Top 20 Retail Apps to Make the Most of Your iPad

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One of the great things about conducting business !
in this techie and mobile-centric age is that there !
are apps and tools for just about everything. !
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Whether you’re looking to increase productivity, !
streamline certain business functions, or make !
your customers’ lives easier, there’s a good chance !
that there are iPads apps to help you.

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But with so many apps available, how do you know !
which ones are worth the download?!
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Here is our list of 20 (+ bonus!) apps for retailers.!
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You’ll ﬁnd detailed descriptions as well as information !
on how they can improve your retail business.!
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You’re sure to ﬁnd something right for you!

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Vend POS1
Vend turns your iPad into a point-of-sale system and allows you !
to conduct business from just about anywhere. It works with !
different receipt printers, cash drawers, and barcode scanners: !
just download the app, get your store set up, and start selling!!
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Vend is so much more than a POS system; the app comes with !
features such as inventory management, reporting !
and analytics, customer loyalty tools, sales !
insights, and more, so you can improve your !
business and serve your customers better.
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Vend POS1
Why retailers love it: !
Vend’s simple and intuitive interface makes it a joy to use. !
The app’s ability to work ofﬂine is also a big boon for retailers !
because it enables them to conduct business even when they’re !
not connected to the web. Additionally, the software integrates !
with other programs such as Xero, Shopify, Timely, and !
Stitchlabs, allowing users to do more with it.
FREE
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Xero2
Need to stay on top of your company’s ﬁnances even when !
you’re on the go? Look no further. Aside from allowing you to !
create, approve, and send invoices using your mobile device, !
Xero lets you upload receipts and track expenses so you always !
know how much money is coming in and out of your business.!
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Xero also has a bank reconciliation feature that !
automatically imports your bank, credit card and !
PayPal transactions, so you can keep track of all !
your ﬁnancials from one dashboard.
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Xero2
No business owner wakes up every day looking forward to !
reconciling their accounts and tracking expenses, but thanks !
to Xero those tasks become much easier. The bank reconciliation !
tool can automatically import and categorize your transactions, !
so you can spend less time crunching the numbers and devote !
more energy to your products and customers.!
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Alternatives: !
QuickBooks Online (Free), FinancialForce (Free)
FREE
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Paypal Here™3
The PayPal Here™ app lets you accept cash, credit cards, and !
PayPal payments using just your mobile device and the PayPal !
dongle. In addition to its payment features, PayPal Here™ gives !
you the ability to send receipts via text or email, and it lets you !
view and manage your sales history right from the app.!
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Paypal Here™3
The ability to accept various forms of payments anywhere is !
just the beginning. Since the app lets people check-in to a store !
with their PayPal account, merchants are able to access more !
details about each shopper (such as their purchase history, proﬁle, !
etc.) enabling them to personalize their interactions, recommend !
products, and process payments more quickly.!
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Alternatives: !
Square (Free), Intuit GoPayment (Free)
FREE
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Collect4
Looking to turn casual buyers into repeat shoppers? Want to !
show your loyal customers just how much you value them? !
Be sure to check out Collect. Loved by users and businesses !
alike, its a mobile app that uses rewards to encourage people to !
shop and tell their friends about your business. Since customers !
earn points with continuous purchases and social !
shares, they’ll be more enticed to shop at your !
store and spread the word.
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Collect4
Aside from increasing foot trafﬁc, sales, and repeat purchases, !
Collect helps you build stronger relationships with customers. !
It allows you to create personalized rewards based on each !
person’s shopping history and you can also send push !
notiﬁcations so you can connect with users wherever they !
are. All these things make shoppers love you even !
more, and they’ll be more likely to return.!
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Alternatives: !
Perka (Free), Punchcard (Free)
FREE
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Deputy5
Deputy takes the pain out of coordinating staff schedules. !
Say goodbye to messy time sheets and confusing charts; with !
this app, you can create, update, cancel, and set shifts using !
just your mobile device. Messages are sent via text, email, or !
the web, so employees can get scheduling updates and !
notiﬁcations wherever they are.
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Deputy5
Deputy saves retailers time and money. With its easy-to-use !
interface and mobile capabilities, you can spend less time !
worrying about schedules, and instead go back to growing your !
business and delighting your customers. The app is also loved !
by staff members. It makes it easier for them to pick up shifts, !
switch schedules, and request time off: happier, !
more productive employees!!
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Alternatives:!
TimeStation (Free), When I Work Employee Scheduling (Free)
FREE
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RetailNext6
RetailNext is an in-store analytics solution that collects and !
analyzes massive amounts of retail data to give you actionable !
insights about your customers. RetailNext taps into a variety of!
sources including video cameras, WiFi, POS systems, stafﬁng !
systems, promotional calendars, payment cards and weather.!
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That’s a lot of information, but the great thing !
about the app is that it organizes and presents !
data into easy-to-understand graphs and reports.
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RetailNext6
RetailNext enables you to know more, so you can do more. !
It can give invaluable insights about your shoppers and your !
store so you can drive more trafﬁc, increase loyalty, and !
improve staff performance. What’s not to love?!
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Alternatives: !
Analytics HD ($6.99), AnalyticsPro ($5.99)
FREE
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Invoice2go for iPad7 $14.99

