Be Earth-friendly with 9 Green iPad Apps
27 Jan 2011 | Apps | Ria Absin-Viente on Google+
Since the iPad can be considered an earth-friendly or green tablet it’s also great to use earth-loving applications to go with the device. You might think that this is not impossible. We’ll say that almost everything’s possible with the iPad.
Here are 9 green iPad apps that go perfectly with your tablet and allow you saving trees, water, your health and environment.
How do you like bringing a solar panel with you when you travel? Sounds impossible, but with the Solar Panel Advisor app on your iPad that wild dream can come true. This green application will turn your iPad into a virtual solar panel that can tell you of your geographical location, and good enough to let you know the density of the clouds in the sky. The additional bonus is that this earth-friendly iPad app costs a lot less than you expect: $1.99.
2. iBooks
Love thy mother earth by utilizing this free iBooks app on your iPad. It offers access to bookstores all over the world with both new releases and old classic literature. With today’s technologies, reading the actual books sounds kind of old.
Virtual iBooks are now in, but the point is not mainly trend-related. Using iBooks is beneficial to the environment. Amazon’s kindle user is said to have saved 168kg of water in just one year of using the device: real earth-friendly.
3. iGrowlt
Let’s go gardening 101 with iGrowlt app. This green application for the iPad gives you pictures of wide varieties of vegetables you can grow along with the season of the year and your location. Not only that: the app includes complete instruction from plant propagation until the harvest time.
Seems complete enough for you? It will also tell you how to cook your harvested veggies in the most delicious way. You can purchase this earth-friendly iPad app for $0.99.
4. MAYA Sprocket
Cycling is known to be beneficial to one’s health, and it will be tempting to get fit if you have something like the iPad that will help you monitor the road as you travel with your bike. MAYA Sprocket will transform the iPad that is attached to the back of the biker signal the cars behind to slow down if the biker will slow down, or stopped when the biker stops. There’s no problem creating the holder of the iPad at the back of your jacket since the app includes a video on how to do it.
5. SoundPaper
Writing on pieces of paper when taking down notes will be obsolete with the birth of SoundPaper iPad app. While the app save trees because of the absence of the use of paper when you take down notes, it also include feature to record audio while you take down notes on your iPad specially during a meeting: tap on the word and hear how it’s pronounced. Download this green application for $4.99.
6. Off Remote
Simple as it may seem this free app allows you to turn off your iPad without actually touching the device, or turn off your PC through the iPad. Off Remote app gives you no excuses for not turning your device off. Using the Off Remote app can help the users conserve energy the simplest way.
7. Instapaper
Bringing piles of paper or books as reading materials is pointless if you have Instapaper app on your iPad. For $4.99 you can save on your iPad the articles you want to read while you’re on the go. This earth-friendly iPad app also includes Read Later option that can be added to your browser, that allows you save the links of the articles you want to continue reading, and opening the article without the need of an internet connection.
8. Control4
The fact that this green app won’t cost you a penny is already a consolation. Aside from that, Control4 app works like wonder in monitoring and controlling the appliances so that you can maximize electricity usage and save energy. Control4 iPad app will make your iPad works like a remote control for all your devices even lights inside your house for easy control.
You might be wondering how a game app like Diner Dash: Grilling Green is included on the list of earthly-friendly apps. Simple: the game promotes healthy eating and clean environment. As we all know, Flo’s Diner is eco-friendly and discourages eating unhealthy, fast foods. You can get the app for a healthy price of $4.99.
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