2020 was the year of challenges for every one of us. We made it anyway, and technology taught us many lessons! It’s now totally clear that messengers, conferencing apps, and remote collaboration tools will only go deeper into our lives during the 2021 pandemic and after it. We had a productive year in testing applications that can help you get the most during social distancing this year. Here are the best android apps to use for good this year.
1. Intellect
Working from home, you have a bit more spare time by the end of the day, which is a great opportunity to work on your traits, behaviors, and habits. If you know you do something wrong or want to become more conscious of everything you do during the day, Intellect will help you reach the goal faster.
The app presents a new form of psychological training that was developed in collaboration with the world’s leading behavioral therapy experts and psychologists. The idea is to help you become who you want to be by completing bite-sized exercises on an everyday basis. The app will notify you when it’s time to pass the next lesson so that you don’t have to push yourself too much to stay consistent.
Developers offer treatment for such problems as procrastination, low self-esteem, anxiety, etc., or effective development of such useful traits and habits as assertiveness, confidence, positive thinking, effective problem solving, and many more. Even if you don’t know exactly what you need to develop, Intellect can help you figure out your goals and build a consistent route to achieving them. It’s a totally free AI-driven guide that can help you improve your social and personal life by spending just a few minutes every day.
2. Air Quality
Air quality has become a larger concern over the last decade, but, fortunately, there’s now an easy way to cope with it. The IQAir team created the Air Quality app that provides relevant air quality information for your region as well as actionable tips you can adopt to minimize the negative impact of the polluted atmosphere. The app can help you decide whether you can exercise outside or not; if there’s a necessity to order an air purifier; what type of breathing mask you should wear in your area, etc. For example, when you’re in Hong Kong, the app may recommend you to wear a respirator. This depends on the weather a lot anyway, so keep an eye on the air quality rating and react when you receive an alert.
It’s an ad-free service with real-time data from trusted research facilities from all around the world. Additionally, you can use its data for doing statistical surveys for your school or university projects and other types of environmental research.
3. Atom
Have you ever wanted to start meditating and exercising mindfulness? Atom is a smart mobile assistant that is designed to help you build the needed habits in only 21 days. The developers insist on this period as it’s scientifically proven that our brain usually needs 21 days to develop a habit.
Using the app, you can reduce the level of anxiety about the future and become more concentrated on the now-and-here moment. The assistant is tuned to help you meditate for at least a couple of minutes every day for 21 days. By the end of this course, you are most likely to feel the need to meditate and keep on going towards greater mindfulness skills.
Besides, the app introduces a unique way of tracking progress. Every exercise that you do consistently makes a tree grow in your own digital forest. Every single thing you do will be mirrored by the magical forest to inspire you more as you progress.
The course starts with the simplest 2-minute meditations and gets more complex when the time comes. Another great aspect is that all the lessons are free and you won’t be disturbed by any unexpected ads.
4. Spendy
Personal finance was extremely important in 2020, and some experts say that we will all need even more control over our budgets in 2021 as the economy will face many more struggles soon.
Spendy is a new app designed to track your expenses automatically by syncing with your bank account or in a manual mode. The purpose of the app is to make planning and organizing the budget for weeks, months, and even years as simple as possible.
The app comes with a lot of spending categories and presets so that you can adjust your own flow in a matter of minutes. The free version of the service is very useful for the vast majority of expenses and can be used by almost any user. Perhaps, you will find it too simple if you’re an expert in finance and need to manage your investment portfolio, but for the rest, it’s really good. For more features, you can get a pro version. It’s available through a one-time purchase, which is more convenient than the subscription if you really like how it works.
5. Priorities
This application looks incredibly simple at first. You may even feel like it’s restricting your planning freedom. Well, it actually is, but only for a good reason. The Priorities app was designed with the idea to stop you from overplanning your day, week, and month. It makes you focus on 3 to 5 most important tasks that will help you to reach out particular goals or several goals for the day.
As a result, you will save a lot of time by skipping excessive planning routines and get things done even better or faster than you thought you could. Of course, it’s not a perfect problem solver, and it’s only you who can make it run for your benefit, but the core principle is very effective. It’s also a good choice if you’re a fan of minimalistic interfaces as the app is mostly black and white and doesn’t distract your attention with anything, including ads.
Keep Safe & Productive
With a bundle of these useful applications, you will definitely get more value out of your smartphone during the year. As the challenges may continue, you should focus on training new skills and adapting to the ever-changing world around you. If you remain consistent, it won’t be that hard to maintain a good mood, health, and financial stability. Share the listing to help your friends, and feel welcome to tell about other useful apps in the comments!
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