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List of Apps

On the next page we have a list of Apps by Subjects, just click on the relevant Subject and you will be redirected to a list of Apps suitable for that Subject Area. If you would like to add apps for your Subject Specialist please look through App Crawlr. Please send your requests to blt@blackburn.ac.uk and we will add the apps to your iPads profile.

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Subject Areas
Business Cloud Drama English ESOL Geography Health/Fitness Languages Maths Media Music Audio Organisation Others Photo/Art Presentation Productivity Quiz Reference Religion Scan Science Sport Technology Utilities

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Business Apps

iTrade
Would you like to enhance your knowledge of the stock market? Do you want to learn without fear of failure? Try iTrade, a stock trading simulator platform based on NerdTrade.com. iTrade is a realistic stock trading simulator for the iPhone and iPad. The only difference is you won't risk real money.

PresenterPro
Presenter Pro features: Advanced presentation skills techniques with eye-catching supporting graphics, audio, and video clips. Direct access to Rexi Media for additional presentation skills coaching or PPT design guidelines A tip shaker for accessing hundreds of quick tips for your presentations. Shake the device while viewing any of the sections for a quick tip. A checklist feature, which enables you to store and e-mail any topic paragraph(s) you want to refer to later.

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StudyCenter
Attention Business School Students! Download this app for flashcards and self-tests for these courses: - Accounting - Introduction to Business - Finance - Management

Currency
Currency provides up-to-date exchange rate information for over 100 currencies and countries! Great for when you travel abroad and need to calculate the latest exchange rates.

Terms
The Complete Reference App for the Complete Professional. The Business Terms Collection keeps you in the know wherever you go. Providing access to a full library of professional business-specific dictionaries, Business Terms Collection is the only resource you need to stay on top of the world of business.

Law Guide
The latest version, completely ad-free, of TheLaw.com's Law Guide and Law Dictionary: * Law Dictionary: 8,500+ definitions * Search, browse, bookmark entries * Law Guide & FAQs: 200+ articles * Legal Advice Forums for quick answers * No ads really, no ads! * Lawyer Directory - mobile optimized format * Free case review links * Find law jobs, upload your resume * Search NY Code of Law - over 30 sections * Quick application launch NOTES: - Internet is NOT needed for the dictionary, fully available offline. Guide is dynamic and requires an Internet connection. - NO telephone access is required. There is an optional button in the "about" area giving you an option to call for legal help, toll free.

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Cloud Apps

Google Drive
Google Drive lets you create, share and keep all your stuff in one place. Upload all your files even the big ones and you can access them anywhere, even on your iPhone or iPad. We'll get you started with 5 GB free. Quickly upload and share a photo with a friend 1000 miles away. Read and edit the most up-to-date version of your Google document whether youre at home, in the office or on the go. Make items available offline so you can view them while youre on a plane. No matter what happens to your devices, even if your iPhone goes for a swim, your files are safely stored in Google Drive.

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Dropbox
Dropbox lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Access any file you save to your Dropbox from all your computers, iPhone, iPad and even the Dropbox website! Features: Access all your photos, docs and videos from any device. 2 GB of space when you sign up -- free! Automatically save photos and videos to Dropbox and earn up to 3 GB additional free space. Share a link to even your biggest files no more attachments! Add files to your "Favorites" for fast, offline viewing. Use Dropbox to save and share photos and videos in a snap or even take your work on the go. If something happens to your iPhone or iPad, your stuff is always safe in Dropbox!

OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive)


OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) is the one place for everything in your life. SkyDrive is the place to store your files so you can always have them with you. When you upload photos or videos from your iPhone or iPad to SkyDrive, you can get to them whether youre on your PC, Mac, tablet or phone. With SkyDrive for iOS, you can easily access, manage and share files on the go: Automatically upload photos and videos to SkyDrive using Camera Backup. Browse all of your own SkyDrive files and files shared with you. Share files by sending a link by email or by getting a link to copy and paste. Move, delete and rename files, and create new folders. Open your SkyDrive files in other iOS apps, including Office Mobile for iPhone. Quickly access documents you've recently opened.

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Drama Apps

Romeo and Juliet


This drama is one of the great tragedy themed plays by William Shakespeare. The famous story of the "star-crossed" young lovers Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. The themes running through the play address the issues of the consequences of immature blind passion, hatred and prejudice. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are young teenagers who fall deeply in love but their families are bitter enemies. Regardless of the feud between their families they marry in secret. They make every effort to conceal their actions but the story ends in tragedy when Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Mercutio and Paris all die.

Macbeth
This drama is one of the great tragedy themed plays by William Shakespeare. The themes illustrated in the play include ambition, fate, deception and treachery. Three witches decide to confront the great Scottish general Macbeth on his victorious return from a war between Scotland and Norway. The Scottish king, Duncan, decides that he will confer the title of the traitorous Cawdor on the heroic Macbeth. Macbeth and another General called Banquo, happen upon the three witches. The witches predict that he will one day become king. He decides that he will murder Duncan.

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Macbeth's wife agrees to his plan. He then murders Duncan assisted by his wife who smears the blood of Duncan on the daggers of the sleeping guards. A nobleman called Macduff discovers the body. Macbeth kills the guards insisting that their daggers smeared with Duncan's blood are proof that they committed the murder. The crown passes to Macbeth. More murders ensue and the bloodied ghost of Banquo appears to Macbeth. Lady Macbeth's conscience now begins to torture her and she imagines that she can see her hands covered with blood. She commits suicide. Macduff kills Macbeth and becomes king.

Tempest
This drama is one of the great comedy plays by William Shakespeare. The themes illustrated in the play are freedom, friendship, repentance and forgiveness and feature different temperaments illustrating temperance and intemperance. The plot starts when King Alonso of Naples and his entourage sail home for Italy after attending his daughter's wedding in Tunis, Africa. They encounter a violent storm, or Tempest. Everyone jumps overboard and are washed ashore on a strange island inhabited by the magician Prospero who has deliberately conjured up the storm. Prospero and Miranda live in a cave on the island which is also inhabited by Ariel, a sprite who carries out the bidding of Prospero, and the ugly, half human Caliban. Various plots against the main characters fail thanks to the magic of Prospero. The play ends with all the plotters repenting and the Tempest is calmed.

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English Apps

Advanced English Dictionary and Thesaurus


The WordNet Dictionary and Thesaurus is a large lexical database of English with up to 140,000 entries and more than 1.4 million words, developed by the Cognitive Science Laboratory at Princeton University. Instead of following the standard dictionary format, the WordNet dictionary is organized with an innovative and convenient approach. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms, interlinked by means of conceptual-semantic and lexical relations. In addition to the straightforward definition the dictionary shows how each word is linked to other words in terms of synonyms, opposites and similar words, but also hyponyms and hyperlinks within the group.

Miss Spells Class


Miss Spells Class is an original word game that lets players test their spelling skills against the most commonly misspelled words on Dictionary.com. Players must quickly decide whether each of 20 words is spelled correctly or incorrectly, as speed and accuracy count to get to the top of the class!

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Phrasal Verbs
A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and a preposition, a verb and an adverb, or a verb with both an adverb and a preposition. Phrasal verbs are very common in spoken and written English so we need them to understand. This app helps you with just that.

Kindle
The Kindle app is optimized for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, giving users the ability to read Kindle books, newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on a beautiful, easyto-use interface. Youll have access to over 1,000,000 books in the Kindle Store plus hundreds of newspapers and magazines. Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across devices (including Kindle), so you can pick up your book where you left off on another device. Accessibility features make it easier for blind and visually impaired customers to navigate their Kindle libraries, read & interact with books, and more. Enable VoiceOver in your device settings to begin.

BigWords
BIGWORDS.com: The SMARTEST way to buy, rent or sell textbooks. Searches all the best textbook stores: Abebooks, Alibris, Amazon, BetterWorld, Biblio, Barnes and Noble, Bookbyte, Bookrenter, Chegg, CourseSmart, eBay, eCampus, FirstClassBooks, half.com, textbooks.com, sellbackyourbooks.com, TextbookX, TextbooksNow, TextbooksRUs, Valore Books.

LangLit
Short cut app to the following website: Language & Literature Explore literary treasures, everyday ephemera, and the complex history of the English language, with unique texts from the British Library.

http://www.bl.uk/english

SkillsWise
Short cut app to the following website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise

Are you an adult interested in improving your maths and English? This is the site for you. Includes pointers to Learn Direct so you can choose a course right for you. Includes games and activities to practise your maths and English. BBC website.

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ESOL Apps

Phonics Lite
Learn ABC recognition, writing, and listening skills with animals. Created by a group of early writing teachers to teach kids proper letter writing skills, based on the national standard of printing (Zaner-Bloser Style) taught in schools, and enforced with proper stroke mechanics validation, directional as well as within acceptable bounds. Designed to be used in a classroom setting with teachers or at home with parents.

