exact interests. Feast on eye-popping photos and snack on articles that give you multiple takes on a single story about people, news and brands.
Wealth Channel Magazine – Published by The American College, The Wealth Channel® is the nation’s leading source of financial services insight and knowledge for professionals serving clients who need assistance with the creation of financial security through the growth, protection and distribution of savings and investments.
News.me – is smart – it does the hard work of finding the right news so that you don’t have to. Each article is then presented in a beautiful stream that displays the publisher, headline, photo, and most importantly, what your friends are saying about it.
feedly – Feed your mind. Get the best content from your favorite websites delivered to your iPhone and iPad. Powered by Google Reader, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Instapaper and Read it later.
Goodreads – Discover and share books you love on Goodreads, the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations! More than 10 million members have added more than 300 million books to their shelves.
Pocket (formally Read It Later) – When you find something on the web that you want to view later, put it in Pocket. It automatically syncs to your phone, tablet, or computer so you can view it any time, even without an internet connection.
iTunes U – The iTunes U app gives you access to complete courses from leading universities and other schools — plus the world’s largest digital catalog of free education content — right on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.
Bloomberg – Get instant access to all your business and finance news, market data and portfolio tracking tools from the most trusted source financial professionals around the world rely upon.
Newsify – Access your Google Reader subscriptions with an amazing newspaper-like layout.
In our Utilities folder:
Alarm Clock – Alarm Clock Free turns your iPhone or iPod touch into a beautiful digital clock and alarm clock for free! It even displays live, local weather conditions and temperature that makes you know about the weather immediately when you wake up.
Calculator – Featuring realistic design and taking advantages of iOS 4.2 multitasking support as the first and only calculator app available in the App Store, Calculator HD for iPad facilitates quick calculations everywhere you need them thanks to its four different types of calculator in one easy to use package.
Bakodo – Use the barcode scanner (iPhone 3GS and later) to quickly and accurately scan barcodes on books, movies, games, groceries and practically any retail product! Use the search feature on legacy iPhones, iPad and iPod Touch to search our massive and growing product database.
JotNot Scanner Pro – JotNot is the original and premier multi-page document scanner for the iPhone.
Message Templates – Message Templates is a simple and intuitive application that allows you to create small snippets of text that you can send over and over again via iMessage or E-Mail. If you have an iPhone, you can also send these Message Templates by SMS too. Best of all, Message Templates makes use of the built in applications that you know and love, so you will feel right at home straight away.
Map Draw – allows you to create your own routes and maps on the iPad. Total distance is tracked, and all maps can be drawn on by freehand when exported, making it the ideal tool for planning a run, giving driving directions, keeping track of your travels, and more.
Dragon Dictation – is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard.
Wi-Fi Finder – Quickly and easily find FREE or paid Wi-Fi when you travel with the JiWire Wi-Fi Finder for iPhone and iPod Touch. Download all of the locations offline, so you know how to stay connected when you are on the road.
Flashlight – The brightest, fastest, and most versatile flashlight in the world, ever! Instantly turn on the camera light, and then leisurely enjoy 30+ light effects.
Speed Test – Use Speedtest.net for easy, one-tap connection testing in under 30 seconds—accurate anywhere thanks to our global network.
In our Entertainment/Infotainment folder:
TED – Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world. TED’s official app presents talks from some of the world’s most fascinating people: education radicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus and music legends.
TuneIn Radio – Listen to and record over 50,000 radio stations including thousands of AM/FM local stations on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad with TuneIn Radio!
Pandora – Pandora Radio is your own free personalized radio now available to stream music on your iPhone or iPad. Just start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a “station” that plays their music and more music like it.
Spotify – Stream millions of tracks from thousands of albums and artists to your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Take your existing Spotify playlists with you on the go – listen to them during your commute, in the gym or on a flight.
TV.com – The TV.com iPhone application delivers your favorite shows wherever you go – for free!
ABC Player – Download the ABC Player app to watch your favorite ABC shows for free on the iPad wherever and whenever you want to watch. View full-length episodes of Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, No Ordinary Family, Desperate Housewives and more.
NBC – The NBC app allows you to take all your favorite NBC shows on the go. Watch the latest full episodes, view photos, read recaps, play games, keep track and see previews of upcoming shows, and interact with other fans.
PBS – Watch the most popular and current PBS programs free on your iPhone or iPod Touch with minimal interruption. “PBS” features more than 300 videos, including full-length episodes, segments and previews with new content updated daily.
Card Ace Casino HD – Combining four of the best social multiplayer games around, Card Ace: Casino HD lets you play Blackjack (21), Slots, Texas Hold ‘Em, and Word Ace (Hold ‘Em + Word creation) online, any time, with tens of thousands of other players.
