Attractive applications for your iPad

iPad has been in the International market for more than two years. There are several iPad applications that are must-haves for any user to utilise the gadget to the utmost because iPads come with only a few selected pre-loaded applications to execute basic functions such as seeing videos and photographs, listening to music, etc. Users can add applications to suit their requirements. Some apps come for free and some have to be paid for with a credit card.

These applications enable you to do your work. Several others can simply entertain and amuse you with their unique features. Applications make the iPad different from other tablets available in the market though android phones are inching closer with the increase in number of application in its store. 

Apple applications store has over 200,000 options. Here is a list of the best free apps in their respective genres and other useful apps that maybe worth your money.

Garage band is an application that enables users to add sound effects to music files. The sound effects include echo, reverb and distortion among several others. Users can play a keyboard either by attaching a USB MIDI one to their device or by stroking keys on a virtual keyboard. Users can learn to play musical instruments by purchasing the desired lessons from its Lesson Store.  The app costs users around Rs 250.

There are several applications that game lovers can download for free. Checker Free HD, Air Hockey Gold, Angry Birds, Solitaire Ace and New York 3D Rollercoaster Rush HD Free top the chart of free games available in Apple App store. 

There are several other paid games which are popular among iPad users and the list includes Plants vs. Zombies, Real Racing, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, Flight Control, Labyrinth 2 HD, etc.

Navfree turns your iPad into a satellite navigation device. It provides you with detailed directions for your desired destination. It has voice and on-screen instructions, offline map use and address search among many other features.  Users can use live search via Google and Microsoft Bing. The app comes for free.

You may not like astronomy but Star Walk will not fail to impress you. Point it at the sky, and using the iPad's digital compass you'll see a virtual starscape on your screen. It gets even better when you start moving around—you will see that the view pans with you, highlighting what constellations you should be able to make out.

Notes Self is an application in which you can create multiple notebooks and stack them on a shelf. Each notebook has a default paper style—lined, squared, and others. Users can mix paper types in one notebook and download their own templates.

Several other iPad applications that are popular because of their interesting features are Wolfram Alpha for reference, Quick Office Pro HD, AccuWeather, Dropbox, Bloomberg, Ever Note, Feedler RSS Reader, The Guardian Eyewitness, etc.