Here are some
AVG Family Safety
$19.99 per year; free for users of AVG Family Safety for desktop
AVG Family Safety for iOS is a powerful family-friendly browser that blocks all sorts of inappropriate content from young eyes: porn, malware, scams, phishing, and much more. It's an Editors' Choice parental control app for iOS. Parents have two sets of controls, monitoring and filtering, to configure from a remote Web interface. However, if you'd rather not go through the setup, just choose presets from one of four age categories and you're good to go.
Converter Plus
Free
This all-in-one calculation app, Converter Plus, delivers numbers on nearly everything, from currency conversions to loan interest figures. It converts metric to imperial measurements for temperature, cooking volumes, length, and more.
Dashlane
Free; Premium account from $29.99 per year
Password manager Dashlane puts your login credentials at your fingertips with this iPhone app—and literally if you have an iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, or iPhone 6 Plus, as the TouchID can be your authenticator. With iOS 8, it has an added capacity to communicate with other apps, making for easier logging in. If you're unfamiliar with Dashlane, it's a password manager with both desktop and mobile apps for syncing your passwords across devices, keeps all your username and password combinations safe. It can generate strong passwords for you. As with any password manager, all you have to remember is one strong password to unlock your Dashlane account, and all your other passwords will be accessible to you to unlock all your online accounts.
AVG Family Safety
$19.99 per year; free for users of AVG Family Safety for desktop
AVG Family Safety for iOS is a powerful family-friendly browser that blocks all sorts of inappropriate content from young eyes: porn, malware, scams, phishing, and much more. It's an Editors' Choice parental control app for iOS. Parents have two sets of controls, monitoring and filtering, to configure from a remote Web interface. However, if you'd rather not go through the setup, just choose presets from one of four age categories and you're good to go.
Converter Plus
Free
This all-in-one calculation app, Converter Plus, delivers numbers on nearly everything, from currency conversions to loan interest figures. It converts metric to imperial measurements for temperature, cooking volumes, length, and more.
Dashlane
Free; Premium account from $29.99 per year
Password manager Dashlane puts your login credentials at your fingertips with this iPhone app—and literally if you have an iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, or iPhone 6 Plus, as the TouchID can be your authenticator. With iOS 8, it has an added capacity to communicate with other apps, making for easier logging in. If you're unfamiliar with Dashlane, it's a password manager with both desktop and mobile apps for syncing your passwords across devices, keeps all your username and password combinations safe. It can generate strong passwords for you. As with any password manager, all you have to remember is one strong password to unlock your Dashlane account, and all your other passwords will be accessible to you to unlock all your online accounts.
Free
If your files live all over the place—your office computer, home desktop, laptop—having a dependable syncing program is a must. Dropbox, the service that lets you store your files in the cloud and access them from anywhere you have a signal, fills that role nicely with a Dropbox iPhone app. It has a simple interface, easy uploading, and swift syncing across all accounts.
If your files live all over the place—your office computer, home desktop, laptop—having a dependable syncing program is a must. Dropbox, the service that lets you store your files in the cloud and access them from anywhere you have a signal, fills that role nicely with a Dropbox iPhone app. It has a simple interface, easy uploading, and swift syncing across all accounts.
$1 per month
The venerable password manager LastPass—a favorite here at PCMag—is one of the top 100 iPhone apps because it lets you access, manage, and create unique passwords wherever you are. The app syncs with other installations of LastPass, such as those on your laptop or desktop computer. Granted, it's a bit clumsy to use, but that's more an issue with the limitations of iOS than problems with LastPass.
The venerable password manager LastPass—a favorite here at PCMag—is one of the top 100 iPhone apps because it lets you access, manage, and create unique passwords wherever you are. The app syncs with other installations of LastPass, such as those on your laptop or desktop computer. Granted, it's a bit clumsy to use, but that's more an issue with the limitations of iOS than problems with LastPass.
Free
Google is going full steam ahead releasing iPhone apps, and Google Drive is one of the latest. If you use the free service, there's simply no question that you will want to download the iPhone app so that you can get at your files even faster when you need them.