A+ Spelling Test
"If you want your kid to be a better speller, then download this app now! With this app spelling tests become a fun activity that your kids look forward to each time." Endorsed by tens of thousands of satisfied parents, teachers, and kids the world over. Setup your own spelling tests in minutes You decide which words to add and practice Track your kids progress and quickly see how they are doing for each test they took as well as which words if any they are struggling with. Multiple play modes keep kids engaged. If you don't want to take a test, you can use the practice mode or let your kids unscramble the words.
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HUGE time saver! Finally kids can rapidly boost their spelling test scores without your help.

busuu: Learn Languages for Free English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Chinese.
Learn the language you want in a fun and easy way and practice with a community of over 35 million native speakers. Stay motivated by setting a goal and tracking your progress! PC Magazines Best Free Language Learning App 2013 1) Learn key words and phrases 2) Practice what you learned with native speakers 3) Take a trip! Pass your exam! Get promoted!

A to Z - Mrs. Owl's Learning Tree


Come on up to the tree-house classroom and enjoy the great games that Mrs. Owl has prepared for you inside! Join Mrs. Owl in the Learning Tree's treehouse classroom as she takes you through the complete alphabet with beautiful pictures, illustrations and great sound effects. Mrs. Owl also knows all the correct phonetic letter sounds, so she can help you with those too, if you need a little help.

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Geography Apps

Name the Flag


"Name the Flag" lets you test your knowledge of the world flags. You have 30 seconds to guess as many flags as you can. Depending on how well you do, you can get a bonus time at the end of the game. Each correct answer is worth 2, 4 or even 8 points for difficult flags. If you don't know the answer, you can use the hint button, but this will affect your score. There are two free game modes to choose from: Countries and Capitals. When you mastered these, you can upgrade and play other quizzes.

World Wide Capitals


World Wide Capitals is a great application where kids to learn the Capitals of all the different countries in the world. This application will definitely help with their Geography knowledge and the challenging Quizzes will keep them engaged.

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Geomaster2
A true geography quiz to test your knowledge and to quickly become unbeatable Keep in mind that you only have 10 seconds to place each capital on the world map.

WeatherBug
WeatherBug is unquestionably my #1 app. Easy to use and extremely accurate. Download WeatherBug to access the worlds largest network of real -time weather sensors for forecasts, alerts and more. Get the industrys most accurate pinpoint forecasts for your neighbourhood and around the world. Benefit from the fastest, most advanced early warning system, powered by the largest nationwide weather and lightning network.

AccuWeather
Download AccuWeather for iPhone for free and start experiencing the most accurate and local weather forecasts available!

Educreations
Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. Explain a maths formula... Create an animated lesson... Add commentary to your photos... Diagram a sports play... With voice recording, realistic digital ink, photos and text, and simple sharing through email, Facebook or Twitter, now you can broadcast your ideas from anywhere.

The Weather Channel


The Weather Channel for iPad combines interactive and beautiful imagery with our WEATHER expertise. With over 200 meteorologists and our ultra-local TruPoint(sm) forecasting technology, The Weather Channel helps you plan the best day possible for every season. Monitor any storm with our radar maps, which provide you with customizable map layers like future radar. You can even avoid traffic by checking which roads go around the storm (road, satellite, and hybrid views available)

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Crime Map
See where crime and anti-social behavior is occurring. This is an incredible tool for house hunters, tourists, parents or businesses. Its also great if youre just really nosey!

Globe
Globe for iPad is a Geography app which shows the countries of the world on a 3D globe - you can manipulate the globe with the normal iPad gestures drag your finger or use a rotate gesture to rotate the globe; pinch to zoom in and out. Search for a country and the globe will rotate to show that country. Tap on a country to show country information from Wikipedia.

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Geography Apps

Quake Feed
What makes QuakeFeed different from other earthquake apps? --> No Ads! --> Beautiful, top quality maps by Esri --> SEVEN basemap options, plus plate lines --> Elegant, uncluttered user interface --> Quick and very easy to use --> Curated earthquake news and announcements Our mapping features are truly stunning. Want a unique perspective on the quakes? View them on shaded relief or a map of the ocean floor. It will deepen your understanding - try it and you'll see what we mean!

Maps+
Browse Google's maps, find out where you are, search the map, get directions with route alternatives, use location-based alarms, record and edit GPS tracks, scan the map for tweets and export & import your bookmarks with Maps+, the map app with a plus for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
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iGeology
Interactive geological mapping of the UK. iGeology is for anyone who wants to explore their local geology, at street-level scale, virtually anywhere in the UK. Amateur geologists, walkers and gardeners can look at whats in their local area, to find out about the rocks at the surface (superficial deposits) or the bedrock beneath. Search on place names or the postcode where you live, then click on the map and reveal the rocks beneath your feet. iGeology will locate your iPhone or iPad (if GPS is enabled) and zoom to your location.

Map Puzzles for Kids (World)


Map Puzzles is an educational map game where kids learn the names, shapes and locations of countries as well as how to pronounce them. It features 15 beautiful maps from the continents of North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. The first 5 puzzles are free, and the rest of the game is unlockable for a single in-app purchase.

World Bank Africa DataFinder


The AFRICA DataFinder lets you access fifty years of World Bank data on about 1,700 economic indicators covering 54 African countries, chart and visualize the data, and share those data and charts for use in your presentations and projects. This tool is designed to provide all those interested in Africa with quick reference and a reliable set of data to monitor development programs and aid flows in the region. The AFRICA DataFinder will be of use to students, professors, economists, researchers, and anyone looking to learn more about economic indicators and trends in the continent.

Puppet Pals HD
Create your own unique shows with animation and audio in real time! Simply pick out your actors and backdrops, drag them on to the stage, and tap record. Your movements and audio will be recorded in real time for playback later. This app is as fun as your own creativity. Act out a story of Pirates on the high seas, fight as scary monsters, or play the part of a Wild West bandit on the loose. You can even combine any characters however you want! Your creations are only limited by your imagination (and voice acting skills in my case).
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OutSide Maps
OutSide Maps is an iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch application that enables you to view and navigate a wide variety of UK Ordnance Survey maps (excluding Northern Ireland) using an easy-to-use touch interface. OutSide Maps also supports WORLDWIDE coverage for OpenStreetMap, OpenCycleMap and the Stamen and Thunderforest map sources. OutSide Maps uses data supplied by the Ordnance Survey's OpenSpace and OpenData initiatives and supports both on-demand download of map data and bulk downloading for offline viewing via either 3G or WiFi (depending on hardware).

The Guardian Eyewitness


The free Guardian Eyewitness app for iPad showcases the worlds most striking and beautiful photographs, providing a daily, visual reflection of global events. The app brings you the single image of the day that appears in full colour across the centre spread of the Guardian newspaper. There is also an archive of themed photographic collections.

The World In Figures iPad edition


The Economist World in Figures iPad edition displays facts and figures for more than 190 countries around the world. Rank and compare countries, test your knowledge of country-related trivia and share fun facts via Twitter and Facebook. Based on The Economist's annual World in Figures book, the app was designed and developed in conjunction with The Economist by The Dachis Group and made free with compliments of Grant Thornton. The app is optimized for iOS5.

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Health and Fitness Apps

DrinksTracker
Download our new free app today to your smartphone and use it to: Track your drinks each day View your drinking levels over a week or a fortnight to spot when youre increasing your risk Learn more about the risks Get daily tips and feedback Add daily notes Share with friends via Facebook or Twitter

NHS Drinks Tracker


Are you drinking within recommended limits? Use the drinking self-assessment tool to find out if youre drinking too much. Itll help you to assess the effects of your drinking and, if you are drinking too much, suggest ways of cutting down.

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Be Food Smart
The Change4Life Smart Recipes app is a great, free way of helping everybody eat tasty, healthier meals. Sometimes its hard to know what to cook or have new meal ideas. And remembering ingredients and keeping track of calories can be a hassle. Dont worry the meal mixer takes care of it! Download the app today and use it to: Search over 100 easy, calorie counted recipes for breakfast, lunch, evening meal s, puddings and snacks Find delicious meal ideas if youre short of inspiration just use the meal mixer Keep track with the handy shopping list, which organises the ingredients you need by supermarket aisle Email recipes and shopping lists Share with friends via Facebook and Twitter Learn more about being food smart and making healthier choices

HK Now
Stay current on the latest trends in the sport and exercise sciences, sports, physical education, and fitness from Human Kinetics (HK), the worlds information leader in physical activity. HK Now is the place for news and excerpts from leading experts who will help you apply it in your daily life or work.

Personal Workout
Want to lose weight, tone muscles or simply stay fit? - then you're right here with this amazing app. Just follow your personal instructor along real-time video workouts embedded in specifically designed programs lasting from 12 up to 45 minutes. It's the perfect way to lose weight, tone muscles or stay fit whenever and wherever you want!

