Is making better use of your time one of your goals for 2017? Read on for a look at five great time management apps that can help you to get organized and stay that way. Pair your favorite app with an Afghan Wireless smartphone and make 2017 your most productive year yet!
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Clear
Clear can help you to take your to-do list to the next level with its easy-to-use interface and functional design. Rather than having to deal with one giant, messy list, Clear helps you to streamline your tasks by organizing them into separate, themed categories, so one quick glance will tell you exactly what you need to do next.
Clear’s interface is fully customizable, so you can organize your list exactly how you’d like. The app also syncs easily with your iCloud account, so your list automatically updates on all of your devices whenever you complete or add a task. Finally, Clear’s reminders and push notifications help to keep you accountable and ensure that no crucial task is missed or forgotten.
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Workflow
This highly customizable app is all about making complex or frequently performed tasks more streamlined. Workflow helps you to create unique shortcuts on your phone’s home screen that can perform multiple actions with a single click of the mouse. For example, the next time you need to bring up Google Maps to find directions for your next meeting, just click on the shortcut, and Workflow will automatically do the job for you.
By automating complex and multi-step tasks, Workflow can reduce wasted time and help you to get things done more quickly. At present, more than 200 different actions and integrations are available with some of today’s most commonly used apps, such as Facebook, Safari, and YouTube. In addition, new shortcuts are easy to create with Workflow’s simple drag-and-drop commands.
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Clara
If you’ve always wanted a personal assistant to help you coordinate your meetings, the artificially intelligent e-mail app Clara may be just what you’ve been waiting for. Leveraging sophisticated AI technology, Clara automatically handles the tedious process of matching schedules and booking meetings. All you need to do is include Clara as a recipient on any e-mail, and the app will take over the task of coordinating your appointments with the other parties on the e-mail.
Staying on top of endless back-and-forth e-mails trying to find a time when everyone is free to meet can be a major drain on your time and energy. Clara lets you spend less time managing your e-mail and more time getting important tasks done. And if you’re worried about people’s reactions to getting e-mails from a robot, don’t be: Clara boasts natural language capabilities that produce e-mails that sound like they’re from a real person, so your recipients won’t be confused.
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Wunderlist
If you’ve got a to-do list that you share with other people, whether it’s a project list shared with work colleagues or a planning checklist for a family vacation, Wunderlist is all about collaborating and coordinating tasks with others. Not only can you track, complete, and share your own goals easily, you can also help team members to stay on top of things by assigning tasks, adding comments, and setting deadlines and follow-up reminders.
Wunderlist helps to ensure that all team members are on the same page at any given time, and it allows everyone to become involved equally as they work together to get things done. Best of all, Wunderlist is available on almost every operating platform, so all the team members will be able to access the communal to-do list no matter what kind of device they’re using.
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RescueTime
Do you sometimes spend hours on your device without having a clear idea afterwards of exactly what you’ve been doing? You might be in need of RescueTime, a time-tracking app that records, breaks down, and analyzes every minute of the time you spend online. By letting you know just how often you use your favorite apps or just how much time you spend on a particular website, RescueTime can give you a clear idea of your typical online behavior and help you to identify those habits that are causing you to waste time so that you can organize your day (and your life) more efficiently.
If you’re struggling with how to better manage your time, understanding how you manage your time right now is the best place to start. RescueTime provides daily highlights and in-depth reports so that you get the full picture of how you spend your day. The app can also find and recommend new ways for you to organize your time based on your current habits. RescueTime can even help you to improve your focus by sending automatic reminders when you’ve spent too long on a specific activity, and by temporarily blocking access to websites or apps that cause you to procrastinate.