Name Notes

Books

Bookout

http://bookoutapp.com/

(iPhone – free/in app purchases) - keep track of your books, make a habit out of reading

& see how you evolve over time, gathers reading stats & helps maintain your focus (good

for kids/parents)Ireaditnow (coming to the web soon)

http://ireaditnow.net/

(iPhone, iPad – coming soon to the Web (Free/$2.99 iPad) - listserv - I use it to keep track

of the books I’ve read during the year. Works pretty well!

Litsy

http://litsy.com/

(iPhone, Android, iPad - free) - listserv - I just discovered Litsy earlier this week. It’s a

bookish social media app where you can track what you’re reading, share quotes from

books and reviews of book, and find other people who are reading the same book or who

have similar tastes to you.Libby by OverDrive Labs

https://help.overdrive.com/customer/en/portal/topic

s/1025785-libby/articles

(iPhone, Android, iPad -Free) – listserv - If you're an OverDrive library or patron, the new

Libby app is now in beta and available for Android and Apple devices. (new – 12-19-16)

Collaborate

Dropbox

https://dropbox.com

(Android, iPhone, iPad, mac, windows - free but - costs more if you want more storage [1

TB] / in app purchases/subscription) – drop in photos, docs, videos & other files, sync

between all devices, good for sending large files, can send to others even if they don’t

have a Dropbox account

Padlet

https://padlet.com/

(iPhone & Android - Free BUT different plans – school, business, home & price (school

$1499 all the way down to $5.00 monthly for teachers) - Collects your thoughts, links,

video, text, images & share or private, brainstorming, collaborative & work together

(PowerPoint slides)

Trello

https://trello.com/platforms

(iPhone, Android, Web & iPad - Free/in app purchases) – an awesome project

management tool, whether you are making a grocery list, writing a screenplay or a

department’s work – assign tasks, attach photos, vids, files, customize workflows

Google Hangouts

https://hangouts.google.com/

(iPhone, Android, Web [Chrome], iPad – free) – Video call, phone call or message or draw images

like a white board, take pictures (I've used for bi-weekly meetings)

There's An App for That! - DIY Conference / Paula Newcom pnewcom@library.in.gov / Indiana State Library / 7-20-2017

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Just for Fun

Colorfy

http://colorfy.net/

(iPhone, Android & iPad) - $$$ - costs extra for Colorfy Plus ($2.99) & subscription ($7.99)

& for extra color palettes

Pigment

http://pixiteapps.com/blog/category/pigment/

(iPhone, Android & iPad) - $$$ - Pigment also has subscription fees for extra color palettes

Magic Piano

https://www.smule.com/listen/magic-piano/80

(iPhone, Android & iPad - free/in app purchases) – lots of free songs, can use your fingers to hit

the glowing circles along with the beat of the song, some songs are easy others aren’t (Easy,

Medium & Hard levels) – other apps Piano Tiles, Piano Music Tiles are similar

LearningDuolingo (on Windows 10)

https://www.duolingo.com/

(iPhone, Android, iPad, Windows 10 - free) – Gamification of learning a language • Read, listen,

speak / in lesson grading / streak count / very visual as well

Lightbot Hour

https://lightbot.com/hour-of-code.html

(iPhone, Android, iPad, Web) - free/$2.99/$4.99 – Gamification of learning code

ListsChecked twice

https://www.checkedtwice.com/(iPhone, Android, iPad – free) – make gift lists & share them

Google Keep

https://keep.google.com/

(iPhone, Android, Web, iPad) – one of the many great features on Google, make all kinds

of notes & to do lists (sync between devices)

Out of Milk

http://www.outofmilk.com/features.aspx

(iPhone, Android - free/or $1.99 pro) - Best shopping list app for your phone • Shopping –

alphabetical list!!! (MS One Note & used to use Color Note) – can also scan the item, deals in

your area, pantry list & to do list

Todoist

https://en.todoist.com/

(iPhone, Android, iPad, web - free) – “syncs your whole life in list-form” more than just lists, can

collaborate on tasks, make priorities, notifications (writing a theses, planning an event, applying

for a grant)

Name Notes

UtilityFeedly

https://feedly.com/i/welcome

(iPhone, Android, Web, iPad – Free or $65/year) – simple way to build newsfeeds or RSS feeds

1Password

https://1password.com

(iPhone, Android, Web, iPad – free/in app purchases) - remembers all your passwords

and other sensitive information safe behind one password that you only know, can sign

in to websites & apps with a few taps & also has a password generator – I need to check

this one out because I keep forgetting my passwords!

Password Secure

https://appadvice.com/app/password-secure-

manager-lite/539373920

(iPhone, iPad - Costs $9.99) – has most of the popular apps listed so you can add your password

or you can also scroll down to the bottom of “Accounts” and click on “Custom Account” – I use

“Custom Account” for all of them so I can put them in alphabetical order!

Unroll.me

https://unroll.me/app/

(iPhone – free) - Decluttering your inbox tool • UNSUBSCRIBE - from unwanted emails •

ROLLUP - Consolidate sales/newsletters/listserv into one daily digest • KEEP – the emails

you want in your inboxEvernote

https://evernote.com/

(Can use on all devices & syncs between) - free but different subscription packages – 60

MB space free per monthCam Scanner

https://www.camscanner.com/

(iPhone, Android & iPad - free/99 cents/$4.99/in app purchases) – can scan documents with your

phone (works well with Evernote) – receipts, bills, pics …

Penultimate

https://evernote.com/penultimate/

(iPad only – free/in app purchases) (use with Evernote) - A pioneer among handwriting

apps for iPad, it has only improved since its 2010 debut. It’s great for taking notes,

sketching projects, or simply doodling the hours away – and now, with recently added

Evernote integration, it’s a better productivity than ever before.

Name Notes

VideoAdobe Spark Video

https://spark.adobe.com/about/video

(iPhone, iPad – free) – listserv - is fantastic for creating (free) promotional videos for your library -

or for fun!

Animoto

https://animoto.com/

(iPhone, Android, Web, iPad - Free/in app purchases) - Make fun videos with photos &

video clips from your camera roll – different video styles, add song or narration & then

share!

Stop Motion

https://www.cateater.com/stopmotionstudio/

(iPhone, Android & iPad - Free/in app purchases/$4.99 Pro) Make movies or shorts –

sound effects, support, frame by frame editor, magic eraser, image editor, import

images, movie effects, paint, green screen, remote camera, movie themes, share it,

designed for iOS

TouchCast video

https://www.touchcast.com/

(iPhone, Android, Web, iPad – free) – listserv - while not new, is an amazing free tool that

allows users to add embedded content into videos - such as creating a video tutorial for a

database and overlaying additional content like web pages, files, images, videos, etc.

Wondershare Filmora

https://filmora.wondershare.com/

(iPhone, Android, Web, MAC– free) – Jenna Anderson – Video Marketing for Libraries (recording

on the PDOs Archived Trainings website)

Has some good tools – probably plenty for most of us – alternative to Windows Movie Maker &

iMovie

Weather

Indiana Travel Advisory(iPhone, Android - free) – Grey – no info / Green – normal / Yellow – Advisory / Red –

Alert)My Radar (on Windows 10)

http://myradar.acmeaom.com/

(iPhone, Android, iPad, Windows 10 - free/in app purchases) – high definition Doppler

radarWeather Whiskers

http://www.weatherwhiskers.com/(iPhone, Android, iPad - free) – cute cat themed weather app!