13 Awesome Apps for Web Designers

Friday, November 13, 2009

We're always on the lookout for great apps that can make the life of a web designer just a little easier. Here are 13 great applications that can keep you connected, help you save and manage money and stay organized.

LinkedIn

Get instant access to your professional network with LinkedIn. Add new contacts on the spot, or keep others in the loop by adding your own status updates. And if you want to learn more about the people you’re meeting, tap to check out their professional profiles.

Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite

Leave that stack of papers behind. With Quickoffice® Mobile Office Suite, you can view, edit, and email your important Microsoft Word and Excel files from your iPhone. Tap to access local and remote files, create new documents, and stay productive even while you’re on the road.

iTimeSheet

Download iTimeSheet and track your time by client. You can also view activity reports, create invoices, and export the data into Excel.

OmniFocus

Don’t just make a list of all the important things you have to get done. Organize them with OmniFocus. This Apple Design Award-winning app keeps track of tasks by project, place, person, or date. You can also upload photos and use built-in GPS to find nearby tasks to knock off your list.

Bento

For intuitive business and personal organization, Bento for iPhone is an easy way to keep your life in order. This personal database will help you manage everything from to-do lists and exercise logs to event planning and business contacts.

iDialUDrive

The next time business takes you on the road, take iDialUDrive along for the ride. Create a list of all the people you want to talk to that day and iPhone will make every call — one by one — for you.

iXpenseIt

iXpenseIt not only charts your monthly personal expenses, it generates expense reports for work, and lets you send in your report with photo receipts attached.

Save Benjis

Find what you want at the price you want even while you’re shopping. Use the camera on your iPhone to snap a picture of an item you want to buy, then let Save Benjis scour the Internet to find prices you can compare to the one you see in the store.

Air Sharing

Wish you could copy that new proposal to your iPhone and review it on the plane? Now you can. Air Sharing from Avatron Software lets you wirelessly connect iPhone or iPod touch to a Mac, PC, or Linux computer. Drag documents (including Microsoft Office docs, Pages documents, Keynote presentations, PDFs, images, and others) to your iPhone or iPod touch. And view them on the go.

Things

One of the most popular task manager apps for iPhone, Things helps you organize, schedule, and complete every to-do on your list. Jot down to-dos and keep them in the Inbox. Make a list of things you want to complete today. Schedule to-dos that you need to complete later. Or drop bigger-picture ideas into your Someday box and come back to them whenever you like. Everything you do in Things syncs back to the Things application on your Mac, so you stay organized everywhere you go.

SiteCatalyst

Track the success of your online presence and marketing programs with intuitive, mobile access to your website traffic, clicks, and metrics.

InerTrak

Manage time spent on projects, hourly rates, and
billed/unbilled time and money.

Analytics App

View and build reports based on Google Analytics data.