Millions of mobile apps are available today on Google Play and the App Store. A large number of these are gaming and entertainment apps. But there are many excellent apps that have been designed to make life easier – helping to sleep better, wake up on time, keep fit, manage tasks, take notes and generally be more productive throughout the day. Here is a look at a few great apps that can solve your daily problems.
1. Alarm Clocks
If you have a phone with an alarm clock app, you no longer need to buy traditional alarm clocks. Most phones come with stock clock apps, but there are numerous other versions in the market for Android, iOS and other platforms. If you want to wake up gently in the morning rather than be rudely awakened, you will find the apps Wake or Rise for the iOS and Warmly or the Timely app for Android perfect. If you need a lot of help waking up, then Morning Routine for Android will make you drag yourself out of bed and scan products around the house before it shuts up. For iOS devices,Wake N Shake is a good alarm app that only stops ringing when you shake it vigorously. There are other apps like RadiON (for iPhone and Android) with which you can wake up to the news.
2. Health Assistance and Fitness Apps
Mobile apps also make great fitness apps because you have them with you at all times. They have managed to revolutionize how we stay fit and keep an eye on our health. Smartphone apps give us so much information at our fingertips, such as usingGPS to calculate how much ground we covered and telling us how many calories we lost. You can also track your daily food intake, remind yourself to follow your daily calorie intake limit, maintain fitness goals, track your progress and even get coached through a fitness routine. Some innovators have also thought up some unusual and very useful applications of smartphone apps, such as this posture correction app) called LUMOBack called LUMOBack that will measure your posture and ‘nag’ with a gentle vibration when you’re slouching.
3. Task Management Apps
Task management and productivity apps will help you keep track of to-do lists, project lists, share online calendars, manage team members and keep your daily agenda manageable and close at hand at all times. Some apps are simple and single-task focused. Others are integrated apps that let you manage tasks from one location. The popular app Evernote, for instance, will let you take notes, tag images, record meeting minutes or lectures, connect with social media and access email from your mobile device while letting you synchronize with other devices and the cloud. Read about other top productivity apps here
4. Other Apps That Can Solve Your Daily Problems
There are tens of thousands of other useful apps that you could use to make life easier for you. Have trouble sleeping? Get a free Sleep Bot Tracker for your Android (or pay one buck for iOS friendly Sleep Cycle) to help you track your sleep patterns. If you’re trying to conceive, use GLOW iPhone for maintaining health-tracking, charts and daily reminders of when it’s time to make babies. Need quick info on Shakespeare at your fingertips for school? Get Explore Shakespeare for your iPad; it’s free. Have a sudden party with no DJ? Get Traktor DJ (£2.99 for your iPhone) and rock away.
Check out the App Store and Google Play for more great productivity apps.