50 Free iPad Apps for Business Users

Indeed, the iPad is showing that you don’t need a speedy notebook full of programs to run your company on the go; all you need is a tablet with free iPad apps.

We’ve culled through the thousands of apps in the iTunes Store to bring you this list of the 50 free business iPad apps that are worth your time. Let the downloading begin.

Free iPad Apps: Productivity

1) DejaOffice 2010 Get business-class contacts, calendar, tasks, and notepad apps, all for free.

2) DaVinci for iPad This field app for appraisers lets you fill out inspection reports and create floor plans.

3) Documents Free The iPad’s only lightweight mobile office app is free. Don’t spend a fortune to create documents, when this app can sync files with Google Documents.

4) Easy books With this free app, you’ll have professional bookkeeping and invoicing tools with you at all times.

Deja Office 2010

5) FileApp Copy files to your iPad to read while out of the office. This app works wirelessly and can open most any files.

6) Meeting Room Take notes on your meetings. This app integrates with your address book and lets you summarize your meetings for later reference.

7) MicroStrategy Mobile Put business reports, KPIs, documents, and dashboards in the hands of your employees. View your business data in attractive tables, graphs, and charts.

8) Mobile POS Accepts payments wherever you go. This app provides a way to process sales using your iPad.

9) Quick Sale Use this app to invoice your customers or as a mobile point-of-sale.

10) Roambi Stay connected. Roambi’s interactive tools let you analyze and share your company’s data, providing you with up-to-the-minute information.

11) SharePlus Lite Office Mobile Client Collaborate with your team, sharing documents, calendars, and task lists.

Free iPad Apps: Utilities

Office Memos Free

12) Audio Memos Free The advanced features on this recorder let you boost the volume during playback and edit your recordings.

13) Box.net Store your files in the cloud. This app lets you share files with 5GB of free storage.

14) Dragon Dictation Don’t type when you can dictate your e-mails and documents with this fast and highly-accurate app.

15) eFax Only doctor’s offices still have fax machines. The rest of us get by with free eFax accounts.

16) Every Time Zone Have trouble remembering the times in your remote offices? This app shows you all the world’s time zones in one glance.

17) HoursTracker HD Lite Track your time on the go. Set up as many jobs as you need, then clock in and out.