Sweepy

Gamify cleaning your home. Create chore lists, track progress, get notifications of what’s up next, share tasks, and more. 

Amazing Marvin

“Marvin incorporates principles from behavioral psychology to help you beat procrastination, feel in control and finish your to-do list.”

The desktop app is ridiculously customizable so you can make it work with the way your brain works, not the other way around. Give the adorable Marvin a try and take your time with it. You’ll be happy you did.

Tiimo

Tiimo is a paid subscription app that helps you organize your life, stick to your routines, and work towards your personal goals in a original, visual way.

ClickUp

ClickUp is a wildly customizable freemium project management app. With calendar views, Kanban boards, a workload tracker, and more, the feature-rich free version is ample for managing most everyday lives.

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Google Calendar

This popular tool is a robust calendar that integrates with your other Google services. Schedule what you want to do and get reminders when it’s time to get to it.

KanbanFlow

Kanban is a Japanese system for tracking all the things you’d like to do and what needs to be worked on in a day. This simple app allows you to stay on task with color-coded “cards” combined with limits you set. Want to know how I use Kanban? Ask me on Twitter!

Level Up Life

Level Up Life allows you to gamify your personal goals. Track your daily achievements and gain motivation while progressing in an RPG-style online platform.

Out of Milk

A little time spent adding your pantry and regularly purchased items pays off with this popular sharable, sync-able shopping list app.

Instacart

Get access to everything your local grocery has in-store. Instacart’s local shoppers personally pick your order then bring it straight to you. Available in the U.S. and Canada.

Amazon Fresh

Grocery delivery with Amazon Fresh and Amazon Prime Now. Large urban centres currently enjoy free 2-hour delivery from Whole Foods Market and local restaurants. App available on Amazon.com

Hello Fresh

Meal kit delivery service. “HelloFresh delivers weekly meal kits with delicious ingredients and recipes directly to your door.”

GrubHub

One of many (many!) delivery apps that access most local restaurants in an area. Cooking for yourself is most healthy and economical but sometimes getting a meal on the table is what’s needed.

Google Keep

Allows you to do more than jot notes. You can set location- and time-based alerts that help you follow through, dictate reminders, snap photos, share lists, and more!

Evernote

The granddaddy of note-taking apps. Dictate notes, doodle, and share it all.

Medisafe

Set personalized reminders for each of your medications and get drug interaction warnings (US feature).

QuickTalk AAC

This highly customizable app allows you to choose from 50 voices in 24 languages or record a voice of your choice.

(Listed as “Quick Type AAC” on Google Play.)

Make It Big

A super simple app that makes the text you type HUGE and easy for someone else to read when you show them your phone.

Flip Writer AAC

“Every word you type will be shown in the flipped display. Offers high-quality text-to-speech” in four different voices. Perfect for conversations IRL.

Proloquo2Go

Proloquo2Go is a free symbols-based app Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) app for iOS. Perfect for non-speaking people, those situation mutism moments, and when you need a communication break. AssistiveWare also offers Proloquo and Proloquo Coach as paid upgrades.

WhatsApp

Standard messaging apps like WhatsApp allow you to communicate by text when other methods are not available. In a pinch, you can type and show your device to the person in front of you. Not super clever but effective when you need it.

Transit

Your public-transit companion currently available in ten countries. Clear visuals not only allow you plan your trip but you can monitor upcoming arrivals and count down to when you need to exit your bus or subway car.

Waze

We like to know what’s up ahead of time. “Always know what’s happening on the road with Waze. Even if you know the way, Waze tells you instantly about traffic, construction, police, crashes, & more. If traffic is bad on your route, Waze will change it to save you time.”

Daylio

A mood tracker and personal diary because neuroscience has proven that getting your thoughts out of your mental churning can be incredibly beneficial for every person at a every age. Track the highs and lows of every day so you can spot patterns that affect your moods. Brilliant!

Youper

An AI assistant that helps you monitor and take control of your emotional health. We love robots and robots love us.

Finch

“Finch is a self care pet app that helps you feel prepared and positive, one day at a time. Take care of your pet by taking care of yourself! Choose from a wide variety of self care exercises personalized for you.”

A cute, gamified way to build your self-care routine.

Clue

“Accurately predicts your period, helps you understand your symptoms, and can be used as a reliable ovulation app, menstrual calendar, fertility tracker, birth control pill reminder, and menstrual cycle tracker complete with your period history.”

Tampon Timer

“A simple alarm. To set up a reminder (tampon, pad, menstrual cup, pill), tap on the product you’d like a reminder for and select a time.”

Gratitude

A simple interface that lets you quickly jot note what you’re grateful for. Daily zen feature drops positivity into your day if you choose.

Headspace

Learn how to calm the mind, train your focus, understand your anger and more with this app. A range of sleep stories and soundtracks are available by subscription.

Calm

Daily meditations, music, video sessions and more to help you connect body to mind and improve your wellbeing overall.

Chromaldry

Promises to “Turn your photos into a coloring book.” Any photo you choose is transformed into a line drawing on which you “finger paint”. Messy, colouring outside the lines is encouraged.

Mindfulness Coloring

Coloring apps for adults is a collection of detailed illustration “books” ready for you to colour.

Blendoku

“A puzzle game that will challenge your ability to distinguish and arrange colors. The game is based on color principles and exercises taught in art schools around the world.”