7 Apps To Kickstart Your 2017

by Francesco D’Alessio

2017 is shaping up to be a very interesting year with plenty of new app releases from group video chatting apps like HouseParty to other business utility apps like Ping.

With many people clinging onto New Year’s Resolutions. Here are a handful of hand-picked apps to use to help kickstart your year in 2017.:

1. Strides: Habit Tracking/Life Organiser

Tracking your new habits or goals? Strides might be the app for you.

Whether your goal is loosing some weight, or drinking more water, it’ll allow you to keep track of how you are doing. This checklist style application will help your coordinate the progress of your goals/targets daily.

Available on Web and iOS. (free)

2. Zoho Notebook: Smart note-taking

Beautiful notebooks help us appreciate our ideas, notes and creations.

Using Zoho Notebook, create sketches, take audio and form new checklists using this wonderfully designed resource, all available at no charge.

Available on iOS, Android & Mac. (free)

3. Shyft: Personal & Professional to-do list

Work-life balance is becoming tougher and tougher everyday.

Managing work and personal to-dos can sometimes be impossible. Shyft aims to solve that by blending your to-dos in one app, but with two lists.

Download for iOS (free).

4. Strava

Tracking runs can be messy and useless.

Strava fixes that with it’s rich data and strong GPS abilities. Review your data online and on the app to gather insights into how to improve your running abilities. Perfect for beginner to advanced runners and cyclists.

Download on Android and iOS. (free)

5. Blinkist

Learning is progressive and should be a daily habit.

Blinkist reads non-fictions books to you in 15-minutes. With over 1,500 books, Blinkist is perfect for those who commute and travel, with audio functions to save you time with your reading pursuits.

Download for iOS and Android. (free)

6. Lifesum

Food tracking has become an ongoing effort for the health conscious.

Lifesum is a well crafted food tracking app, delivering a full functional calories, nutrition and exercise tracker to bring all your health efforts into one hub. Set-up food plans and log your ongoing weight and measures.

Download on iOS and Android. (free)

7. Toggl

Auditing your time can be a very helpful technique.

Toggl is a time-tracking tool for individuals to teams to track their time spent on clients, activities and in-house work, allowing for a big picture view of the efforts and attention of the collective team.

Download on Web, iOS and Android. (free)

Feel free to suggest a few more applications below.