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Health and Fitness Apps

My Health Checker
Have you taken an eye test recently? Ever wondered if you may be colour blind, if your reaction times are normal, or whether your memory is getting worse? Do you know your BMI, or how many calories you should be consuming each day? Channel 4's Embarrassing Bodies My HealthChecker consists of a variety of simple health self-checks to give an indication of what your risk levels are. It also offers advice on how to improve your health and prevent problems, as well as offering the opportunity to compare your results anonymously with other people.

NHS Health and Symptom Checker


Our NHS Health and Symptom Checker app allows users in England to check their symptoms when feeling unwell. You can get an assessment, information about your condition and advice on how to look after yourself. Getting health advice really couldnt be easier! Using 3 G or a Wi-Fi connection, simply work through one of our clinically tested health assessment tools by selecting your symptoms and answering some short questions about how youre feeling. Once youve finished, well instantly give you advice on the best co urse of action and, if you can look after yourself at home, well tell you how.
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Key features + Health assessment on the move + A comprehensive range of symptom checkers + Personalised guides to looking after yourself + Option to save advice to your device

BBC GoodFood
Whether youre looking for weekday inspiration, trying to cook the perfect steak or attempting your own homemade ice cream, get cooking with the new BBC Good Food Recipes, tips and cooking tools app. This app lets you buy and store all the existing BBC Good Food cookbook apps, and organise your favourite recipes and shopping lists in one place. The app is free to download, and comes with 20 of our favourite recipes, like, Beef & beer pie, Summer vegetable curry and Chocolate & raspberry pots. It also includes tools like our simple-to-use roast timer, handy weight converters, and a basic glossary of ingredients and techniques, to get you started. All recipes and tools found in the app are available offline.

Wikipedia
Official Wikipedia App for iOS. Wikipedia is the free encyclopaedia containing more than 20 million articles in 280 languages, and is the most comprehensive and widely used reference work humans have ever compiled. Features: Save article to read later or offline, Search articles nearby, Share articles, Read article in a different language, Full text search and more!

A-Z Food Nutrition Facts lite


This extensive app provides detailed information on everything you need to know about close to a thousand different foods: nutritions, vitamins, minerals, micronutrients, calories, proteins, carbohydrates, fibre, fat, salt, raw, cooked, dried, as powder, brow sable in 12 easily accessible categories and searchable in real-time. Values are colored according to the state-of-the-art "Traffic light labelling"-method of the Food Standards Agency in the UK to give you a quick overview about what food is healthy and what not. + Calculations can be switched between metric and U.S. values in the "Settings"-tab. + Full text search of the foods + App supports English only + Portrait and landscape format are supported + For iPhone and iPad

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Pepperplate
Pepperplate is the only way to seamlessly manage your recipes, menus and shopping lists on the web, Android Tablet and Android Phone. - Share your favourite recipes with friends and family via Email, Facebook and Twitter. - Create recipes on Android Phones and Tablets - Import recipes on Pepperplate.com from your favourite sites. - Combine recipes into menus for dinner party or holiday meal planning. - Organize meals for the week or month by adding menus and recipes to the schedule. - Add to your shopping list on the website, and it automatically syncs to your Android tablet or phone.

Calorie Counter -My Fitness Pal


Lose weight with MyFitnessPal, the fastest and easiest to use calorie counter for Android. With the largest food database of any Android calorie counter (over 3,000,000 foods), and amazingly fast food and exercise entry, well help you take those extra pounds off! There is no better diet app full stop.

NHS BMI healthy weight calculator and tracker


This is the official NHS app for measuring body mass index (BMI). It works for adults and children and is the only calculator that uses the Department of Healths officia l measurement system. Use it to: - Measure and track you and your familys BMI over time - Set weight loss goals and get tips and advice - Do quick BMI calculations for others and share via text or email Key features: Performs BMI calculation for adults and children over two years old Tracker functionality allows you to view weight and BMI change over time Multiple user profiles - great for managing the whole familys BMI together Performs the same calculation for children as the National Child M easurement Programme Quick calculation function - allowing you to perform a one-off calculation for a friend or patient, with ability to share the results via text or email A helpful tip each time you enter a new weight Advice and information - whether you are underweight, a healthy weight, or overweight Reminders can be set to prompt you to track your latest weight Goal-setting functionality to help motivate you towards a healthy weight Guide area featuring health information and advice, real stories, video and podcasts Information on how BMI is calculated Ability to password protect individual user profiles
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Quit Smoking
Use the official NHS Quit Smoking App to help you successfully stop smoking. It provides you with a daily message to support you during the first 30 days of stopping plus instant tips and facts at any time. The real-time counter displays the minutes, hours and days youve been smoke-free and keeps track of the money saved. A great app if you want to successfully stop smoking. The app is fast, accurate and simple to use. Key features: Daily messages to support and motivate Instant tips from other smokers whove successfully stopped Facts to show the benefits of staying smoke -free Real-time counter to show the time since you stopped Links to real-life stories, features and videos Direct line to the NHS Smoking Helpline

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Language Apps

French FREE 24/7 Language Learning


Learn or refresh your French, anytime and anywhere with a mobile language lab. The FUN way to learn a language! 24/7 French goes beyond the simple talking phrasebook or flashcard programs, providing a set of engaging, interactive study tools that help you really learn the language. FREE 24/7 French lite edition is a fully functional version containing a useful subset of vocabulary and phrases drawn from several of the learning modules in the 24/7 French series. - NATIVE SPEAKER audio for all words - Priority based optimization system - Entertaining PUZZLE GAME - WRITE IN quiz to test language recall - New! SPEAK & COMPARE function - Self contained, network access not required - MULTIPLE CHOICE quiz

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Learn Spanish 24/7 FREE Language Learning


Learn or refresh your Spanish, anytime and anywhere with a mobile language lab. The FUN way to learn a language! 24/7 Spanish goes beyond the simple talking phrasebook or flashcard programs, providing a set of engaging, interactive study tools that help you really learn the language. FREE Spanish lite edition is a fully functional version containing a useful subset of vocabulary and phrases drawn from several of the learning modules in the 24/7 Spanish series. - NATIVE SPEAKER audio for all words - Priority based optimization system - Entertaining PUZZLE GAME - WRITE IN quiz to test language recall - New! SPEAK & COMPARE function - Self contained, network access not required - MULTIPLE CHOICE quiz

German FREE 24/7 Language Learning


Learn or refresh your German, anytime and anywhere with a mobile language lab. The FUN way to learn a language! 24/7 German goes beyond the simple talking phrasebook or flashcard programs, providing a set of engaging, interactive study tools that help you really learn the language. FREE 24/7 German lite edition is a fully functional version containing a useful subset of vocabulary and phrases drawn from several of the learning modules in the 24/7 German series. - NATIVE SPEAKER audio for all words - Priority based optimization system - Entertaining PUZZLE GAME - WRITE-IN quiz to test language recall - New! SPEAK & COMPARE function - Self contained, network access not required - MULTIPLE CHOICE quiz

Italian FREE 24/7 Language Learning


Learn or refresh your Italian, anytime and anywhere with a mobile language lab. The FUN way to learn a language! 24/7 Italian goes beyond the simple talking phrasebook or flashcard programs, providing a set of engaging, interactive study tools that help you really learn the
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language. FREE 24/7 Italian lite edition is a fully functional version containing a useful subset of vocabulary and phrases drawn from several of the learning modules in the 24/7 Italian series. - NATIVE SPEAKER audio for all words - Priority based optimization system - Entertaining PUZZLE GAME - WRITE-IN quiz to test language recall - New! SPEAK & COMPARE function - Self contained, network access not required - MULTIPLE CHOICE quiz

Google Translate
Break through language barriers with Google Translate: Translate text between more than 70 languages Listen to your translations spoken aloud Directly translate speech and handwriting Star your favourite translations for quick access even when youre offline View dictionary results for single words or phrases Translations between the following languages are supported: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Maltese, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish.

Language Tests
The Language Tests application by LSI Language Studies International (www.lsi.edu) lets you test your English skills. You may also find out about LSI courses and our 19 language-learning destinations worldwide.

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Maths Apps

GCSE Maths : Algebra Revision Lite


Here comes the most comprehensive Algebra app. Includes syllabus covered by all exams boards including OCR, EDEXCEL,AQA,WJEC,CCEA etc. HIGHEST QUALITY and QUANTITY 730 questions and 73 revision notes in all just for Algebra!. High quality content written by an experienced mathematician.

Contractor, Freelancer, Small Business Tax Calculator


SJD Accountancy brings you a re-vamped and re-launched, contractor limited company calculator. Whether you are considering contracting, have decided to go limited or are moving from an umbrella company, you will find this application invaluable. Key in your daily or hourly rate and see how much you could be taking home each month along with how much tax you would have to pay working through your own limited company. A new feature of this updated application means users can now personalise their calculation settings, giving them the choice to amend the working hours and weeks accordingly to suit their current or upcoming contract.