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Invoice2go for iPad7
Invoice2go has been the leading mobile invoicing app for the !
past two years, and for good reason: it gives businesses a fast !
and easy way to create invoices, estimates, credit memos, !
purchase orders, and more.!
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Each document can be customized to ﬁt your needs, and you !
can send them to customers and suppliers instantly !
from the app. Invoice2go also comes with over !
10 reports and charts allowing you to easily make !
sense of your business’ ﬁnances.
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Invoice2go for iPad7 $14.99
Invoice2go comes with built-in styles so you can tailor your !
documents to the look and feel of your company. It calculates !
totals and taxes automatically, links directly to your iPad contacts !
and creates clickable PayPal buttons onto your invoices so !
customers can pay with just a few clicks. Need hard copies?!
Print straight from your iPad to your air printer.!
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Alternatives: !
Quick Sale ($9.99), GetPaid! ($4.99)
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Calendar8
Need to schedule appointments or events? Want to keep !
track of important dates, such as customer or staff birthdays? !
The native Calendar app of your iPad can do all that and more. !
It even integrates with Facebook so you can check out what !
your friends are up to.!
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Calendar8
The iPad’s Calendar app gives you a quick, no-frills ways to !
manage your schedule. Viewing events by day, week, month, !
or year can be done with just a few taps or swipes, and if you !
want a wider view of your schedule you can just switch to !
landscape mode. The app’s ease of use and intuitiveness !
saves you time and effort so you can devote more !
energy to your business.!
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Alternatives: !
Fantastical ($9.99) or Sunrise (Free)
FREE
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Mail9
Mail lets you manage all your email accounts from one !
convenient app, which makes sending, receiving, and replying !
across mailboxes fast and seamless. Its interface also makes !
it easy to see and track messages by thread, and if you want !
to change your view, you can just switch from portrait to !
landscape mode.
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Mail9
With the Mail app, reading and responding to messages from !
customers, vendors, and fans can be quick and efﬁcient. Plus !
with the iPad’s Retina display, messages and attachments !
always look clear and sharp.!
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Alternatives: !
Mailbox (Free) or Molto from Incredimail (Free)
FREE
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Reminders10
The Reminders app enables you to add location- or time-based !
alerts for things that you need to do. You can also set recurring !
reminders for tasks that need to be completed on a regular !
basis. Moreover, the app syncs on all your iDevices so even !
if you create a reminder using your iPad, you can still receive !
your alerts on your iPhone.
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Reminders10
Keeping track of memos and reminders while managing a busy !
retail store can be a challenge. The Reminders app helps you !
stay on top of things and prevents you from missing important !
tasks, memos, or alerts even on a busy day.!
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Alternatives: !
