The 8 Greatest Apps For Incredibly Busy Guys

Your life is already cluttered enough. If you want an obvious upgrade from your phone’s built-in calendar without being bombarded by in-app options or unnecessary features, download Wunderlist. It’s simple, functional, and free.   

Use the app to prioritize and group your daily tasks, schedule reminders, and share your lists and activities with anyone. 

(Free for all devices, wunderlist.com)

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You take an Uber ride after a late meeting, and then you have to remember to grab the receipt from your email and log it in your expense spreadsheet. Sound familiar? 

Now imagine if you could tap one button to call the Uber, capture a copy of your receipt, and store your trip details in the spreadsheet. 

That’s exactly the kind of automation you can set up with Workflow, a genius app that stitches together tasks involving multiple steps or programs. Think of it as an endlessly adaptable shortcut generator for all the cumbersome crap you have to do on a daily basis. 

($2.99 for iOS, workflow.is)

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The Internet in a nutshell: too much content, too little time to consume it. If you just don’t have 20 minutes to read that article all your friends are passing around, Pocket will store it on your phone to read later—even if you’re offline. 

Use the app to stockpile stories, videos, podcasts, and downloads for long train commutes or business flights, when you finally have time to yourself, but not the free Wi-Fi or cellular service. You can also save content that may soon disappear. 

(Free for iOS and Android, getpocket.com) 

No one has time to stand in long lines at the post office. Enter Shyp: With one click, the app will send someone to your home or business to pick up any package. 

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Just open the app, take a photo of the item—wrapped or unwrapped—and Shyp will come get it (and up to 19 other items) for a flat $5 fee. Shyp then compares prices and delivery times among USPS, FedEx, and all other major carriers, so you can find the shipping option that works best for you.  

The downside: Shyp is only available in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago—for now. 

(Free for iOS and Android, shyp.com)

If you’ve ever spent 30 minutes digging through old emails or LinkedIn messages in search of a contact’s phone number, this is the app for you. 

FullContact sifts through all your social and email accounts, collects every contact detail for the people you know, and keeps them updated and stored in one spot for easy retrieval. 

(Free for all devices, fullcontact.com) 

You won’t realize just how much silence there is in your favorite podcasts until you download Overcast, which seamlessly removes those soundless stretches. 

Add the capability to speed up play and you’ll shave 10 to 20 minutes off each hour-long episode—valuable time to listen to even more podcasts, so you can always stay informed and entertained. 

(Free for iOS, overcast.fm)

Think of Evernote like a searchable lockbox for all the random notes and reminders you collect every day. The app can easily scan for keywords in handwritten or even photo files—super handy if you’re trying to find a tiny detail buried deep in a photo or PDF.  

(Free for iOS and Android, evernote.com)

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It can take months to recover from an identity theft. But it’s also hard to recall dozens of different passwords. 

The solution is LastPass, which remembers all your passwords and generates new ones. All you need to memorize is one master code and LastPass will dig up the rest. 

($1/month, lastpass.com)