Must Have Apps for Start-ups – Must Read
We would all be lost without our phones these days. Our
contacts, photos, calendars, communications, and often even payment methods,
are all housed in these little devices.
And if you’re like most people, your phone is filled with apps.
You likely have Lyft and Uber, your most frequented airlines, Yelp and top
sources for news and market updates. And who doesn’t have a game or two?
Beyond the expected, there are some other apps that should be
considered. These amazing and well-designed tools will help you to be more
efficient and organized on the go:
WhatsApp — You may chuckle at this suggestion, but you don’t need
to be a teenager to appreciate this one. WhatsApp offers free texting and has
all of the essential functions of your phone’s native texting app. Even better — your international contacts probably already have
it, as it’s the world’s most popular texting app. You can easily find existing
contacts through the app, and initiating conversations is intuitive and simple.
This app is also accessible on your desktop, adding to its utility. If you are
paying to text internationally, it’s time to switch over... and your contacts
will likely thank you as well.
Trello or Asana — These project organizer apps get equal billing because
both are free, and their layouts and functionality are intuitive and
user-friendly. For additional convenience, both are available via your desktop
or laptop. These apps allow you and a group of partners or co-workers to
collaborate on projects, share images and documents, delegate tasks, send
reminders and create schedules and timelines. Once you start to hack your
workflow with one of these apps, you’ll be hooked.
Exodus.io or Jaxx.io — These top-notch crypto wallets
allow you to download and securely store your crypto. They allow for private
and efficient control of bitcoin and a long list of other crypto options. These
are well-designed apps with highly rated customer support that allow you to
track your portfolio, buy and sell crypto and send and receive digital
currency. Both are free downloads.
LastPass, 1Password or Dashlane — With
cybersecurity being a top concern, it’s essential that your passwords go beyond
birthdays and kids’ names. And that they are securely stored. These are more
than just apps — they’re vaults. Create one master password or phrase and the
app interfaces with the other apps and frequently visited websites on your
phone to offer you secure, quick and convenient logins. They generate secure
passwords for you, remember them and autofill using your master password. And
even better — these services are free. Just
make sure that your master password is a strong one!
Google Authenticator or Authy — The next
security step after keeping sensitive information on your phone and generating
strong passwords is to enable two-factor authentication. While this has been
traditionally done via SMS, the growing threat of SIM-jacking makes SMS an
insecure option. Instead, turn to one of these free two-factor authenticator
generator apps to create unique and constantly updated authentication codes
that live nowhere but on your phone.
Mint — This highly rated app is the premier choice for
financial budgeting, tracking and planning. Yet another free app, Mint offers
notifications when transactions post, free credit reports and monitoring and
well-designed budgeting and goal-setting tools. The app also features
state-of-the-art security and encryption that is updated as new threats are identified.
As a note, Mint currently connects to U.S. and Canadian financial institutions
only.
Pocket — Formerly known as Read It Later, this app is accessible
on numerous platforms including smartphones, Kindle and desktops. This free app
allows you to easily save and organize articles, documents, videos and news
reports and other materials that you’d like to save to read later. It saves
from any platform, be it a news app, YouTube or Twitter, among many others.
Best of all, your saved materials are available to you offline, so they can be
enjoyed in airplane mode or without burning up data when you are out and about.
Collections can be curated for individual
needs, such as work, professional development, hobbies, news and any category
you need.
Mobile Day — If conference calls and web meetings are an essential part of
your productivity, this app was created for you. By synching with your contacts
and simplifying the connection process, this free app brings setting up group
calls to a new level of ease — no PINs or codes required. The app also syncs
with your calendar and detects meetings. Another handy and user-friendly
feature is a quick and easy notification option to let your attendees know when
you are running a little late — you know you will need to use that sometimes!
Wunderlist — This highly rated free app is more than just a compendium of
lists. It allows you to curate and organize lists according to your needs, save
images and other media content within the lists and receive custom
notifications about action items. Lists can be shared with others, and users
can chat within the app to collaborate and coordinate actions. Your lists are
not only available on your smartphone, but can be accessed through any of your
devices for added convenience.
Any list of apps such as this one is by nature incomplete. Do we
even need to mention Skype, Slack, Evernote, LinkedIn, Dropbox and Wave?
Connectivity, planning and productivity, especially among the growing
remote-office workforce, have become easier and more streamlined than ever!
It’s just a matter of deciding which apps will work best for your needs.
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