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TouchCalc
TouchCalc is a comfortable calculator program and offers several different modes. - The scientific mode offers all the usual functions and operations like the basic arithmetical operations, power, logarithm, roots, trigonometry etc. - The bit/integer mode offers logical operations (AND, OR, XOR, >>, etc.) on bit level. All values can be displayed as binary, octal, decimal or hexadecimal numbers. Calculations can be done in 8, 16 32 or 64 bits. - In the statistics mode you can create a sample by adding several values and then calculate mean, median, quantil values, variance, standard deviation, range etc. - Trigonometry mode provides lots of trigonometric functions - The base/radix mode allows you to do calculations with numbers of base 2 to base 36 - A simple calculator is also included, with just the basic operators and large buttons. Colorized keys will help to distinguish between the different categories of the functions and operations.

Basic Math
This is an application based on the drill-and-practice instructional strategy. Similar to memorization, such a strategy presents the tasks to be completed repetitively to build up the foundation skills for more meaningful learning in the future. This application provides exercises covering basic mathematical skills like addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Fraction Calculator Plus Free


I'm Fraction Calculator Plus and I'm the best and easiest way to deal with everyday fraction problems. Whether you're checking fractions homework, preparing recipes, or working on craft or even construction projects

GCSE Maths: Revision Questions


Need an A*-C in your Maths GCSE... Well what are you waiting for? Our apps are quality assured and comply with leading UK exam boards so you can feel confident your learning will get you the results you deserve. Search tests by topic, question type and difficulty to tailor tests to your needs. Start with 250 free questions and add more whenever you like, over 1000+ available per subject!

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Media Apps

Vimeo
Vimeo for iOS 7 is the simplest way to store and share videos right from your Camera and Photos apps. And now you can enjoy instant playback even offline Tap and hold a video thumbnail to share, add to device, and do other fun stuff Airdrop Instantly share synced videos with nearby friends, no Internet required Incoming See the videos your friends are sharing on Facebook and Twitter

Videos
This is a built in app. Check out the latest episode of your favourite TV programme over breakfast. Or watch an HD film on the train. With the stunning Retina display, you can enjoy everything as it was meant to be in full widescreen.

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YouTube
YouTube your way. Get the official YouTube app for iPhone and iPad. Instantly become the DJ, learn Kung Fu and easily share with friends. Catch up on your favorite videos and playlists from around the world on the couch, in the kitchen or on the go. Features: * Watch a video while searching for the next one * Subscribe to your favorite channels for easy access from the guide * Sign-in to access your watch later list * Search for playlists and use the play all button for endless entertainment * Share videos via Google+, E-mail, Facebook and Twitter

Video Download - iBolt Downloader & Manager


Fully Featured Video Downloader & Private Video Manager!! Video Download Pro allows video downloading to your iPhone and iPod directly!!!

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Music/Audio Apps

Decibel 10th
Decibel 10th turns your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch into a professional sound meter, precisely measures the sound pressure level all around you. This extremely useful and beautiful tool will not only be a great tool for many uses but also bring you a lot of fun. Have you wondered how quiet is your room or how loud is a rock concert or sport event? Decibel 10th will help you answer all those right now. Most importantly, this tool is absolutely FREE and we commit to keep the price. If you satisfy with it, please support us by rating and giving us comments and feedback.

MusicStudio
Music Studio offers a complete music production environment for the iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch with features and a sound quality previously only known to desktop applications and expensive audio hardware. It combines a piano keyboard, 118 studio-quality instruments with sustain, a fully fledged 127-track sequencer, extensive note editing, reverb, real-time effects and much more on a user-friendly interface.

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SoundCloud
Discover the best new music & audio with the official SoundCloud app. Hear what's new and next from the world's largest community of musicians, bands, producers and audio creators of all types. SoundCloud is the worlds leading social sound platform, with over ten hours of music & audio posted every minute. Hear new music, comedy, news, podcasts and more. With the SoundCloud app for iPhone and iPad, play it all anytime, anywhere.

Virtuso Piano Free 2 HD


Be the maestro with Virtuoso Piano Free, a new iPod touch, iPhone and iPad

instrument. Learn and play the piano anytime and anywhere. **No. 1 Free Music App - Top 5 Free App** This is the Lite version of Virtuoso Piano, the amazing grand piano for iPod touch and iPhone. With its unprecedented sound quality, Virtuoso Piano Free is the perfect free piano to learn the basics of music or just having fun. If you want tuning, adjustable reverb, advanced metronome, recording and many more exciting features, visit the full version: Virtuoso Piano.

Music Theory
Short cut app to the following website:

http://www.musictheory.net/
Provide free music theory lessons, exercises, and utilities.

Music theory, with Audio


New Version: Test out what Music Theory is like for FREE, then unlock everything when you're ready. Dramatically improve and develop your LISTENING SKILLS and tone control, identify complex written CHORDS, increase your knowledge base of MUSIC THEORY, and even learn all about your favorite classical COMPOSERS. With the latest in Brainscapes proven cognitive science techniques, youll learn faster and more efficiently than with any other music app on the market! Establishing a solid base of music theory and training your ear can be a difficult and time consuming endeavour. With this in mind, Music Theory Flashcards -- developed by a highly trained musician with expertise in the study of theory, composition, and performance -- delivers a package that allows you to study at home or on the go.
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Whether you have a solid block of time to dedicate to study, or five minutes of down time while youre going about your day, you can advance your theory and ear training virtually anywhere.

Music Tutor Free (Sight Reading Improver)


Note: This free version is supported by ads. To remove advertisements, buy Music Tutor (Sight Reading Improver) from the app store. Improve your sight reading skills using Music Tutor. This is a perfect tool for people learning music. Choose to practice between treble, bass or both kind of notes for a duration of 1, 5 or 10 minutes. Try to make a higher score each time. After each test, you can review your mistakes. With Game Center integration, the app keeps track of your high scores too.

Suggester - Chord Progression Tool and Musical Scale Reference


Suggester is a tool to assist in the creation of songs and chord progressions. This app will help you find chords that work together. It is efficient and fun; use it to build musical phrases that will carry emotion through tension and release.

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Music/Audio Apps

Lick of the Day


The richest guitar learning experience for iPad and iPhone 50+ courses spanning 1,200+ lessons Great Features: Backing Tracks, Full Screen Tab, Retina display support Try Before You Buy: Every Lick Pack includes free Licks to try out! Agile has teamed up with TrueFire and JamPlay to bring you Lick of the Day, the guitar learning app! Lick of the Day offers 50+ courses spanning 1,200+ blues, rock, jazz, country, bluegrass, fingerstyle, rockabilly, R&B and acoustic lessons.

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Organisation Apps

TeacherTool One
TeacherTool One is a smaller version of TeacherTool, the by far most complex yet easyto-use teacher's organization tool for iPhone and iPod Touch. TeacherTool scores top 20 in the German Education Appstore, rated 5 of 5 stars. According to our users, it's "A software pearl for teachers" / "Simply genius" / "Very useful" and: "Grading is real fun with it!". TeacherTool is a teachers gradebook, calendar, notebook and course register in your pocket, always available, always complete, always up to date.

mbDrive Free
mbDrive Free is the free version of mbDrive. mbDrive - Turn your iPhone and iPod touch into wireless flash disk. With mbDrive, transferring files to and from your iPhone/iPod Touch has never been easier! mbDrive transforms your iPhone/iPod Touch into a wireless flash disk that you can use just like any other flash disk to store your documents and files. With our lightning fast WebDav server build-in, you can map your iPhone or iPod Touch as a remote folder on any modern operation system.
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iStudiez Lite
A student's life is a dizzying mix of activity and just plain craziness! Take charge of your schedule and put iStudiez to work for you! Take advantage of iStudiez easy navigation and never miss another course, lecture and lab, track tasks and deadlines, plan homework, arrange assignments and much more! - Are you a student surviving high school, college or university epoch? - Are you a teacher aiming to track down all the courses and classes you lead? - Are you a parent trying to take care of your kids and to catch up while they are in elementary? Then iStudiez is for you!

SimpleMind+ (mind mapping)


Mind mapping tool that turns your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch into a brainstorming, idea collection and thought structuring device. FREE FUNCTIONALITY Easy to use - drag, arrange and edit topics on the Mind Map page. Tap or drag Node Well to add new Topics. Undo/Redo in the editor - full Undo capabilities make editing and experimenting easy. Word wrap tool allows easy adjusting of topic width. Reconnect topics using drag drop, aided by topic auto -layout. Cut, Copy, Paste - move or duplicate topics between Mind Maps. Apply visual styles - change colours, borders and lines for maximum presentation impact. Large Mind Map support - unlimited page size. Exchange your Mind Maps with SimpleMind Desktop for OS X/Windows. Universal version: user interfaces natively designed for iPad and iPhone/iPod.

