Business Apps
Getting Started Guide
Apple at Work
Work with documents 3
Manage files 4
Work with teams 4
Prioritize tasks 5
Take notes 5
Manage customer relationships 6
Enable sales 6
Record expenses 7
Analyze data 7
Track time 8
Plan projects 8
Build forms 9
Manage social media 9
Launch email campaigns 10
Build an online presence 10
Be creative 11
Maintain wellness 12
Manage finances 12
Accept payments 13
Organize employee shifts 13
Additional resources 14
Contents
Apple devices are ready for business. With powerful
built-in apps, and thousands of apps for business on the
App Store, you can transform the way work gets done
and tap into better productivity and collaboration. Use
this guide to discover some of the great business apps
available allowing you to work anywhere, anytime.
Tap an app name to download it or to learn more on
the App Store.
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Work with documents
Create, edit, and share illustrated reports, interactive charts, and persuasive presentations. Work across document
formats seamlessly and redefine productivity in business.
Presentations
Keynote
Keynote makes it easy to create stunning and
memorable presentations. With real-time collaboration,
your team can work together from any device.
Microsoft PowerPoint
Customize and edit PowerPoint presentations on the
go. Collaborate with coworkers or clients on the same
file no matter what device they use.
Google Slides
Create new presentations or edit slides that were
created on the web or on another device.
Documents
Pages
Quickly craft letters and reports using beautiful Apple
templates and styles. Add comments and illustrations
using Apple Pencil.
Microsoft Word
Create, edit, view, and share your Word files with
others quickly and easily.
Google Docs: Sync, Edit, Share
Create, edit, and collaborate on the go. Save time and
add polish with easy-to-use templates.
PDFs
PDF Reader Pro - Sign, Edit PDF
Annotate, bookmark, combine, and split PDFs. Easily
fill out forms, all from your iPhone or iPad.
PDF Expert: Read, Edit, & Sign
Download advanced PDF editing capabilities created
for Apple devices. Highlight and annotate PDFs, add
images, signatures, links, and more.
Adobe Acrobat Reader: Edit PDF
View, annotate, and sign PDFs. Use your finger or
Apple Pencil to electronically sign any PDF document.
Spreadsheets
Numbers
Create spreadsheets and easily add images, graphs,
and tables. Animate data with interactive charts.
Microsoft Excel
Build, edit, and share your spreadsheets using Excel.
Rich formatting and layout options help you convey
complex data easily from any device.
Google Sheets
Create and share spreadsheets. Get stuff done
anytime—even without an internet connection.
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Work with teams
Work with customers, colleagues, and partners with powerful apps that keep you connected and up to date.
Communicate
Webex
Join and present from any meeting, event, or training
session with industry-leading audio and video.
Zoom - One Platform to Connect
Start or join a meeting with flawless video, clear audio,
instant screen sharing, and messaging.
FaceTime
Use FaceTime to quickly connect with your team, no
matter where they are. FaceTime supports video and
audio with up to 32 people at once.
Google Meet
Join a conference call, host a video conference, and
share content securely no matter where you are.
Cisco Jabber
Collaborate with instant messaging (IM), voice, voice
messaging, and video calling capabilities.
Skype for iPad
Talk, chat, and collaborate with colleagues. Call
local phones around the world with affordable rates.
Collaborate
Slack
Collaborate in a hub that creates channels for
conversation by topic, project, and team.
Quip - Docs, Chat, Sheets
Collaboration is fast and easy in this simple place for
work teams to create living documents.
Podio
Use one app to get teams working in sync with
integrated content, conversations, and processes
to run your projects from anywhere.
Moxo
Streamline the entire client management lifecycle,
from onboarding to servicing and exception handling,
all in one app.
Yammer
Connect to the right people in your organization,
to share and search for information across teams,
projects, and ideas.
Messages
Use Messages to send and receive texts, photos,
videos, personalized effects, and more.
Manage files
Access and share your business documents from a range of cloud storage providers. Work more effectively with a
single set of data across all your devices.
Microsoft OneDrive
Easily get to and share your documents, photos, and
other files from your iPhone and iPad.
Box: The Content Cloud
Securely store, manage, and share all your files, photos,
and documents with 10GB of free cloud storage.
