5 Useful Apps for Business

We’ve had lots of fun trying out different Apps for you to try that are actually useful for your Business. If you’re bamboozled by the amount of Apps on offer it can be daunting to figure out which ones are worth the download. We think you’ll find these 5 Apps will leave you with a fully functional mobile office, saving you time, increasing your efficiency and adding to your bottom line.

App 1. Snaply

If you make a living buying and selling, this App from Snaply is a must have tool in your arsenal. It’s great for finding second hand bargains in your area. The App is in beta format for Android but has been available for a while now on iOS. It works with Freegle which states it’s “the U.K’s largest freecycling platform”. We really love the easy to use interface, and that all questions and offers come through the App itself without the need to reveal your email address. Snaply’s mantra is that you can sell something in 10 seconds flat. If you have 10 minutes to spare this lunchtime it’s definitely worth a look.

You can also follow them on twitter.com/getsnaply and Facebook.com/GetSnaply

App 2. Life Skills

Fed up with younger member of staff just “not getting it”? You can now do something about it with Life Skills. This Life Skills App was created by Barclays Bank plc to help people aged 11 to 19 learn employment disciplines they may not have learned yet. It focuses on 3 main areas, work, people and money. We really like it because it teaches users how to work on their communication, self confidence and personal presentation skills. It also shows users how to manage a budget and understand how lending works and how to put a CV together.

Available from the App Store and Play Store.

App 3. Pinnacle Studio

This is an App you do have to pay for. At €11.99 Pinnacle may seem a bit steep but it’s a great time saver as you can use it to edit videos on your iPhone. This is a super tool to use on the morning commute. It allows you to arrange the clips on the storyboard, add transitions and a soundtrack. You can share your masterpiece on YouTube, Box or Facebook once it’s completed at a resolution of 1080p – handy or what?

Pinnacle have a great online support forum. You can also watch tutorials on Pinnacle.

Available on the App Store

App 4. Cam Scanner

Have you ever been asked for information and thought “if only I had a scanner”. Well now you do. Cam Scanner is a super little App that turns your phone’s camera into a scanner. You can scan invoices, notes, business cards etc. It has built in cropping and auto enhancing to ensure the scan is of premium quality. If you upgrade to the Premium version, you will get OCR (optical character recognition) functionality. This means you can extract text from images for further sharing or editing.

Available on Andriod, and iOS.

5. Time Recording

If your job involves selling your time as opposed to products, Time Recording is a simple free App that is a nice tool for recording your time. It’s very easy to use and so is a great option for your staff on the road too. It produces reports in Excel or HTML format and integrates with Dropbox and Google Drive. The Pro users get the added functionality of Google Calendar Sync. With over 7000 recommendations on Google this has to be worth a look.