Apps are not for the social media and gaming etc alone anymore the game has changed as technology has not disappointed with the ever emerging innovations. We all spending more time on our small handheld devices be it business owners, freelancers, and anyone out there in the digital world are struggling to stay productive as well as organized several apps have come in handy to allow us do more or have more to do.
Below we discuss the the top 10 Business apps you should have on your smartphone;
Collaboration and Communications
Trello
Trello is one of our favorite easy to use project management app, with a bundle awesome features such as the ability to assign tasks, monitor team progress which makes it a real charm. Trello is free but if you need to use more advance features you may have to pay an extra fee, check out their website for details.
Slack
We have seen slack grow into one of people’s favorite instant messaging apps especially those working in groups or the boss out there hoping to keep track of his employees progress through
Communication
It has Twitter like functionalities with ease to send direct messages, or you can choose to have private or public conversations with your team, not to forget the ability to share files within your chat.This is one of the must have especially to project heads who prefer to work and play.
Finance and Accounting
QuickBooks
This is one of the most popular accounting software out there not only being popular but it gives you a sense of your financial status with a lot of ease .
With quickbooks you can keep track of your expenses, incomes, pending invoices and what’s more interesting it can be linked to your different financial accounts.
Expensify
Little is known about this app but its a favorite when it comes to keeping track of expenses, while reviewing this app we discovered it has the ability to capture image snapshots of receipts and upload upon which the app will extract and compute the data for…how awesome!!! Is that less paper work while you continue to do more..
Documentation and Filing
G Suite
“Designed for your workplace starting at just $5/user/month.” Very popular yet underutilized Google is known for its various products but mostly for Gmail, Youtube, although the uptake for the business products is slow especially in the developing markets, this is a recommended service for any one with business simply because its one document cabinet you can move around with everywhere you go.
Office 365
Microsoft products have also come of age and with Office 365 you have the ability to be more creative and innovative, this comes with ease of use especially for those with a long term use of Windows products such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, with cloud storage in the form of OneDrive now all these come under one package but accessible anywhere and any device.
Evernote
This is one of the best note taking app that helps you collect, share your ideas, make to-do lists which you can easily share with your team.
The basic version of this app is free but in-case you need more advanced features you can check out their website from the link above.
Payments
PayPal
Well this is recommended especially for Ugandan businesses hoping to export their business to overseas markets and a are big favourites of the local payment systems.If you are wondering on how to pay or receive payments via PayPal is Uganda please refer to this
Other favorites
DropBox
DropBox has been around for quite sometime and well known to most of the early users of the cloud services, with the ability to store files, images and other related content just like the way oneDrive and Google Drive dropbox offers similar functionality and with your smartphone you can carry important documents from work to home
MailChimp
This is another favorite app to have on your phone especially for the marketing gurus, MailChimp allows you to reach your targeted market, collect and analyse data, depending on how you use this can be a great marketing for anyone out there operating a business.