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Other Apps

Electrical ToolKit
Prepare your theory test for car with latest and official DSA revision question bank. FREE VERSION only has 7 topics and only 8 questions per topic, i.e. Total 56 Questions. For more screen shots and video demo please visit our website: http://www.uktheorytest.com/car/

Tumblr
Follow the worlds creators. - Post anything: Share photos, video, quotes, chats, links, and text. - Multiple blogs: Seamlessly manage all of your blogs. - Advanced controls: Save drafts, queue posts, and more! - Messages: View and reply to messages. - Offline support: Post, like, reply, and reblog even when youre not connec ted!

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Skitch - Snap. Mark Up. Send.


See something that sparks an idea? Use Skitch to snap it, mark it up with simple tools, and send it on in an instant. Your bold ideas stand out even brighter with Skitch. People everywhere use Skitch to help them visually share their thoughts with others. Here are a few ways you can use it, too: FOR FUN Mark up photos of silly, cool, or inspiring things you see and share them via social, email, SMS, and more. FOR HOME Annotate photos of your backyard to plan out your vegetable garden. FOR SCHOOL Share a diagram of the earths layers and have students label it with you FOR EVENTS Capture a map, mark it up, and share it with your friends to show them where you'll be. FOR WORK Open a PDF and highlight changes to skip the lengthy, confusing email chains and give clear feedback.

Showbie - Collect, review & annotate student work


Effortlessly assign, collect, and review student work from anywhere with Showbie! Showbie makes it easy to collect & review student work on your iPad. Students can: Share files quickly and easily Express their creativity through various forms of media Hand in their homework using a computer or mobile device Showbie also allows teachers to Assign schoolwork digitally Collect student work without printing any paper Review assignments anytime, anywhere

Newstand
Apple Newsstand is a built-in application on Apple Inc. iOS devices the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. It is dedicated to downloading and displaying digital versions of newspapers and magazines. Newsstand is a special store where users will find only publication-based apps. Instead of rifling through the over 500,000 apps (sidenote: as of today there have been over 15 billion app downloads, an average of 75 apps per user) in the general purpose App Store, users will now be have a special place to seek out publication-based apps.

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Photo/Art Apps

Fonts
Displays all of the fonts on iOS devices. The list shows the font families, then each font (normal, bold, oblique) within the family. Easily enter text to see how it will appear in each font; change the point size; view the Unicode characters in the font. This application is for developers who want to see what fonts are available and how they look at various point sizes. This application does NOT change the actual font used by the system, nor can it change the font used by other applications. The name of the font is what a developer needs to use the font in an application.

PresenterPro
The #1 Slow Motion Video App on iTunes Shoot video at a high speed then play it back in sllloooooww motion. Shoot, edit, and share videos in beautifully smooth slow motion without the hassle of transferring files.

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Camera
This is a built in app. The 5MP iSight camera on iPad lets you take beautiful photos. The large Retina display makes a picture-perfect viewfinder. Snap a square-format pic. Quickly switch to shooting video. Hold the shutter button down and get rapid-fire shooting to capture lifes fleeting moments.

Photos
This is a built in app. Photos on iPad have never looked better. Swipe through images grouped into Moments and Collections, or view them as a slideshow. And there are so many easy ways to share. Post to Facebook or Twitter with a tap, use AirDrop to share with someone nearby, or share with a group of friends using iCloud Photo Sharing.

ArtStudio Lite
ArtStudio is the most comprehensive, sketching, painting and photo editing tool in the App Store. Completely re-designed from the ground up the new ArtStudio features a beautiful new user interface and a powerful new graphics engine to make creating works of art faster, easier, and more fun! Using advanced drawing algorithms this is the fastest and most precise version of ArtStudio to date.

Brushes
Brushes is a painting app designed exclusively for iOS. Rewritten from the ground up, Brushes 3 is universal the same version runs on both your iPhone and your iPad. Move paintings between your devices and keep working wherever you go. An accelerated OpenGL-based painting engine makes painting smooth and responsive even with huge brush sizes. Brushes also records every step in your painting. Show off your creative process by replaying your paintings directly on your device. General Features: Create paintings with dimensions up to 2048x2048 Full support for all Retina devices Background auto save Unlimited undo and redo Simple and approachable interface

Adobe Photoshop Express


Photo editing was never so fun, fast, and easy. Touch your way to better-looking iPhone pictures using slide bar adjustments, or let automatic one-touch fixes and filters do it for you. Print out your best ones at Walgreens, and share the rest with friends and family on Facebook or via text/email.

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Cooliris
Cooliris is your complete media hub. Beautifully experience all your photos in one place and share in private groups. Enjoy all your photos within one app: Camera Roll, Instagram, Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Twitter, Tumblr, Dropbox, and a dozen more. Endlessly discover your friends photos from social networks. You can even save photos to your library or the cloud. Share in private groups within Cooliris or post to Facebook it's your choice. You can share with anyone, even if they dont have the Cooliris app. It sure is fun to browse like this, says TechCrunch. Fast and fluid, the app features our stunning 3D photo wall, which lets you fly through thousands of photos in seconds.

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Photo/Art Apps

iCreated
Unique art gallery of the coolest iPhone-centric art on Earth. The best Mobile Digital Art, created exclusively on iPhones, iPod Touch and iPads, uploaded by artists around the world and curated into the gallery established in July of 2009. Recognized by ARTNews Magazine as early as Dec. 2009 as the gallery showcasing Mobile Digital Art, the gallery now contains over 300 artworks.

Instagram
Over 150 million users love Instagram! It's a simple way to capture and share the world's moments on your iPhone. Customize your photos and videos with one of several gorgeous and custom built filter effects. Transform everyday moments into works of art you'll want to share with friends and family. Share your photos and videos with friends and followers in a photo feed, or send posts directly to your friends. Follow what your friends post with the click of a single button. Every time you open up Instagram, you'll see new photos and videos from your closest friends, and creative people from around the world.

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Gifyo
The easiest and most fun way to create and share GIFs on the iPhone. Gifyo is the most popular GIF app on the web, and now we're going mobile! Features: Create high quality GIFs via your iOS device's camera Stunning filters to give your GIFs some pop Speed up or slow down your GIF Reverse GIF Back and front camera supported Automatic timed shooting or manual shooting GIF comments One tap sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Email, and MMS One on one private messaging with friends Much, much more!

Adobe Revel - Cloud access for all your photos and videos
Bring your family closer together with Revel, the private place to view and share your everyday photos. Encourage family members to add their photos, and together you'll create a library rich in memories. Five things you'll love about Revel: Keep your personal photos private! Revel lets you share family photos confidently, knowing that unwelcome viewers cannot access your library of photos and videos. Revel works on a variety of devices, so everyone can play a part. Get the whole family involved! Stay in touch with faraway family members by sharing daily moments, automatically. Easy-to-use settings make it a cinch. Synching without thinking: be confident knowing that your memories are secure, backed up in the cloud, and sync'd to your various devices. Reduce hassle: with all your photos and videos in one organized, accessible place, there's no more headache locating photos and videos.

Autodesk ForceEffect
Bring engineering to the point of the problem with Autodesk ForceEffect, a mobile engineering app for simulating design concepts in the field or in the office. Unlike the traditional approach of using paper, pencil, and a calculator to develop equations for design options, Autodesk ForceEffect does all the simulation and engineering calculations for you right on your mobile device, enabling you to quickly and easily simulate design options during the concept phase to determine the viability of a design. FastReal-time solving capabilities and immediate feedback on the simulation
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performance. Print, email, or view a results report on any HTML-enabled browser or mobile device. EasyIntuitive interaction for drawing, constraining, and simulating concepts. Simply tap objects to select, and then move, rotate, and scale. CompleteSolutions for statically determinate and over-constrained or indeterminate problems. IntegratedEasy workflow continuation into CAD with industry-standard export capabilities via DXF files and email for file sharing.

Autodesk ForceEffect Motion


Developing mechanical systems with moving parts is now easier than ever with Autodesk ForceEffect Motion. Autodesk ForceEffect Motion brings engineering to the point of the problem with a mobile engineering app for simulating design concepts in the field, in the office or in the classroom. This purpose built tool allows users to develop functional moving mechanical systems right on their mobile devices. Unlike the traditional approach of using paper, pencil, and a calculator to develop equations for design options, Autodesk ForceEffect Motion does all the simulation and engineering calculations for you right on your mobile device, enabling you to quickly and easily simulate design options during the concept phase to determine the viability of a design.

Whiteboard Lite: Collaborative Drawing


Collaborate with friends and family with Whiteboard, the easy-to-use collaborative drawing app! Two users can create pictures together over local Wi-Fi. Create unique collaborative art. Lots of fun and colourful Stickers to make your drawings even more exciting! Add up to 3 photos to your canvas and decorate them with your imagination. When one person's artistic skills aren't quite enough, combine your painting abilities with Whiteboard! Easy-to-use paint- or graffiti-like interface. Two devices can draw on the same canvas simultaneously. Bonjour wireless networking over Wi -Fi. Full-screen drawing. Adjustable marker width. "Brush" Preview to see what you're getting before you start sketching. Designed for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Free! This is the Lite version of Whiteboard.

