Recently ordered an iPad and am looking for some new useful apps to load up on it. Anyone have iPad/iPhone app recommendations? Android users can chime in too as there's probably the same or similar apps on iOS.
Here's a few of my favorites that I already use:
Productivity
Evernote - Cross platform note-taking. Syncs between all your devices.
Dropbox - Cloud storage
Box - Cloud storage
Key Ring - Stores loyalty card info/barcodes
Purchases - Checkable shopping list creator
Music
Pandora - Streaming radio
8tracks - Good collection of pre-made playlists
Nutrition/Fitness
Fitness Buddy - Workout tracker. Can track your lifting stats as well as weight and other body metrics.
MyFitnessPal - Calorie and food tracker - can break down your daily diet by several different metrics (protein,carbs,fats, etc) and can compare against custom goals.
Finance
Mint - Pulls all you financial info into one place (bank accts, credit cards, brokerages,etc). Read-only access, you can't make any changes from Mint.
Bloomberg
Misc
Kindle - Amazon's Reading Platform
Yelp - User-based reviews
Facebook Instagram (different friends on there with some amazing pictures) Facebook Camera - don't get it and looks funny Facebook Messenger - no text plan required any longer! save loads of $$$ Facebook Pages - useless for me LinkedIn - a given in our industry Myfitnesspal - great app as you have stated Lose It! similar to above Handelsblatt - one of the papers in DE Apple Store app - look at new cool gadgets to buy BBC News Bloomberg Reuters goldrush rally - tracking/viewing app for the rally PayPal - to pay in some stores via mobile (in aisle shopping, ie in Sweden) BMW M Meter - cool g-meter for drifting/driving BMW Parking Assistant - reminds of parking time/way/directions BMW Remote - remotely unlock/lock/setup your BMW (only works on newer models) Skype Foursquare Amazon twitter eBay Google Authenticator Starbucks (great loyalty/store app) thetrainline Autotrader Mobile (to sell/buy cars in UK) Autoscout CH (to sell/buy cars in Switzerland) Battery (battery conditioning app) Flipboard Opera Mini (pretty bad on iOS actually) cardflick (testing as of this week)
Shazam - recognizes music I don't know the name of
Anyone who doesn't have shazam on their iphone doesn't deserve to have an iPhone. It was the first app I ever downloaded.
My iPad favorites:
Note Taker HD - best note-taking app, hands down. Better than Evernote. Coupled with a good stylus or even your finger can take the place of hand-writing notes on paper.
iAnnotate PDF - best PDF annotation, hands down.
Office to PDF - turns Word, PowerPoint, etc. into PDF on the go. Useful when you're using Dropbox and want to take notes on a document on one of the previously mentioned apps.
Pulse - nice for browsing news for fun
CamScanner - use camera to take quick PDF scans
Others I use include StumbleUpon, WSJ, TheWeatherChannel, Netflix, Spotify, Capital IQ, Flixster, and IMDB
Wesnoth, great turn base strategy game that I play on the commute.
just got an ipad myself...i have found dolphin browser very helpful - better than safari b/c it allows you to view webpages in regular not just mobile mode
travel - flight tracker
netflix is worth it too
just got an ipad myself...i have found dolphin browser very helpful - better than safari b/c it allows you to view webpages in regular not just mobile mode
travel - flight tracker
netflix is worth it too
Shazam is a godsend. If you like rage faces "RAGE FACES SMS" is a good messaging app (send friends rage face emoticons)
Shazam - I use it everyday
iPad: Dropbox, Jango, Skype and Bloomberg.
Mint and it wasn't even close.
TweetDeck - Great to organize your twitter feed for less overload Bloomberg Anywhere - Obvious Financial Times App - Preloads articles so you can read the whole paper even when you're on the subway Outside - A more detailed whether forecast app OpenTable - Book a table for your dates last minute
Don't have any iPhone but similar aps I use on my Android -Shazam -Pandora -Netflix -HBO Go -Chrome browser -Watch ESPN -ESPN Scorecenter
Temple Run.
I downloaded Mint the other day, not knowing it is a US only service... Is there a version for Mint (or any decent alternatives) for the UK?
pornhub app is awesome
pornhub app is awesome
I am a huge fan of OmniFocus. Does anyone else use this?
