While organizing your life may seem a little overwhelming, these apps will make it easier than ever to declutter your space, plan for the future and focus on what really matters.
Take some time this week to download one of these must-have apps and start living an organized, stress-free life.
1. Todoist
Todoist is a long-time favorite of productivity gurus. You can use it on almost any platform, including Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux. It also has native integration with Chrome and Firefox, which means you can access your tasks from almost anywhere.
Todoist’s primary use is for creating to-do lists that you can deliberately work through. In Todoist terms, this is called “Getting Things Done,” or GTD for short. If you’re not familiar with GTD, the idea is to capture all your tasks in one central place and then process them into projects and actions that you can get done.
In addition to making to-do lists more manageable and less overwhelming, Todoist also makes it easy to prioritize each task using a numbering scheme that incorporates priority levels 1–4 (1 being the highest priority). When you add new tasks to the app, they default to priority level 2 so that everything is equally important until you take action on them.
2. Any.do
Any.do is a cross-platform app with a free version and an upgraded service that costs $2.99 per month (billed annually), which can be used across all of your devices for a more seamless user experience. It has an assistant feature that helps you get things done and allows you to collaborate with others on long-term projects or errands. You can sync it with your calendar and set reminders for any tasks or appointments you might have.
You can also email yourself tasks so you don’t forget them, make lists of groceries and other household necessities, and attach notes to tasks to make sure they’re done correctly – like a note asking your roommate to bring home orange juice after work without the pulp!
3. Evernote
We’re betting you already know and love Evernote, but we just had to include it in this list. It’s a multi-faceted organizational app that lets you take notes in different formats – text, photos, videos, screenshots, web clippings, and more. You can access these notes from any device and share them with others.
It’s great for organizing both personal and work notes by keeping them separate. You don’t have to switch between multiple accounts. Simply create a new note for each project or task under your account.
Use tags to organize your notes or search for specific ones using keywords. And if you find yourself making the same kind of note again and again, use templates to get started quickly.
If you want more functionality, integrate Evernote with other apps such as Dropbox so that when an event occurs in one app, Evernote will be triggered.
For even more functionality, there are browser extensions or add-ons like Web Clipper that allow you to save articles from websites directly into Evernote without opening the app itself. Much faster!
4. Remember the Milk
Remember the Milk is a flexible app that helps you organize your life. It lets you set multiple tasks and then organize them by group or tag. This app will help you create a grocery list, a to-do list, log what time appointments are, manage work projects, and even keep electronic notes. You can also access Remember the Milk through any email account or phone, so it’s easy to take with you wherever you go.
5. ProjectManager
ProjectManager is a simple, cloud-based task management app. You can use it to organize your workload and work with others by inviting friends, family, or coworkers to collaborate on any list. Use it to create lists for anything, easily add tasks to them, and organize those tasks into folders of your choosing.
To keep on track of things, ProjectManager lets you set due dates and priorities, so you never forget important deadlines or miss a meeting again! Add notes or files to any task and use comments to keep everyone in the loop to make collaborating easier than ever.
6. Things 3
Things 3 is a task manager that allows you to keep your tasks, projects, and to-dos in one place on Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It’s easy to use with a simple, clean interface that allows you to easily add tasks and organize them by set days. Some of the features include interaction with other apps, smart lists, and searchable calendars.
7. Habitica
Habitica is a habit-building and productivity app that uses games as a motivation and inspiration to help people achieve their goals.
The app uses Gamification (turning things into games) mechanisms to make tasks more fun while keeping track of progress and achievements. Habitica’s Gamification elements include habits, the basic building block of Habitica. You start with good ones, such as drinking water regularly or reading every night, but you can also have bad ones like procrastination or emotional eating. Each time you complete a task on your To-Do list, your character gains experience points and gold coins (which are used to buy items).
You can also add dailies, recurring tasks (like “do 10 sit-ups every day”) that keep motivation high by providing an opportunity for users to check off their accomplishments each day. If not done on time, they lose health points, so it is crucial for users to stay consistent with their dailies.
8. Rocket Apps’ wProject
wProject is a free web-based project management tool that allows you to organize and manage your projects and tasks. You can use it to track your time spent on tasks, prioritize them, set up recurring tasks, link tasks to your calendar, and more. Like many other apps on this list, wProject also lets you share your projects and tasks with others.
9. Toodledo
Toodledo is an organizer app that helps you create a to-do list. It can be used on the desktop, web, and mobile. Toodledo offers users the option to use the app for free or upgrade to its paid version. The upgraded version allows users to access Toodledo’s extensive range of features, including geolocation reminders and task sharing capabilities for business purposes.