Google is going full steam ahead releasing iPhone apps, and Google Drive is one of the latest. If you use the free service, there's simply no question that you will want to download the iPhone app so that you can get at your files even faster when you need them.
Free
Ladies, keep track of your most private calendar—that of your menstruation cycle—in the My Days app. This free app helps you track ovulation, intimacy, and periods. Push notifications are optional, but if you want to know when the "flowers will be in bloom" next, this app will send you subtly worded reminders.
Ladies, keep track of your most private calendar—that of your menstruation cycle—in the My Days app. This free app helps you track ovulation, intimacy, and periods. Push notifications are optional, but if you want to know when the "flowers will be in bloom" next, this app will send you subtly worded reminders.
Free
RedLaser, an app that turns your iPhone's camera into a barcode scanner, has long been on every new iPhone owner's list of free apps to download. Overtime, the app has only improved, and it's now a multi-functional scanner that works on QR codes, too. When shopping, scan any item with a barcode, and RedLaser delivers detailed information about the product, including whether you can buy it at a better price nearby.
RedLaser, an app that turns your iPhone's camera into a barcode scanner, has long been on every new iPhone owner's list of free apps to download. Overtime, the app has only improved, and it's now a multi-functional scanner that works on QR codes, too. When shopping, scan any item with a barcode, and RedLaser delivers detailed information about the product, including whether you can buy it at a better price nearby.
$1.99 $2.99 at iTunes
If you frequently find yourself firing up the iPhone's built-in timer to measure or track units of time, then the Repeat Timer Pro is a must-download. The $1.99 iPhone app is packed with functionality not included in the default iOS clock timer—a whopping 26 alerts, three independent timers, background functionality with notifications, an interval timer, and more. In short, if you need to time anything—a yoga session, meal preparation times, etc.—this is your app.
If you frequently find yourself firing up the iPhone's built-in timer to measure or track units of time, then the Repeat Timer Pro is a must-download. The $1.99 iPhone app is packed with functionality not included in the default iOS clock timer—a whopping 26 alerts, three independent timers, background functionality with notifications, an interval timer, and more. In short, if you need to time anything—a yoga session, meal preparation times, etc.—this is your app.
Free
This simple productivity and business app can spare you countless headaches. The next time you have a document that requires your signature in a hurry, just open it with SignNow, place your John Hancock, and be done with it. The app can open files from email, Dropbox, the Camera app, and other sources.
This simple productivity and business app can spare you countless headaches. The next time you have a document that requires your signature in a hurry, just open it with SignNow, place your John Hancock, and be done with it. The app can open files from email, Dropbox, the Camera app, and other sources.
Free; requires account from $9.99 per month
One of our favorite file-syncing services, SugarSync, added an iPhone app to its offering in 2011. SugarSync gives you access to your files from a multitude of devices, no matter if you store them on your laptop at home, desktop computer at the office, tablet, and so on. You can use SugarSync to stream music, back-up photos, collaborate on projects, and more.
One of our favorite file-syncing services, SugarSync, added an iPhone app to its offering in 2011. SugarSync gives you access to your files from a multitude of devices, no matter if you store them on your laptop at home, desktop computer at the office, tablet, and so on. You can use SugarSync to stream music, back-up photos, collaborate on projects, and more.
Free
With the release of iOS 8, Apple iPhone users can finally install custom keyboards. One of our favorites is SwiftKey. It lets you type with swiping gestures. You drag your finger around to or near the keys you want, and it figures out what you're trying to say. Typing this way is faster and easier than doing individual key presses. You'll lose the dictation microphone with this keyboard, but it's easy enough to swap back to the stock Apple keyboard by tapping the globe icon in the lower left.
With the release of iOS 8, Apple iPhone users can finally install custom keyboards. One of our favorites is SwiftKey. It lets you type with swiping gestures. You drag your finger around to or near the keys you want, and it figures out what you're trying to say. Typing this way is faster and easier than doing individual key presses. You'll lose the dictation microphone with this keyboard, but it's easy enough to swap back to the stock Apple keyboard by tapping the globe icon in the lower left.
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