After that, I really like the WSJ app, Zite, evernote, dropbox, and mint
uValue, Damodaran app.
Great app, especially on iPad.
Splashtop
I can't believe this hasnt been said yet. This offers so much utility. Even has full excel for work.
The Economist app. You can download all the previous magazines, and the fact it has an audio version is awesome. No more reading and driving ! wohoo !
if you have a kindle account, you can get the financial times a lot cheaper if you buy it through Amazon. The FT auto loads the entire paper into your kindle reading app on your Ipad.
if you have a kindle account, you can get the financial times a lot cheaper if you buy it through Amazon. The FT auto loads the entire paper into your kindle reading app on your Ipad.
WSJ Economist GQ CarBUZZ (Sickest car news/info app) iBooks Pandora
WSJ Economist GQ CarBUZZ (Sickest car news/info app) iBooks Pandora
WSJ Economist GQ CarBUZZ (Sickest car news/info app) iBooks Pandora
Zite is a great app. saves you time by pulling news stories from a ton of different sources, and you can give a story a thumbs up or down so the app will adapt to your preferences.
http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/zite-really-useful-free-app
[quote=chabo11]Zite is a great app. saves you time by pulling news stories from a ton of different sources, and you can give a story a thumbs up or down so the app will adapt to your preferences.
http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/zite-really-useful-free-app[/quote]
I really like Zite as well.
Bloomberg app is pretty good as well.
Sportacular for sports
TripAdvisor for Food
If you are a live music fan, check out Loudie....awesome new social media app focused on live music
Candy Crush
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songza is a great music app
Rdio - Great music app
Clash of Clans - excellent iPhone game.
Apps - Best of work (Originally Posted: 07/26/2013)
What do you consider the best apps, relevant to your work interests?
Right now, I mostly just use the regulars (WSJ, Bloomberg, Economist, NYT). What else do you all use?
obv tinder while i am at work
also, for economist, nyt FT- do you need subs to use the apps?
Dealbreaker and google currents with a lot of finance/business blogs added to my feed. Some names that come to mind are The Street and Forbes.
This might not be a finance/business related app but I find Zite to be great. It's a fully personalized news app that reacts to the type of articles you read, and adapts to your tendencies.
Apps (Originally Posted: 01/02/2015)
What apps do you use? Can be for ideas, market news, HF news etc
Tx
businessinsider.com, qz.com
Seeking Alpha has an app and it works pretty well...sure there's lots of shitty ideas there, but there's also lots of great ideas once you dig through all that.
Your favourite apps (productivity etc.) (Originally Posted: 07/10/2014)
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MotionX, takes into account continuous traffic conditions and routes you along the fastest route.
There's this thing they call Google Maps... you might have heard of it.
Strava for running GrubHub for 2drunk2drive SoundCloud for heavenly soundz Joe Rogan Experience for podcast Tinder = GrubHub 4 vag
This explains SO much.
Snapchat for sluts
Snapchat looks handy as it removes any trace of your convos/pics in the app...not too shabby at all.
Caveat: I'm old and married but do things like Tinder and Snapchat actually work to pick up girls? I didn't even have a cell phone until I was 24 (because no one did) and texting didn't exist for years after that. A booty call meant going home to call on a landline and hoping she would pick up and not have the answering machine broadast your drunk ass voice to her roommates.
MotionX works well?
Download it and find out. All you need is a FB account. Get buzzed with the wife and be like, "Look what the guys at work put on my phone as a joke" or some shit.
But really, you installed it 3 days ago and rapid right swiped everyone within 100 miles as per Goldie SOPs, so you have a buildup of matches.
Wife will be subconsciously jelly of all the virile females finding you attractive and will give you special treats. we're talking rimjob territory
Things could evolve into a threesome. Things could evolve into routine threesomes.
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cyberdust. its snapchat but for texting. the texts last for 30 seconds and then disappear. mainly use it for insider trading.
increase productivity:
uber waze (social navigation app, terrible for residential, but good for traffic and stuff) mint gym (my gym has an app and will tell me how many lap lanes are open for swimming, it's great)
decrease productivity:
snapchat WSO shortcut instagram angry birds bleacher report
happy downloading
I use this app called Clash of Clans to boost my productivity.
