In this day and age, everyone has a smartphone or tablet which they have with them almost everywhere they go. This technology should be utilized to make your life easier and these apps will do just that.
Evernote
Evernote is a powerful, cross-platform note taking app which allows users to take and unload notes, pictures, videos and audio. It is a cloud based app which allows you to organize everything in convenient ‘notebooks’ and organize them in your own personal cloud. You can create as many notebooks as you like and fill them with links, images, text and sections of webpages which the app allows you to clip. Sharing them with colleagues and friends is easy and all your notebooks will be available to you across all your devices.
Available on: iPhone, iPad and Android.
Price: Free
Pocket
Arguably the best ‘read it later’ app out there, Pocket allows you to save articles or links to refer back to later. Another cloud based app, pocket strips the articles of all the ads, navigations menus and unnecessary colors, leaving you with instant access to easy-to-read articles.
Available on: iPhone, iPad and Android.
Price: Free
Clear
To-do-list apps are a dime a dozen and there are some great ones out there but none as smartphone friendly as Clear. Using taps, swipes and pinches, you can create, edit and move tasks easily. Clear have not only done away with boring checkboxes, but they allow you to color-code your tasks by priority. Syncing with your iCloud account and the ability to create multiple lists keeps this to-do-list app a step above the rest.
Available on: iPhone and iPad.
Price: $0.99
Dragon Dictation
Known for its simplicity as well as its great functionality, Dragon Dictation is at the top of a very large pile of speech-to-text apps. Tap the red button and immediately begin dictating. This is an excellent app for on-the-go transcribing of notes, emails or even Facebook and Twitter updates. Simply start speaking and the app will understand what you’re saying and generate text accordingly.
Available on: iPhone and iPad.
Price: Free
DropBox
Dropbox have led the way in terms of cloud storage services. Create a (free) Dropbox account and the virtual folder on your computer can have anything dropped in it and automatically uploaded to the internet. This means the days of carrying around a USB pen are behind us. Dropbox gives you the freedom to access your documents from any device, anywhere. Dropbox offer 2GB of space to users for free before you need to upgrade to a premium account. You can store documents, photos, videos and other data which you can access from anywhere or download for offline access. Users can share files with friends or coworkers for collaboration and also upload new material.
Available on: iPhone and iPad.
Price: Free
