This blog

http://inotes4you.com

composed by Thomas Unterstenhöfer has a detailed, interesting series of articles on data base approaches for iPad. I like the article in the series on creating a "paperless" database and workflow with TapForms, which I've been using as a replacement for Bento.

Thomas' TapForms article is here

http://inotes4you.com/2014/03/12/go-paperless-with-tap-forms/

My last article for Mac Appstorm was a comparison of TapForms with Bento (since Bento has been discontinued by Filemaker). It may be of interest for those looking for more information about TF:

http://mac.appstorm.net/reviews/productivity-review/tap-forms-a-solid-alternate-to-filemakers-bento/

Steve Z.

P.S. Appstorm has closed, but the website is still available, at least for a while.

And just to be clear, my review of TapForms is for the Mac, not the iPad version.

Steve Z.

(Slightly OT.) Related to this and to ambitions for paperlessness and document portability - I've recently found that the comparatively new Fujitsu Scansnap ix500 scanner and its associated software are pretty good. Today one gulps a little at the price of a home-office computer peripheral that costs £350 or so (forgetting perhaps that little more than a decade ago a decent desktop computer cost well over £1,000).

But compared with rival systems or older Fujitsus, in my opinion the Scansnap has three key advantages: it's at least 20 per cent faster, not just in scanning but also OR-ing (and it feels faster still), its document feeder seems to be a step-up in effectiveness (compared with previous models which regularly 'bit off more than they could chew'), and it can scan directly via Wi-fi to a tablet or smartphone (as you prepare to dash out of the office to the next appointment).