10 Essential Apps to Make Your Smartphone Even Smarter

In today’s fast-paced world, everybody needs good sleep to function well. Bad sleep causes tiredness, low concentration and lower productivity. Sleep Cycle is a free app that keeps track of sleep.

Sleep Cycle keeps track of sleep through microphone and accelerometer to detect your movement in bed and how you sound during sleep (so, it can track, for example, if you snore and for how long during the night). For this, place the smartphone in a good position near the bed, so it can track this information.

Let’s be honest, sometimes the weather can really mess up our plans. So, we are relying more on weather apps. But they are not so precise. However, users are satisfied with the paid app Dark Sky that gives down-to-minute forecast for your exact, current position. So, you can react on time, carry an umbrella or a coat.

Remember the times when we knew our passwords by heart. Well, that was because there were a few of them to remember. Today, we have endless passwords to remember to sign in to all digital services we use. So, one option is to write them down on paper and keep in one place, but it is not accessible if we are out of our home.

The second option is to generate all passwords online. What you need is security and that is exactly what free Dashlane app brings. You can store or manage passwords on a smartphone, tablet, or computer. You can auto-fill passwords and personal info. There is also an option of breach alerts and notifications.

If you are bored with auto-fill or autocorrect and it confuses you, there is a great alternative. Grammarly Keyboard, free of charge, checks grammar, spelling, and punctuation, and improves your vocabulary. It has text suggestions and provides clear explanations for every correction, so you can avoid the mistakes in future.

This simple, free, and easy-to-use app is great for tracking periods and fertility. All you have to do is input some data of your menstrual cycle and track your period or ovulation if you are trying to get pregnant. You can see your period in the cycle graphic or in the form of a calendar.

When it comes to additional info, you can input all sorts of information like level of pain, mental state, emotions, sleep, sex or exercise information, motivation levels, state of your hair and skin, cravings, etc. The more information you input, the more you will know about your menstrual cycle patterns. And obviously useful alerts and notifications!

This is a free app created especially for those who have many tasks during the day. It is great for managing all your obligations, either when you are at workplace or outside work. You can have all tasks and goals in one place, while all devices and apps are synchronized.

So, it doesn’t matter what device you are using or where you are at a given time, you can access the list of tasks and keep a track of it. Basically, it is an app that will organize your life.

Apps are useful and we use them daily. Sometimes there are so many of them, we can’t keep a track. IFTTT is a free app that connects all other apps you have and gets them to work together. If you share a photo on one platform, it will save the picture on cloud.

So, If This, Then That is a chain reaction, you can pre-define and let the app do the work for you. Maybe it's the most popular among social media users as when you post on one platform, it can automatically post on another. But it has endless options, from saving phone contacts in Google Doc, or anything else that pops in mind.

If you want to track your activity, but don’t want to spend money on smartwatch, you have the options - tracking apps like Pacer. Pacer is a free app that helps you track your activity by counting steps, and runs 24 hours a day. You can get fitness plans and watch workout videos. It has a community which allows you to connect to others!

This is a great app for those who like to travel and explore cities. It is a transport app with all necessary information about going from point A to point B, of what routes to take and what transport to take. Unfortunately, it is not possible to use it in every city so make sure it's available in yours.

If you have ever encountered a problem in Math or Chemistry you just don’t have any clue to solve, you know how frustrating it can be. Whether it is an unsolvable problem or you are disoriented as you missed your class, there is a solution for you. And it is simple.

All you need is to take a picture of the problem and the app, using its algorithms analyzes the problem and provides the full solution, in the form of graphics or videos (visual explanations). This app can help you if you are struggling with a problem in Biology, Math, Chemistry, Physics, English Grammar, History, Economics, etc.