Files
Browse, search, and organize all your documents
together in one place, including files located in third-
party storage providers like OneDrive, Box, and Dropbox.
Google Drive
View documents, search files, set permissions, and
enable viewing of files offline.
Dropbox: Cloud Files Storage
This creative collaboration space brings files together
in one central place and safely syncs them across
all devices.
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Prioritize tasks
Keep on top of your to-do list, however complex the task. Add actions that alert you at the right time and place so you
can stay focused on the task at hand.
Shortcuts
Streamline the things you do often using Shortcuts.
Siri can intelligently pair your daily routines with
third-party apps to suggest convenient shortcuts.
Reminders
Reminders helps you keep track of all the things you
need to do throughout your workday. And with the help
of Siri, you can set reminders hands free.
Things 3
Easily collect your thoughts, create projects for
each of your goals, and plan the steps needed to
reach them.
Todoist: To-Do List & Planner
Keep track of everything—from simple errands to your
most ambitious projects.
Wunderlist +
Get things done with simple to-do list and task
management tools.
2Do - Todo List, Tasks & Notes
Create simple tasks, checklists, and projects with
subtasks, notes, attachments, and alarms.
OmniFocus 3
Create projects and tasks, organize them with tags,
and focus on what you can do right now.
Take notes
Break away from traditional note-taking with these apps, and add audio clips, sketches, checklists, and more. Capture
and organize your thoughts quickly and easily. And be more productive in meetings by focusing on the discussion
instead of the notes.
GoodNotes 5
Take handwritten notes, annotate PDF documents,
and search your notes with the vector ink engine.
Evernote - Notes Organizer
Capture, organize, and share notes from anywhere.
Your best ideas are always with you and always in sync.
Notability
Combine handwriting, photos, and typing into a single
note and capture every detail.
Notebook - Notes, To-do, Journal
Take notes, add files, create checklists, make sketches,
record audio, and capture moments.
Noted.
Noted is a beautiful audio recording and note-taking
app for lectures, meetings, interviews, and more.
Bear - Markdown Notes
This beautiful, flexible writing app is perfect for crafting
notes, prose, code, and sketches.
Microsoft OneNote
Create your very own digital notebook for organizing
notes in the way that works best for you.
Notes
Notes is the best place to jot down quick thoughts.
Add checklists, images, web links, scanned documents,
handwritten notes, or sketches.
Voice Memos
Use the built-in microphone on iPhone or iPad to
create recordings, edit them on your device, and share
with coworkers.
Nebo: Notes & PDF Annotations
With a few taps and strokes, you can format
handwritten text as titles, paragraphs, or bulleted lists.
Simplenote
Easily search through notes with keyword highlighting,
tags, and advanced sorting options.
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Enable sales
Access your company’s customer-facing content to conduct engaging meetings and share relevant content
to customers.
Ingage Presentations
Quickly design pages with your images, videos, and
text to share instantly with clients or team members.
Prezi Viewer
Practice and review your presentations on the go.
When you’re ready to present, connect to a larger
screen using AirPlay.
FlowVella Presentation App
Combine words, images, videos, links, galleries, and
PDFs to transform your story into an interactive,
engaging conversation.
Apple Books
With even more options to create content for
Apple Books, it’s easier than ever to deliver
engaging, interactive content to your audience.
Bigtincan Hub
Securely access content specific to your job function,
so you have the right content at your fingertips to
drive more sales.
Zunos
Get to know your company’s products and sales
strategies through an interactive and custom
learning experience.
Showpad
Empower your sales teams with one platform
for onboarding, training, coaching, and sales
content management.
Manage customer relationships
Manage your sales pipeline, track customer activity, and close deals faster with CRM tools.
Salesforce
Easily log, manage, and analyze customer activity
with a suite of customer relationship management
tools, whether you’re in the office or on the go.
SAP Sales Cloud
Access your SAP Sales Cloud data on the go to
gain customer insights, collaborate with teams, and
communicate better with your network.
Hubspot CRM: Grow better
Make calls, view reports, and manage customer contacts
all in one place. Automatically log calls when you change
up, assign tickets, and collaborate with your team.
Zoho CRM - Sales & Marketing
Engage with customers, convert leads, and close more
deals. Monitor your sales pipeline and easily connect
with customers anytime, anywhere.
