I'm an engineer who is very keen to find different things to try out on daily basis.
I love big brands, like Google, Asana (if you don't know, it is one of the most well-known project management software), Slack, etc. But I also love to try out new apps.
So here's the list of the best productivity apps that help me overcome my overloading task list.
1. Buffer
If you are very active on social media, you must download Buffer to help you manage all of the content for your social media accounts. You can share content and stay connected with all of the social media apps using one app only.
2. Quire
I like Quire because they're a very young team and they're super open to constructive ideas. They're a project management software, quite new to the market, at least they're not as mature as Asana or Trello. But for a small team like mine, Quire has enough features to offer.
I like their clean interface and the way their task list behaves just like how my mind works. Beside Quire, my team also uses Notion for dashboard view.
3. CamSanner
I cannot highlight enough how I like this cool app. If you're an engineer, you know about the OCR technology. CamScanner lets you use your phone to scan documents, and turn the scanned documents into searchable PDF. COOL right?
Our team uses this app EVERYDAY!
Bonus
4. MindMeister
My team deals with a lot of brainstorming and ideas gathering. MindMeister is such a powerful online mind mapping tool that allows team to visualize the ideas and share with each other in real-time.
They're NOT new. But we love them so we just want to include them into this list :)
How about you? Tell me more about which software you think is the best productivity apps?
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Just read about this this morning... I've been using it for years. I'm sad to have to get rid of it.
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Wow, thank you for sharing this list!
Our team uses Notion and Quire as well.
Notion makes organizing notes super easy and has a large selection of templates to choose from.
Quire makes team collaboration a lot easier and it has an infinite task list, our team is able to create tasks and add subtasks. We can then drag and drop tasks around to different groups within the same project, which makes brainstorming and planning super easy.
Other than the products mentioned in this list, our team also uses Trello. It's very easy to keep everyone up to date on new developments and projects. Overall, these products help me and my team put our tasks and project assignments together.
I absolutely agree with you.
The reason why we don't think Notion is enough because they're not cut for team collaboration.
If they can enhance their collaboration features, I have no doubt Notion will be an ultimate tool for any businesses.
Right now we're using Quire and we LOVE this tool so much. I like how they always listen to users' feedback and they're really open to every idea. Their team seems to be very determined to make Quire the best project management software.
We are currently using Clickup for project & task management. I however liked the simplicity of Quire. You said we can group tasks into groups in a single project. I was not able to find this feature. Can you point me in the right direction here? They currently have feature of adding multiple boards but no multi list yet.
I LOVE Notion! They're an absolute gorgeous app! I cannot highlight enough how much I love Notion UI.
But my team found Notion a bit difficult to use for team collaboration. That's why we switched from Notion to Quire!
Mindmeister is a great recommendation, thanks! As for an app I've started using recently: Notion. How easy it is to get up and running and let your 'dashboard' sort of shape itself overtime is absolutely amazing. I'd been juggling a ton of note taking / task tracking apps until I started using Notion. Now everything just sits in there in an interface that I'm most comfortable with!
I second this. I love that it can handle scheduling, great note-taking, task management, and collaboration - all from one easy-to-use app.
I'm curious, why did you stop using Asana?
I mean, it's quite rare that someone would change their project management software and migrate to another solution.
I think Asana is great - no doubt. But they're a mature tool already and I'm more interested in other tools in the market.
Also, for a small team like mine, Asana can be quite expensive. Tbh, what we found in Quire is just as good as what Asana has to offer.
But for medium to large enterprises, I think Asana is still the top notch option.
Gotcha! I'm just curious since people will stick with one tool and be loyal without making any changes.
But I agree with you, Asana is more suitable for enterprises than for a small team!
I will definitely try Quire as well!
And just a shameless plug, my own app, Snipline, for managing command line snippets 😀
Ah! Snipline is the tool I never new I needed until now! Thanks! 👍👍👍
No problem! 😀
I went through so many but now I’m actually using paper, my own version of a bullet journal. With an app, you get what it gives. With a journal, you can modify it as you like. I make monthly layouts for organizing my time and goals, and then every day I use it as a task list and tracker. Every month the layout is different, slowly optimizing to my lifestyle, and changing with how I change.
And there’s just something so refreshing about allowing yourself to step away from the computer and onto paper, the soft texture and pale yellow, the dots, and writing with a pen, being able to draw something or write something just because you feel like it. It’s the best system I’ve found.
bundlephobia - check package sizes
undraw & blendful - for making illustations on the fly
coolors - build color plettes
bear - for taking notes, writing documentation and articles
bear is a great app.
For sure Todoist. Making sure I dont forget anything that I need to do. I have enough Kanban/scrums boards for more detailed technical stuff I need to do. But there is so much around that, professionally and personally.
Thank you very much for introducing me with these cool apps.
Quire indeed is a great project management software. I think it's better than Asana in terms of task list view.
Buffer is a tad expensive for a small team, but it works wonder for a content creator like me.
Thank you very much.
Just wanted to add something about Buffer. Buffer is expensive. Right now there's an amazing alternative on Appsumo for Socialbee which basically has the same features as Buffer but at $50 for lifetime. Pretty amazing.
I personally also like to use Focuster which automatically schedules my day! :)
Super Productivity is my favorite tool. It's a personal task management tool/ time tracker with Jira integration. I've to admit though, that part of the reason is that I wrote it myself ;)
Just wrote a little article about it, too.
For what it's worth... CamScanner uses might need to consider an alternative according to this article
As a fellow engineer, I'm partial to apps that save me time coding, but here are my top 5:
Zoom: I like the video conferencing feature for groups, with different screen possibilities.
Basecamp: a platform for collaboration and project management for marketing agencies or any other company which has a team of 10+ members.
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