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Apps to Make You Smarter
With the growing number of gaming and video apps for the iPad and iPhone, it’s almost hard to believe that there are apps available to educate and inform. Let's take a look at some of the top apps that can teach you something.
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Wikipanion for iPad
By Robert Chin
Wikipanion is a great way to access Wikipedia on the iPad. The app supports AirPrint for printing articles when you need a hard copy. Wikipanion is the absolute best way to access Wikipedia on the iPad for free. The free version works great, but if you are looking for some more features, the pro version is available for $4.99.

Price: $13.99

The Elements: A Visual Exploration
By Element Collection, Inc
A refreshing and fascinating look at both the periodic table of elements, and the future of digital books. The digital version of Theodore Gray’s book “The Elements” is as visually astonishing as it is informative. The “Table of Contents” is the actual periodic table, with each element being selectable with a simple touch. A touch of each element reveals two new pages per element: the first page shows a rotating picture of the element, along with a column of detailed information about the element’s scientific properties. The second page provides an in-depth narrative, explaining where the element comes from, many of its uses and visual examples of it in daily life.

Price: $4.99

Star Walk for iPad - interactive astronomy guide
By Vito Technology Inc.
An app that makes stargazing a fun activity! The app opens to a screen that shows the phases of the moon for the past two days, current day and next two days. In addition, it provides information on the sunrise and sunset, along with information on the rising and setting of Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Closing that screen allows you to see the sky, stars and galaxies directly behind your iPhone or iPad (in front of you). Turn with your device, and the screen will update live to show you the sky behind it. As you move your device into various positions, the screen shows you all of the stars and constellations in the sky at those positions. Want to know more about what you’re looking at? Click on a star, then click the “i” button in the top-left corner to get details about the type of star, distance from the planet and other pertinent information. Other features include picture of the day, the option to bookmark your observations and the ability to move time forward or backwards to see what the sky will or would have looked like.

Price: $2.99

Solar Walk - 3D Solar System model - Christmas Edition
By Vito Technology Inc.
A realistic 3D rendering of our universe, it’s like having your own planetarium on your iPad. The solar system is completely interactive, allowing you to zoom in to focus on one planet (and/or its moons), or zoom out to see the whole solar system. The ability to manipulate time allows you to see the planets rotating around the sun and the moons rotating around the planets. Tapping each planet allows you to read detailed information, including how the planet got its name, along with specific facts and figures, like the radius, volume, mass, density and surface area of the planet, the length of a day and a year, surface temperature, atmospheric conditions and internal structures, along with information about exploration missions to the planet.

Price: Free

3D Brain
By Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
A 3D rendering of the human brain, complete with visuals of 29 different brain structures (from the Amygdala to Wernicke’s Area). Simple touch commands allow you to rotate or zoom in and out, apply labels to each structure, or read detailed information, including an overview of the structure, relevant case studies and associated functions, disorders and other links and research.

Price: Free

Molecules
By Sunset Lake Software
An open source BSD project that allows you to view and manipulate three-dimensional renderings of various molecules. Simple touch commands allow you to rotate or zoom in and out, while the program options allow you to change visual modes between ball-and-stick, spacefilling or cylinders. Additional molecular structures can be downloaded for free from the RCSB Protein Data Bank, or from a custom location/publicly available server.

Price: Free

iBooks
By Apple Inc.
Although iBooks is designed mainly as a book reader, it also supports PDF documents. A great way to use iBooks is to load up all of the reference PDFs that you need to access on a regular basis. Any PDF added to your iBooks app will be synced back to iTunes for safekeeping. The app currently can just read PDFs, so no annotating can be done quite yet. The app is both free and universal.

Price: $0.99

MedAbbreviations: Medical Abbreviations Reference
By Evan Schoenberg
If you are a medical professional this app is a must have. The app contains over 13,000 abbreviations used by doctors and other medical professionals. The app is universal so it will run on both your iPad and your iPhone.

Price: Free

HTML5 Reference Guide
By Evolonix
Website designers that are wanting to use HTML5 will find this free app quite useful. The app contains info on tags, standard attributes, and event attributes for HTML5. The app is universal so it will run on all touchscreen iOS devices.

Price: $0.99

U.S. Pocket Reference
By Double Dog Studios
If you need a great reference for America, this app is a must have. The app contains: the Constitution, Bill of Rights and other Amendments, Emancipation Proclamation, Declaration of Independence, info on the Branches of Government, Federalist Papers, Mayflower Compact, info on the U.S. Flag, Pledge of Allegiance, Great Seal of the United States, Star Spangled Banner, Motto of the U.S., America the Beautiful, God Bless America, info on major Supreme Court rulings, excerpts from key Presidential speeches, and an excerpt from the “I Have a Dream” speech. The app is just absolutely loaded with great reference material and runs on all touchscreen iOS devices.

Price: Free

Linux Reference Guide
By Evolonix
If you are new to Linux, this reference app will come in handy. The app contains basic Linux/Unix commands that are used in the terminal. Most of these commands work within the Mac OS X terminal as well. The app is fairly limited, but future app updates will load it full of great content. The app is free and runs on all touchscreen iOS devices.

Price: $4.99

Landscaper's Companion for iPad - A Reference G...
By Stevenson Software, LLC
Landscapers and gardeners will want to check out this app. It has over 2,300 plants with over 6,000 pictures. Each plant has the key info on how to take care of it. The divides the plants into 16 key types to make it easier to browse. The app needs an internet connection to download the images one time. After the initial downloading is completed, the app can be used offline. The developers are continually adding new plants and continuing to improve the app.

