With the influx of everything "app", I've decided to share with you some of my favorite apps. Some are available for Apple but all are available for Android as I do use a Samsung Galaxy S3. Goodness, I purchased the phone just last year when the S4 came out and now there's an S5.
So, going back to the apps, I didn't really restrict myself to a certain number of favorite apps. Basically, these are the apps that are not so socially inclined (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, whatnot). I find that I use most of these daily. If not, every now and then.
1. Any.Do
As for me, it was a trial and error thing with these apps. I'd sometimes use a bunch at the same time, then slowly eliminate. You'd notice yourself pressing your finger on an app and opening it over the other. Remember The Milk lacked efficient syncing for me. I was updated on my iPad, but not on my phone or vice versa. Astrid, I did like, because it was like I had a pet that constantly reminded me to do things and "get things done", but it was recently acquired by Yahoo! and hasn't been updated. ToDoist, on the other hand, I did like as well, but I found it too demanding. For putting "filters" and "projects, you had to get their premium subscription. Any.Do seems to be the one because of its simplicity, its reminders as well, and the "plan your day" feature, which I did not find in others. True, the "plan your day" feature just seems like an ordinary run down of your to-do's for the day, but I find it very useful. Try watching the video.
The widget is pretty useful too.
2. Dropbox
These cloud-type apps are SO handy! Especially those which you could install on your desktop, such as Dropbox. It seems that Dropbox is in quite a competition with Google Drive, but I personally enjoy Dropbox because I just find it easier to use. I find that I usually put almost everything in my Dropbox - phone photos, files for further reading, photos from drives or the desktop that need to be exported on the phone, and others. Of course, you could edit right away on Drive if you've created the file there, which is why I choose to leave my "editables" there and store my read-only files or my Yahoo! attachments on Dropbox.
3. Wunderlist
4. Evernote
And another productivity app! See, I told you I do have a thing for these apps. I know a few people who do not appreciate Evernote for it could sometimes be too complicated, but I don't mind it. 1. You could have a desktop application of it, which reminded me of the OneNote program of Microsoft Office. 2. I have so much notes that I had a thrill categorizing them. 3. Copying articles instead of bookmarking.
5. Expense IQ
Okay, so here's an app you probably did not see coming. If you know me, you'd know that I have a thing about my expenses and listing them down, although lately I haven't been that religious. Ok, so sometimes I do go over the line with my expenses, but I just want to see where my money is going and if I'm spending reasonably. Expense IQ has been great! At first I used EasyMoney, but then they advertised Expense IQ, which just seems to be an updated version of it. Try it to believe it! Downside is that I think its only available in Android at the moment.
6. aWallet Password Keeper
Another thing that might be available only to Android is aWallet Password Keeper. Out of all the password keeping apps, I chose the first one that I downloaded. You don't need to log-in or set up an account, which I sort of appreciate. At the same time though, I know that it must be better if it were synced to the cloud. I haven't purchased the premium which would allow you to do that, but I might just do sometime soon. The app is pretty simple, accounts categorized. You'd be surprised on the number of passwords you have. I also like the look of it over Keeper.
7. Keep
You'd think when there's something I need to remember, I'd go to Evernote. But no, I go to Keep. It's actually by Google. I prefer it over Samsung's S Memo or any other note taking app, because of its simplicity (yup, gonna say it a bunch of times in this post). The texts have a way of being big or small, depending on how much text you have on the note. I can easily highlight a block of a note by putting a color to it. I can switch notes to different places. It just works faster for me, especially for those spur of the moment instances.
8. Flipboard
Flipboard is really cool cause it makes your stream/dashboard/wall/whatnot look like a magazine. It makes you browse your Instagram photos real quick (if you're using a tab / iPad). It works best on a tab or an iPad though, to get the magazine experience. You could also catch up on your reading. Just search for a category of your choice and you could easily flip through. Its quite an experience actually. If I have time to spare, I'd opt to use Flipboard instead of opening my usual social media apps. In this day and age, you could read about anything, from your neighbor's breakfast to world news. I'd like to get the hang of reading news, even just the headlines at least, on my spare time.
9. Pocket
Pocket is my go to app for those articles that I intend to "read later" or save, but don't bother categorizing on Evernote. When you get back to them eventually, the articles are laid out without the ads and frills on the side. What you see is just the text and it makes you focus more on the article.
10. Spotify
To wrap it up, Spotify is definitely a handy app for music lovers. You could search for playlists according to your mood. Sometimes you just don't know which song to play, but here you just have to choose one playlist and you're set.
I could go on and on for each app but this post might be too long so I'm just gonna state my major points. I hope this post helped in any way. :)
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