List your favourite Apps!

[endoftheQ]

In the last few days I've received some excellent recommendations from other Members (and made some, possibly not so excellent!) for Apps that add value in conjunction with Omni's products.

I've opened up this thread in the Omni Lounge so as not to scatter duplicates running across the various iPhone and iPad Boards.

I think it would be really interesting to get Member's recommendations on what they are using and why. I'll start with one of my own.

[endoftheQ]

Atomic Web Browser

I've lost count of the number of web browsers that I've either paid for or downloaded for free and after a few minutes use, my reaction as always been "meh!" and I've deleted them.

I gave Atomic a try and ten minutes later I put it in my dock and consigned Safari to my junk folder.

It has tabs (see 1st image), can be customised in an almost infinite number of ways, including the ability to define multi-touch actions, supports scripting and therefore the OmniFocus Bookmarklet (see 2nd image), all with no apparent problems.

For further info. take a look at this link (http://atomicwebbrowser.com/).

I think at 59p (99¢) it's a bargain. Highly recommended!

[liisyaoron]

Hmm, well for me..
As far as I know, my number and favorite application is..
PVZ or Plants vs Zombies XD
I really love this game :D
It's very addicting :)

Hm, and another one is the iMovie app with it I can edit the videos that i've recorded so I can upload it on youtube or facebook..^^

[Brian]

I have gotten an absolutely ridiculous amount of entertainment out of Carcassonne (http://carcassonneapp.com/) - it's an iPhone version of the boardgame by the same name. For the months of entertainment I've gotten by playing this with friends and coworkers, they should be asking way more than $5 for it.

On the Mac, I've recently become a big fan of 1Password (http://agilewebsolutions.com/products/1Password) - it helps you make your logins to various websites much more secure. It generates unique passwords for each site - ridiculously long strings of characters, in other words - and then remembers them for you; all you need to remember is the password you choose to unlock 1Password.

Logging into a site is a snap. 1Password adds toolbar buttons to Safari, Firefox, OmniWeb, etc. Choose "take me to this site" from that button, 1Password asks for that password, and then it takes you to the site, fills in the login form, and submits it. Data's synced through Dropbox, there are iPhone/iPad apps, and it looks like they're working on support for Windows and Android. I can't really say enough good stuff abut it.

[PatrickE4]

Community Resources
Developed by Nullriver, Inc this is your gateway to more 3rd party applications upon installed.

iApp-a-Day
Installation of these two application allows you to access your iPhone via sFTP. This means you can access structure and files of your iPhone. Transfer your files as easy as dragging them in/out with FTP client.

OpenSSH + BSD Subsystem
Installation of these two application allows you to access your iPhone via sFTP. This means you can access structure and files of your iPhone. Transfer your files as easy as dragging them in/out with FTP client.

[Jay6821]

A few favorites

DEVONthink as a personal information manager.

YNAB (You Need A Budget) for finances.

BusyCal for calendar.

[Steinthal]

Brian, if you're a fan of 1Password for Mac then you should definitely try 1Password for iPad and iPhone as well. The Pro version is a universal app. I sync all three via dropbox.

Actually, I use OmniFocus for iPad and iPhone the most. I'm also using Devonthink on my Mac as well as on the iPad (Devonthink to go). Unfortunately, DTTG isn't able to send links to OmniFocus on the iPad. I'm now trying to combine Alfons Schmidt's NoteBooks (on iPad) with OmniFocus. One can send links to notes and notebooks to OmniFocus actions. (Notebooks in that app are like folders on a Mac while notes can be text, PDFs, web sites, Word or Pages docs, check lists and more.)

[amelchi]

Hi Steinthal, could you explian better this:
"...One can send links to notes and notebooks to OmniFocus actions.---"

Thanks

amelchi

[Steinthal]

Hi amelchi,

When you're working in a note or even displaying it in NoteBooks, you can call an action "Send to OmniFocus" (when enabled in NoteBooks preferences). Then a new action in OF is created with the notes' first line as heading or description of the OF action. The other lines of NB's note go into the notes field of OF's action.

From the info pane of a note or even of an NB book, you can copy a link and put it into an OF action note field. You can then later open the link in OF's action and get carried to NB's book or note. Thus you can use NB as an electronic file storage and link the files to OF.

(I think I was able to send to link instead of copying it, but I can't reproduce that behavior. Need to do some more tests.)

[pjb]

LaunchBar is the interface between by brain and my harddrive, and it doubles as a quick calculator, too. Indispensable.

Launch OF Perspectives, OW Workspaces, OW History and Bookmark items. {sadly, does not access OF tasks}.

