There are so many applications that we can use to expand ideas, improve work productivity, even make our lives easier.Undeniably, mobile technology comes for it. Currently, the present of smartphone be a part of our daily life which has many supported various needs including business or our work.
Many features offered and can be optimized from each mobile application both iPad, iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry apps.
For an example that can be taken from some mobile applications below. As a freelancer, you may be able to use it for hunting job, for your project management needs, or make your small business on the go. Making it easier for your workflow and make your business more flexible, whenever and wherever you are.
Some applications available for free, while others are paid applications. If you are interested, let's see more.
Here are :
Mobile apps for Writing & Blogging
1. Pages : Pages by Apple, a word processor app. Pages help you in create, edit, or view documents wherever you are.
features : supports over 20 languages, can edit the document with the colors, fonts, and textures. Any document you create can be saved automatically with autosave feature. You can see your document as a thumbnail by using document navigator and viewer. Word counter with character, paragraph, and page counts. All Documents can be optimized with features charts, or tables. In addition, there are features that allow exporting files to copy, print, or share your documents via email.
support : iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad.Requires iOS 5.1 or later.
price : $9.99.
2. My Writing Spot : My Writing Spot provides a distraction-free writing environment, so you can focus on getting the words out of your head and into your manuscript.
features : Autosave, automatic spell-checking, word and character count, dictionary/Thesaurus lookup, organize documents with document groups, and more.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later.
price : $4.99.
3. Clean Writer : Clean Writer is a refreshing distraction-free editor that you missed without knowing : clean UI, intuitive workflow, options hidden from sight and features appealing to beginners and proficient users alike.
features : multiple color themes and font selection. Live counter of chars, words and lines. You can receive and send files from/to external apps, iTunes sync, email as attachments. Extended keyboard - row for quick navigation, common symbols, Tab key, etc.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $0.99.
4. Docs to Go - Looking to access your Microsoft Office.
features : You can view, edit, and create document (Office 2007/2008/2010). Auto bullets/numbers, multiple Undo/Redo, word counter, find & replace, document password protector. Thumbnail, fit to screen, fit to width, actual size & full screen views, and many more features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
price : $9.99.
5. Merriam-Webster Dictionary : Merriam-Webster Dictionary lets you look up a word without having to spell it – along with an integrated thesaurus, example sentences, Word of the Day, Favorites, and more. A great tool for reference, education, and vocabulary building.
features : available in English and German language. Integrated Thesaurus : Synonyms & Antonyms, example sentences, and voice search. Reader View - lets you hide navigation buttons to see text in full screen, and much more features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
price : Free.
6. Evernote : Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.
features : Create and edit text notes, to-dos and task lists. Organize notes by notebooks and tags. Save, sync, and share files, etc.
support : Android 1.6 and up.
price : Free.
7. GoDocs for Google Docs™ : The Ultimate solution for Google Docs™.
features : delete/rename any document, search for documents, mail documents, and more.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.2 or later. Also available in Android.
price : $4.99
8. Google Docs : Lets you create, edit, upload and share your documents with the Google Docs app.
features : Full support of Google Docs document editing lets you edit your documents whenever you are, just with few taps. Upload and convert files to the Google Docs format, make quick changes to spreadsheets. View your documents, PDFs, presentations, and more.
support : Android 2.1 and up.
price : Free.
9. WordPress for iOS : With WordPress for iOS, you can moderate comments, create or edit posts and pages, and add images or videos with ease.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
price : Free.
Design & web apps Development
10. FTP On The Go : FTP On The Go apps allows you browse, upload, and download files or folders on your FTP server from anywhere.
features : Find/Replace and Go To Line Number in the editor, Image editor lets you resize, crop and add captions to your pictures. Advanced FTP features, like compression for data transfers, are fully supported, and much more features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
price : $6.99
11. Web Developer Bible : Web Developer Bible is handy reference for all web developers. It also includes RGB to HEX color convertor.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later.
price : Free.
