Top 25 Essential Apps For Remote Working (Part 1)

A list of apps and tech essential for your digital toolbox.

Make working remotely so much easier by having the tools to support you. Here are 25 of the best apps that will help you be more productive, focused effective and efficient. They cover collaboration,integration, sharing and cloud based management. So whether you are joining the Digital Revolution as a start-up, entrepreneur or worker from home, thinking of taking on a remote worker or contemplating a cloud-based remote team or project, or simply just want to learn more about the tech available — read on! Part 1 covers Apps 1–13 of the top 25….

1. ASANA

Collaboration, Organisation, Productivity, Projects

Asana -Track work, tasks and projects. Use conversations and notifications, enabling you and your team to move work from start to finish. A simple but powerful project, task collaboration tool.

2. BOOMERANG

Email, Organisation, Prioritisation, Productivity

Boomerang — Focus on emails that matter, schedule, send, snooze, monitor, set reminders and task emails includes an assistant that uses artificial intelligence to help you write better, more actionable emails.

3. CAMSCANNER

Scanner, Cloud Storage, Documents

Camscanner - High-resolution scan mobile scanner, image editor. Scan and share directly. PDF transfer. Auto-enhance image, annotation, automatic crop, document management. Also

4. CANVA

Design, Project, Social Media, Projects

Canva — Easily create marketing materials, presentations and social media graphics for every occasion. Drag-and-drop feature and layouts to design, share and print. Business cards, logos, presentations and anything else that requires pictures, graphics, images, branding and logo’s.

5. DOCUSIGN

Collaboration, Documents, Productivity, Security

DocuSign — is the most widely used electronic signature system. Sign documents anywhere from any device no waiting. Email documents for instant signature and return. More secure than paper.

6. DOODLE

Collaboration, Organisation, Productivty

Doodle — Meeting and event date and time planning tool. Create a poll for events and meetings and send to invitees. Select things like dates, places, or preferences for your Doodle poll then invite participants to vote . Produces availability and preference at a glance.

7. DROPBOX

Cloud Storage, Collaboration, Documents, Organisation, Projects

Dropbox - Cloud File Sharing and Storage. Home for all of your photos, docs, videos and files. Anything you add to Dropbox will appear automatically on all of your computers, phones and the Dropbox website — so you can access your stuff from anywhere. Easy to share with others and collaborate effectively.

8. EVERNOTE

Cloud Storage, Collaboration, Writing, Documents, Organisation, Productivity, Project

Evernote — Capture, organise, and share notes from anywhere. Designed for note taking, organising, tasks lists, and archiving. Create notes which can be formatted text, a webpage or webpage excerpt, a photograph, a voice memo, or a handwritten “ink” note. Notes can also have file attachments. Sort, tag, annotate and edit. Can search and export too.

9. FOREST

Mindfulness, Productivity, Focus

Forest — Stay focused, be present . A productivity app that helps manage time, maintain focus and deter you from procrastination and distractions. All in a novel and interesting way.

10. GRAMMARLY

Documents, Education, Productivty, Project, Social Media, Writing

Grammarly — Checks your text for common and advanced writing issues. The checks include standard spell check, common grammatical errors, such as subject-verb agreement, contextual spelling mistakes, phonetic spelling mistakes, and irregular verb conjugations. Plagiarism detector available an also provides synonym suggestions. Enables confidence when writing.

11. HEADSPACE

Mindfulness, Organisation, Productivty

Headspace — Meditation and Mindfulness app. Guidance and themed sessions on everything from stress to sleep. Bite-sized meditations for busy schedules, emergency options in case of sudden meltdowns. Eases stress and worry. Helps you to stay focused, attentive and able to ignore distractions

12. HOOTSUITE

Organisation, Prioritisation, Productivity, Social Media

Hootsuite — Save time and keep your social media presence active by scheduling your posts. Content curation. Easily find, manage, and share compelling social media content and images. Social Media analytics and reporting tools. Integrates with social media platforms easily and effectively.

13. JOURNEY

Mindfulness, Organisation, Project, Writing

Journey — Digital journaling app. Photo friendly and easily shareable online journal. Improve your mindfulness with a solid journaling habit and by doing so, become more focused, sleep better and improve your emotional intelligence.