Oracle CX Sales
Use this mobile app as the hub for everything you
need to know and do to track and communicate with
your customers.
ForceManager mobile CRM
Increase accountability and communicate more
efficiently with to-do lists, messaging, schedules,
and reports.
Zendesk Sell
Track communications, use email templates, add
geolocations, or create mobile reportswhile on the
go or at your desk.
SugarCRM
Get convenient access to all of your CRM information,
including Contacts, Accounts, Leads, Activities, and
custom Sugar modules.
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Record expenses
No need to spend office time completing expense reports. These apps let you quickly create and manage business
expenses on the go.
SAP Concur
Book travel, complete expense reports, and approve
invoices on the go.
Zoho Expense - Expense Reports
Automate business and travel expense management
and reduce the time you spend recording receipts and
preparing reports.
Expensify: Receipts & Expenses
Manage expense reports and track business
travel expenses for accounts, individuals, and
small businesses.
MileIQ: Mileage Tracker & Log
Track and record your mileage automatically as you
travel to different customer accounts.
XpenseTracker Pro
Track and report all your business expenses and
mileage. Export reports and photo receipts directly to
your desktop.
Mileage Tracker by Everlance
Automatically create a mileage log based on your GPS
location or expense report based on your corporate
card activity.
Analyze data
Generate insights through data visualizations and make reports with rich graphics and interactivity that take your
analytics to the next level.
Tableau Mobile
Stay on top of your data from anywhere. View
dashboards, and scroll, search, or filter data sets.
MicroStrategy Mobile for iPad
Now MicroStrategy customers can go mobile with
existing enterprise and information systems.
Numerics - Business Dashboards
Design beautiful, accessible dashboards that connect
to your business data securely and in real time.
Microsoft Power BI
Access data, get notifications, annotate, share, and
make decisions using powerful features that enable
decision-making.
Spotfire Analytics
Easily visualize, aggregate, and drill into data sets to
gain insights across your organization.
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Track time
Keep track of how much you allocate to different projects and customers in order to bill your time accurately.
HoursTracker: Hours & Pay
Clock in and out as you work. Easily track your time and
calculate earnings for one or more customers or jobs.
Helios
Focus your attention on work by using a simple time-
tracking tool made for remote workers and freelancers.
Time Master + Billing
Track time and expenses, display reports, and generate
professional PDF invoices.
Timelines Time Tracking
Understand where you spend your time and find
ways to improve your routines, be more efficient,
and achieve more.
Hours TimeLord - Time Tracker
With a visual timeline, smart reminders, and detailed
reporting, Hours makes time tracking easy.
Plan projects
Make your projects run like clockwork with apps to help you plan, visualize, monitor, and share activities and actions.
Redefine project efficiency without going into the office.
Microsoft Planner
Create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share
files, chat with project members, and get updates
on progress.
Basecamp - Project Management
Increase accountability and communicate more
efficiently with to-do lists, messaging, schedules,
reports, and more.
OmniPlan 4 for Enterprise
Visualize, maintain, and simplify your projects. Break
down tasks, optimize resources, and monitor your plan.
Notion
Easily drag and drop content, add rich media, and
create planning dashboards with your team.
MindNode - Mind Map & Outline
Capture your thoughts and easily explore the
connections between them to organize and share
your ideas.
Smartsheet: Teams & Projects
Create, edit, and share work with your team, so
everyone has the latest information.
Trello: organize anything!
Use boards, lists, and cards to organize and prioritize
your projects in a fun, flexible, and collaborative way.
OmniOutliner 3
Create perfect outlines with smart columns,
scriptability, custom styles, templates, and more.
Agenda.
Plan and document your projects using this
date-focused app for taking notes.
Task Management: MeisterTask
Create visual project boards, invite team members,
and collaborate in real time.
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Build forms
Eliminate reams of paper with these apps for building electronic forms right on your iPhone or iPad. Whatever your
document flow, you can get more accurate data and easily capture, combine, and share results.
DocuSign - Upload & Sign Docs
Get documents signed for free easily and securely—
with no monthly limit.
Signeasy - Sign and Fill Docs
Easily self-sign documents, collect signatures in
person, or send tracked documents to customers.
signNow: e-Signature app
Send documents to clients or coworkers that they
can sign using just their finger.
