7 Best iPad Productivity Apps

Our list of the best iPad productivity apps will help you decide which utilities are a must-have in your beloved gadget. Apart from making sure that you carry all of your content along with you, no matter where you are, these programs also ensure that you can update your documents as and when you want and even make a note of all the important things. And these are just some of the many functions that the contenders mentioned below are capable of carrying out. So take a look at the options and find out if they match your list of programs or not.

1 – Springpad:

Option 1

Springpad is especially designed for all the busy professionals as it allows you save ideas, notes, checklists, photos, movies, products, project tasks and what not. The program helps you organize your content so you are not wasting your time looking for them in your slate. Boasting of a simplified interface, the intuitive software automatically saves ingredients in your shopping list if you save a recipe in it.

And in case you have a must-watch movie list, it keeps an eye on Netflix and notifies you as soon as they are available. You get to share your saved content with friends, family or colleagues and you can access it via the iPhone or the official Springpad website as well.

Price: Free

2 – Air Display:

Option 2

Taking our roster of iPad productivity apps a bit further is Air Display, which turns your beloved tablet into an extension of your desktop computer and serves as a portable monitor. It works with Mac OS X- and Windows-based computers and even allows you to connect a system to the device in question over a Wi-Fi network.

The software is deployed with a dynamic compression algorithm and lets you control your PC via the tablet itself. It supports both landscape and portrait screen orientations and makes use of AirPlay. You also have the option of tethering the slate to the system via a compatible adapter cable. Utility windows that you set up on the device will appear every time you connect it to the desktop system.

Price: $9.99

3 – LogMeIn:

Option 3

While Air Display helps you connect your device to a PC over a Wi-Fi network, LogMeIn gives you access to your content from anywhere across the globe. Once you have downloaded LogMeIn for your desktop as well as the tablet, all you need is an internet connection and you will never find yourself stuck in a meeting without your important files.

Apart from viewing data saved on any compatible desktop, you can also operate it via your tablet. Some of the premium paid features of the service include video and music streaming, cloud integration, remote printing and photo album management amongst a number of others. You can choose a suitable plan from its catalog and subscribe to make the most of all the functions of this program.

Price: Free

4 – Inkflow:

Option 4

Inkflow is a must-have software that totally deserves a mention on our roundup. If the developers of the program are to be believed, it acts as a word processor for visual thinking. You can make use of a pen stylus to write in your natural handwriting and even draw sketches if you so wish.

And when you are done, you can keep the stylus aside and organize your notes as you like. The program recognizes all the usual gestures and lets you zoom in for adding details to your work. An advantage of the software is that it lets you embed resizeable text boxes and photos anywhere and you have the liberty to change the background as well.

Price: Free

5 – Office² HD:

Option 5

A lineup such as this is incomplete without an office suite, so here it is. Office² HD is a complete solution that claims to extend support to DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT and PPTX formats of Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. Commonly used cloud services like Google Drive, Dropbox, SkyDrive and more are supported by the program in question, so you can have easy access to all your documents while on the run.

Complete with a word processor, a spreadsheet editor and a presentation maker, it has all the features that you look for in a program like this including text and cell formatting, auto-correction, spell check, slide show mode and many more. You can export all of your documents in the PDF format as well.

Price: $7.99

6 – PDF Reader:

Option 6

The next spot on this catalog featuring iPad productivity apps has been assigned to PDF Reader that not only allows you to view documents in this format, but also annotate them right on your tablet. It works with popular cloud services to ensure instant access to important content and lets you import them so you can fill forms, edit important files, sign contracts and carry out a number of other operations without even having to switch your computer on. Adding text boxes is hardly a difficult task and the software permits you to highlight important information and glue sticky notes as reminders. And if that’s not enough, an intuitive interface makes the utility extremely easy to use.

Price: $4.99

7 – Carrot:

Option 7

Now here’s a program for to-do lists which claims to have a personality of its own. Apparently, it is a sadistic AI which has its own way of compelling you to get things done. The virtual pet doesn’t like slackers so ensure that you do each and every task that you enter in it.

And if you make Carrot happy, it will even reward you with unlockable upgrades and mini games. So if you wish to have some fun while check marking your to-do list with all that you have done, head over to iTunes and download this somewhat different software.

Price: $1.99

Conclusion:

So how many contenders from this compilation of the best iPad productivity apps feature in your list of must-have utilities? Do get back to us to let us know if you’ll be using any of them on your beloved tablet.