I got such a great response from my last blog post that I thought I’d follow it up with some different suggestions. Below I’ve listed 8 iPhone applications that will make your touring life easier. There are ways to manage finances, find cheap hotels and gas, take credit cards at your merch table and more. I’m such a nice guy. Don’t say I never gave you nothin’!

PicPosterous – This is the era of expedience and information transfer. PicPosterous acts as a replacement for your iPhone camera by recording video and taking pictures and automatically uploading them to specified sites. Show your fans the awesome stuff you do on your day off (yeah we know it’s just laundry) or show them how awesome last night’s show was. How about recording live concert footage or maybe an acoustic rendition of that crowd pleaser and have it automatically post to your Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Youtube, etc.

iSwipe – You are out of your goddamn mind if you don’t use this app on the road. Now you can process credit cards instantly at your merch table. This could be the most important tool your band utilizes this year. Sure it costs a few dollars, but the investment is well worth it. Advertise credit card purchasing at your table and watch your sales jump as fans that ran out of cash suddenly have available funds. Not only will you process more sales but you’ll process larger sales as well. Best of all you can finally stick it to those lame kids that are out of cash but want a free shirt because they “totally love your band and want to support you.” Hey we gotta eat too, you moochers.

Bump – This is the future of business cards. Simply open your Bump application, tap your phones together, and instantly exchange your contact information. Don’t worry about writing down the wrong info or mistyping numbers because of all those free drinks at the bar. Bump just made networking easier.

Cheap Gas! – This is exactly what you think it is. Cheap Gas searches for the cheapest gas prices around and then shows you where they are. Sort by price or by distance and see which brand of gas station you’re hitting up. This last part is especially clutch because all us touring veterans know Pilot, T&A, and Loves have the cleanest bathrooms. The app even has an augmented reality view (fuck yeah, technology)!

Trapster – This is the ultimate road trip guide. Trapster is a GPS with turn by turn directions that gives you voice notifications when approaching speed traps, red light cameras, speed cameras, and other expensive driving hazards. You can also use Google live traffic, local search, and iPod control from within the app. Now you can stick it to the man without having to stand up to anyone real!

Financer – Every band has the one nerdy (read: responsible) guy that oversees all the business and finance of the group. Use Financer to keep track of deposits and withdrawals, stay on top of monthly budgets, and easily track your expenses all while sitting shotgun in the tour van. There’s nothing worse than being all the way across the country and suddenly finding out you’re out of cash. It’s probably your merch guy skimming off the top, by the way.

AroundMe – Remember that time your band broke down in the middle of nowhere and you were miserable? Remember that day off with nothing to do? AroundMe lets you search a variety of categories to find out, well, what’s around you. Bars? Movie Theaters? Banks? Hospitals? You name it you can find it. It  even lets you search for Apple Stores nearby in case your other band members want to pick up iPhones because they’re jealous of all your sweet apps.

Kayak – Kayak has an iPhone app! Just like on their website, Kayak lets you browse thousands of hotels and airfares for the best prices. No need to drive around in the middle of the night trying to find a cheap place. Kayak compares prices from all hotel websites, discount travel sites, and special deals and aggregates them with easy to read information and ratings. Find out where you can get the best deals on rooms and quit worrying about crashing on that weird kid’s dorm room floor or with those creepers that just stare at you all night because you’re their “favorite band.”