Adobe Fill & Sign - Form Filler
Fill, sign, and send any forms fast. Snap a picture of
a paper form and fill it in on your iPhone or iPad.
GoCanvas - Business Forms
Automate paperwork and digitize processes by
creating digital forms and checklists.
FastField Mobile Forms
Instantly deploy forms to your mobile workforce
and collect cleaner, richer data in real time.
ProntoForms - Mobile Forms
Make it easy for remote workers to collect and access
data, and share results automatically.
SafetyCulture (iAuditor)
Easily build your inspection forms. Complete
inspections, assign corrective actions, and share
reports all on your device.
Manage social media
Create and launch ads to increase brand awareness and reach new and existing customers.
Buffer: Plan & Schedule Posts
Schedule posts and track performance of marketing
content on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and more.
Hootsuite - Social Media Tools
Create social media content, schedule and publish
posts, monitor activity and mentions, and manage
comments and messages from your iPhone and iPad.
Insta Marketing Tool: smmhub
Manage your company’s Instagram account. Plan
content, edit photos and attract new customers.
Google Ads
Track your social campaigns on the go in real time.
Review high-impact recommendations to improve
performance.
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Launch email campaigns
Build and track the effectiveness of your email campaigns and nurture customers through the sales funnel faster.
Constant Contact
Compose and schedule emails on the go with this intuitive
mobile editor. Manage contact lists and track the progress
of emails and posts, including opens and click-throughs.
MailChimp Marketing & CRM
Create and send emails, manage subscribers, and track
email effectiveness.
Zoho Campaigns - Email Marketing
Create campaigns, customize messages, send emails,
and nurture new customers.
ActiveCampaign
Easily review important campaign and automation
performance metrics at your fingertips. With the built-in
CRM, you can also view and manage the sales pipeline.
Marketo Moments
See how your most recent campaigns are performing
and take action on upcoming campaigns.
Build an online presence
Use these apps to build and maintain websites and blogs and create meaningful content for your customers.
LinkedIn: Network & Job Finder
Discover and connect with others, nurture relationships,
and get updates on topics and companies.
Google Analytics
Monitor all your web properties on the go. Check key
metrics, track real-time data, build reports and save them
to your dashboard for easy access.
Weebly by Square
Create, launch, and edit a business website or blog.
Simplify build processes with drag and drop functionality.
GoDaddy
Bring your ideas to life with a professional website and
domain using the website builder on iPhone.
WordPress - Website Builder
Manage or create your WordPress blog or website.
Create and edit posts, view stats, and reply to comments.
Adobe Spark Page
Create professional-looking graphics, web pages,
and videos in minutes. Browse templates or start
from scratch.
Wix Owner - Website Builder
Build, design, customize, and manage websites from
anywhere across iPhone and iPad devices.
Squarespace
Tap into one platform to launch your website, fulfill
orders, manage inventory, and promote your brand.
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Be creative
Express your creativity and bring your business ideas to life. Communicate in style with apps that will get you drawing
and editing images in no time.
Models
AutoCAD
View, create, edit, and share DWG files with easy-to-
use drawing and drafting tools on iPhone and iPad.
Shapr 3D CAD modeling
Solid 3D modeling is easy with a powerful geometric
modeling engine and a robust, integrated toolkit.
uMake: 3D Modeling CAD, Design
Create immersive 3D content on the go with intuitive
tools and an enhanced viewing experience.
Inspire Pro
A proprietary painting engine providing an incredibly
fast and realistic painting, drawing, and sketching
experience.
Adobe Fresco: Painting Studio
A free drawing and painting app designed for artists
of all skill levels. Built specifically for iPad with Apple
Pencil and iPhone.
Adobe Express: Graphic Design
Quickly and easily make standout content from
thousands of beautiful templates on mobile and web.
No graphic design skills necessary.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Manage your files, view a tutorial, and download apps.
Search, browse, and preview Photoshop, Illustrator,
and InDesign design assets.
Design
Procreate
Dual-texture brushes and groundbreaking canvas
resolution help you create beautiful sketches, inspiring
paintings, and stunning illustrations anywhere you go.
Canva: Design, Photo & Video
Easily create stunning graphics, social media posts,
videos, cards, flyers, photo collages and more. Made
simply enough for anyone to use.
