We often need multiple apps on our iPhone and iPads to perform the same functions a single app handles on our Macs. Mark Greentree thinks that's a problem leading to extra steps for what should be simple tasks, and to frustration for those of us that use iOS regularly.

Think the iPad mini is just for watching videos, checking email, and posting to Twitter and Facebook? Think again. Mark Greentree put the mini to the task, and he found you can use Apple's smaller tablet for real work, too.

Many of us cringe at the very thought of evaluating our personal finances. It can be a daunting task that involves pen and paper, a spreadsheet and a calculator. But what if a single application could replace all those tools, and allow us to get the answers we seek significantly faster? Numeric Notes is an application that can undertake this very task. Its elegance and simplicity will allow you to concentrate on what matters most, your notes and associated calculations. That is if you are not overly concerned with exporting the content.

Photo slideshow applications are nothing new to the Mac. Even iPhoto does a reasonable job. But professional photographers and photo enthusiasts demand much more control than the basic applications can deliver. FotoMagico 4 delivers this control and takes the humble slideshow to a level worthy of the term professional.

We still live in an age where time travel eludes us. Although, you would never know it with the iPhone video app known simply as Vintagio. With several authentic filters and soundtracks to suit, you will be instantaneously taken back decades. That is, unless you want to use the iPad in native mode.

Every now and then an app will be released that is so simple, that many of us wonder why the feature is not already included in Apple’s default camera app? Snap Clap makes taking group photographs easy. Simply clap your hands when ready to capture the photograph and after a predetermined duration, between two and six seconds, your photograph will be captured. There is no longer any excuse for you not being included in your family photographs.

It is a rare event when a humble alarm clock can invoke intrigue and excitement. The Philips DC390 will have you waking up, to the crystal clear music you love, with two completely charged iOS devices every day. That is unless you have upgraded to the iPhone 5 or listen to heavy metal music.

Color Splash for iPhone allows you to colorize your images, your way. You will be able to highlight important elements in photographs by colorizing only specific areas of interest. The result is some amazingly stunning photographs, that up until only a few years ago, was the domain of high end software and very skilled individuals.

Penultimate, for iPad, is a perfect solution for anyone looking to take a note, or series of notes, and compile them into a collection of notepads for specific tasks. If you are studying, in school or business, or simply want to take notes and draw diagrams using a stylus or your finger then Penultimate may be the solution you are looking for. That is if you can do without keyboard input and are satisfied working primarily in portrait mode.

Most iPhone users have a plethora of photographs ready to show family, friends, and associates. The problem that currently exists, and one that needed to be solved, was how to only show a select few. Safe Slide is an ingenious app that handles this very task, albeit it simply.

Would you like to have the Slide to Unlock of iOS fame on your Mac? Do you have a need to lock your Mac’s display from prying eyes? Perhaps, you simply want a lovely photographic vista with information such as the time, date, and current temperature.  By incorporating Slide To Unlock, Lock Screen Plus may just offer you the solution you have been looking for. That is, if you can forgive a less than fluid transition to and from the lock screen.

Taking notes has always been a traditional pen and paper ordeal. It is not far fetched to assume many dedicated iPad users still have a spiral notepad and pen at the ready. With that in mind, could Notability change your existing note taking requirements? Mark Greentree thinks so, provided you don’t need iCloud integration.

FX PhotoStudioHD offers a well balanced selection of filters and photographic editing controls that will assist anyone wishing to perform photographic editing tasks on the iPad. That is, provided you don’t want to edit your photographs in portrait mode.  

TwistedWave Audio Editor is a perfect solution for podcasters, musicians, or anyone looking to add portability to their audio editing workflow. The range of input and output options will impress, as will the layout and functionality. Although, some users will undoubtedly be unimpressed with the lack of multi-track editing.

The Tiffen Company, developer of Photo fx Ultra, has over 70 years of association with professional and amateur photographers. It is with this long legacy of providing optical filters, that allows them to be perfectly suited to deliver digital optical filters to devices such as the iPhone, or in this case the iPad. That is, of course, unless you require pinch and zoom functionality.