Price: $5.99

Guitarist's Reference
By Maj9.com
Guitarists, this app is for you. The app is packed full of great reference material. The app contains: chords, scales, triads, arpeggios, notes on the fretboard, reverse chord finder, alternate guitar tunings and chord relationships. The app also has a guitar chord encyclopedia that includes over 3,000 of the most used chords. All of the information is stored locally, so you have no need to worry if you do not have internet on your iPad. You can even add favorite notes, chords, arpeggios to make them quicker to find.

Price: $4.99

Boater's Pocket Reference
By Double Dog Studios
The Boater’s Pocket Reference contains over 1,800 pages worth of invaluable information. The universal app contains 457 illustrations, 94 photographs, and a bunch of other charts and graphs. Boaters will find the how to info, reference facts, figures, formulas, and wealth of information quite handy. The app is a great reference for piloting/navigation, communication, coast guard info, understanding weather, boat types, essentials to good seamanship, kinds of lines and knots, mechanical info, boat trailering tips, and much more. The app is great for both new and experienced boaters who need some reminders every now and then.

Price: $2.99

Skeletal Anatomy 3D - Quiz and Reference
By Real Bodywork
Doctors and others studying human anatomy will find this reference/quiz app very helpful. The app contains contains 140 bones and landmarks on human anatomy. The app also contains nine 3D models and 12 diagrams. The app will help you learn pronunciation through prerecorded names. All of the diagrams can be zoomed in on to get a real sense of the human body. The app also has a quiz mode to help test you on human anatomy. The app also has a quick 10 minute video on the basics of the skeletal system. The app is universal, so it will run great on both your iPhone and your iPad. A great tool for those needing a reference of human anatomy on their iPad.

Price: $3.99

iMeds XL - The Medication Reference
By FDAble LLC
Those that need a great reference for medicine will want to have this app on their iPad. The app contains over 7,300 FDA approved medications. All medications contain full prescribing info. The app has info about dosage, usage, black box warnings, contraindications, adverse reactions, info for patients, supplemental patient material, overdosage, precautions, highlights, clinical studies, and much more. You can search for drugs by drug name, active ingredient, manufacturer, form or drug class. You can also bookmark the drugs you want to find quickly and email all the info out of the app for use on your iPhone. The app is all self contained, so this can be done without an internet connection. The app is a great tool for pharmacists or those that need to deal with medicine regularly.

Price: $1.99

World Atlas HD
By National Geographic Society
If you need reference to a world atlas on your iPad, look no further. This app was created by National Geographic and includes some truly fantastic maps. The maps are super high resolution and include incredible detail. The app also contains up to date info on flags, countries, and socio-economic information. The app supports searching and bookmarking of your favorite locations.

Price: $1.99

IP Reference
By J W Phelps Consulting, inc.
IP reference is an app for those that need some rather technical info. The app contains a ton of great tools. These include a net/subnet/host calculator, IP info, classless subnet listing, ping, MAC OUI lookup, NSLookup, WHOIS lookup, RFC search, TCP socket test, and ports/protocols search. The app is just loaded full of great reference material and calculation tools for those needing this kind of information.

Price: $4.99

Biochemistry Reference
By Helen Ginn
Studying biochemistry or need a quick refresh? This app is for you. The app is loaded up with easy to understand explanations of topics. The app also has pictures, videos, and pathways for further reference material. The app contains 300 pages of concise biochemistry, quick access to the essential biochemistry info, cross linking between pages, ability to add your own notes, sources to go even more in-depth, and built in search. The topics covered are very in-depth and will help out anyone studying the subject.

Price: Free

Dictionary.com - Dictionary & Thesaurus - iPad
By Dictionary.com
Dictionary.com is a wonderful online dictionary. The app contains the content from both Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. No internet connection is required to use the app. The only time an internet connection is required is when you want to view the word of the day, hear audio pronunciation or similarly spelled words. The app contains around 1,000,000 words and definitions with more than 90,000 synonyms and antonyms. The app includes example sentences, non-standard uses, word origin and history, and the ability to shake your iPad for a random word. The app is completely free and an essential reference app for every iPad.

Price: $0.99

Math Ref
By Happy Maau Studios, LLC
If you need a reference app for math, check out Math Ref. The app includes information on Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Linear Algebra, Series/Sequences, Derivatives, Integration, Table of Integrals, Vector Calculus, Differential Equations, Discrete Math, Probability/Stats, Physics, Chemistry, Periodic Table, Algorithms, Financial Math, Prime numbers, and the Greek Alphabet. The app is just loaded up with all kinds of great information. The app is universal so it will run on both your iPad and your iPhone.

Price: Free

Bloomberg for iPad
By Bloomberg LP
Bloomberg is used by more than 280,000 professionals that need to stay up to date the latest financial information. The app contains stock quotes, company descriptions, market leaders/laggers, price charts, market trends analysis and much more. The app is a perfect resource for financial professionals and investors.

Price: Free

White & Yellow Pages
By Avantar LLC
There is no longer any need to hang onto those big Yellow and White Page reference books that show up on your doorstep every year. This app contains both books as well as some other nifty tools. The app includes: search, movie showtimes, maps, and much more. The app is completely free and a wonderful addition to any iPad.

Price: $9.99

FlightTrack Pro – Live Flight Status Tracker by Mobiata
By Ben Kazez
FlightTrack Pro is the essential reference tool for traveling. The app will automatically sync itineraries with TripIt.com. The app lets you add in your own notes for your flights. The app contains maps that include live flight tracking information. The app is a big win for seeing when your plane will arrive. The app includes real time status for gates, delays, and cancelations. The app includes more than 4,000 airports. One great feature is the ability to find an alternate flight. The app is a great reference and information tool for those in need of flight information.