Wunderlist (Free), Any.Do (Free), Due ($4.99)
FREE
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SignUpAnywhere11
SignUpAnywhere is an HTML5 app that lets you collect email !
addresses from your iPad. Just sign up for an account, run the !
app in your browser, and start growing your email list. !
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Downloading email address can be done in seconds and it !
syncs with other email marketing programs like !
MailChimp and CampaignMonitor.
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SignUpAnywhere11
SignUpAnywhere is perfect for collecting emails and generating !
leads while customers are inside your store or during trade !
shows, fairs, and other events. Bid sayonara to the clunky old !
clipboard and impress customers with this sleek app. It works !
without WiFi so you can gather data no matter where you are. !
And since email addresses are downloaded you !
reduce data entry errors and overhead.!
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Alternatives: !
Enlist (Free) or iCapture (Free)
FREE
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Dropbox12
Take all your photos, documents, and docs with you, wherever !
you are with Dropbox. This app lets you manage your ﬁles right !
from your iPad so you can upload, access, and share them !
even when you’re on the go.!
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Plus, with your information backed up in the!
cloud, never worry about lost data again!
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Dropbox12
Need to share important ﬁles with your staff, vendors, or !
customers? You don’t need to be sitting in front of your computer !
to do that. Just use your Dropbox app and you’re good to go. !
Plus with Dropbox’s massive storage features, you don’t have !
to worry about not being able to share large ﬁles.!
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Alternatives: !
Google Drive (Free) or Box (Free)
FREE
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PollDaddy13
The PollDaddy iPad app lets you conduct surveys right from !
your mobile device. It works without an Internet connection so !
you can take your polls to the streets (or your tradeshow booth) !
and collect responses with ease.
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PollDaddy13
Survey feedback—whether it’s from customers, employees, !
or the general public—can be invaluable to your business. !
PollDaddy lets you collect and organize survey responses, so !
you can quickly act on them and improve your store.!
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Alternatives: !
Surveys On The Go (Free) or Formz ($4.99)
FREE
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Chimpadeedoo14
Are you using MailChimp to collect email addresses and !
send out newsletters? Then Chimpadeedoo would be the !
perfect app to complement your email marketing efforts. !
It lets you collect email addresses from your iPad and import !
them into MailChimp.
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Chimpadeedoo14
Chimpadeedoo works ofﬂine, so collecting emails inside your !
store or during conferences and events can be done without a !
hitch. Moreover, the app allows you to show your company’s !
personality through your forms by letting you customize their !
background, fonts, and buttons.!
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Alternatives: !
GetResponse (Free) or Constant Contact (Free)
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Facebook Pages Manager15 FREE