Fanhattan – Find Movies and TV shows (top hits to Hollywood classics) from across the most popular digital media services. Browse related content including reviews from Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic, ratings, trailers, actor and crew bios, soundtracks, fan gear, and more.
Audible – This free app features the most comprehensive audiobook experience ever, including Wi-Fi delivery of your Audible.com library, access to the Audible.com mobile store, detailed listening stats, and much more.
Podcasts – Podcasts app is the easiest way to discover, subscribe to, and play your favorite podcasts on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Explore hundreds of thousands of free audio and video podcasts from the Podcasts Catalog, and play the most popular podcasts, organized for you by topic, with the all-new Top Stations feature. NOTE: be sure to get the Wholesaler Masterminds Radio podcast loaded into this app!
TiVo® – DVR and non-TiVo DVR customers can get the TiVo experience in the palm of their hands with the FREE TiVo app – including Suddenlink and RCN Premiere DVRs. Turn your iPad or iPhone into command central for your TiVo DVR. Now you can search, browse, discover and share without ever interrupting the show you’re watching.
In our Social Media folder: our experience indicates that most social media specific applications have along way to improve – with the exception of the Twitter app.
Facely HD – Only Facely gives you a consistent, customized Facebook experience with as much personality as you have! Optimized for the high definition touch screens of iPad and iPhone 4, and easily customized to match your mood, you’ll soon wonder how you ever lived without it
Google+ – Google+ for mobile makes sharing the right things with the right people a lot simpler. Huddle lets you send super-fast messages to the people you care about most. And no matter where you are, the stream lets you stay in the loop about what your friends are sharing and where they’re checking in.
Twitter – Follow your interests: instant updates from your friends, industry experts, favorite celebrities, and what’s happening around the world. Get short bursts of timely information on the official Twitter app for iPhone.
LinkedIn – app not recommended. We use the web interface through Safari browser. Completely updated with new user interface. Also syncs calendar with contacts.
Pinterest – is where you can dream about, plan, and prepare for the things you want to do in your life. See our boards at https://pinterest.com/RobShore/
In our Travel & Food folder:
TripIt – TripIt is an easier way to organize travel. No more frantic searches for flight numbers in your inbox: access all your travel plans in one place on your iPhone, iPad, in your calendar, or online – no matter where you book.
MapQuest – Why pay for a navigation device when you can get FREE Voice-Guided, Turn-by-Turn Directions right from your iPhone? Plus, you get the same trusted directions that you’ve come to rely on from MapQuest.com
Kayak – The most popular iPhone travel app. Compare flight, hotel and car rental deals. Track your flight status. View and manage your trip itinerary. Look up baggage fees. Access airline numbers and airport info.
FlightView – Free Flight tracking app from the leaders in real-time flight information. Track upcoming and in-air flights. Check gate assignments, delays and cancellations and use the attractive in-air map to see a flight’s progress. Save flight itineraries and add your own notes.
TruxMap – TruxMap is a live gourmet food trucks map for 21 US cities. The minute a food truck makes their current or future whereabouts known, you will see them on the TruxMap app. Menus, reviews, food images, location requests and directions are just one touch away.
PriceLine – Stuck without a place to stay at the last minute? Give this app a shake, pick the exact neighborhood and star level you want, and save up to half-off when you bid for a hotel.
AroundMe – AroundMe quickly identifies your position and allows you to choose the nearest Bank, Bar, Gas Station, Hospital, Hotel, Movie Theatre, Restaurant, Supermarket, Theatre and Taxi.
Yelp – Looking for a burrito joint open now? An Irish pub nearby? A gas station you can drive to before your tank hits empty? Yelp for your iPhone is here to help. Use us to search for places to eat, shop, drink, relax and play then read reviews from an active community of locals in the know.
Wi-Fi Finder – Quickly and easily find FREE or paid Wi-Fi when you travel with the JiWire Wi-Fi Finder for iPhone and iPod Touch. Download all of the locations offline, so you know how to stay connected when you are on the road.
Open Table – for iPhone you can make free restaurant reservations at more than 20,000 OpenTable-enabled restaurants in the United States and Canada.
United – with features from Flight Booking to Flight Status, the United Airlines Mobile App will quickly become your indispensable travel companion.
Fly Delta – When you’re facing the ins and outs of travel, a little peace of mind can go a long way. That’s why the Fly Delta app includes industry-leading features to manage your travel on the go.
American Airlines – Introducing the travel app that understands who you are and where you’re going. From where you’re departing and from what gate. Where you’ll sit and even where you are on the standby list.