Hinge > Tinder IMO. Also, get Spotify. $9.99 a month for unlimited music.
That's a fucking terrible idea for a hookup app. At least for a shady degenerate like myself.
edit: Also, utorrent: $0 for unlimited everything
I would easily pay $20-30 for Spotify. I never really considered myself a huge music person, either.
Snapchat, instagram, Pandora. All good ones.
Strava for cycling / garmin connect.
Snapseed for photoediting
Onedrive aka Skydrive - Because fuck giving google all of my files.
Radar app for weather
Google Keep for reminders / widget sticky notes
Kindle app for all my reading,
Whatsapp for texting my euro friends
Mint for tracking my cashflow,
Hands-down, my favorite productivity app is: Todoist. Coolest to-do list app I've ever used, and it has a semi-competitive aspect to it. Definitely worth downloading. I have it synced across my phones, tablet and laptop. Great UI too.
I'll second that, you can sync it in your web browser too. I set up a different project folder for each deal I'm on and use that to keep a running list of what I need to do. Easy to re-prioritize, which is nice. And if you're like me, seeing data on your productivity is a good motivator.
Is Swype available on Iphone now? Now that is one app that can really increase your productivity. Personally I can often swype faster than I can type on a full size key board, especially for longer words.
youjizz mobile app
"ReadQuick" it flashes the words on the screen and helps you read articles faster. It does not teach you how to speed read.
Sleep Cycle - One of my favorite apps. Wakes you up when you are at the lightest point in your sleep cycle, which means you get up feeling pretty good. The first day I used this was worth the dollar alone.
RunKeeper - Nice workout tracker - you can set goals, plan a schedule, and it keeps a ton of data on your runs.
Evernote - Great one for keeping a lot of information handy at all times. You can sync the app, desktop, or web versions and keep anything from notes and voice memos to screenshots and photos in there. You sort of have to dive into it and use it a good amount to make it work well, but it's nice.
Downcast - I listen to podcasts going to and from the office. Easy to use and does a great job of managing them.
IFTTT - Little more geeky, but you can make "recipes" for repetitive tasks. "Download all the photos I'm tagged in on facebook to my dropbox," "If rain is forecasted tomorrow send me a notification," etc. Almost endless possibilities here.
If any of you guys have android - Screen time is a great app to help you limit the time you spend on bullshit apps like fb/reddit/etc. Sets a daily limit plus blackout times. Helpful for studying or being productive in general / getting to sleep on time.
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Anyone with iPhone - I highly recommend the Errands app. Basically Calendar but usable - takes less than 10 seconds to create and folder-categorize an event. Caveat is that it only syncs between iPhone and iPad
OneNote also rocks. Beats the snot out of evernote IMO; there's tables (on PC) and whiteboard picture processor which works great
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CamScanner. Take a pic of a document and turns it into a PDF for quick distribution. If you have an active .edu email addy they'll give you the premium version for free which means you won't have the annoying "Generated by CamScanner" on the bottom of the documents. Or, just pay.
The important stuff:
The frivolous stuff:
If you ever want to take a selfie but don't want to make it look like you're taking a selfie...TimerCamera.
Funny enough. I didn't last long on the iPhone. I'm on a Q10 right now and am waiting for either the new Classic or the Passport phone.
It's hard to leave my Blackberry even today.
Bloomberg App for iPhone (Originally Posted: 07/16/2008)
In case anyone else has an iphone and has downloaded the new 2.0 software... download the updated bloomberg application. Pretty great app for anyone interested in the stock market, way better than the original stock app.
Never Lose Your BlackBerry www.conveniencesoftware.com
so i got the new iphone to upgrade my blackberry curve and hate it. so much so that i am returning it and waiting for the bold. i just found that simple tasks (emailing texting making calls) require so many more steps and effort than on the blackberry. am i alone here?
nope... far too many touches to get anything done.
I agree, as a personal phone its fine, but for work... not so much. Then need to have more shortcuts to speed up the process in my opinion, and should have a 1-touch "send an email" button on the home screen.
NEVER lose your BlackBerry www.conveniencesoftware.com
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