Get it Together: Organize with These iPhone Apps

Some entrepreneurs have an uncanny natural ability to schedule out a full week of meetings, fly halfway across the country, do the budget, answer customer e-mails, order office supplies and still not be late to dinner. The rest of us need a little assistance with organization. Some may make endless piles of Post-It notes. Others may write on their hands with ballpoint pens. iPhone users can load up on apps that are eager to keep notes, invoices, billing chores, and to-do lists in line.

The App: Evernote

The Maker: Evernote

Cost: Free

Special Powers: Text notes are so last century. Evernote brings photos, Web clips and audio recordings into the fold and then syncs it all across your iPhone, computer, Android phone, BlackBerry or Palm. The best feature out of all of this is that your notes become searchable. No matter how much data you pile up, you can hunt down that little bit of information that makes the difference between getting that big contract or losing a client.

The App: GeeTasks

The Maker: Memengo

Cost: $2.99

Special Powers: GeeTasks hooks up with your Google Tasks to keep your to-do list in sync between your iPhone and Gmail. Update, add and delete tasks, set deadlines and create extra notes. Test it out for free with the GeeTasksLite version that limits you to 10 tasks and displays ads. The $5.99 Pro version is required if you want to use it with Google Apps instead of regular Gmail.

The App: ShopShop

The Maker: Nikolaj Schumacher

Cost: Free

Special Powers: Can't keep your yogurt separate from your copier paper? ShopShop is a simple application designed to accomplish one thing: keeping your shopping lists in order. You can maintain multiple lists and tweak parameters like background color and font size. Send lists as an e-mail and strike out bought items with a touch of your fingertip. It's nothing fancy, but it gets the job done.

The App: Timewerks: Mobile Billing

The Maker: Sorth LLC

Cost: $9.99

Special Powers: Tracking isn't just for hunting bears. Timewerks is all about tracking your time and materials on the job. The built-in stopwatch keeps close track of the time you are spending, and invoicing can be done directly from your iPhone or iPod Touch in the form of an e-mail to the client. The faster you can invoice, the faster you get paid. Handle the process without having to whip out, start up, and log into a laptop.

The App: Personal Assistant Premium

The Maker: Pageonce

Cost: $6.99

Special Powers: Also available for BlackBerry, Android and Windows Mobile, Personal Assistant Premium has garnered a large following by bringing together a ton of information into one interface on your phone. Track your cell minutes, view your financial accounts, watch your frequent flier miles stack up, access your itinerary, check on your Netflix queue, read up on social networking feeds and make sure your bills are paid on time. It really is like have a tiny little electronic personal assistant.