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Presentation Apps

Nearpod
Nearpod: Best Collaboration Solution - EdTech Digest Awards 2012, Audience Favorite - LAUNCH Edu & Kids 2012. Experience for yourself this magical educational app that has been used by more than 1.000.000 students around the world in one year. Nearpod is a must have application for teachers and schools that have access to a set of iPads, iPods or iPhones for their classes. What's Nearpod? The Nearpod platform enables teachers to use their iPads to manage content on students' iPads, iPhones or iPods. It combines presentation, collaboration, and real-time assessment tools into one integrated solution.

Flashcards[+]
Looking for a powerful and easy-to-use flashcards app to help you study? This app allows you to create rich text formatted flashcards with pictures and download millions of flashcards on hundreds of subjects created by both experts and novices. Matching, True/False, Memory, Spelling, Q-Battle, and Word Search games add more fun to your studying. Don't be surprised to find yourself playing games, getting badges and beating highscores of your friends or classmates rather than simply flipping cards.
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SlideShark
SlideShark is the #1 app for showing PowerPoint from your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch the way it was meant to be seen with animations, fonts, colours, graphics, videos & hyperlinks intact. For individuals & businesses, SlideShark is a powerful, proven solution built by Brainshark, the leading sales enablement platform provider.

Basic Features: Upload PowerPoint files via SlideShark site; open from email attachments on your device; or import from cloud storage Press Play to view or show presos on your iOS device Tap or swipe to advance animations and slides; swipe back to go back Swipe up to go to specific slides & access more features No internet connection required when presenting in -person

Prezi
Create and present beautiful presentations with Prezi for iPad. Get started by choosing one of our stunning templates then add your text and images. Pinch to zoom on topics, retouch your prezis and adjust your presentations on the move. Features: - 15 beautiful templates with different styles and structures. - Change layouts to fit your content. - Add new frames to extend your presentation. - Insert images from the web, your own library, or take a photo. - Save your prezi from the app, it will be accessible online. - Present from your iPad (tap on the sides to navigate). - Retouch your prezis on the move: Prezi for iPad keeps your prezis synced.

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Productivity

Evernote Peek
Turn your notes, audio and image in Evernote into study materials with Evernote Peek. Prepare for a quiz or brush up on a language by simply lifting your iPads Smart Cover, or by using our virtual smart cover.

Penultimate
The most natural digital handwriting experience on iPad, Penultimate gives you the convenience and feel of writing on paper with the added power and availability of Evernote. Take notes in class or a meeting, journal your thoughts, or outline your next big idea -- in the office, on the go, or at home on the sofa.

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Food
Evernote is the one app you need for all of your food experiences. Discover and save delicious recipes and amazing restaurants. Document all your cooking and dining experiences with photos and notes. Share your beautiful meals with the world. Explore the best recipes from across the web and save them for later Find great restaurants near you or anywhere in the world and add them to your list Add photos, notes, & location to remember your food and experiences Share your meals with friends through email, Twitter, and Facebook Bonus: Since Evernote Food is part of Evernote, recipes you clip using Evernote Web Clipper on your desktop computer will also appear in the app. Additionally, anything you save in Evernote Food will show up in Evernote on any device you use.

Evernote
Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.

Easy Task
With Easy Task Manager, effortlessly manage your personal or business tasks for the following days and weeks. Simply define your tasks and easily gain access to an overview or detailed view of their status over time (completed, pending, ongoing, and late) per day, per week or per month. Create your own color code and prioritize your tasks as you see fit, so that you can recognize them in the blink of an eye.

Documents
Free version of the Documents Mobile Office App. iPhone's and iPad's light weight mobile office suite. This essential application allows you to edit and manage spreadsheet & text files on your iPhone. Works both online and offline. You can also synchronize files to your Google Documents, Dropbox, and SkyDrive accounts and open files on your PC or Mac. Files can be opened using Microsoft Word and Excel, Open Office, Numbers, and all major office suites.

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Blogger
Download the latest release of the official Blogger app, and start blogging on the go. With Blogger for iOS you can: * Compose a post that you can save to draft or immediately publish * View list of your saved and published posts * Switch account/blog if you have more than one * Embed an image from the gallery, or, by taking a picture directly from the app * Add labels to your posts * Add location information With the Blogger app for iOS, you can quickly and easily publish posts to your blog wherever you are.

Rover The Browser for Education


***Cant access Flash on your iPad? Rover CAN! Rover is the free to download education app that streams educational Flash content to your iPad.*** Rover is an education app and the only education browser for your iPad designed for teachers and students of all ages. Rover is targeted towards enhancing the K-12 education experience, bringing the best online learning content to your iPad- including access to content ordinarily available on the Apple tablet (e.g. Flash content).

Edmodo
Edmodo makes a teachers daily life easier by providing a safe and easy way for teachers and students to engage and collaborate for free, anytime, anywhere. Use Edmodo for: Secure classroom discussions Posting assignments Gradebook tracking File sharing and uploading Key Features: Classroom activity feed Student progress tracker Educational resource library Professional learning networks

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Quiz Apps

Teacher Clicker - Socrative


--ENGAGE THE CLASS, MAKE THINKING VISIBLE, CAPTURE DATA, SAVE TIME ON GRADING. --WORKS ON ANY DEVICE WITH A WEB BROWSER: Tablets, Smartphones & laptops Socrative brings smart clickers, student response and ease of use to a whole new level. Engage the entire classroom with educational exercises and games while capturing student results in real-time. Interact with the data to further student understanding in the moment, and review the reports to prepare for future classes. Socrative will even aggregate and grade your pre-made activities! Saving you time, so you can engage more with your students on an individual level. Create a library of activities and share them with your colleagues and learning community. Not a 1:1 school? Thats okay! Have students bring their own devices and join in the learning! MOST POPULAR ACTIVITIES: Short Answer Questions: Ask an open-ended question. Students respond and all their answers populate your screen for projection. Then ask students to vote on their favorite and watch the results come in. Quick Quiz: A teacher paced or student paced activity with multiple choice and/or
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short answer questions. Results can be viewed question by question and exported to a report that is automatically aggregated and graded. Create a Quiz: Design your own Quick Quizzes with our built in feature or import them with our Excel template. Share with your community! Space Race: Teams of students answer multiple choice questions in this fast-paced rocket race game. First team to get their rocket across the screen wins! Youll get a graded report! Exit Tickets: Get a quick, paper-free pulse-check at the end of class. All answers are aggregated into a report! Multiple Choice: Ask a MC question, and see student responses on the projection screen as a bar chart.

Quizlet
The official Quizlet app is here! It's a free, fun, and beautifully simple way to study on your iPhone and iPad. Seamless syncing means all your Quizlet study sets are ready to use. Or search Quizlet's database of over 21 million flash card sets to find content already created. Pick from 3 mobile-only study modes to suit your learning style and take advantage of audio in 18 languages to reinforce pronunciation and retention. Plus, with full offline support you can study anywhere even without an internet connection. Features * Full integration with your Quizlet.com account * Audio in 18 languages * Search 21+ million flashcard sets * 3 distinct study modes - Flash Cards, Learn, and Scatter * Works offline * 100% FREE * And much much more

Student Clicker - Socrative


Socrative brings smart clickers, student response and ease of use to a whole new level. Be engaged for the entire class with educational exercises and games. See all your classmates ideas in real time and interact with the responses. Provide your instructor feedback on the lessons and how well you understand the material. Ask your own poll questions for the entire class or build a premade activity for your whole class. Have Fun! --WORKS ON ANY DEVICE WITH A WEB BROWSER: Tablets, Smartphones & laptops (expect some types of blackberries)

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MOST POPULAR ACTIVITIES: Short Answer Questions Space Race Exit Tickets Quick Quiz Multiple Choice

e: iReveal (Free)
"iReveal (Free)" is game, a puzzle, a history lesson and a brain exerciser all in one.

"iReveal (Free)" reveals a famous person - little by little - until you can guess the person's name. The fewer pieces you need to remove before guessing the person's name, the better your score! Two categories*, Easy and U.S. Presidents - and the 28 famous people included - give you a taste of what's available in the full version of iReveal. A special "peeks mode" lets you see just enough of what's behind the tiles to intrigue you. When you guess right, you are rewarded with fascinating tidbits and facts about the person's life. Do you know who invented the odometer? Or who our tallest President was? With iReveal, you will!

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Reference Apps

Google Search
The best of Google in one app. Say Ok Google and find everything fro m nearby restaurants to the calories in cheesecake. Google also shows you the info you need before you ask, like updates on your favorite teams and traffic alerts. Google Now automatically gives you the information you need throughout your day: Start the morning with weather, news & traffic Get updates on sports, movies & events Ask for a reminder to buy milk at the store Talk to Google: Say Ok Google and ask questions out loud* Google speaks the answer back to you Everything else you love about Google: Fast: get to search results quicker than ever Beautiful: get fluid, full screen image search Intuitive: Swipe between web pages & results

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Google Earth
Presenter Pro features: Advanced presentation skills techniques with eye -catching supporting graphics, audio, and video clips. Direct access to Rexi Media for additional presentation skills coaching or PPT design guidelines A tip shaker for accessing hundreds of quick tips for your presentations. Shake the device while viewing any of the sections for a quick tip. A checklist feature, which enables you to store and e-mail any topic paragraph(s) you want to refer to later.

