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Yes, there’s almost an app for everything out there, well almost everything. But the ones we keep coming back to time and time again are some of the awesome productivity apps, and there are several good ones.  Here we’ll showcase a handful of our favorites and ones we use everyday.

Evernote

Evernote is a powerful note taking app that allows you to capture thoughts, ideas, or anything you need to remember.  It allows for notes in text, records voice memos, and takes picture notes for images you don’t want to forget. All of your notes are tagable and searchable and organized into notebooks for easy future reference.  The iPhone app meshes seamlessly with Evernote’s web application so you’ll always have your thoughts nearby.  The app and web application are available free, but for a mere $5/month you can upgrade to their Premium service which gives you more security, more upload capacity, and a greater number of supported files types, including PDFs.

reQall

On the App Store reQall is touted as a Memory and Remembering Aid and boy, is it ever.  It’s like having another little brain living right on your iPhone.  reQall is a voice-enabled memory recorder and to-do list.  If you need to create a to-do list on the fly all you have to do speak it and reQall will transcribe what you say and organize your list for you. It recognizes dates and certain keywords which allows it to automatically recognize when you’ve just given it a to-do list item, or even a shopping list.  You can input items by voice, text, text message, IM and email so you’ll always have an option for recording something you just can’t forget.  Like Evernote, reQall has a web application interface as well which will auto-sync with the app on your phone.  A premium version can be had for $2.99/month which gives you direct integration with Google Calendar and Evernote, plus a whole lot more. 

Calengoo

Calengoo brings your entire Google Calendar straight to your iPhone.  Add and edit events and tasks just as you would from the Google interface.  It can even monitor multiple calendars and displays them with the same color schemes used by Google.  With day, week, and month views you’ll never forget about another upcoming appointment again.  Each time you start the app it automatically syncs with Google so that all your calendars stay current and even works offline too.  At $6.99 it’s a little more expensive than the average app, but considering you get the full power and adaptability of Google Calendar in the palm of your hand, it’s well worth it.

GoodReader

Although it’s no longer the only PDF reader for the iPhone, it could very well be the best one.  GoodReader’s best feature is its ability to automatically format any PDF to fit the iPhone screen so there’s no annoying side scrolling.  Transfer files to your phone via WI-FI, internet or email attachments and you’re good to go.  GoodReader can handle huge file sizes with no problem and not only reads PDFs, but Word documents and other file formats as well.  Zoom, search, and jump back and forth with ease in documents you need while on the go.

 

Dropbox

Dropbox is a simple and easy to use cloud storage solution.  Store files in Dropbox and access them from any computer or mobile device, no matter where you are.  It’s like having an invisible flash drive with you everywhere you go.  You can share access to files to allow for collaboration or just to show off some new pics you just took while away on vacation.  Dropbox’s servers automatically secure and backup your files so you don’t have to worry about them.  The iPhone app requires a Dropbox account which you’ll have a chance to create after you download the app and is also free.  After that you’ll probably want to download the desktop version on any other computer you have so you’ll have access to your box everywhere.  The app is free and that gets you a very decent 2GB of storage and if you like you can become a paying customer for more space.

There are tons of great productivity apps out there why don’t you let us know what some of your favorites are in the comments section?

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