5 iPad Apps To Replace Your Other Gadgets

Did you know your iPad can do a lot more than just look good or be the perfect way to surf the web?  Sure it’s great for doing all of the things it does but we wanted to show you how you can take advantage of some great must have apps that will replace a few gadgets you might have laying around.

5 Must Have Apps To Replace Your Gadgets

What is a “must have iPad app?”  It’s an app that becomes very useful and used on a continual basis.  It’s also an app that you would quickly replace if you ever needed to restore your iPad for some reason.  There are many such apps but these 5 might make their way into that category as they can take the place of some common gadgets you use a lot.

Ruler Pad

Ruler Pad

Why not get rid of that ruler you always search the junk drawer for and replace it with this great app?  Ruler Pad contains two designated blocks and can measure the distance between those two blocks very accurately.  It is $.99.

Ruler Pad - Athcan

Tape Recorder

Recorder HD

Do you still have a tape recorder laying around that you use?  Sure, you might have one or you might even have a digital recorder somewhere but it’s in a box buried.  Well, check out Recorder HD.  It is a must have iPad app that allows you to record audio notes, send them via e-mail, or transfer them to your computer using iTunes File Sync . The simple controls are ideal for recording audio quickly and easily. Great for memos, meetings, or recording those special moments that randomly spring up.

Note: you can also use any recording you want as a Ringtone.

Recorder HD - Decipher Media

Flashlight

illumination

Here is another must have iPad app that does a few things to replace that one gadget you can never seem to find: A Flashlight.  Picture it. You are working away blissfully on you iPad minding your own business when all of the sudden the electricity goes out.  You fumble around and instead of breaking a leg looking for the flashlight, you use your iPad!

iLlumination is the must have iPad app you want to replace your flashlight.  It is easy to use and it has a ton of configurable options.  The other thing it has is morse code for those times when you are stranded on a deserted island and all you have is your iPad….

iLlumination US - Universal Flashlight - Erik Storli

Alarm Clock
Alarm Clock HD Pro

Here is a must have iPad app since the iPad can now do multitasking!  Replace your alarm clock and let it run in the background while your iPad sits there doing whatever it does while you sleep.  Alarm Clock HD Pro is a top rated alarm clock app based on its simple but vital features and ease of use.  It can be a clock, an alarm, display the weather, and play music from iTunes or your playlists.  Alarm clocks do not get much better than this for $1.99.

Alarm Clock HD Pro - iHandySoft Inc.

Post It Notes

Sticky Notes HD

Somewhere lurking in your junk drawer exists a pad of Post-It notes.  You use them a lot but then they fall all over or you run out and need new ones right when you need them the most. Well, here is a must have iPad app that can change all that.  Sticky Notes HD is your solution.  And it has some features that will surely make you replace that pad of post-it notes in no time flat.

These work just like your current Post-It notes with various fonts, colors, note styles and you can place them anywhere on your iPad home screen.  But are you ready for this?  They have Bump technology which means you can instantly fling them to another iPad or an iPhone.

Sticky Notes HD - with Bump™ - TapFactory

So there are some must have iPad apps that will replace your other gadgets.  These are great for getting rid of clutter and things you really need to use sometimes but can’t find or take up unneeded space.  It kind of turns your iPad into a multi-functioning device that is for more than just email and web and music.

What gadgets have you been able to replace with your iPad?







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