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My favourite apps for work, health, shopping, and play
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items I find these apps valuable in my daily life. I have used some of these for many years, and some since they launched, proving they have remained of high quality, updated, and thus have earned a very good recommendation.
Sections
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ebooks / audiobooks / news
Work
Health & fitness
Play
Shopping
Pets
ebooks / audiobooks / news
The best apps for news, ebooks, and audiobooks that I think I can recommend enough for you to try. I’ve been using them for years so are well tested.
Save articles, stories, news, videos for later and you can also share them. The best feature for me is that you can listen to any of the articles saved giving your eyes a rest from reading.
Pocket: Stay Informed
Free ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines from your local library.
Libby, the library app
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I have used Audible for years when I go out for a walk, or whilst commuting. Also at home when I want to give my eyes a rest and listening to someone else reading a book for feels so good.
Audible: Audio Entertainment
The entire Amazon bookstore available for you and all accessible through your iPhone or iPad.
Kindle
I love Blinkist to read summaries of books of some books I want to know the main points but can’t find the time to read the whole book. It’s great for travelling and commuting as well.
Blinkist
Work
I use many productivity apps and have tried countless of them along the years. Here are the ones that have remain in my essentials tool box and use all the time. Tested, these are apps that won’t disappear tomorrow.
Evernote has been with me for years. A trusted app that is way more than for notes. Try it and see for yourself.
Evernote
Paper takes too much space. I am on a quest to simply my life by decluttering. This little app is great for scanning all the documents, notes, and anything on paper I want to save. After scanning them, I save them straight away in my Evernote so they...
Evernote Scannable
I absolutely love this lovely, very simple app. It has lots of fonts to choose from and it’s very easy to use. One of favs and one of the best note apps I have seen.
Old Notepad : Easy Memo Notes
I use Notion to organise projects and keep everything together. It’s an easy to use app.
Notion: Notes, Tasks, AI
I am in love with app. 🙂 I recently started using this daily planner and I immediately loved it. Simple to use and all you really need to plan your day effectively. I like that I can add unstructured items in the inbox so I don’t forget but I can so...
Structured - Daily Planner
Health & fitness
Here are my choices and recommendations to stay fit having some variety in your physical activities and also fun. I love them all: walking, hiking, running, rowing, yoga, and ballet. :) A good combination of them all gives great results.
I have used Yoga Studio for years, since it was created by Jules. Since then, it has grown and now you have so many classes to choose from with different instructors and yoga styles. A great add to your fitness programme.
Yoga Studio: Stretch on the Go
I bought an indoor rower a few years ago and this app is great for my workouts. You can also use it if you use the rower machines in your gym.
Start Rowing - Rowing Coach
Everyday Ballet is fantastic for everyone at any level, including those who never did ballet before. Well guided classes not just to practice and learn ballet but also to stay fit and strong. Offers online classes, studio classes in NYC, and a great ...
Everyday Ballet
This is motivation to get you walking. You have to walk to unlock the story. It’s brilliant!
The Walk: Fitness Tracker Game
I recently found this amazing running app and I love it. You run in real life but it’s also a community run. It’s running storytelling. 🙂🏃🏼♀️ If you need motivation for making running, jogging, or walking more fun this is the app for you.
ZRX: Zombies Run + Marvel Move
Great ballet classes for fitness, stretching, and includes great series like the Jewels Series and others. You really need to try this if you like ballet. This is great for all levels, including someone who never did ballet before.
Lazy Dancer Tips
Play
Apps I use when I want to take a short break whilst learning something fun at the same time.
This is part of a sports games collection, and despite it’s a game I love that I learn real things about sailing such as what type of sail to use depending on the wind and other factors. It’s a really cool app.
Virtual Regatta Offshore
I am currently on my 450 day strike! I spend just a few minutes learning a language per day and I can see I learn and improve. It’s a nice way of taking a five-minute break. Learning a language is like a gym for a brain. 🙂 I am learning Latin and Sw...
Duolingo - Language Lessons
Yes, I’m a Star Trek fan. 🙂🛸
Star Trek Fleet Command
Shopping
Some apps I frequently use for certain products in particular for either good prices or great quality, or both in cases.
Sharing recommendations made easy. Great for content creators who want to try affiliate marketing. Easy and fun to use. I love the great support and tips they offer.
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This is the place to shop for the best selection of pets’ supplies at a great price. And many other things. They offer coupons, prizes, even more discounts, fast shipping, great customer services, and free returns.
Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire
I like Etsy to support small family businesses, individual artists and craft people, and because I find lots of good quality products made of natural materials, including wooden houses and tunnels for bunnies. Highly recommended to support small busi...
Etsy: Shop & Gift with Style
The best online auctions. You can find unique items on Catawiki. You can also sell your own.
Catawiki - Online Auctions
Pets
Out pets rely on us for their food, care, health, and wellbeing. Giving them the best is paramount to me. These app will help you track your pet’s information and consult with online vets for questions when your vet is not available.
Great to keep all your pet’s information together if you live in the U.S.
GreatPetCare
This is great if you want to ask a question to a vet conveniently from your home for a very small fraction of what a vet visit would cost, but it’s not for emergencies when time is crucial. In those cases, you must rush to an in-person vet or emergen...
FirstVet
Banking
The one application I highly recommend for banking without borders. Great for freelancers, content creators, digital nomads, travellers, anyone really. It’s global banking made easy.
Wise has been my borderless banking of choice for years. Actually, since the start of the startup. This is the most trusted app and company for all my banking needs. As a freelancer, I can accept payments in a different currencies as a local saving m...
Wise