12. Touchqode - mobile code editor : by using Touchqode, you can scan through, edit and fix your source code anywhere and anytime.
features : integrated FTP client, syntax highlighting, file synchronization, developer's keyboard, code suggestions, etc.
support : Android.
price : Free.
13. Adobe Shadow : Adobe Shadow is a new inspection and preview tool that allows front-end web developers and designers to work faster and more efficiently by streamlining the preview process, making it easier to customize websites for mobile devices.
features : Synchronized browsing and refreshing – device pairing, remote inspection and debugging capabilities.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, Android, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
price : Free.
14. LiveView : LiveView is a specialized remote screen viewing application intended as a tool to help designers create graphics for mobile applications, it has also proven to be useful for creating quick and dirty simulations, demos, and experience prototypes.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
price : Free.
15. Textastic : Textastic is an advanced code editor for iPad with rich support for syntax highlighting, (S)FTP and Dropbox.
features : Code completion for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP functions . Full keyboard dock and bluetooth keyboard support, customizable font and font sizes, Undo & Redo, Find & Replace, Auto-indentation. Supports most encodings like UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, CP 1251 or MacRoman, and much more.
support : with iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.
price : $9.99.
16. Palettes : Palettes is a powerful productivity tool for creating and maintaining color palettes.
features : Import/Export palettes from/to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks, GIMP, Paintshop Pro, and OS X Color Chooser (Pro). Sort palette colors by RGB, HSV/B, HSL, CMYK, or Gray color model (Pro), Standard colors lists (SVG, Web Safe, HTML, Java, Apple) or other palettes, Palette preview screen, and more.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later.
price : Free.
17. TypeDrawing : TypeDrawing app make TYPOGRAPHY ART and UNIQUE WATERMARK for your photos.
features : Photo import option (Fill or Fit to screen), Photo opacity control, full color support by standard color Wheel, random color & shadow option, Tap & Hold anywhere to enable Eyedropper, Undo & Redo (10 levels), and many more features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $1.99.
18. iMockups for iPad : iMockups is mobile wireframing and mockup app for your web, iPhone and iPad projects.
features : A comprehensive and growing list of pre-built dynamic controls. With snap-to-gridlines and a customizable canvas, our intuitive multi-touch interface is a joy to use. Supports multiple projects and each project can have multiple pages. Email editable projects to your colleague's or client's iPads for easy collaboration. And much more.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
price : $6.99.
19. SketchBook Mobile : Autodesk SketchBook® Mobile is a professional-grade paint and drawing application.
features : Full screen work space with UI-on-demand, transform layer (two finger move, scale & rotate), duplicate layer, save work-in-progress and export to photo library or e-mail images, and more features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
price : $1.99.
20. TouchDraw : TouchDraw gives you everything you need to create structured 2D vector graphics such as flow charts, graphs, diagrams, illustrations, logos and floor plans just to name a few.
features : Import drawings in any formats like SVG, EMF (Windows Enhanced Metafile), Visio (VDX/XML Drawing format only), WMF (Windows Metafile). Export drawings in any formats : PNG, JPEG, PDF, SVG, and Visio (VDX/XML Drawing format only). Support for font, style, size and alignment configuration, much more features.
support : with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $8.99.
21. Brushes for iPad : Brushes is a painting app.
features : Import photos at any size and scale, Desktop-class color picker and eyedropper, 5 blend modes, Reorder, merge, and change transparency of layers, Quick zoom from 50% to 3200%, etc.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
price : $7.99.
22. Color Oven : With Color Oven, you can calculate and manage color schemes and palettes for use in any design project.
features : color schemes and palettes, scheme calculation, preview colors. Color Oven allows you to export any scheme or palette you created directly to your computer or via email. You can export it as an html page, an image, a premade css style sheet (for websites), and even as a Photoshop palette.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
price : $2.99.
23. iDraw : iDraw is a vector drawing and illustration tool.
features : Brush and Pencil tools for fluid drawing and sketching. Shape libraries, Boolean path combinations, Canvas scale, Rulers, and Units (mm, cm, inches), Pen tool multi-point selection and editing, SVG Import and Export, multi-color gradient editor, and many more.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $8.99.
