The must-have apps guaranteed to make your life easier…
Mobiles have such a big impact on our day to day life, with two thirds of all adults (66%) now owning a smartphone: but are we fully utilizing them to our advantage? With over 1.2 million apps available it can be a minefield trying to decide whats best for you. We have taken a closer look into what we use day in, day out to help our lives and put together the top five we feel will help benefit you the most.
Here are our picks of some of the handiest apps in the market today…
Joosr (iOS, £4.99 Monthly Subscription)
Life nowadays is so busy – juggling work, friends, hobbies and studying that by the time I want to sit down with a book, I’ve found I’ve run out of enough hours in the day. And this is where the new and innovative app Joosr comes in. Joosr are an e-book company who offer twenty minute summaries of key non fiction books allowing me to read all the information I would in a longer publication but in the space of twenty minutes. I can brush up on business and finance on my way to work, discover how to whittle my hours down to a four-hour work week and learn vital marketing skills which I can implement once I get to the office – all in less that half an hour.
Visit the Website for a free trial here
Download the iOS app here
Evernote (Android and iOS, Free)
Being in a creative industry I am always getting inspired with new ideas yet a lot of the time I find it’s when I least expect it: Walking to work or up the top of a climbing wall, the ideas suddenly pop in my head which are then forgotten when I want to put them into practise. This is where Evernote comes in! This genius app allows me to quickly drop down that opening sentence to my new article, take a picture to capture a memory or make a voice recording. I can then log into my Evernote account on my computer or tablet,take the notes, pictures or recordings out of Evernote and start to develop that idea into something bigger than just a thought in my head. It works across all platforms so it doesn’t matter whether you’re an android or apple user – just download the app, share your ideas and get them written down so that they aren’t forgotten about.
Visit the Website here
Download the IOS app here
Download the Android App here
OnTrees Personal Finance (Android and IOS, Free)
Finances! I think finances must be the bane of most people’s lives. It’s so easy to be walking down the high street, see that new pair of limited edition shoes and to go in and purchase them when you are supposed to be budgeting. OnTrees Personal Finance (Created by MoneySupermarket) is an app which helps solve any budgeting problem, helping you to make better decisions with your spending. Ontree has live streams of all your bank accounts so that you can see everything that is coming in and out of your account on a daily basis. It is able to give you a monthly overview of everything that has happened in the current month and splits it into different categories such as travel, restaurants, mortgage, sport etc. to help make sense of your spending and keep you up to date with all your recent transactions. With this app you will be a finance guru! I would say never again will you go against your budget but then there are always going to be a nice new pair of Kurt Geiger’s…
Visit the Website here
Download the IOS app here
Download the Android App here
App In the air (Android and IOS, Free)
App in the air, is (as it says when you open the app up) “Your Personal Travel Assistant.” As a writer I happen to be very fortunate in the way that I am able to travel to different countries and see the world, which is why this app has become so useful to me. App in the air allows you to organise all your flights so that they are in one location; just add the flight by its flight number or search it by its route. You are able to keep track of your checkout time, boarding, time of take off and the landing times. It will even give you updates if there are any delays in place in your airport or any of the airports you are planning to fly to. App In the air has really kept me organised with my flights and hasn’t let me down yet!
Visit the Website here
Download the IOS app here
Download the Android App here
MyfitnessPal (Android and IOS, Free)
There are so many ways to lose weight and different fitness apps to use, but for me Myfitnesspal gave me the biggest support in my journey to losing a stone. My goal was to eat 500 calories less a day in the hope to lose 1-2 pounds a week and with Myfitnesspal’s help I did exactly that. MyFitnesspal has a diary to track what you are eating throughout the day and allows you to scan the foods in the supermarkets so I knew what I was consuming. It also allowed me to keep track of my weight and amount of exercise I was doing so that I could keep on track to my goal. Overall Myfitnesspal was a really easy app to use which completely helped me achieve my goals which is which I recommend it for you to achieve yours.
Visit the Website here
Download the IOS app here
Download the Android App here
Have you got any apps which you think could help others? Comment below as we would love to try them out and give them ago…