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Facebook Pages Manager for iPad gives you all the tools !
you need to keep in touch with your fans no matter where you !
are. You can post updates, respond to comments, reply to !
private messages and view Page insights.
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You don’t have to be in front of your computer to see what’s !
going on with your store’s Facebook Page. With this app, you !
can attend to your Facebook fans and post updates even when !
you’re in your store, on the way to a meeting, or from the !
comfort of your couch.!
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Alternatives: !
Sprout Social (Free) or Pages Manager for Facebook (Free)
FREE
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Facebook Pages Manager

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Twitter16
Post tweets, view replies, and manage your private messages !
from anywhere with Twitter’s free app. Sharing is even easier !
thanks to its integration with iOS—you don’t have to open up !
Twitter to send links or photos; instead, you can just use the !
share icons in your native apps and tweet away.
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Twitter16
Thanks to the Twitter app, you can keep track of what’s being !
said about your brand no matter where you are. Not only that, !
but it allows you to impress customers by giving you the means !
to quickly respond to comments or concerns.!
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Alternatives: !
TweetDeck (Free) or HootSuite (Free)
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Rdio17
Rdio puts more than 20 million tracks at your ﬁngertips. !
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Play what you want, when you want and create playlists of !
your favorites. You can also start a station based on a !
particular genre, artist, or track, so you can !
discover new music.
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Rdio17
Rdio lets you control the music inside your store, enabling you !
to set the mood, reinforce your brand’s image, and even !
inﬂuence sales. The app also allows you to sync music to your !
device for ofﬂine listening, so you can play music in your store !
without an Internet connection.!
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Alternatives: !
Pandora (Free) or Spotify (Free)
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Evernote18
Drowning in Post-Its or notepads? Switch to Evernote and keep !
all your notes, links, lists, and miscellaneous content in the cloud. !
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The app syncs across multiple devices and platforms (desktop, !
web app, mobile app) so you can access and edit your notes !
from anywhere. It even has a search feature that lets you ﬁnd !
the info you need with just a few taps and swipes. !
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And unlike Post-It notes, Evernote doesn’t just let !
you create notes in the form of text. You can also !
use it to capture images and sounds.
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Evernote18
Creating and managing notes has never been this easy and !
ﬂexible. Evernote will save you a lot of time and effort. Not only !
that, but the app lets you send notes to other users, so sharing !
information with your staff, vendors, or customers is a breeze.!
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Alternatives: !
Taker HD ($4.99) or Awesome Note ($4.99)
FREE
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Skype19
Skype can take care of all your online communication needs. !
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Touch base with people via instant message, voice, or video !
for free (or very low rates) using this nifty app.
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When it comes to communicating complex ideas or information, !
email can only take you so far. Sometimes you need to be !
face-to-face with remote employees, vendors or customers. !
Skype offers an easy and inexpensive way to do just that, so !
you can get your messages across and get stuff done.!
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Alternatives: !
Google Hangouts (Free) or WePhone (Free)
FREE
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Retail Calculators20 FREE

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Retail Calculators20
This app puts multiple retail calculators in one program, so you !
can make business computations right from your smartphone. !
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Retail Calculators gives you seven free calculators: Contribution !
Margin, Loan Payment, Inventory Turnover (Stock Turn), Markup, !
Money Conversion, DCF Valuation, and Shift Hours. !
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Other calculators are available !
via in-app purchase.
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Retail Calculators20
With this app, you won’t have to use complicated formulas to !
make business calculations. Simply input the numbers and hit !
the enter button. A huge time-saver, Retail Calculators quickly !
gives you the values and numbers you need to make !
important business decisions.!
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Alternatives: !
PCalc ($9.99) or Digits ($0.99)
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Hey, how about some !
bonus apps?!
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(What, you think we'd leave you with only 20 apps?)

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Retail Week21
With the Retail Week app, the most trusted source of retail news !
is always just a tap away. The app lets you view the latest industry
headlines and stories, and you can store up to 150 news items to !
read even when you’re offline. !
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Need to find a specific article? !
Search Retail Week’s archives using the app !
and clip stories that you want to read later.
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Retail Week21
Retail Week can keep you abreast with retail industry news !
and issues no matter where you are. With this app, you’ll always !
have an eye and an ear on the most important headlines, and !
you’ll never walk into a business meeting clueless about what’s !
going on in retail.
FREE
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SelfPay22
SelfPay is an app that lets customers scan and pay for items !
without having to go through the usual check out process. !
Shoppers simply have to scan the item’s barcode and pay with !
their phone. No more falling in line at checkout, with SelfPay, !
customers can just scan, pay, and go.
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With SelfPay, you can take the speed and convenience of !
“self checkout” to a whole new level. It’ll impress customers, !
save time, and improve trafﬁc ﬂow inside your store.
FREE
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CoffeeTable:!
Catalog shopping
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This app lets users browse numerous retail catalogs using !
their phone. It helps people discover products, ﬁnd deals, and !
share items with their friends on social media.
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CoffeeTable: !
Catalog shopping
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Publish your catalog on CoffeeTable and get your business and !
products in front of a wider audience.!
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The app also provides real-time data so you can !
view the performance of your catalogs and make !
decisions on pricing, inventory, and design.
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