Other mobile apps you might also like
24. iFreelancer : Get freelancer jobs on your iOS device with push notification now.
features : Check for projects from Elance.com, Freelancer.com, Odesk.com, Vworker.com, Scriptlance.com. More sites to be added. Customize your own favorite categories, like PHP, Logo Design, Writing, etc. You can choose to see only those projects in categories you select. Open a project detail web page directly just in the app. Bookmark favorite projects, Email projects, etc.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
price : Free.
25. Portfolio for iPad : Portfolio for iPad is a blank slate waiting for your personalization. You can customize its appearance to completely fit your business, giving the appearance of a custom app developed exclusively for you.
features : Sub galleries for better organization, ratings and notes editable per image, Zoom in on details in imported photos, Dropbox integration for loading in files. Support for images, videos, and PDFs. Lockable interface allowing the iPad to be passed along without exposing the management interface, etc.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $14.99.
26. Foliobook : Foliobook is the clean and minimal ipad portfolio app for photographers, agents, designers, models, architects, and anyone who wants a simple and beautiful way to present photos and visual artwork.
features : Kiosk mode made easy with a simple ‘pinless’ lock, organise your work in a snap, Full use of gestures in navigation, Context sensitive help explains gestures and acts as a handy reminder, and more.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $12.99
27. PayPal : Allows you sending money to anyone easily, secure, and free. Moreover, you can check your balance, withdraw funds, or view past transactions anytime, anywhere.
features : Available in 10+ languages. Snap a photo of a check to add money to your PayPal account for free. With ‘Local’ feature, you can find local merchants who are using this app, to allows you pay them with PayPal.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later.
price : Free.
28. Read It Later : Read It Later can download offline copies of your pages so you can still read when you are offline or in airplane mode.
features : Easy reading with web view or text view, edit, tag, organize, Sync and share features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later
price : Free.
Mobile apps for Writing & Blogging
1. Pages : Pages by Apple, a word processor app. Pages help you in create, edit, or view documents wherever you are.
features : supports over 20 languages, can edit the document with the colors, fonts, and textures. Any document you create can be saved automatically with autosave feature. You can see your document as a thumbnail by using document navigator and viewer. Word counter with character, paragraph, and page counts. All Documents can be optimized with features charts, or tables. In addition, there are features that allow exporting files to copy, print, or share your documents via email.
support : iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad.Requires iOS 5.1 or later.
price : $9.99.
2. My Writing Spot : My Writing Spot provides a distraction-free writing environment, so you can focus on getting the words out of your head and into your manuscript.
features : Autosave, automatic spell-checking, word and character count, dictionary/Thesaurus lookup, organize documents with document groups, and more.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later.
price : $4.99.
3. Clean Writer : Clean Writer is a refreshing distraction-free editor that you missed without knowing : clean UI, intuitive workflow, options hidden from sight and features appealing to beginners and proficient users alike.
features : multiple color themes and font selection. Live counter of chars, words and lines. You can receive and send files from/to external apps, iTunes sync, email as attachments. Extended keyboard - row for quick navigation, common symbols, Tab key, etc.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $0.99.
4. Docs to Go - Looking to access your Microsoft Office.
features : You can view, edit, and create document (Office 2007/2008/2010). Auto bullets/numbers, multiple Undo/Redo, word counter, find & replace, document password protector. Thumbnail, fit to screen, fit to width, actual size & full screen views, and many more features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
price : $9.99.
5. Merriam-Webster Dictionary : Merriam-Webster Dictionary lets you look up a word without having to spell it – along with an integrated thesaurus, example sentences, Word of the Day, Favorites, and more. A great tool for reference, education, and vocabulary building.
features : available in English and German language. Integrated Thesaurus : Synonyms & Antonyms, example sentences, and voice search. Reader View - lets you hide navigation buttons to see text in full screen, and much more features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
price : Free.
6. Evernote : Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.
features : Create and edit text notes, to-dos and task lists. Organize notes by notebooks and tags. Save, sync, and share files, etc.
support : Android 1.6 and up.
price : Free.
