Life today seems more complicated and fast-paced than ever before, and many of us find the pace of everyday living to be almost intolerably hectic. Thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones, there are hundreds of apps to help make your life more manageable.
Shoeboxed
Keeping on a budget is a daunting task for many of us. Going through receipts and bank statements and putting together a coherent spending report can easily take up hours of your week, and who has time for that? This is where Shoebox comes in. Simply snap pictures of your receipts, and the app digitally transfers the information right to your phone. With the added ability to look up your expenses on the Shoeboxed website and to export information to programs like Excel or QuickBooks, Shoeboxed is the perfect solution to keep your finances in order.
Cal
Keeping your appointments and daily activities organized is a must, and it can be a nightmare to keep a physical appointment book updated. Cal is a sleek, beautiful app with a very user-friendly interface which lets you easily input your daily activities and monitor exactly what you need to do on any given day.
CloudMagic
Many of us have multiple email addresses scattered across different services and having multiple apps for each email clutters up your phone. CloudMagic allows you to link all of your email addresses with one, easy-to-use application. With powerful editing tools and a clean, easy to navigate interface, CloudMagic is a must for keeping your email organized.
TouchCare
Keeping in touch with your physician is an important task for living a happy and healthy life. It’s not always easy to make an appointment, and when you’re not feeling well, the last thing you want to do is get in a car, drive to an office and sit in a room with other sick people. TouchCare is a revolutionary new app that allows you to video chat with your physician from home. The days of Doctor’s home visits has been reinvented with this app, and it provides a secure, HIPAA compliant connection to your doctor to keep your medical information safe.
Sparkpeople
Eating healthy is important, but it’s rarely easy to keep track of what you’re eating every day. Sparkpeople allows you to easily track your eating habits. A barcode scanner allows you to pull nutritional information from packaged foods, and a massive database of food allows you to look up information on almost any food and dish imaginable and add them to your daily log. Several diet programs are available to assist you in reaching your nutritional goals.
With the remarkable power of a smartphone at your fingertips, you can take control of your life like never before and break free of the overwhelming rush of everyday living.
Meghan Belnap is a freelance writer who enjoys spending time with her family. She also enjoys being in the outdoors and exploring new opportunities whenever they arise. Meghan also enjoys researching new topics that help to expand her horizons. You can often find her buried in a good book or out looking for an adventure.
