For example, you can easily access information about The United Methodist Church with the new UMC app, which enables access to daily devotions, news, videos, photos and social media sites.
Here is a look at 10 other leading mobile apps for church leaders, counting down from 10.
10. BC Reader
Are business cards falling out
of your wallet or computer bag?
Who has time to enter that information
into a phone? Use your
phone to photograph each card,
and BC Reader will save the information
and create a contact.
iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
(iOS 3.1 or later): $5.99
Android: $4.99
BlackBerry: $9.99
9. Lectionary
For preaching, the Lectionary app
is essential. Spend 99 cents for this
app, and you can easily review this
week’s texts on your iPhone. Some
may argue that this app should be
closer to No. 1, but some features,
such as a search, are missing.
iPhone and iPod touch (iOS 3.0
or later): 99 cents.
iPad (iOS 3.2 or later): $4.99
8. Facebook
With the new Facebook timeline,
updating your church or organization’s
Facebook page frequently is
critical. Use your smartphone or
tablet to update your page and even
add photographs on the go.
Free
for
iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
(iOS 4.0 or later), Android and
Blackberry.
7. Evernote & JotNot Pro
If you want to remember something,
take a picture with your
phone and Evernote will use textrecognition
technology to make the
text in the image searchable. In a
similar fashion, JotNot Pro turns
your iPhone into a scanner. If your
goal is to go paperless, this app
will help you get there.
Evernote
iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (requires iOS 3.0 or later): Free.
Android: Free.
Blackberry: Free.
JotNot Pro:
iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (requires iOS 3.1.2 or later): $0.99
6. Logos
Logos is the best reading app for
the Bible. Navigation is a breeze.
Many translations are available.
Free for iPhone, iPad touch, iPad
(iOS 4.0 or later) and Android.
5. KeyNote and KeyNote Remote
Create a presentation in MS
PowerPoint or Apple’s Keynote
and control it from the pulpit. With
Keynote, you can build presentations
and import PowerPoint
presentations without any virtual
jumbling to fix. Keynote Remote
allows you to control another computer
on the same network that also
has Keynote.
Keynote:
iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S, iPod
touch (3rd and 4th generation) and
iPad (iOS 5.1 or later): $9.99
Keynote Remote:
iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
(iOS 4.2.1 or later): 99 cents
4. Dropbox
If you’re not using cloud-based
storage and file sharing at least on
an elementary level, you should be.
Dropbox is an easy-to-use app that
adds a folder icon to your desktop.
It automatically syncs any file that
you put in that folder to other computers
that share your Dropbox.
Free for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (iOS 3.1 or later), Android and Blackberry.
3. Nooma
Flannel and Rob Bell have teamed
up to make all 24 Nooma videos
available for smartphones and tablets.
The app is free. The first video
is free; the rest are $2.99 each.
With this app, you have all of the
10- to 15-minute videos available
wherever you go.
Free for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad (iOS 4.0 or
later) and Android.
2. Toodledo
Toodledo will simplify your to-do
lists. This powerful task and note
manager will help you organize
lists and notes. Use Toodledo as
a stand-alone application or use
it to synchronize your lists on
Toodledo.com. While Toodledo
is designed for the iPhone, iPod
touch and iPad, Ultimate To-Do
List (Android) and TaskJot (Black-
Berry) offer the same functionality.
iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad
(iOS 3.1.3 or later): $2.99
Compatible Android – Ultimate To-Do List: $5 after a free 14-day
trial
Compatible BlackBerry – Task-Jot: $14.95 standard/$24.95 Pro
1. BibleXpress
This app includes several Bible
translations. The BibleXpress intuitive
search feature rivals Google. It
allows you to choose how to organize
your bookmarks and includes
Easton’s Bible Dictionary.
BibleXpress (full-featured):
iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad (iOS
3.1.2 or later): $29.99.
BibleXpress Lite: iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (iOS 3.1.3 or later):
$2.99.