7. GoDocs for Google Docs™ : The Ultimate solution for Google Docs™.
features : delete/rename any document, search for documents, mail documents, and more.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 4.2 or later. Also available in Android.
price : $4.99
8. Google Docs : Lets you create, edit, upload and share your documents with the Google Docs app.
features : Full support of Google Docs document editing lets you edit your documents whenever you are, just with few taps. Upload and convert files to the Google Docs format, make quick changes to spreadsheets. View your documents, PDFs, presentations, and more.
support : Android 2.1 and up.
price : Free.
9. WordPress for iOS : With WordPress for iOS, you can moderate comments, create or edit posts and pages, and add images or videos with ease.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
price : Free.
Design & web apps Development
10. FTP On The Go : FTP On The Go apps allows you browse, upload, and download files or folders on your FTP server from anywhere.
features : Find/Replace and Go To Line Number in the editor, Image editor lets you resize, crop and add captions to your pictures. Advanced FTP features, like compression for data transfers, are fully supported, and much more features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.
price : $6.99
11. Web Developer Bible : Web Developer Bible is handy reference for all web developers. It also includes RGB to HEX color convertor.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later.
price : Free.
12. Touchqode - mobile code editor : by using Touchqode, you can scan through, edit and fix your source code anywhere and anytime.
features : integrated FTP client, syntax highlighting, file synchronization, developer's keyboard, code suggestions, etc.
support : Android.
price : Free.
13. Adobe Shadow : Adobe Shadow is a new inspection and preview tool that allows front-end web developers and designers to work faster and more efficiently by streamlining the preview process, making it easier to customize websites for mobile devices.
features : Synchronized browsing and refreshing – device pairing, remote inspection and debugging capabilities.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, Android, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
price : Free.
14. LiveView : LiveView is a specialized remote screen viewing application intended as a tool to help designers create graphics for mobile applications, it has also proven to be useful for creating quick and dirty simulations, demos, and experience prototypes.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
price : Free.
15. Textastic : Textastic is an advanced code editor for iPad with rich support for syntax highlighting, (S)FTP and Dropbox.
features : Code completion for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP functions . Full keyboard dock and bluetooth keyboard support, customizable font and font sizes, Undo & Redo, Find & Replace, Auto-indentation. Supports most encodings like UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, CP 1251 or MacRoman, and much more.
support : with iPad. Requires iOS 5.0 or later.
price : $9.99.
16. Palettes : Palettes is a powerful productivity tool for creating and maintaining color palettes.
features : Import/Export palettes from/to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Fireworks, GIMP, Paintshop Pro, and OS X Color Chooser (Pro). Sort palette colors by RGB, HSV/B, HSL, CMYK, or Gray color model (Pro), Standard colors lists (SVG, Web Safe, HTML, Java, Apple) or other palettes, Palette preview screen, and more.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later.
price : Free.
17. TypeDrawing : TypeDrawing app make TYPOGRAPHY ART and UNIQUE WATERMARK for your photos.
features : Photo import option (Fill or Fit to screen), Photo opacity control, full color support by standard color Wheel, random color & shadow option, Tap & Hold anywhere to enable Eyedropper, Undo & Redo (10 levels), and many more features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $1.99.
18. iMockups for iPad : iMockups is mobile wireframing and mockup app for your web, iPhone and iPad projects.
features : A comprehensive and growing list of pre-built dynamic controls. With snap-to-gridlines and a customizable canvas, our intuitive multi-touch interface is a joy to use. Supports multiple projects and each project can have multiple pages. Email editable projects to your colleague's or client's iPads for easy collaboration. And much more.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
price : $6.99.
19. SketchBook Mobile : Autodesk SketchBook® Mobile is a professional-grade paint and drawing application.
features : Full screen work space with UI-on-demand, transform layer (two finger move, scale & rotate), duplicate layer, save work-in-progress and export to photo library or e-mail images, and more features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
price : $1.99.
