If you have your smartphone or tablet with you all the time, you might as well get the most out of it. For IT professionals, some of these apps for Android may make your device even more handy.
In no particular order…
| Name | Price | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PC Monitor | Free | Monitor up to 5 systems for free for non-commercial use. It ties into the service at www.mobilepcmonitor.com, if you trust them on your mission-critical systems. |
| DroidDia prime | Free | Diagram with simple shapes or custom images. |
| ActiveDir Manager | $4.99 | Manage your Active Directory Users and Computers from your Android device. |
| Cura – SysAdmin | Free | A bundle of remote sysadmin tools. |
| Ping & DNS | Free | A few network tools at your disposal. |
| SysBull – SysAdmin Excuses | Free | When all else fails, this app will generate some buzzword/tech jargon loaded excuses for you to use and save your weekend. |
| AWS Console | Free | This app allows you to view Amazon EC2, ELB, RDS, and CloudWatch Alarms. |
| Clipper – Clipboard Manager | Free | View your clipboard and take control of copy/paste. |
| Automatic Call Recorder | Free | If you deal with a handful of clients or can’t always take notes from phone calls, this app might save your bacon by recording that conversation so you can refer back to it later. |
| NetAudit tcp port scanner | Free | A port scanner for your Android device to discover a network. |
| devcheats | Free | This app contains cheat sheets for developers to refer to on PHP, Python, jQuery, Apache, regular expressions, and more. |
| Fing – Network Tools | Free | Network discovery, ping, traceroute, and other network management utilities. |
| VX ConnectBot | Free | An open-source SSH and telnet client with SCP file transfer abilities too. |
| Unified Remote | Free | Your Android device can act as a remote for your PC over WiFi or Bluetooth. |
| IP Subnet/Supernet Calculator | Free | Calculate the network information you need to determine the possible subnets and hosts on a network with conversions between decimal, binary, octal, and hex. |
| Pingdom | Free | Connect with the Pingdom uptime monitoring service to see the status of your servers and websites. |
| PushBullet | Free | Transfer information between your devices and Chrome on your computer. This makes it easy to do research on a computer and send it to your Android to take it with you. |
| Hacker’s Keyboard | Free | Need to type with lots of random symbols? This keyboard has it all. |
| dSploit | Free | A security pentest kit in one app. |