Best Personal Productivity Apps

Each app has its own “superpowers”:

• Grammarly: Real-time grammar and spell check, style suggestions.
• Todoist: Task management, project tracking, reminders.
• Glances: Unified dashboard for all your apps.
• MeetGeek: Meeting transcription, summaries, action items.
• Shoeboxed: Receipt scanning, expense tracking.
• Freedom.to: Website and app blocker to minimize distractions.

These apps streamline your workflow, save you time, and help you stay organized. They’re like having a personal coach who keeps you on track and makes sure you’re always at the top of your game.

Everyone from busy professionals to students and freelancers. If you’ve got a to-do list, a meeting schedule, or just need to focus, these apps are for you.

Most of these apps are plug-and-play. You download, set up your preferences, and you’re off to the races. Some might need a bit of customization, but nothing that’ll make you pull your hair out.

Each app has its niche. Grammarly is unbeatable for writing, Todoist is a task management powerhouse, and Freedom.to is your go-to for blocking distractions. It’s like comparing apples to oranges; it depends on what you need to boost your personal productivity.

Prices vary, but each is affordable for the general consumer. Grammarly and Todoist have free versions with premium upgrades around $10-30/month. Glances, MeetGeek, Shoeboxed, and Freedom also offer tiered pricing, usually starting with a free trial and then around $5-20/month, depending on the features you need.

As a Director of demand generation and the B2B SaaS industry, I use several of these tools in my daily work.

I find Grammarly a must-have for anyone who does a fair amount of writing in their job. It integrates seamlessly into your workflow, whether you’re writing an email, a Word doc, or elsewhere online. Grammarly does a great job of catching typos and errors and making suggestions to improve what’s written.

I use Todoist to keep me on track and manage my tasks. As a freelancer, it’s a great tool to keep things organized. It’s a nice middle ground between Google’s basic Tasks tool and robust project management software.

I use MeetGeek to record, transcribe and summarize my online meetings automatically. It’s helped me remove the need to take notes, which allows me to focus on what is being said. Also, it’s helpful to have things recorded so that less is forgotten as it’s easy to go back and review the transcript to see what was covered in a meeting.