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There are many aspects of your working life that can now be managed using an application or platform.
From managing your calendar and completing everything on your to-do list, to helping your team collaborate on projects and tracking your firm’s cash flow and invoices, there’s bound to be an app to help simplify these every-day tasks.
While there’s an abundance of productivity apps out there, here at IT Channel Expert we’ve tried to make the process a little easier by picking the best mix of apps to help you plan and organise your business and personal tasks.
– Calendar management app
– Quick day view
– Customisable widgets
– Switch between textual and graphical presentation
– Add events and tasks
– Works on Android
– Pricing: Free with in-app products ranging from £0.99 to £3.94
– Personal assistant app
– Quickly search the web and your phone or tablet
– Use your voice to search
– Get personalised results based on your location
– Updates on how much traffic to expect before you leave for work
– Weather updates
– Works on Android, iOS and desktop
– Pricing: Free
– Team collaboration app
– Communicate without email
– Shared task/to-do lists
– Create shared folders
– Embed full-featured spreadsheets into any documents
– Custom team URL
– Enhanced document recovery
– Dedicated support manager
– Usage stats
– Works on Android and iOS
– Pricing: Quip – Free, Quip Business – $12 per user/per month, Quip Enterprise – contact for pricing
– Calendar app
– A rich month view that lets you see how events span days and overlap
– Quickly add an event by long pressing on a day
– Email an iCal file to share with others or SMS an event description to someone
– View a location on a map or use the map to set a location for an event
– Customise calendar colours
– Customise how event and task details appear on the edit screen
– Works on iOS
– Pricing: £2.29
– Personal assistant app
– Built in calendar, to-do list and notes
– Connect your utilities, service providers, banks, social networks and more
– Tasks, events and notes are listed together on the calendar and can be managed from one place
– Link in social media networks
– Works on Android and iOS
– Pricing: Free
– Task management app
– View your work in a variety of ways, with each perspective designed for something specific, such as planning, doing or checking on your day ahead
– View options: change what you’re looking at with filters
– Location awareness
– Incorporates Siri
– Attachment support for images and audio
– Calendar integration
– Export as CSV
– Works on iOS and Mac
– Pricing: Standard Mac – $39.99, Pro Mac – $79.99, Standard iOS – $39.99, Pro iOS – $59.98
– Business organiser platform
– Bring together your invoices, expenses and bank accounts in one place
– Track cash flow
– Invoice Timeline: See which invoices have been paid or are due/overdue
– Live profit and loss report
– Tax deadline notifications
– Works on Mac and iOS
– Pricing: Limited Company – £29/a month, Partnership/LLP – £24/a month, Sole Trader – £19/a month
– To-do list app
– Combines a to-do list with a virtual pet
– Keep the AI happy by completing tasks and get rewards
– Over 500 unique rewards
– Unlockable app upgrades, from reminders to mini-games to an ‘actual kitten’
– Works on iOS
– Pricing: £2.29 with in-app purchases
– Address book and calendar app
– Works with emails, search results, text messages and more
– Eliminates tedious copy/paste, re-typing, and errors
– Does not require a wireless connection
– Updates existing contacts if missing complete information
– Full set of preferences for auto-capitalisation and other customisation
– Works on iOS, desktop, Blackberry
– Pricing: Varies from free – $54.90, depending on package
– Google Docs and Google Drive management app for iOS
– Create, edit, search, share and print all document types supported by Google docs, including doc, docx, ppt, xls, pdf, rtf, mp3, mp4, and jpg
– Edit your documents and spreadsheets online using Google’s mobile web editor
– Real-time syncing
– Full enterprise account support
– Multiple accounts
– Offline viewing
– Works on iOS
– Pricing: £3.99
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