iPad App Reviews
August 30th, 2011 at 11:00 AM EST | by Kelly Kehoe
iPads are useful for many things, though due to their discretionary nature, it may seem ironic that iPad owners are constantly looking for new ways to save money and organize their finances through apps. However, frugality apps have proven to be tremendously helpful for many families, and the following is a list of the most essential apps for anyone looking to cut back their spending using the iPad’s simple technology.
Family Friendly Frugality (Free)
Coming in at #1 is the only free app on the list. This user-friendly app is chock full of useful information (such as its “Frugal News” category) and has coupon deals right at your fingertips. The layout is easy on the eyes and overall, it is very easy to navigate. It is created for iPhones and compatible with iPads. So, whether you’re looking for hot deals (includes some daily deals sites), coupons, or even awesome freebies, you cannot be without Family Friendly Frugality.
My Coupons (Free and $0.99)
This is one of the top-rated paid iPad apps in the lifestyle category. At just $0.99 (there is a free version offered too), My Coupons is wondrously helpful for anyone looking to get organized, stop forgetting expiration dates on coupons, and save lots of money! It’s extremely easy to add, rearrange, and remove coupons from your queue and you can even star some as your favorites. The lite version contains ads, but regardless of what version you get, My Coupons is a must-have in order to stay on top of all your saving opportunities.
Track My Coupons (Free and $1.99)
This is another great couponing app, with both free and $1.99 versions available. It is a fantastic time saver for extreme couponers, allowing you to easily input all of the necessary information within seconds. There is a search option for filtering through coupons and it even offers an alert system for coupons that are about to expire. Whether you have nine or nine hundred coupons, this app will be a lifesaver.
PriceBook ($1.99)
At $1.99, you can’t go wrong with the iPhone-formatted, iPad-compatible PriceBook. It allows you to track past purchase prices at your favorite stores and compare prices on products between them. Everything can be sorted in multiple ways, from lowest purchase price to best value (greatest quantity for the price) and store preference. Whether you want to create shopping lists, use the calculator to make your own decisions, or just compare between stores, PriceBook is one of the best apps for the job.
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August 25th, 2011 at 9:16 AM EST | by Oliver VanDervoort
As the calendar turns to early fall those iPad users who live on either coast know that we are heading into a dangerous time of the year as far as hurricanes go, especially with Hurricane Irene expected to make landfall this weekend. While some may be content to keep abreast of any hurricane updates through the local news or weather channel the astute Apple user knows there is a pretty good app that will give them all the information they need.
Hurricane HD literally might actually provide more information than most iPad users actually need as the app tends to look an awful lot like something every professional meteorologist might use. There is a map layout that will show where the user is compared to the projected path of an incoming hurricane as well as just how close the storm is to their location.
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August 24th, 2011 at 9:58 AM EST | by Oliver VanDervoort
With the lockout finally over, the National Football league is once again gearing up for a great season. But, you might ask how will you best be able to enjoy the upcoming season using your iPad? We here at iPadNewsUpdates have kindly put together the top five apps that will allow you to get full enjoyment out of your iPad this NFL season.
1. NFL ‘11 for iPad (Free)
NFL ‘11 for iPad is a pretty simple app that you really can’t do without. Completely free this app will give you a rundown of all the scores and highlights from every NFL game. The app will also give you a brief synopsis of the latest NFL news and you can select your favorite team to get updates specifically tailored to you.
2. Rotowire Fantasy Football Draft Kit 2011 ($4.99)
The NFL season is always a little more fun if you are playing fantasy football right along with the real games. We recently did a review of this app as the best Fantasy Football Draft preparation app out there and you won’t want to go into your draft without the aid of this handy dandy little iPad app. Read a more in-depth review from us on this app here.