Paper by WeTransfer
Sketch, draw, diagram, color, and jot down notes and
ideas anywhere across devices using this immersive
sketching app.
Logo Maker Shop: Creator
Create stunning logos for your company without prior
design skills. Choose from customizable logo templates
built by professional designers.
Photos
Pixelmator
Touch up and enhance images, and sketch, paint, and
create advanced image compositions.
Camera+: Pro Camera & Editor
Shoot and edit photos using tools that work consistently
across iPhone and iPad.
Infltr - Infinite Filters
Choose from more than seven million filters to
enhance photos, videos, live photos, depth photos,
and animated GIFs.
Photoshop Express Photo Editor
Easily retouch and restore images. Add filters, use
photo enhancer tools, create collages, and more.
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Challenges - Compete, Get Fit
Get fit and compete with friends, family, and coworkers
through team-based challenges.
MyFitnessPal: Calorie Counter
Set calorie goals and record your daily food and
exercise, so you can feel energized throughout your day.
Maintain wellness
Take frequent short breaks, calm your anxieties and stress, and reach your fitness goals, so you can stay healthy,
energized, and productive throughout the day.
Calm
Learn the skill of meditation to help reduce anxiety and
refocus your attention.
Headspace: Mindful Meditation
Relax with guided meditations and mindfulness
techniques to reduce stress and restore balance.
Manage finances
Look after your business finances with these accounting and payroll solutions for iOS and iPadOS. Issue invoices,
pay employees, manage cash flow, and keep your business running smoothly.
QuickBooks Accounting
Easily manage expenses and cash flow for your
business. Create invoices and track profit and loss.
Xero Accounting
Reconcile and send invoices, create expense
claims, and record receipts knowing your encrypted
data is saved securely in the cloud.
FreshBooks Accounting
Balance your books, client relationships and business
with an all-in-one app to do your accounting, invoicing,
expenses, time tracking, mileage, and more.
Kashoo Cloud Accounting
Get all the accounting support your small business
needs, including professional reporting, invoicing, and
expense tracking.
Square Payroll
Get access to full-service payroll services built by
Square. Pay employees and contractors in just a
few taps.
Zoho Books
Issue invoices, record expenses, and bill for your time
accurately right from your iPhone or iPad.
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Accept payments
With innovative apps and payment solutions on iPhone and iPad, you can take payments on the spot and send
invoices or estimates to customers on the go.
Square Point of Sale (POS)
Square Reader accepts debit and credit cards, EMV
chip cards, and Apple Pay.
PayPal Here: Point of Sale
Accept debit and credit cards, send invoices, and track
payments from your iPhone or iPad.
Shopify - Your Ecommerce Store
Manage multiple Shopify stores and track orders and
product inventory, connect with staff, and track sales.
QuickBooks GoPayment POS
Accept credit and bank transfer payments, and track
everything all from one place.
Revel POS
Integrate all your business operations and customer
channels into a single POS dashboard with Revel.
talech Register
Take orders, accept payments, manage your inventory,
and access customer information on iPhone and iPad.
Lightspeed Retail POS (S)
Keep track of sales, manage inventory, simplify staff
management, and more on iPad.
Invoice Simple, Estimate Maker
Create, send, and track invoices and estimates from
your iPhone and keep your finances organized.
Invoice Generator - Zoho
Quickly and easily generate invoices on the go. Just
enter in the invoice details with a pre-created form and
choose between printing or downloading it as a PDF.
Organize employee shifts
Manage your team, track attendance, and integrate your payroll, so you can make sure you have all the right people
in place at the right time.
Workday
Get secure, mobile access to your Workday applications
on the go, whether you’re logging in as an employee
or manager.
HotSchedules
Manage schedules, shift changes, and communicate
with your team with this easy-to-use app.
Crew Messaging and Scheduling
Simplify team communications, create group messages,
schedule shifts, and assign tasks.
Deputy: Shift Schedule Maker
Manage employee rosters, plan shifts, communicate
with teams, review tasks, manage payroll, and get
greater insight and control of your business.
Planday Employee Scheduling
Streamline management and employee scheduling
for hourly workers and improve efficiency.
Additional resources
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App Store designed to make your
workday more efficient and productive—
whether you’re in the office or on the go.
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