Hotel Tonight – as the name would imply, last minute deals on hotels.
Uber – is an on-demand request app for a private driver. Request from anywhere, convenient and stylish rides, with a hassle free (no cash) payment system.
Limos.com – 10,000 limos in the palm of your hand! Our Limos.com app gives you fingertip access to the world’s largest online marketplace for pre-screened limo & car services.
AirportZoom – FlightStats AirportZoom is a free application designed to assist air travelers worldwide with current flight status, maps for airport navigational assistance, and tools for finding the nearest and best concessions, services and amenities.
Oyster – Oyster.com sends its expert hotel investigators to visit every hotel featured on the app, and provides thousands of expert hotel reviews and honest, high-resolution photos.
In our Photography folder:
360 – Take stunning 360 panoramas everywhere. 360 Panorama turns your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad into a full featured 360 degree panoramic camera.
Snapseed – Anyone can enhance, transform, and share their photos with ease using incredibly advanced features from the leader in digital photography software
Instagram – 80 million users love Instagram! It’s a free, fun, and simple way to make and share gorgeous photos on your iPhone.
SuperAlbum – allows you to view your pictures stored in different photo album services in one place.
PopBooth – PopBooth is a free photo booth app that sends REAL photo strips in the mail. Create fun photo booth photos and then post to Facebook, send by email, or send a REAL photo strip in the mail
Camera+ – Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or someone who’s barely touched a camera, Camera+ will make you love taking photos. Everybody has a creative side… Camera+ will help bring that creativity out in you, all with a fun, innovative, and beautiful design.
Other apps:
HuntingCall – Nope, we don’t hunt. We do however like to watch the reaction of our 4 legged assistants! Hunting Call improves your skill to bring in birds, waterfowl, deer, predators, elk and much more.
Find My iPhone – If you misplace your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac, the Find My iPhone app will let you use another iOS device to find it and protect your data.
Runmeter – Runmeter turns your iPhone into a powerful GPS-enabled fitness computer, giving you feedback and motivation to go farther, be healthier, and live longer.
Paper’d – Paper’d is the fun, lifestyle-inspired wallpaper app that makes your device more you! Download now and instantly add personality to your iPhone & iPod touch with a wide range of professionally-designed wallpapers to suit your every mood.
StubHub – The StubHub mobile ticket app brings the world’s largest fan-to-fan ticket marketplace right to your mobile device, making it easier to find the seats you want or sell your extra tickets using features that let you manage your listings.
Add your favorites in the comments section below.
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Michael says
On the iPhone I constantly use 10b ii HD a financial calculator to do FV and PV calculations something the packed in calculator does not do. It eliminates one more item in my bag that the iPhone apps can replicate.
Rob says
@Michael: thanks for reading, and contributing with this additional app. Here’s the link to 10BII Calc HD
Mike says
Great article. Give Handshake App for iPad and iPhone a try too!
Rob says
Thanks Mike.
http://www.handshake20.com/handshakeapp.html
jdaly says
Siri personal assistant is great! Will help you with just about anything.
Lance Welch says
With all of the geography I cover, I have found “GasBuddy” to extremely helpful. It provides the location and prices of gasoline in and around your current location.
Rob says
Long overdue ‘thanks’ Lance.
Gas Buddy: http://gasbuddy.com/GasBuddyMobileApps.aspx
Michael Siervo says
Rob, as wholesalers we bombarded with information from verious sources. On great app I would recommend is PULSE on the ipad. Pulse allows you to customize your media experience by selecting the top newspapers, magazines and publications that are relevant to you. It’s essentially having one place to go to get all of your news, sports, personal interest etc. while filtering the articles that do not interest you. Definitely a must have.
Rob says
Thanks for the suggestion Michael – I’ll check Pulse News for iPad one out.
Staying a student of the business isn’t easy, and these apps sure do help.
John says
Would like to see an updated list as technology evolves so quickly. I am most interested in a personal CRM app to keep data easily accessible. My company has a CRM of course, but we all know that is “their” data. If we change companies that data can’t come with us.
Suggestions?
Rob says
@John – we use Pipelinedeals.com but they don’t have an app. Try looking at http://highrisehq.com/iphone and let us know what you think.
Matt says
This may seem obvious but the LinkedIn app for both the iPhone and iPad is great.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/linkedin/id288429040?mt=8
Also, if you use Salesforce for CRM the iPhone app is good for quick access to client contact info:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/salesforce-mobile/id281826146?mt=8
Rob says
Thnaks for the suggestions Matt. The LinkedIn app is a great reminder, as when this list was originally assembled their app was awful. As you state, it’s far better now.