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The 17 Essential iPhone Apps For SMBs

Start The Discussion | Fredric Paul | January 20, 2010 07:18 AM

InformationWeek SMB Apple blogger Jake Widman scours the App Store to find the 17 top iPhone programs for small and midsize businesses in 11 critical categories from databases to travel apps.

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Track Your Expenses: XpenseTracker

The same people who make TravelTracker also produce XpenseTracker ($4.99), another useful companion for SMB business trips. There are lots of ways to keep track of your expenditures with the iPhone, but XpenseTracker has a few features that make it particularly appropriate for business expenses as opposed to personal budgets. (Note that there's a completely different iPhone app called ExpenseTracker, which is more in the personal budget category.)

For example, all the expense tracking apps let you group expenses by category (transporation, food, lodging, etc.), but XpenseTracker also lets you group them by trip or occasion. If you travel internationally, it also lets you enter your expense in whatever currency you're using and downloads daily exchange rates. And you can use the iPhone's camera to take photos of your receipts. When your trip's over, e-mail or download the expense report as a CSV file, which can include links to the JPEG photos of your receipts. Finally, if you're on an expense account, the app also provides a way to track the status of your reimbursement.

If you already have iTunes, go directly to XpenseTracker.