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Dentist Bia Kunze had a simple idea: If you can’t make it to the dentist, the dentist will come to you. Kunze is a mobile dentist in Brazil, treating house or hospital-bound patients in and around the city of Curitiba. To manage her practice on the go, she uses Bento for iPhone.

“I have a Bento database on my phone where I keep all of my patients’ records, including appointments, medical history, and dental diagrams,” she says. “It’s the easiest, most flexible solution for keeping records on the go. With Bento on the iPhone, I have everything I need to run my practice in my pocket.”

Bento rocks. Just ask Heather St. Marie, the lead singer of the Los Angeles-based rock band Hydrovibe. She uses Bento to keep track of concert venues, band merchandise, and more. The database program has become the band’s electronic administrative assistant, handling all the day-to-day data that keeps the band going. “ This is pretty much a personal assistant for me,” says St. Marie. “It’s taking a lot of effort out of the admin side of things. It gives me more time to be the singer, be the merchandise person and to just be a band member.”

It’s easy to get overwhelmed when you’re buying your first home. There are dozens of factors to consider: Neighborhood, price, square footage, year built, lot size, repair issues, landscaping—the list goes on and on. That’s why first-time homebuyer Jessica Fonseca turned to Bento for iPhone to organize it all. “There are just so many things to keep track of when you’re looking at homes,” she says. “With Bento for iPhone, I can have all the information in one place. When my husband or Realtor talks to me about a house we’ve looked at, all the information is right there on my iPhone. It makes the whole process a lot easier to deal with and it was extremely simple to set up.”