20. TouchDraw : TouchDraw gives you everything you need to create structured 2D vector graphics such as flow charts, graphs, diagrams, illustrations, logos and floor plans just to name a few.
features : Import drawings in any formats like SVG, EMF (Windows Enhanced Metafile), Visio (VDX/XML Drawing format only), WMF (Windows Metafile). Export drawings in any formats : PNG, JPEG, PDF, SVG, and Visio (VDX/XML Drawing format only). Support for font, style, size and alignment configuration, much more features.
support : with iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $8.99.
21. Brushes for iPad : Brushes is a painting app.
features : Import photos at any size and scale, Desktop-class color picker and eyedropper, 5 blend modes, Reorder, merge, and change transparency of layers, Quick zoom from 50% to 3200%, etc.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 3.2 or later.
price : $7.99.
22. Color Oven : With Color Oven, you can calculate and manage color schemes and palettes for use in any design project.
features : color schemes and palettes, scheme calculation, preview colors. Color Oven allows you to export any scheme or palette you created directly to your computer or via email. You can export it as an html page, an image, a premade css style sheet (for websites), and even as a Photoshop palette.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
price : $2.99.
23. iDraw : iDraw is a vector drawing and illustration tool.
features : Brush and Pencil tools for fluid drawing and sketching. Shape libraries, Boolean path combinations, Canvas scale, Rulers, and Units (mm, cm, inches), Pen tool multi-point selection and editing, SVG Import and Export, multi-color gradient editor, and many more.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $8.99.
Other mobile apps you might also like
24. iFreelancer : Get freelancer jobs on your iOS device with push notification now.
features : Check for projects from Elance.com, Freelancer.com, Odesk.com, Vworker.com, Scriptlance.com. More sites to be added. Customize your own favorite categories, like PHP, Logo Design, Writing, etc. You can choose to see only those projects in categories you select. Open a project detail web page directly just in the app. Bookmark favorite projects, Email projects, etc.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
price : Free.
25. Portfolio for iPad : Portfolio for iPad is a blank slate waiting for your personalization. You can customize its appearance to completely fit your business, giving the appearance of a custom app developed exclusively for you.
features : Sub galleries for better organization, ratings and notes editable per image, Zoom in on details in imported photos, Dropbox integration for loading in files. Support for images, videos, and PDFs. Lockable interface allowing the iPad to be passed along without exposing the management interface, etc.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $14.99.
26. Foliobook : Foliobook is the clean and minimal ipad portfolio app for photographers, agents, designers, models, architects, and anyone who wants a simple and beautiful way to present photos and visual artwork.
features : Kiosk mode made easy with a simple ‘pinless’ lock, organise your work in a snap, Full use of gestures in navigation, Context sensitive help explains gestures and acts as a handy reminder, and more.
support : iPad. Requires iOS 4.3 or later.
price : $12.99
27. PayPal : Allows you sending money to anyone easily, secure, and free. Moreover, you can check your balance, withdraw funds, or view past transactions anytime, anywhere.
features : Available in 10+ languages. Snap a photo of a check to add money to your PayPal account for free. With ‘Local’ feature, you can find local merchants who are using this app, to allows you pay them with PayPal.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later.
price : Free.
28. Read It Later : Read It Later can download offline copies of your pages so you can still read when you are offline or in airplane mode.
features : Easy reading with web view or text view, edit, tag, organize, Sync and share features.
support : iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later
price : Free.
- Task management - Time Tracking - Invoicing apps ( available for mobile app)
What are your favorite?
Glad to hear your opinion. Please share if you have any other lists. Thank you.
Happy freelancing, keep working, keep your health, and good luck for all! :)
image by Brian Dewitt
Glad to hear your opinion. Please share if you have any other lists. Thank you.
Happy freelancing, keep working, keep your health, and good luck for all! :)
image by Brian Dewitt
Great blog! Do you have any suggestions for aspiring writers?
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Would you advise starting with a free platform like Wordpress or go for
a paid option? There are so many options out there that I'm completely confused .. Any tips? Bless you!
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