Must-have iPad apps

On sale for a limited time for $.99, Animoog. A Moog for your iPad. Will be $29.99 when sale ends.

No idea what I am doing but it is cool as hell.

 

I use Notes Plus for taking notes in classes. It works pretty well, though since its last update it slows down annoyingly if you switch out of it and switch back.

Pulse is pretty sweet too, though I haven't used it all that much.

 

the ones I use daily/frequently, in no particular order:

NPR
ESPN
HBO Go
vlc
Weather channel
gotomypc
iBooks
Flud
NYTimes
Pandora
TED
Crackle
ElementZ HD
Paper Toss
Solitare HD
Super Stickman Golf
Epicurious
AllRecipes
Amazing Sandwiches (just for food porn. Everything else about the app kinda sucks)
Flipboard
houzz
Cool hunting
Uncrate
Zillow
Eyewitness (AWESOME photojournalism app)
Getty Images
LIFE
Evernote

 

Dropbox
Box.net
Twitter
Opentable
nook
Games:
Osmosis
GD Swarm
Deadspace
Perfect Cell
Fruit Ninja

 

I don't have an iPad, and I'm totally fine with that... except that it means I can't use Flipboard. It's a great app, and I can't wait for them to come out with their Android version or for a worthy competitor to emerge.

 

The 7th Guest is currently on sale from $6.99 down to $1.99. It's an awesome mystery/puzzle/horror game that was on the PC in the early '90s and it's a direct port to the iPad with no compromises or "improvements." I waited until payday to buy it at full price, and for 2 bucks it's more than worth it.

I love Animoog. I'm not really supposed to have personal stuff on my work iPad, but at this rate I'll get one for myself soon enough and want the apps ready to go.

 

Animoog is a massive time waster. Must use with headphones/earbuds.

 

I tried for ages to find a way to run t7g on my Mac.. I might have to check that out!

 

Being into astronomy, I really like starchart.

 

As a Craigslist addict I really like craigspro. Actually I found my iPad using that app on my iphone... go figure

 

For anyone who does construction, engineering, DIY around the house, or otherwise could use a hand determining the load and torque on things, Autodesk ForceEffect is free and does what you'd expect from a much more expensive program. App Store - Autodesk ForceEffect

Want to spot stuff in orbit? Space Junk amateur is free and overlays visible passes of various objects onto the camera's view. It shows everything potentially visible from big stuff like the ISS and Tiangong 1 to upper stages of rockets launched decades ago. There's also a pro version if you like it for $5. space junk amateur for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad on the iTunes App Store

 

When I got my Ipad I downloaded a ton of free apps

Pretty much the only ones I use are:

You Tube
Safari
Kindle
Music Player
Some Internet Radio thing
A weather report thing

 

Plants vs Zombies!
American Settlers
RayMan
GarageBand

 

Autodesk have released a whole suite of 3D modeling apps for iPad that are Free.

123D Design is a classic 3d modeling program that lets you start with pre-made models or primitives and manipulate them in the usual ways.
123D Sculpt is a ... modeling clay simulator, for lack of a better description. Also comes with premade models.
123D Catch allows you to use your iDevice's camera to take 30-40 pictures of an object from various angles and upload them to Autodesk's server, which will process them into a 3D model. Takes some getting used to, but would be incredible at $50, nevermind free

They also released Pixlromatic, which is like Instagram if it were made by engineers instead of hipsters, and TinkerBox, which is a modern Rube Goldberg machine game in the spirit of The Incredible Machine.