[harringg]

LaunchBar
Typinator
BusyCal
OF (Of course)
PathFinder
DefaultFolder
DevonThink Pro Office
1Password
Snagit For Mac

[YoshiDan]

Mac apps I can't live without:

Omniweb
Komodo
Navicat
Visor
Better Touch Tool
Chicken of the VNC (I find the built in vnc viewer horrible, and it hates connecting to x11vnc on my FreeBSD server for some reason)

Can't think of any iPhone apps. I've never really installed many on mine... I do use a few apps regularly, irc999, a vnc app, scan2list

[Horace33]

Google Maps
Google Earth
Universal Decision Maker
TouchGraph Google Browser:
Preezo
Widgetop
Draw Anywhere
Power Football

[aaareg]

nice thread

[aaareg]

And my best app is Client for Google Translate (http://www.linguarde.com/)

[VincentA]

Groceries (http://sophiestication.com/groceries/) for iPhone.
Brilliant for any kind of recurring list - shopping, packing lists etc (with thanks to RJG for this post (http://forums.omnigroup.com/showpost.php?p=73681&postcount=6))

[petvas]

My favorite iPad apps:
* Week Calendar HD
* Osfoora HD
* 1Password

On my Mac I use the standard PIM apps (on Lion). I also use BusyCal but unfortunately it doesn't support Exchange in read/write mode.

[Artistapinay]

My favourite Apps as of this time. Maybe as of this month is Angry Bird. I really love this app it relieve my stress in work. lol

[Danny_DJ]

Divvy - Using the most of my screen estate with aligned windows.

Caffeine - for preventing my screens going asleep when Im on the machine but not typing every minute

Pages and Numbers - Since Open Office is only a weak Mac porting

Mind Node Pro - Simple Mind Mapping

Apimac Timer - Countdown, Stopwatch, Alarm Clock. But takes long to load.

[Flex]

Keyboard Maestro and TextExpander have become essential for me. When I have to use someone else's computer, it feels like a step back in evolution.

Others (that have nothing to do with Omni's products):
Day One for journaling, Ableton Live for music, 1Password for not having to remember everything.

Still looking for the perfect note taking app, so there's a spot open. (Right now I use OmniFocus, but I'm still waiting for Alfons Schmids Notebook to come out for the Mac. We'll see.)

[Stargazer]

Feeddler is a great tool for reading RSS feeds. (If you read lots of blogs but don't know what these are, you should check them out. In a nutshell, it's a way of automatically funnelling new blog posts from lots of different blogs into a single list so you can easily keep up with them all without having to jump around. It's especially useful for keeping tabs on particular topics. For example, I have a set of four Apple blogs that collect in a single list that I can quickly scan at odd moments to keep up with the latest.)

[jesereanL]

I really love my plants and zombies app. =D

[jesereanL]

I have a new app I would like to have soon. A brand new iPhone app puts Hollywood-style destruction right at your fingertips. The application will add high-quality digital effects to your video images. But you get to pick the star. It is the first application to come from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Interactive. Abrams is an enormously well-liked Television and movie producer/director. Source of article: Blow stuff up with Action Movie FX app (http://www.appisaurus.com/). I think this is really cool.

[KieronOlson]

1 Byline
2 BBC News
3 Sleep Cycle
4 Find My iPhone
5 BoardGame Companion
6 Amazon
7 eBay
8 Trillian

[philrob]

Two Apps for me (both work related)
- iThoughts HD - mind - mapping the way it should be! And just what is needed for project planning/mind sweeps.
- Fire 2 (FIeld REcorder 2) - great little app for recording lectures, workshops etc.

[DrJJWMac]

Mac Desktop
--
* Mind Mapping + Project Oversight + (tons of other uses) ... -- Curio
* Keeping My Mac Awake as Needed -- Caffine
* PDF Reference Storage -- Mendeley
* Cloud Stuff -- DropBox + EverNote
* Screen Cast Demos - iShowU HD
* Passwords -- 1Password
* Journal / Log -- Chronories
* Quick Drawing -- Bamboo pad (hardware) + its software

iPod
--
* Shopping -- ShopperLite
* Alarms -- Alarmed
* AddressBook -- Youlu
* Calendar -- Week Cal
* Database -- TapForms
* Notes -- still evaluating different apps (Catch, aNote, Paperless ...)
* Quick Drawing / Sketching -- still evaluating

That's the general list absent my favorite hard-core apps. I'm also still looking for an satisfactory replacement for my favorite Adarian (PalmOS) financial app.

--
JJW

[Lizard]

On the Mac I am fond of
- TextMate for analyzing log files, viewing OmniApp files as raw XML & writing Ruby scripts
- Snapz Pro X for taking screenshots when I find bugs in our apps
- Hibari for twitter with the ability to filter out foursquare tweets!

iOS
- Twitterrific for twitter
- Instacast for listening to NPR podcasts & Merlin Mann's Back to Work podcasts
- Due for every-single-day tasks like taking medications. It alarms every minute until I do the task or snooze it.
- Instapaper for reading great blog posts when I'm sitting around waiting unexpectedly.
- Plants vs. Zombies for crazy fun

Website
- Pinboard: "social" bookmarking for introverts

Cross-platform
- 1Password for keeping track of all my passwords and nudging me to make them more secure
- Dropbox for storing knitting patterns, Graffles of alternate home furniture arrangements, recipes, and assorted other personal documents.

[Mjones_955]

I have this too Atomic Web Browser.

[tpau17]

I miss the following app's in the messages here:

Goalscape (Mac)
iAWriter (iPad & Mac)
xMind (Mac)
Pomodoro (Mac)

[jamesruppert]

This one should be installed in everyone's computer. It made my website browsing easier.