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Today I am bringing you 10 daily routine apps. I love my iPhone and it has proven an incredibly powerful tool in assisting me with some of my Daily Routine tasks and has helped me get far more organized. Some of the daily routine apps that I have now on my phone have become integral to my daily routine.
April 2019: Added a few new task manager apps and removed a few old ones to bring this list fully up to date.
While Apple's Reminders app is a useful productivity tool, but it doesn't necessarily meet everyone's needs. Some people may want more sub-task features or better integration with their calendar apps. Luckily, there are plenty of great to-do apps in the App Store. Finding the right one depends on how you handle your daily list making. Whether you want to keep it simple and fast, or need all the bells and whistles, there is an app for you.
Things 3 is the latest iteration of the simple but useful list-making app. It's always been easy to use with nothing to distract you from your task managing focus. But the third version really nails it with better options for advanced planning, a more intuitive interface with comfortable gestures, and a Magic Button that makes adding a new task to your list super easy. You can drag and drop any item to move it, or select a group of tasks and move them all at once. You can swipe right to add a date or swipe left to mark a task complete. When in the main list menu, you can swipe to the left to add a checklist to a task or group. Everything important is easy to get to but isn't overwhelming to learn how to use.
If you liked the now-defunct Wunderlist and are looking for something to replace it, you'll feel comfortable with a transition to Things 3 (except for the list sharing option). There is even an import button that lets you import your lists directly from Wunderlist, along with other apps like Todoist.
WeDo
WeDo: Simple Life Manager is an app that not only helps you manage your tasks, but it also helps you form healthy habits. You can create reminders for habits, whether they're daily, weekly, or monthly, and it helps you stay on track to meet your goals. WeDo also manages your schedule and to-do lists, so it's a nice all-in-one solution. It's also very easy to share your lists with others when needed, and the free syncing means your habits and tasks go with you everywhere.
OmniFocus 2
If you subscribe to the complex but effective Getting Things Done (GTD)method of managing your tasks, then OmniFocus is the tool you need for your everyday life. It is feature-rich with detailed list-making features for everything from simple daily chores to long-lasting projects. You can tag items with location, time, and context to help keep you focused on what's important whether you're at home or work. You can add photo and audio recording attachments to any task and add a note to help remind you of what to do. With the Notification Center widget, you'll know what's due today without having to open the app.
If you subscribe to the GTD method of productivity, or just really need a robust task manager app, OmniFocus is the only app you need and it's well worth its premium price. Fortunately, if you're not sure, OmniFocus 3 is free to download, and you'll get a two-week trial. If you like the system, then you can unlock premium features with a Pro subscription, with varying prices depending on how much time you purchase at once.
2Do
If you don't really know what type of list maker you are, and you're just getting started in the task manager genre, 2Do is a perfect starting point (and for a lot of people, staying point) for getting organized. It is flexible enough to let you create tasks and projects in whatever way works for you. You can even mix it up. Lists are labeled by type, due date, and you can even create a smart list based on task items you've set up with a specific list type, like Home or Work.
For a well-rounded variety of task managing options, from simple to complex, try 2Do. It's free to download, but you can unlock more advanced features, like cloud syncing with third-party services and email tasks, via in-app purchases that start at $2 and up.
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Todoist
Todoist, at its base, is a great app for creating simple lists with solid features, like a task inbox, items due today, and project lists with sub-task support. You can assign a task to a project, set a due date, and identify its priority. If you are working on a project with a team, you can also assign tasks to different people and send them an invitation to collaborate. It connects to a number of app integrations with Evernote, Google Calendar, IFTTT, and more.
If you need a more robust task management app, you can upgrade for $29 per year to get the premium features, which included reminders, labels, tags, filters, notes, and more. You can also upload photos and audio recordings via cloud storage services like Dropbox, and connect your to-do list to your Calendar app.
If you need a list maker that is fast but has some additional features, like sub-tasks and due dates, Todoist will keep you moving through your busy day.
Remember the Milk
The goal of this app is to make sure you remember to complete a task. Whether you get notifications via email, text message, or even social networking channels like Google+ Hangouts or Skype. The key to getting the most out of the iPhone app is to set up your preferences from the official website first. Once you've set up your preferences, you'll get alerts sent to you wherever you want.
You don't even have to use the app to enter an item list. You'll get a special email address that you can use to send yourself a message and it will automatically be added to your list. That said, the app is a fine piece of work. You can get daily digests with updates on your current and upcoming to-do items.
The pro version, which costs $40 per year, includes subtasks, advanced sorting features so you can organize groups and items, customizable themes, and more.
Remember the Milk is great for people that make to-do lists, but forget to check in on them. It will send you friendly reminders wherever you will be most likely to notice them.
Any.do
What makes Any.do stand out the most in a crowd is its deep integration with Cal by the same app developer. When combined, the two create a powerhouse of productivity. Your daily tasks are always available to you while you are checking on your event schedule. It has all of the basic list-making features that make it easy to manage tasks, but also includes additional tools, like adding files, audio recordings, and photos from Dropbox or Google Drive.
You can easily share lists with others and add an item to your to-do list by sending an email to yourself. Every day, you'll get a friendly reminder of tasks remaining on your list. You can check them off, postpone them for a later date or time, or delete them.
