Apple’s iPad line of tablet computers has proven to be a popular and handy platform for many types of visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was selected by Time Magazine as one of the 50 Best Inventions of the Year for 2010 thanks in part to the fact that its size and weight is somewhere between a smart phones and a laptop computer and that it can run the same operating systems as the iPod Touch and iPhone, along with its own applications too.
The iPad’s portability and convenient size is a big asset for users who travel a lot and since overseas travel usually involves currency conversion at some point, having a currency converter application on your iPad can be a great help when traveling to and from overseas destinations. Currency conversion rates fluctuate on a daily basis and having a converter handy while traveling will keep you up-to-date on monetary changes that might save you some cash. Fortunately, several software manufacturers have recognized this need and developed free currency converter applications just for the iPad.
Free Currency Converter Apps for iPad:
Currency+
Currency+ is one of the best free currency converter apps for the iPad and covers the conversion rates for more than 150 different countries. Currency+ also offers online user support, inverse currency support and historical charts for currencies.
Currency
Currency is a currency converter app for iPad that is a basic currency converter and is able to convert the currencies of 100 different countries worldwide. This free currency converter app was developed by Jeffery Grossman.
XE Currency
XE Currency for iPad is a currency converter app for iPad that is now available under the name XE Currency in iTunes app Store and works both on the iPad and iPhone. The XE conversion app is free and covers the rates of 180 different currencies.
iMoney
Surprising as it might be, iMoney is a free currency converter app from Poland that not only converts currencies, but also allows users to create customized lists of the stocks and currencies they want to keep track of.
Fx converter
Fx converter is a free iPad application from the Oanda Corp that offers several USP features and covers over 180 different currencies. It also boasts a big button keypad.