WordWeb Dictionary
The WordWeb English dictionary and thesaurus: fast searching, spelling suggestions, definitions, usage examples, synonyms, related words - and no adverts. An offline audio version is available separately. No Internet connection is required to use WordWeb, and it's free.

Dictionary.com Dictionary & Thesaurus


Top-rated app with trusted reference content from Dictionary.com & Thesaurus.com. WORKS OFFLINE - no Internet connection needed when searching words. English Dictionary and Thesaurus - over 2,000,000 definitions, synonyms & antonyms

Wikipanion
Accessing Wikipedia has never been faster and easier than with Wikipanion, designed for easy, search, navigation and display of Wikipedia entries. Streamline your browsing with history grouped by visit date, and bookmarking that not only bookmarks individual entries, but individual sections within an entry. Featuring intelligent features such as: - Table of contents browser that knows where you are in the page - Multiple search methods including Smart completion with entry preview, Google searching and a full text Wikipedia search - Dual language searching and language switching (hiding languages you don't care about) - Bookmark, including bookmarking individual sections of pages - History, grouped by last visit date - Full in-page searching - Wiktionary dictionary term looking without leaving the current page - Table based category browsing - iCloud syncing - Image saving to the Photo library - Ogg vorbis audio playback for dictionary pronunciations and other audio content available on Wikipedia
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- Contextual knowledge for sending links to specific sections in a Wikipedia entry - Easily turn on automatic focusing of the search field on launch

History:Maps of World
"Explore the world through interactive maps illustrating geopolitical and geographic shifts over time. Users peruse the various cartographies and read up on the historical (or, as the case may be, scientific) significance of each major change through text and in the future other media." - Edudemic, The 16 Apps And Tools Worth Trying This Year Provide 178 historical maps around the world Grouping by category or era Keyword search Display the source about each map

iBooks
iBooks is an amazing way to download and read books. iBooks includes the iBooks Store, where you can download the latest best-selling books or your favourite classics day or night. Browse your library on a beautiful bookshelf, tap a book to open it, flip through pages with a swipe or a tap, and bookmark or add notes to your favourite passages. - Download books - Great ways to read

Fancy QR Code Generator - Create unique barcode with your logo


Make you QR code stand out from the crowd using colours and images! Everyone is starting to use QR codes for many reason: from coupon codes to unique passes, from website urls to contact information. The problem is that they are all boring and anonymous. With this amazing app you can finally make them YOURS by using your logo or other image you like. Otherwise, just pick different colours!

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Religion Apps

Bible
Take your Bible study to the next level with this free app from Logos Bible Software. Youll get over 70 Bibles and books, plus access to reading plans, notes, highlighting, and additional study tools with a Logos accountcompletely free. Search key words, share verses, and bookmark your favorite passages. The app syncs across all your platforms, so you can access everything on any device. FREE RESOURCES * Popular Bibles: KJV, NKJV, NLT, ESV, HCSB, NASB, NCV, GW, and many more * Summarized Bible: Complete Summary of the New Testament * Summarized Bible: Complete Summary of the Old Testament * Morning and Evening by Charles H. Spurgeon * Systematic Theology by Augustus Hopkins Strong * 60+ more!

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Scan Apps

Aurasma
Aurasma a new way to see and interact with the world Aurasma is an augmented reality app thats changing the way millions of people see and interact with the world. Bring tagged images, objects and even physical locations to life with interactive digital content, such as video, animations and 3D scenes, we call Auras Aurasma is the only application that lets you create and share your own augmented reality. Use Aurasma to get creative and share digital content in a new way. Theres a whole world out there to tag.

Qrafter
Qrafter (Crafter) is a two-dimensional barcode scanner for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Its main purpose is to scan and parse the contents of QR Codes. It can also generate QR Codes when you purchase the "Pro Pack".

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Science Apps

Periodic Table of the Elements


This is a standard periodic table of the elements - a necessity for anyone interested in or even exposed to chemistry. However, the version differs in that instead of cramming all the information for an element into one little square, you can select a chemical attribute and have the entire chart colour coded to plainly show how the different elements vary with regard to the selected trait.

Free Graphing Calculator


A powerful, flexible graphing calculator . . . and it's free! Does far more than most of the paid calculators out there . . . let alone the free ones.

HudsonAlpha iCell
iCell allows users a 3D view inside of a typical plant, animal and bacterial cell. Easily navigable and simple to use, iCell gives users an intuitive tool to compare animal, plant and bacterial cell structure.

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NASA App
Come and explore with NASA and discover the latest images, videos, mission information, news, feature stories, tweets, NASA TV and featured content with the NASA App for iOS.

Science Glossary
A glossary of scientific terms and short biographies that support our science education website, http://www.visionlearning.com. All definitions link to related terms and to free, detailed science learning modules. Though geared for high school and undergraduate students using our website, the glossary and modules are appropriate for anyone generally interested in science.

Visual Anatomy Lite


Interactive anatomy reference with 3D rotational models, Gray's anatomy images add-on, a muscle highlighting tool and full description!

Khan Academy
Khan Academy allows you to learn almost anything for free.

Our iOS app is the best way to view Khan Academys complete library of over 4,200 videos. We cover a massive number of topics, including K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even the humanities with playlists on finance and history.

3D Brain
Use your touch screen to rotate and zoom around 29 interactive structures. Discover how each brain region functions, what happens when it is injured, and how it is involved in mental illness. Each detailed structure comes with information on functions, disorders, brain damage, case studies, and links to modern research.

PopSci.com
PopSci.com's news-reader app delivers all the content from PopSci.com in an easy-toread format on the go. Youll get up-to-the-minute news on the cutting edge in scientific research, gadgets and green tech. Save the stories to read even when youre not connected, and filter them by your favorite topic.

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Science Apps

MyScript Calculator
With MyScript Calculator, perform mathematical operations naturally using your handwriting. **The Free handwriting calculator for your iPhone or iPad** Easy, simple and intuitive, just write the mathematical expression on the screen then let MyScript technology perform its magic converting symbols and numbers to digital text and delivering the result in real time. The same experience as writing on paper with the advantages of a digital device (Scratchouts, results in real time, ). Solve mathematical equations by hand without actually having to crunch the numbers yourself BENEFITS AND FEATURES - Works on your iPhone (iOS6): 3GS, 4,4S,5. - Works on your iPad (iOS6): iPad2, iPad3, iPad4, iPad mini. - Use your handwriting to write any arithmetic formula - Write and calculate mathematical expressions in an intuitive and natural way with no keyboard - Scratch-out gestures to easily delete symbols and numbers -Portrait and landscape operation -Redo and undo functions SUPPORTED OPERATORS Basic operations: +, -, x, , +/, 1/x
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Misc. Operations: %, , x!, |x| Powers/Exponentials: x, xy , x2 Brackets: ( ) Trigonometry: cos, sin, tan Inverse trigonometry: acos, asin, atan Logarithms: ln , log Constants: , , Phi.

Sky Map
Sky Map turns your iPhone or iPad into a window on the night sky. All you have to do is point your device at the sky and the Sky Map will tell you exactly what you are looking at. Displays stars, planets, moon phases, constellations, messier objects and meteor showers.

Elemental
Elemental from Dotmatics the FREE Chemistry Sketch Utility Elemental is now a Universal App that support iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Elemental is the Dotmatics chemistry sketch utility provided at no charge within many Dotmatics products. We are happy to provide this as a FREE app on the iTunes store. - Tap to draw chemical structures - Calculate cheminformatics properties - Tweet a Molecule! - Dropbox upload support & file association back from the Dropbox App - Open MOL/RXN files from E-mails (tap and hold an attachment) - Copy images to camera roll/clipboard - Double tap to undo - Sketch chemical reactions - Built-in Periodic Table - Email your structure as a MOL/RXN file and PNG image - Emails also contain MW, MolFormula and predicted LogP

SPARKVue
Our free SPARKvue for iOS brings real-time sensor-based data collection to your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Students can use the new PASPORT AirLink 2 Bluetooth interface to connect to over 70 PASCO sensors, measuring a wide range of phenomena, including pH, temperature, force, carbon dioxide level, and many more. Use your iOS device to collect sensor data for your biology, chemistry, earth science, environmental science, physics and physical science studies. SPARKvue can also record data from the iPhone or iPod Touch's internal accelerometer, with no additional hardware needed.