3. Decision Maker – Football 2011 ($4.99)
Now that you have drafted your fantasy team thanks to the Rotowire Draft Kit and you’re getting for week 1 of the season, you need to figure out who should start and who should sit. The Decision Maker iPad app will allow you to plug in your entire fantasy football team and then will help you decide who should get the start that week depending on a specialized rating system the developers have come up with. Perhaps the best part of this app is that it does allow you to change the data around a bit and suggest who you should start based on “best start” and “best upside”. This means you can either go by the book or take a gamble.
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August 23rd, 2011 at 3:58 PM EST | by inu846W
Considering the biggest earthquake in recent memory was felt along most of the east coast of the United States today, we’d like to highlight some useful earthquake related apps. The 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Mineral, Virginia was felt as far north as Massachusetts, as far south as Georgia, and as far west as Chicago. Light damage was reported in some places close to the epicenter and some airline and cell service was interrupted. Maybe now is the time to get a useful earthquake reporting app for your iPad.
Earthquake (Free and $1.99)
Appropriately named, Earthquake is a simple and useful app for the iPad that gives you updated information on recent earthquakes around the world. From Fiji, Turkey, Japan, to California, you can learn the location and strength of just about every noticeable earthquake on the planet. This app uses real-time information from various sources including USGS, EMSC, GeoNet, Natural Resources Canada, British Geological Survey, and GeoScience Australia. Google map integration lets you see exactly where that last “big one” struck. There’s a paid version and a free one(Earthquake Lite – isn’t that an oxymoron of sorts?). The free version gives you basic information which should be useful to just about everybody. The paid version goes more in-depth with sorting and filtering capabilities, along with more information and social media links.
QuakeWatch ($0.99)
One of the more popular earthquake reporting apps, this one is full of features. Along with the usual information, QuakeWatch highlights any earthquake with a magnitude of 1.0 or greater from anywhere in the world. It uses updated information from 7 different sources including the US Geological Survey and the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. Use the filter to only see larger earthquakes or sort by the 100 most recent earthquakes, largest earthquakes over the past week, closest earthquakes to your location, or nearest to a place anywhere on the earth that you specify. If you’re looking for the best iPad earthquake reporting app for a great price, this is probably it.
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August 23rd, 2011 at 9:44 AM EST | by Oliver VanDervoort
Earlier we told you about how Kno’s Textbooks app for the iPad is one of the best apps that someone getting ready to go back to school could have. Now it appears the maker of that particular app is making it even better with the newest features being offered. While the textbooks that are available to purchase through the Kno app are generally 30-50% lower than they if you buy the hard copy, there are now some more reasons to go get the app and see what it can do.
When dealing with chemistry texts there is a new beta function of the app that allows students to view 3D pictures of the material they are studying. Of course because this new feature is incredibly new there are going to be some shortfalls here and there but so far it appears that being able to look at a 3D representation of the lungs or the heart on the iPad will only bring more students to Apple’s tablet.
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August 21st, 2011 at 2:46 PM EST | by Oliver VanDervoort
One of the truly cool things that the iPad has been doing more and more of is porting old and well loved video games from different platforms into app form. One of those apps that has recently been brought over from the computer game version is Sid Meier’s Pirates! for iPad. Meier is probably more well known for his many, many different versions of the Civilization games but Pirates was also well known an incredibly popular in its heyday and the fact that it’s now on the iPad probably means a renewal of that popularity.
By all appearances, the Pirates app is exactly what the original computer game was. You are a young swashbuckler who has just won his own ship from an evil pirate and from here on out you can choose your path over several decades. The app allows you to choose which nationality you want to be first of all and then you can sail the open seas however you see fit. The game allows you to either go on a specific mission to find the man who attacked your family or you can simply sail around, attacking people willy-nilly and taking their men, their treasure and their cargo and selling them at different ports building up a fortune. The game weighs in at just $3.99 which is just a fraction of what version of the full computer game would cost if you were to buy it for the Mac or Windows computer it seems to have everything those more expensive versions offer.
App Store: $3.99
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