Apps discussed during the ALA TechSource webinar entitled "The Paperless Professional" on April 15, 2015

1. Apps covered in Workshop
Most descriptions and graphics taken from product websites, GooglePlay or iTunes
Icon Title Purpose Cost For both IOS/Android
unless listed
Dropbox Cloud storage; accessible by windows,
mac, mobile and Linux
2 step authentication
Free/referral /
premium
Google Drive Cloud storage
2 step authentication
Free
SugarSync Online storage Free/premium
Spideroak Encrypted storage Free/premium
iCloud – Apple 5 GB free; Apple and PC accessible Free/premium
Amazon Cloud Drive $12 unlimited photo storage, $60 other
storage
premium
OneDrive 15 GB free, works well with Microsoft 365 Can earn extra
storage

2. Microsoft Office
Mobile
Microsoft office suite for mobile devices free
Numbers Spreadsheet program for Mac $9.99 ios
Pages Word processor for Mac 9.99 ios
Keynote Apple presentation app – part of iWork 9.99 Ios
Sunrise Calendar, syncs with Google calendar,
exchange, very simple clean interface
free
Cal Connects with other apps such as Google
maps, Waze, Uber
free
Wunderlist To do list, connects with Contacts, creates
lists, collaboration, cloud sync
Free/monthly
Any.do Syncs across devices, to do list, project
management, notifications
Free
Things To do list, project manager, intuitive
interface, can add to Things from other
apps
9.99 ios only

3. Google Keep Note organizer, minimal interface, looks
like sticky notes, part of Google app
group, use TurboNote to access on ios
devices
free android
Evernote “Captures everything” note clipper, web
clipper, voice, texts
Free.
More storage for a
price
Pocket Save online articles to read later, video,
text, images
free
CamScanner Will upload to OneDrive, organize, OCR Free/referral/premiu
m
Scannable Scans and sends immediately to Evernote,
OCR
free ios only
Scanbot Pro Scanner, document editor free
Nook Read books purchased from Barnes and
Noble
Free
Kindle Read books purchased from Amazon Free

4. Overdrive Read books lent from libraries Free
Audible Listen to books Monthly subscription
Yahoo News Digest Curated news source free
AP mobile Curated news source free
Flipboard Flipboard pages Popular magazine and
social media app
Free
Zite Personalized magazine learns what you
like to read and delivers new material all
the time.
Free
Reeder News reader, aggregator 4.99 ios
Reader + RSS reader, news aggregator 1.99 android

5. NetVibes Monitors social media free
Feedly News reader free
NewsBlur Social news reader
Pulse Brings blogs, magazines, social networks
and newspapers into one place
free
iAnnotate PDF Annotator, can have several files open at
once, use voice recording
9.99
Documents 5 File manager, annotator , does a variety
of files including music and video
free ios
Adobe Reader Pdf reader, annotator, sign forms free
Mendeley Citation manager Free/premium
IF/IFTTT Create rules for your program – if you
post a photo to instagram automatically
post to dropbox.
free

6. Expensify Capture and organize receipts mileage etc
will produce an expense report
free
Shoeboxed Organize receipts, mileage free
Paprika Recipes, menu planning, grocery lists 4.99
Springshare Mobile library apps, Yes depends on size
of university
7 little words Word game similar to anagrams Free daily games, can
buy more games
Luminosity Brain training Free or premium
alarmy Innovative alarm that makes you get out
of bed to take a photo to turn off the
alarm
1.99
Sleep cycle Analyzes how you sleep .99
Pandora Choose music and radio by genre or
create your own
Free or premium
Spotify Streaming music Free or premium

7. popplet Graphic organizer, mind mapping 4.99 Ios only
Google hangout Messaging, video, phone call, group
conversations
free
Scan QR and barcode scanner 1.99
Yelp Reviews of places to eat, shop etc Free
whatsApp Messaging app free
Skype Video chat free
Haiku Deck Slide creation and presentation app free Ios
emaze Cloud based presentations, templates,
starts out free
Starts a free but
upgrades available
with more features
Preso.tv Broadcasts presentations to anyone
anywhere in the world
Free

8. Zombies run Running game and audio adventure,
encouraging you to run!
3.99
Hulu Streaming tv shows and movies with
some commercials
Monthly subscription
netflix Streaming tv shows and movies no
commercials
Monthly supscription
prime Streaming tv shows and movies no
commercials
Yearly subscription
dropitTome Share and receive big files Free but asks for
donation
Goodnotes Take handwritten notes, annotate pdf,
searchable, cloud based
6.99 Ios only
signeasy Secure document signing free
trello Organizer, create boards for every
project, collaborative
4.99 a month or 44.99
a year, there is a free
version
4.99 a month or 44.99
a year, there is a free
version
Dropvox Record voice memos and save to
dropbox.
1.99 ios
Genius Scan
dropPages