Life can be made so much easier by using mobile apps and there are plenty of Android apps to choose from. Of course, both men and women enjoy all kinds of apps, but the ones we’ve selected here are those that we feel women in particular will enjoy or find useful.
1. CIRCLE OF 6
This personal safety app acts as a line of defense against violence or harassment. You simply add up to 6 friends to your circle and your precise location will be automatically sent to those people in a pre-programmed SMS message if you find yourself in some sort of trouble. Alternatively, you can alert your circle to call you as an interruption if you feel the need to excuse yourself from something going on.
2. WOMAN DIARY – CALENDAR (FREE OR PAID £2.48)
This app is designed especially for women as it focuses on a calendar for monitoring women’s monthly periods. As well as this, it can enhance your chances of becoming pregnant by establishing your ovulation date and your most fertile period. There is also a paid PRO version of the app available that gets rid of the ads and offers additional features such as widgets.
3. NIKE TRAINING CLUB – WORKOUTS AND FITNESS PLANS (FREE)
If you want an app to help you keep fit you won’t do much better than this one. This personal training app offers a multitude of features and among them are over 160 free workouts for all levels, personalized training plans, workout recommendations based on your routine, and being able to record your activities.
4. YOUR CLOSET – SMART FASHION (FREE)
Many of us have bulging wardrobes and lose track of how many clothes we have. This app is a fashion assistant that works as a closet organizer, allowing you to add an unlimited amount of clothes by taking or importing images, and organize them into categories and a whole lot more.
5. SWEET SELFIE – SELFIE CAMERA, BEAUTY CAM, PHOTO EDIT (FREE)
Who doesn’t love a selfie! Rated with 4.6/5 stars on the Play Store, this popular selfie camera app is great fun and makes the best of those special moments. In fact, one hundred millions people use this app every day. Sweet Selfie helps you to take the best selfies and enhance them with beautifying effects, and further features include filters, stickers, and collage, some of these available through in-app purchases. Your results can be shared with friends and family on social media, with one-touch sharing via Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, WhatsApp and more.
6. EVERNOTE – STAY ORGANIZED (FREE)
Anyone who wants to feel in control of their busy life will benefit from Evernote. This productivity tool will help to keep you organized and plan events as you can write notes, checklists, to-do lists and more. The app features in-app purchases and users can choose to upgrade to Evernote Plus or Evernote Premium for many more features.
7. SHOPSAVVY BARCODE & QR SCANNER (FREE)
If you want to get the best price and love a bargain, ShopSavvy could save you money. It covers more than 40,000 stores including the likes of Macy’s, Walmart, Amazon, and Best Buy, and enables you to scan barcodes or search for products. You can then compare prices and details of sales, and get up to 20% cashback from participating stores, create wish lists, and more.
8. MY FINANCES (FREE)
Managing the home budget and controlling your expenses is made easier with this comprehensive finance app. It allows you to manage your money from one convenient hub and you can enter transactions, check the current balance of accounts, and sum up costs and gains. In-app purchases are available for some features though we find the app useful enough without these.
9. LIFESUM: HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, DIET & MEAL PLANNER (FREE)
This highly recommended app is aimed at healthy living and achieving lifestyle and fitness goals. It uses your diet and health data to produce a meal planner, with tips for losing weight and recipes for nutritious meals. The app helps to keep you motivated and additional features include a calorie counter and workout ideas.
10. PREGNANCY TRACKER & BABY DEVELOPMENT COUNTDOWN (FREE)
BabyCenter’s app for expecting moms includes fetal development videos to match your own stage of pregnancy. You simply enter your due date to begin, and you’ll get a whole lot of pregnancy tools including tips, a photo diary, kick counter, birth plan checklist, contraction timer, and baby name finder. Daily parenting tools to assist you in your first year with a new baby follow this.
At least some or perhaps all of these 10 best apps women must have on their smartphones are worth trying out, and all are free to download and install.