1. Dropbox

Ever since the launch of the 1st Generation iPhone everyone is worried about File Management on their pricy little gadget and suprisingly it doesn't change for iPads. Infact one of the first ever apps i purchased on the App Store was a file storage app called Air Sharing. Come 2011and it is the era of cloud computing. And Dropbox is one of the best and the most popular cloud storage service on the internet. You get 2GB of it free and also an iOS App, which litterally means that you can now store files on your iOS device, and it automatically goes to your Mac and PC. Using the Dropbox on iOS is even more fun, you could click photos and send it to your dropbox, instantly it would reach its destination. Full Points for utility here.

My Rating: 9.2/10 |The app is available for both iPhone and iPad.

2. Evernote

Sometimes one feels what is the need of all these notepad apps, when you have one from Apple itself. Evernote gives the answer. Not only are your notes saved on the cloud. You also get an option to do more with them like taking snapshots, and attaching them to your note or even recording precious lectures, and then taking notes from them. Evernote takes the note taking experience from good to "oh its wonderful" on your iOS device and specially the iPad. I would have loved Video Notes though. But you can't just skip this app if you own an iPhone/iPad.

My Rating: 9.0/10 | The App is available for both iPhone and iPad

3. Simplepedia

Honestly speaking, i was really impressed by the WikiReader thing. Why doesn't my iPod do that? Was my question and the app-store had a reasonable answer. Simplepedia is a simple wikipedia app, which saves the articles you browse. So when you start reading your article on your iPod Touch in a wi-fi zone and you can read it later anywhere in a non-wifi zone. What is interesting to note is that, the app has very low productivity for iPhones and iPad 3G. However it becomes a life-saver when using a wifi only model of your gadget.

My Rating: 8.5/10 | The App is available for both iPhone and iPad

4. Google Translate

We all travel, and we all face problems with the language. Why not use your Smart-phone / smart-gadget to translate things for you. And the best you could get for free on the app-store is Google Translate. You can translate text from over 100 languages to your language or visa-versa and with proper speach tools. The app is quite simple and also stores what you have translated. You could get Word-Lens to translate straight from images, but then it is quite buggy and you'd need to shell a lot of bucks, for just translating text in 1 particular language.

My Rating: 8.9/10 | The App is available for iPhone and iPod Touch Only.

5. 2DCodeMe

There has been a recent out-burst of QRCodes on the internet. These can be encrypted links, text, or even a short message. And the bes t way to read them is to use a smartphone and donwload a QRcode Reader. Well? The hunt for a QRCode Reader begins on the App Store. Some are paid apps, some are free, some don't have the full-accecibility or some just don't read these codes. Well, 2DCodeMe is one of the best QRCodes readers you could find for free anywhere. It scans the QRCodes, saves a neatly docketed history of them , and is ready for more. It even saves the copy of the actual qr code that had been clicked. Datamatrix Barcodes are also supported.

My Rating: 9.1/10 | The App is available for iPhone and iPod Touch Only

6. System Manager (lite)

System Manager (lite) is an iOS app that gives almost every information about your iPhone. From the number of processes running in the background to your iPod Touch/ iPhone Serial number. The App gives details of everything you want to know about your gadget. Here's a list of what all it tell s you: Battery Left, Disk Space Used, Running Applications and Background processes, iPhone/iPod Touch Serial Number + UDID and Memory Usage.

My Rating: 8.2/10 | The App is available for iPhone and iPod Touch Only

7. Google App

No, the Google Website on your mobile safari won't do the trick. The Google App is more than that. You can use the inbuilt Google Goggles feature to use image search or search by Voice Search . And by Voice Search I mean a very a comprehensive list of dialect collections to build one of the best ever voice search tools on the internet. Also you get access to these great little doodles which Google keeps making every now and then.

My Rating: 8.7/10 | The App is available for both iPhone and iPad

8. AroundMe

On a vacation or in an unknown town you will obviously rely on the internet than ask something to a stranger. Well Around Me does just that. You can find, Banks, Cafes, Hospitals Restaurants or even the whether report of the place you are in. The App is a really useful tool in uknown places and has been on the App-Store eversince the App Store began, it has also won many awards.

My Rating: 9.0/10 | The App is available for both iPhone and iPad

WEB APPS

9. Google Docs

Well, Google Docs trumps even the iWork here. Its a free-web app and stores the file on an easily accessible Google Cloud. You can create Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations and forms through the service and all for free. Also you don't need to sync through a wire, everything remains on the cloud. I would love to have a dedicated iPhone app though, but till then Google Docs is a big Thumbs up.

My Rating: 8.9/10 | The Web-App is compatible with both iPhone and iPad.

10. Wolfram Alpha

The Actuall iPhone App costs about $0.99 which is very naive because you can easily goto their website and use every tool for free also it has been edited to work on webkit browsers. Wolfram Alpha is a computational search engine and a very helpful tool for Science students throughout the world.

My Rating: 8.0/10 | The Web App is compatible with both iPhone and iPad