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Twothirtyvolts - Electricity Quizzes and Revision Notes


Electricity quizzes and revision notes for secondary level science students. As you complete each quiz, youll earn reward badges - get perfect scores to collect them all! You can also learn about electrical safety and careers in the industry by watching a series of short videos (internet connection required). Topics include: - Electric charge - Electrical circuits - Electric current - Electrical safety - Electrical symbols - Sources of electricity - Electromagnetic Induction - Generators - Ohm's Law - Transformers - Transmission of electricity

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Sport Apps

iFooty
A must have app for fans of the beautiful game. - League tables - Past match results - Minute-by-minute updates for live matches - News - Live chat with other football fans - Thousands of video clips Covers English, Scottish and European leagues.

BBC Sport
The official BBC Sport app is the sports fans guide to live sport news, stats, fixtures and results, curated by the BBCs team of sport journalists. - A page for Football, Formula 1, Cricket, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Tennis, Golf - A page for all the other main sports, plus major events
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- Daily live text commentaries from BBC journalists - Detailed football live scores, match stats and text commentaries - A page for football teams including the Premier league - A full seasons football fixtures and results searchable by day - Football tables

CoachMyVideo
Video Analysis has never been so EASY REAL-TIME Video-Instruction: IMMEDIATE, ON-THE-SPOT COACHING: no waiting! Email / Share High-Resolution HD video clips Instantly REVIEW and ANALYZE videos in Slow-motion: FORWARD / REVERSE / PAUSE / & 3-Second INSTANT-REPLAY FRAME-BY-FRAME CONTROL ACCESS VIDEOS & IMAGES directly from your CAMERA ROLL CAPTURE the perfect action-shot: Save FULL-RESOLUTION IMAGES from your HD videos! DRAW, MARK-UP or WRITE NOTES on Videos & Photos using LINES, CIRCLES, RECTANGLES & FREEHAND. Calculate the ANGLE between lines ZOOMVideo Analysis has never been so EASY REAL-TIME Video-Instruction: IMMEDIATE, ON-THE-SPOT COACHING: no waiting!

RunKeeper
Join the more than 28 million people who are using RunKeeper to turn their phone into a personal trainer in their pocket! Track your runs, walks, bike rides, hikes, and more using the GPS in your iPhone. Track your fitness activities and have fun doing it - See detailed stats around your pace, distance, and time. - Get stats, progress, and coaching through your headphones with built-in audio cues. - Listen and control your music while you work out. - Measure your heart rate with many available sensors. - Take pictures along the way to share and save while you go. Measure your performance over time - View a detailed history of your activities to see how you are doing.
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- Get notified when you hit new personal bests and milestones. - Measure your progress against your goals and targets. - Follow detailed plans to help you achieve specific fitness objectives. - Turn any activity into a route to do again later.

Mobile Tennis Coach


This app is designed for tennis coaches and tennis parents! Many years of coaching experience in the field of junior tennis development has allowed us to release this sophisticated junior tennis developmental program in a form of an Iphone application. Hundreds of tennis drills and exercises are used as building blocks for a complete high performance tennis program for the ages 6-18.

We offer: Search options to find drills for specific strokes, age range and difficulty level. Complete junior tennis developmental program from the ages 6 -18. Access to a tennis specific fitness program. Since this application gets its information from a database, an internet connection is required for the use of this app!

Scorekeeper XL
Scorekeeper XL is a great app for keeping score when playing board games or party games with your friends.

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Sport Apps

TouchStat Tap
This application allows parents or coaches of any sport to easily track the contacts each player gets in practice or in a game and rate them on a selectable scale. Create unlimited groups with players. Each time they do something you want to remember, tap their name and rate the action. It's so simple; anyone (parent, trainer, assistant) can use it. Next to each player is the total number of contacts and a rating average. It's a great tool for quickly finding out who is really impacting your team's performance or building a highlight reel of your children. This product leverages technology from TouchStat.com. You can synchronize your TouchStat file with video using the companion application Touchstat Desktop, available with an account at TouchStat.com. In minutes, view every player's actions with all the dead time stripped out.

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Endomondo Sports Tracker GPS Track Running Cycling Walking & More
The only personal trainer youll ever need fits right in your pocket. Whether youre running, cycling, walking, kayaking, or something completely different, we keep you motivated, and most importantly - keep what youre doing fun. Track routes, record stats and share your workouts - all from one simple app. Join more than 20 million users and start freeing your endorphins.

EZScoreCard
EZScoreCard is a digital replacement for a paper scorecard. This is the scoring app for people who want to play golf, not play with their phone! It's easy, it's quick, and it knows how to add! It allows you to enter and save the people you golf with, the places you golf, and the scores you made. It can post scores to fairwayfiles.com, and get your courses and friends from fairwayfiles.com. Entering your group's scores can be as simple as picking four numbers and clicking on the button for the next hole. Or you can enter full scoring details. Information entered is auto-saved. And the card zoom means you shouldn't need reading glasses to see the scores. Past rounds can be reviewed, and new courses, tees, and players can be added at any time.

SwingProfile Golf
Improve your golf game faster with SwingProfile's auto swing detection technology and instant feedback when practicing or playing golf anywhere. No expensive sensor or timer required. Instantly makes your golf swing sequence on your phone; automatically displaying it frame by frame, much like those pull-out pages in Golf Digest. Allows you to spend more time practicing golf with instant analysis of your golf swing. This exciting technology automatically synchronizes two different swings, matching each key positions and tempo.

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Ubersense Coach: Slow Motion Video Analysis


Record. Analyze. Improve. Athletes and coaches in over 30 sports use Ubersense to improve through slow motion video analysis. You too can use your iPhone, iTouch or iPad camera to record and breakdown your sporting technique to get instant slow motion feedback during your practice, race or game. Examples include analyzing your gymnastics routine in super slow motion, comparing your figure skating technique side-by-side to a pro athlete or checking your long-jump technique in precise frame-by-frame.

iPeakCoach
iPeak Coach is the perfect free mental training tool for athletes and coaches. Boost your confidence and success in sports quickly with mental toughness tips from sports psychology guru Dr. Patrick Cohn. iPeak Coach App provides a text and audio sports psychology tip-of-the-day for athletes, coaches, parents or anyone involved in sports. Thats 365 mental toughness tips per year in each of three categories: athletes, coaches, and parents. *Athletes Learn how to boost your confidence and focus with cutting-edge mental toughness tips delivered to your iPhone or iPad daily. *Coaches Learn how to improve your teams success with quick tips to help your athletes gain confidence, improve composure, and instill teamwork. *Parents Learn how to help your athletes develop the mental skills of champions and give them the mental advantage. Learn positive communication and how to instill confidence in your athletes.

Dartfish EasyTag
With EasyTag, notational analysis comes to iOS. Start the timer at the beginning of the game then a fully customizable tagging panel is used to time-stamp the key performance indicators (KPI) of your sport and display instant statistics of their frequencies. EasyTag creates a .csv file which can be further analyzed by spreadsheet software or tagged events can be related to a video recording by import into Dartfish video analysis software (TeamPro and Connect+ editions).

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Technology Apps

TED by TED Conferences


Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world. The official TED app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch presents talks from some of the world's most fascinating people: education radicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus and music legends. Find more than 1,400 TEDTalk videos (with more added each week) on the official TED app -- now for both iPad and iPhone. The entire library is at your fingertips to browse at any time, even when youre not online. Watch TEDTalks with subtitles in over 90 languages directly on your device through our new video player, or use AirPlay to watch them on your home entertainment system. Curate your own playlist. Download full videos to your device and watch them when youre offline. Listen to an on -demand playlist of TEDTalks audio at any time.

Electrical ToolKit
This is a smart & handy tool for all Electrical & Electronics engineers, electricians, technicians, students etc... This app is simple to use and smart enough to recalculate circuit values when user edits any input data. More tools will be added to the list soon.

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Utilities Apps

SpiritLevel
Spirit Level Pro is a professional grade angle measurement tool. Some common uses are: Picture Alignment Measuring angles of elevation, slope, or incline Showing the inclination of an aircraft or ship relative to the horizontal Measuring the "look angle" of a satellite antenna towards a satellite Measuring the slope angle of a tape or chain during distance measurement Indicating roll of vehicles, sail boats, and aircraft Roof pitch calculation and angle measurement iOS 4 Support( Fast App Switching ) Retina Display Graphics and much more...

Spirit Level 3rd


Spirit Level 3rd is a simple but extremely useful tool in your pocket to check whether a surface is level or not. Its applications range from entertained purposes such as checking pool billiard tables in the bar to serious usages like constructions, carpenter, etc. This app stands out from the other similar tools by its pro design, high accuracy and many other functionality. Features Support multiple angle units: degree, radian and gradian
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Easy and quick calibration function Magnify the level reading by supporting different sensitivities (more sensitivity = small reading = small changes detection) Auto rotate function Sound follows the bubble positions for easier control and can be enabled/disabled Lock and unlock modes Clean and professional design Retinal ready, just more beautiful on retina iPhone and iPad Universal binary, download once and it also runs beautifully both on iPad and iPhone

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