So it’s almost the new year, and you want to start being more organized and productive, right? Well we’ve put together a list of great iPhone apps to help you manage your tasks, track your time, store passwords, and stay organized.
With these 30 apps you can create to do lists, invoice for contract work, access your computer remotely, manage all your online accounts in one place, print files to your phone, and more. We’re hoping that these handy apps can make 2009 the most productive year for you and your mobile lifestyle.
Your productivity on the go is important to us. Which apps make your life a little easier? Let us know what you think of these apps, and any we may have missed, in the comments.
Tasks, Lists, and Notes [Free]
Jott – (App store rating: 2.5 stars) – Editor’s note: Since posting, this app is no longer listed in the app store. As a mobile note taking tool, the Jott app transcribes your voice notes to text. Your notes are automatically synced to Jott.com and the Jott desktop app. Now that both texting and talking on your mobile while driving are illegal in California, I just might start regularly using my Jott account. While testing the Jott iPhone app, though, I did notice the voice-to-text conversion still needs a little work. I said, “Make sure to finish Mashable post on iPhone productivity apps.” Jott got, “Make sure to finish Maxible post on iPhone productivity up.” Not bad, but not great.
Remember the Milk – (App store rating 2.5 stars) – Remember the Milk users can download this app for full-featured task management on the go. Bonus features include the ability to swipe to complete tasks quickly, and sort task by priority, due date, or task name. While the download is free, you must have a RTM Pro account.
Evernote is perfect for taking quick, geo-aware, voice, text, and image notes to use later. The app can also sync with Evernote’s desktop and web versions, and Pelotonics, a web-based group collaboration solution similar to Basecamp. Pelotonics users will love the ability to save voice notes as messages or tasks, which can be shared or assigned to project resources.
reQall – (App store rating 2.5 stars) – Make to-do lists, set appointments, and manage shopping lists with voice or text notes from the reQall iPhone app. reQall will remind you of your tasks via text message, IM, email, calendar alert, or voice. You’ll need to call the reQall service to create your account, but once you do, you can add smart voice notes—reQall recognizes time, date, and other keywords—right from the app.
EasyTask Manager – (App store rating: 2.5 stars) – This app follows the GTD method and gives users the ability to easily add and sort tasks with context.
YouNote – (App store rating: 3 stars) – YouNote is pretty unique and makes it easy to take and tag notes of all variety. Of course the standards are covered–audio, text, and image notes—but YouNote also adds in the ability to draw notes and bookmark web pages with notes.
Tasks, Lists, and Notes [Paid]
OmniFocus – (App store rating 3.5 stars) – This $19.99 iPhone app, which syncs with OmniFocus v1.5 for Mac, brings sophisticated task management to your phone. The app supports text, image, and voice tasks, creates a custom list of nearby tasks to complete, and keeps track of tasks by project, place, person, or date.
Things – (App store rating: 3.5 stars) – Manage to-dos, notes, due dates, and projects for about 10 bucks. Things is perfect for GTD types because it lets users sort tasks into either the inbox, today, next, scheduled, or someday folders. Unfortunately, Things does lack the ability to sync to iCal or Outlook, and only Mac users can sync to a desktop version of Things.
Checklist – (App store rating: 3 stars) – For 99 cents, Checklist doesn’t offer much—just a single list—but it’s an extremely simple alternative for managing a to-do list.
Time Trackers
Timewerks – (App store rating 4 stars) – With a robust feature set including data export, multiple active stopwatches, customizable rates per task type, sales tax calculations, and HTML-formatted invoices, Timewerks is an essential app for independent contractors.
iTimeSheetLite – (App store rating 2.5 stars) – Use this free and limited feature app to manage times per task. Just open up the calendar, select a date, add a task, select if the task is billable, set task start time, end time, or total duration, add notes, and save. For a more sophisticated and advanced approach to tracking time, try the $5.99 version.
TimeLogger – (App store rating: 3.5 stars) – Perfect for anyone who needs to track their time, TimeLogger, which costs $2.99, works even while other programs are running. You can also start multiple timers, adjust times, associate tasks with clients and categories, and create custom text or CSV reports of your logged time.
Account and Password Management
A Personal Assistant – (App store rating: 2.5 stars) – Access and manage all your online accounts in one place with the free A Personal Assistant app. Once you add your accounts (like bank accounts, social networks, and online shopping accounts), you can continue to manage those accounts password-free from the app. The app also provides users with a master itinerary, and financial overview complete with transactions and balances. For security purposes, the company behind the app, Pageonce, uses 128 bit SSL encryption, and users can remotely disable access should the iPhone get lost.
eWallet – (App store rating 3.5 stars) – For $9.99, eWallet, from Illium Software, offers password management with 256-bit AES encryption, and the ability to sync information to a PC. Store passwords, PIN numbers, user names, bank accounts, travel clubs, calling cards, health info, and travel club info.
LockBox – (App store rating: 3 stars) – A free alternative to eWallet, LockBox lets users store and protect private notes, passwords, credit card numbers, and PIN numbers. User data is encrypted and protected by an additional custom-created secret code.
