9 Best Productivity Apps for iOS

What are the best productivity apps for iOS?

Apple’s iconic smartphone still has a big enough market share and that makes it extremely likely that a lot of our readers own an iPhone or iPad. Incidentally, it is also highly likely that a lot of our readers are purpose driven people who need that extra bit of free time in their daily life, making them a great target audience for this list of the 9 best productivity apps for iOS (for the Android flavor, check out the 9 best productivity apps for Android). The apps will be ranked using PC Mag and Lifehacker as sources but you can expect to see a lot of similarities with the Android one because brilliance is cross-platform compatible.

The devices that run iOS do not, in any way, stand lower in terms of how much they can boost your productivity in terms of processing power or other capabilities. It could be a bit more expensive to get all you need but if you already own an iDevice that probably does not bother you too much. Just like with any sort of highly specialized apps, the ones here have a bit of an edge in the sense that they can integrate with Macs and MacBooks seamlessly and many of them do. Some even go as far as providing smoothly working solutions for things that the Android app pool is still lacking. Even so, productivity knows no boundaries and even with a set of basic apps you can still boost your workflow’s volume and get more done, thus freeing up time for either more work or more rest, depending on the number of coffees you have in you (even if you can’t remember, there is an app for that but you’ll see more of that later).

Nowadays, with the big enough and pleasant to look at iPad screens, you can easily handle a day’s worth of office work as far as documents, spreadsheets and even presentations go. If you own a Mac/MacBook you can even seamlessly get your work on your personal computer via your data connection or WiFi or have it synchronize the moment you’ve put the finishing touches on your work. If you need to manage your tasks for the day or have to distribute work to a group of teammates (because nobody else would make the effort), the device in your pocket can easily take care of that and get it across to them. Many of the solutions on this list are either interface to a web-based services or available across platforms and capable of communicating with ease so anyone with a smartphone that doesn’t grind to a pathetic halt the moment you unlock the screen is good to go. Feeding your dog, fish, pet iguana or your children doesn’t require sticking memos to the fridge or pantry, a light vibration tickling your thigh through your pocket can easily remind you with military-grade precision. Given that you’re the type of person who is willing to take up new habits to increase their productivity and spends a lot of time on a device running iOS, look no further, this list will change the way you live (maybe… slightly).

9. Flow

Starting off the list, Flow is a collaborative task manager, meaning it can become the nexus of your team project, given that the rest of your team is willing to use it. It comes with a sleek interface and sophisticated functionality, hidden behind its huge ease-of-use factor.

8. Asana

Quite like Flow, Asana is a solution that takes all this functionality, improves it a bit, adds a couple of different functions to it and presents its key feature and the reason why it takes the eighth spot on this list – it is also compatible with other platforms.

7. 30/30

30/30 is relatively new and introduces a relatively new concept – to-do lists, only making you procrastinate less and do more by including a timer to its interface. Of course, the timer is also applicable in a plethora of other situations, not confined to cooking or a workout.

6. Microsoft Office Suite

The Microsoft Office suite is irreplaceable for some people who are not too satisfied with Google’s online solutions. You can have Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook on your phone or tablet, given that you are willing to part with a considerable sum or afford subscriptions.

5. Things

If you absolutely need to get something done in your life, write it down in Things – the iOS users’ choice of to-do list-like app which greatly expands on the concept. Coming with a sleek and pleasant interface, the name is not the only simplistic but powerful thing about this app.

4. LogMeIn

LogMeIn allows you to use your phone to control your Mac or Windows computer. Not as an input device, not like a task manager but instead just like you were sitting in front of it, regardless of where you are and whether you are using WiFi or 4G. It also allows you to share files and offers cloud integration.

3. Pushbullet

Discussed in the Android version of this list, Pushbullet takes the third spot in the list of the 9 best productivity apps for iOS by allowing you to share anything from files and notifications to this article between your devices, no matter whether it’s your iPhone, your Android tablet or your Mac/PC.It also features feeds from a variety of sources and topics that you might be interested in.

2. Evernote

Evernote can safely be dubbed the world’s most popular and widely used note taking application which can run on your computer regardless of its OS and all your mobile devices. It features an impressive set of tools in the Free version and even more in the paid subscription ones.

1. OmniFocus

OmniFocus is, simply put, overpowered. You can put your whole life into this app and organize it, which should be expected from something with that price tag. It gives you a set of features nothing else on any platform offers which are too many to describe so go and check it out. Regardless of its steep price and complicated interface, OmniFocus wins first in the list of the 9 best productivity apps for iOS.