4 Productivity-Boosting Apps to Help Maximize Your Time

Wunderlist

Wunderlist helps you take your to-do lists to the next level. From work, to school, to grocery-shopping, to anything else you have a pile of tasks for, Wunderlist can help you stay on top of things.

• Create as many separate lists as you want, then add and file each of your tasks accordingly.
• You can assign due dates, schedule reminders, add subtasks, and write notes for each item on your to-do lists.
• Your lists are saved to the cloud, allowing you to access them from any device (so you can create your grocery list when you’re laying in bed with your laptop at night, and then access it on your iPhone when you wake up and head to the store).
• You can also share your lists with multiple users; this comes in handy when working on group projects for school, or getting your spouse to help with the weekly chores.

SugarSync.

SugarSync is an app that takes cloud computing to the next level. Originally released as a competitor to Dropbox, its features are similar, but it offers much more.

• It works in the background, so you’ll hardly notice as your files are seamlessly backed up.
• The apps in SugarSync are real—this means that you can perform any standard operation on your files (not just view them, like in Dropbox) from any of your devices!
• You can synchronize any folder on your computer, and choose which devices to synchronize it to. So for example, if you want to only sync your work folders to your iPhone and leave your household bills folder on your desktop, it’s easy to do so.

Shoeboxed

Tax season can be daunting for anyone; but if you’re a busy professional with a mile-long list of business expenses that you lost the receipts for, it can be even scarier. Shoeboxed is an app that will eliminate this fear forever. It allows you to scan your receipts into your phone as you obtain them, and then collates and organizes them for you. Pretty convenient, right? It gets better. When you eventually need an expense report, Shoeboxed will generate it for you. As an added bonus, Shoeboxed also features a function that allows you to scan business cards directly into the app. It pulls the contact information from each card and generates a personal contact list. You’ll never have to worry about misplacing a business card or a receipt again!

Microsoft OneNote

If you can never remember what you named a file or where you saved it on your computer, Microsoft OneNote will be your lifesaver.

• Create a notebook (or multiple notebooks) and organize subjects into different tabs. The app gives you the freedom a regular notebook does, as you can click to type text or insert a picture anywhere on the screen.
• Add pages to each tab, and give each page a name for easy referencing. Microsoft OneNote syncs to any of your devices, so you can take notes during class (or work) during the day, and then browse them on your iPhone while you’re falling asleep at night. You’ll never lose another file again!