Apps to Boost Your Productivity
Google Now
It is a personal assistant and an extension of Google Search. It lets you to manage your routine by using voice commands to keep you informed of tasks, where you need to go, and even how to get there. It gives traffic information, points of interest, news, and generates recommendations based on your search behavior.
Trello
It’s utilized for project management, taking notes, and saving ideas and photographs. In this application, the user can make lists and add task-related cards. These cards, which can be shared with coworkers, allow you to track project progress and manage responsibilities.
Asana
This is an excellent alternative for individuals that work as a team and must share information with one another. Plan and structure projects, add users, assign tasks, and describe what has to be done on the dates you specify, based on your priorities. You can track the progress of the task, and your team will be aware of each other’s goals.
Focus Keeper
Have you ever heard of the pomodoro method? It was developed in the late 1980s by Francesco Cirillo and consists of a time management strategy that divides working times into 25-minute sessions with short breaks. This is one of many apps that use this strategy.
Forest
Isn’t it true that the actual issue isn’t checking your phone every five minutes? With this app, you can set timers and feel terrible if you don’t stick to them. It’s only that using your phone while working will result in the death of a tree. Otherwise, you’ll end up with a lush forest. You gain money for each tree planted, which you can spend to unlock other tree types in the app or donate to the NGO Trees for the Future’s planting of actual trees.
Hours
Hours allows you to track the time spent on each project and identify which activities are accomplished each day, allowing you to optimize productivity. When utilized in a team, it is even possible to track each member’s workflow.
SelfControl
If you find yourself opening a new browser window while working and typing the letters of the website you visit the most in the address bar, this app is for you. You can use it to ban any websites you want for as long as you want. Once they’ve been blocked, there’s no way to get to them during the time period stated.