10 iPhone Apps that I Recommend for Small Businesses

Our once simple cell phones have evolved into smart phones and iPhones, and now they’ve become powerful tools that we rely on to get through our everyday routine. They help us work effectively and efficiently and now there are a multitude of specialized apps on the market to help us tackle the nitty gritty of getting down to business. Below is a list of 10 iPhone apps that I recommend for small businesses, freelancers, consultants or other fellow road warriors to aide in your day-to-day operations.

Milog
By: SymplySoft
What: Tracks your mileage which is great for freelancers, traveling sales reps, or any professional who calls their car their second office. Plug in your exact start and end odometer readings or just the total mileage, set the rate, and enter all the important details about your trip. It has many cool features such as options to add in parking, toll road fees, and any other extra costs, as well as a summary of all your mileage that you can download onto excel.
Free Version: Limited to 5 entries
Paid Version: $2.99
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.1 or later
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Jott
By: Jotts Network Inc.
What: Voice to text converter that you can send to emails, various social networks, WordPress, and Jott members. Talk about having your own personal secretary. You can be a one man or woman show at your small business.
Free Version: None
Paid Version: Jott membership starts at $4 per month
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
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JotNot Scanner
By: MobiTech 3000 LLC
What: Works like a scanner where you photograph a document into a PDF file. Great for keeping track of receipts which will be handy come tax time, and anything else you want to keep a record of for your small business. You can share the document via email, Dropbox, Evernote, etc. For privacy and security reasons, it does not save your images to a server.
Free Version: Can’t sync documents to other applications
Paid Version: $4.99
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
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Dropbox
By: Dropbox
What: All-in-one document storage that you can back up, share, and sync files across computers. Other unique features include the ability to sync Firefox bookmarks and password programs like iPassword. This is an excellent tool to organize and keep all your work under one umbrella.
Free Version: Up to 2GB
Paid Version: More than 2GB starts at $9.99 per month
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
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Shoeboxed
By: Shoeboxed
What: Having trouble storing all your receipts and along the way have lost a few? Shoeboxed is a great tool to keep track of your company expenses where you take a photo of your receipts and it produces an expense report. When you’re at your computer there’s more flexibility in categorizing the expenses and taking notes. This will come in handy for tax time as well.
Free Version: Yes
Paid Version: None
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
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Evernote
By: Evernote
What: If you’re the creative entrepreneurial type and constantly flow with tons of ideas, take a lot of notes, or need help remembering everything that goes on in your life, then Evernote may be just the thing for you. It allows you to take notes, snap images, create to-do lists, record your voice and share and sync this information to your computer.
Free Version: Limited in syncing space
Paid Version: $4.99 per month or $44.99 per year
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
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Line2
By: Toktumi
What: Gives you a 2nd phone line with all the phone features that a small business would need such as an 800 number, automated operator, voicemail sent to your email, and so much more. The 2nd phone line either uses AT&T airwaves to make calls or signals from wifi hotspots, the latter being the first option the program would use to receive and make calls.
Free Version: $.99 for 30 day trial
Paid Version: $15 per month (time to downgrade your AT&T phone plane?)
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
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Hootsuite
By: Hootsuite Media Inc.
What: Twitter client that’s a great way to tweet on the go. It has some limitations over the web version where you have maximum capabilities, but if you are dying to get a tweet out real time then this would be a good option for any small business.
Free Version: Free with the Lite version
Paid Version: $2.99
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
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iPunchclock
By: EpIPhone Coder’s Guild
What: Digital timesheet that tracks time worked on different tasks simultaneously. It’s location-aware so it can track where you started and ended your tasks. This is a great way for road warriors to gauge the amount of time spent on projects and charge appropriately. Also, it’s helpful for office-based account reps at creative agencies to keep track of their billable hours.
Free Version: None
Paid Version: $4.99
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later

1Password
By: Agile Web Solutions
What: All-in-one encrypted password storage system. You’ll never have to remember anything important again when it comes to username and passwords. This is an excellent tool for those in the IT or web management biz.
Free Version: Trial download
Paid Version: 1Password = $6.99 or 1Password Pro = $8.99
There’s also the option to license the application based on the number of users.
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later
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