If combining calendar and task lists sound like something you need, add Any.do and Cal to your iPhone for serious productivity. The app is free to download and will give you all of the basics. However, if you need the more advanced, premium features, you can subscribe to Pro starting at $6 a month, $27 for 6-months, or $36 for a full year.
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Capsicum is a unique to-do app because it acts like your digital planner. With Capsicum, you can track your to-dos and tasks, as well as habits, while checking your schedule and even forecast, all in a single app. You can keep multiple notebooks for every project, and it even lets you take notes if necessary. The interface is reminiscent of physical planners, and it's a great app to just keep everything organized in a single place.
While Capsicum is free to download, it requires a subscription to access all features, which starts at $2 a month or $20 a year. There's a free trial for 14 days, so you can give it a try to see if it works for you.
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What app are you using to manage your tasks on the iPhone? Let us know in the comments!
Updated April 2019: Added a few new task manager apps and removed a few old ones to bring this list fully up to date.
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Activity trackers certainly have their place, but if you're just looking to track your steps throughout the day, there's really no reason to spend $100+ on a fancy Fitbit when you carry your iPhone around 24/7. Plenty of iOS apps can give you the same data (steps, stairs, miles, calories burned, etc.) as an activity tracker, thanks to your iPhone's sophisticated internal sensors.
In fact, if you'd like to get your step-tracking game on right this second, you don't even have to download anything -- your iPhone comes with a built-in pedometer app! If you have an iPhone 5S or newer, the Health app has been tracking your steps in the background all this time (whether you like it or not). The Health app uses both the data from your phone's built-in motion processor and any data imported from external tracking devices (such as an Apple Watch or a Fitbit) to keep a log of your step count.
To see this data, open the Health app and go to the Health Data tab. Tap Fitness and then tap Steps, and then turn on the toggle next to Show on Dashboard. Now, when you go to the Dashboard tab, you'll see your step count stats along with any other modules you've configured to appear on the Dashboard. (For more info on how to set up the Health app, check out our guide.)
The Health app does track steps, but its features are otherwise limited -- it won't, for example, tell you how many calories burned your steps translate to, nor will it nudge you to move more when you've been sitting at your computer all day. For a more activity tracker-like experience, you'll need a third-party app. Here are some of our favorites.
Just the basics: Stepz
Stepz is a free pedometer app that tracks all the basics: step count, calories burned, distance, floors climbed, and 'active' time. The app also plugs into the Health app to keep a running log of your step-count history, so you can see some fun stats like your overall step and distance totals.
Like most pedometers and pedometer apps, the default step goal is set at 10,000 steps, but you can adjust this based on your lifestyle or you can allow the app to set an 'automatic' goal for you based on your step history (the app will give you an achievable, slightly challenging goal based on your weekly averages).
Stepz' niftiest feature is its step-count badge: If you allow the app to show badge notifications, the app icon will show a badge with your current daily step count. It's a little thing, but it's super convenient if you want to see how far along you are at a glance.
The prettiest interface: Walker
Walker, Pedometer M7/M8/M9 (originally called Walker M7) is another free pedometer app that tracks steps, calories burned, and distance (but not stairs or floors climbed). It also tracks running workouts and lets you manually track data points such as weight, body-fat percentage and blood pressure -- so it's more of a comprehensive health-tracking app than just a pedometer.
Walker has a beautiful interface and it displays your stats in a variety of interesting ways. For example, you can view your averages in custom date ranges (instead of just by day, week, month, year), and you can see a breakdown of your average step count by day of the week.
This app also has a GPS component that allows you to map your route as you run, though the developer warns that using this feature will dramatically decrease your phone's battery life.
Go social: Pacer
Most pedometer apps have a social component: You can add your friends via social networks and casually compete against each other on a leaderboard. But what if you have no friends (using a particular app)? Pacer, Pedometer plus Weight Loss and BMI Tracker is a free app with a more inclusive social component called Groups. Groups are teams of walkers who can encourage each other via group chat and compete with each other via leaderboards, and they're public.
Pacer tracks steps, calories, distance, stairs climbed, and active time, and it also has a GPS-based workout feature that lets you map your run/walk or bicycle path. For an extra $3.99, £2.99 or AU$5.99 per month, you can upgrade to the premium version of the app, which features a personalized 'coach' who will help you plan out your fitness strategy (whatever that may be). The premium version of the app also offers additional data insights and the ability to join weight loss groups (instead of just walking groups).
Making step-counting fun: Wokamon
Face it: Step-tracking is kind of boring. If stats, achievements, and leaderboards don't get you pumped to hit a 10,000-step goal every day, maybe a cute virtual pet that feeds off your energy will. Wokamon: Monster Walk Quest, the Pedometer Fitness Game is a pedometer-slash-game that forces you to walk to play. In this app, your steps are energy -- and you need this energy to feed, grow, and clothe your Wokamons (and collect more Wokamons).
As a pedometer app, Wokamon is limited -- the main screen, where your Wokamon lives, only shows your steps, not calories burned, stairs climbed, or distance traveled. However, if you go into the activity section of the app, you will be able to see your calories burned and distance traveled. The app syncs with Apple Health and external devices (such as Fitbits and Jawbones), but you can also just play with your iPhone's motion sensors.
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