File & Computer Resources
Mocha VNC Lite – (App store rating: 3 stars) – Control your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer from your iPhone with this handy app. If you’re like me, you’ll need to use the setup wizard to get started, but once you’re server connection is setup you’re good to go. This app is 100% free, ridiculously cool (just play around with your comp while the app is running, you can watch it update in real-time), useful, and a new personal favorite. The $5.99 version, which doesn’t seem necessary, comes with a few additional keys, as well as support for right-click, hover, and mouse wheel maneuvers.
FileMagnet – (App store rating: 3.5 stores) – This $4.99 app lets you copy files from your PC or Mac onto the iPhone, making it easy to use your iPhone as a portable drive. You can also transfer files wirelessly with FileMagnet Uploader, an additional (but free) download.
FileMagnet – (App store rating: 3.5 stores) – This $4.99 app lets you copy files from your PC or Mac onto the iPhone, making it easy to use your iPhone as a portable drive. You can also transfer files wirelessly with FileMagnet Uploader, an additional (but free) download.
MobileFiles – (no reviews) – At $9.99 the MobileFiles app doesn’t come cheap, but it does come with the ability to access, view, and manage Office (you can even edit Excel docs), iWork, and PDF files right from your phone.
ACTPrinter – (App store rating: 3 stars) – Print from your Mac to your iPhone? At $1.99, this app, in conjunction with the companion software, gives Mac users the ability to “print” documents for easy iPhone access. As a nice bonus, all bar codes from documents can be scanned right from the iPhone’s screen, making it more convenient than printing physical copies of boarding passes or electronic tickets.
Search
Cooliris – (App store rating: 3 stars) – This is a really neat little free app that lets you search and discover images (or YouTube videos), across sites like Flickr and SmugMug, via a beautiful 3D wall.
Google Mobile App – (App store rating: 3.5 stars) – Along with the myriad of other things you can do, the Google Mobile App lets you search Google with your voice. Just open the app, select the Search tab at the bottom, lift the phone to your ear and speak very clearly. Make sure you really enunciate those voice queries, though, because the voice recognition software can be tempermental.
YPMobile – (App store rating: 3 stars) – For the yellow pages enthusiast, YPMobile takes the heavy lifting and time-suck out of searching. With a plethora of features like nearby business and event search, the ability to create custom plans, add favorites, and share with friends, YPMobile is a much handier resource than its hard copy older sibling.
YPMobile – (App store rating: 3 stars) – For the yellow pages enthusiast, YPMobile takes the heavy lifting and time-suck out of searching. With a plethora of features like nearby business and event search, the ability to create custom plans, add favorites, and share with friends, YPMobile is a much handier resource than its hard copy older sibling.
Reading Online and Off
Instapaper – (App store rating: 3 stars) – Instapaper lets users create offline versions of web articles for easy access and viewing when the web is just out of reach. You’ll need to visit the Instapaper website to create an account and get the Read Later bookmark, but once that’s done you can use the app to view your bookmarked pages. The pro version costs $9.99 but adds position-saving, tilt scrolling, and adjustable fonts.
BookShelf – (App store rating: 3 stars) – A multi-format eBook reader that supports text, HTML, Palm, and FB2 formats. This $9.99 app also enables users to save bookmarks with names, and customize font and color schemes. Books are downloaded using the ShelfServer application from iphonebookshelf.com.
Read Demon – (App store rating: 3 stars) – You’d probably be more productive if you could read faster, right? Read Demon, at $4.99, has speed reader lessons with adjustable reading speeds, customizable text size, and a words per minute counter, to help you master speed reading.
If You Jailbreak
Search – (rating: 4 stars) – Install Search (not to be confused with Searcher) to do just that—search. You can search your phone and the web for pretty much anything; search through your mail, SMS, notes, and contacts. Available via Installer and Cydia.
Insomnia – (rating: 3 stars) – This app will prevent the iPhone from sleeping, allowing background apps and WiFi to continue running even when the screen is switched off. It’s especially handy if you’re using one of the many IM apps and still want to continue receiving messages, or make yourself appear available.
iPhoneNotes (NA) – Mac users will need to install the OpenSSH app from Cydia or Installer, and the iPhone notes Mac desktop app, but the end result is a simple notes application that you can access from your phone. iPhoneNotes just enhances the standard Notes app by adding colorization, and the convenience of being able to edit notes from your phone or desktop.
Kate (rating: 3 stars) – Kate offers a package of tools that you can install separately. It’s pricey ($22.50 sale price for an unlimited license), and a little bit more complicated to install, but Kate offers Smart Dialer for faster calling options, FaceLift for screen customization, uCalendar for a quick Calendar view, Reminder for audio or silent reminders of missed calls or messages, System Font to change fonts, and Privacy to turn off certain notifications.
i2Reader - (rating 3 stars) – An eBook reader for FB2 and TXT formats. The trial period, just 3 days, lets you test out i2Reader and cool features like full FB2 support (for annotations and hyperlinks), auto-scroll, book grouping, dictionary support, and themes. Should you choose to buy, be ready to spend $35.
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