Best New Productivity Apps to Try in 2018

There’s so many great applications to explore in 2018, this an extension of the huge official productivity listicle I do every year, will explore a few of the newer productivity apps I’m keeping my eye on!

New productivity applications can appear to feel like a bit of a bet. You’re not sure whether they are exactly the best of the breed, but they can evolve to be someone extremely useful tools in your arsenal for productivity.

Here are 6 ones that deserve your attention

1. Habitify | Habit Tracker

Forming habits at the start of year is sometimes tricky! There are so many helpful habit-tracking apps, but not all as beautiful and easy to use as Habitify.

This is an application that’s on my review list so far, but one that I think will be making waves in 2018, resources like habit-tracking are becoming even more popular when it comes to tracking positive and negative habits as you go across your day. With Habitfy’s stunning design, think it’s going to provide so much value.

One of the features that is very attracting to me is the statistics feature, the ability to go and see how well I’ve been able to adopt a habit and continue it, this is something I think a lot of new habit-trackers will enjoy seeing!

Habitify: (iOS, free) | Rating: 9/10

2. MindNode | Gorgeous Mindmaps

If you’re a mind mapping kind of person. MindNode leaves nothing behind. Map all your ideas and thoughts on a comprehensive mapping tool!

Mindnode is recommended by many professionals as a great way to visually plan some of your actions, thoughts and processes. If you’re someone that visually thinks through their tasks and activities you could be saving a vast amount of time with a tool like this, suited to your thought process.

MindNode: iOS ($9.99), Mac ($39.99)| Rating: 8/10

3. Grateful | A Customisable Journal

Gratitude journaling is becoming more and more popular on a daily basis. Customise the prompts and create a timeline of your memories.

Taking a moment to be grateful is becoming a popular technique in an attempt to be respectful for all the wonderful things in life. Gratitude journals have been around for a while but condensing them into an app can be a portable way to capture your appreciation for life with photos too.

Grateful: iOS (free, with $3.99 premium) | Rating: 7.5/10

4. Paste | Beautiful Slideshows

Looking to impress the boss or even stun an investor. Paste by 53 brings an interactive way to create new slides + bring together your best work!

If you and your team are looking for a creative way to bring together your thoughts, ideas and thoughts then this might be your next application to help master your meetings. This is something I’m looking forward to trying out in a work scenario as a way to visually present my thoughts.

Paste: iOS (free for limited time, $5.99 for PRO) | Rating: 9/10

5. Bring! | Shopping List Master

Shopping lists have never looked this good. A dedicated companion for your shopping, Bring! helps you get things together in the new year of shopping!

Sometimes simple list managers like this can do the job. Of course, we have popular tools like Todoist and TickTick but sometimes simplicity is key for many regular shoppers and this app delivers.

Bring!: iOS (free), Web (free), Android (free) | Rating: 8/10

6. Picniic | The Family Organizer

Organising your family events can be pretty complex. Picniic crunches everything down into an effective board of all your events/to-dos and more.

I’m looking forward to this in the future as the hub of activity for planning in my family. One of their leading feature is their design, everything formulate into a beautifully crafted board.

Picniic: iOS (free), Android (free), Web (free) | Rating: 9/10

Need another great productivity app recommendation, try Newton!

Newton is one of the leading email apps on iOS, Mac, Android & Windows, providing powerful features like Read Receipts, Undo Send and even Tidy Inbox to reduce clutter, you’ll be at Inbox Zero in no time.

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