This week, List of the Week has to do with task management apps. These are not apps to manage your phone or tablet tasks but your tasks. With so much going on, most of us could use all the help we can get to organize our lives better. So what is on your to do list today?
App Name: Yellow Pages by Superpages
Description: With the Yellow Pages app from Superpages, you can search the Yellow or White Pages, find business information, maps, driving directions, consumer reviews, movie listings, local gas prices and more. The app allows for search by voice, share businesses on Facebook and Twitter, and create favorites and personal categories. The app recently won MediaPost’s Best Marketing/Branding/Advertising Application
Cost: Free
Developer: Superpages LLC
Reviews:
Yellow Pages by Superpages – Androidpit.com
Yellow Pages by Superpages – PCWorld.com
In addition to reviewing Android Apps here and at DroidGamers.com, I help small businesses get online via web design, hosting, and web marketing. One of the big questions facing small business today is if they really need a mobile app.
I recently read the article by Greg Sterling over at Marketing Land called Mobile Apps vs. the Mobile Web: “It Doesn’t Matter to Consumers”. It is an interesting post about a PEW report that came out recently. In that report the question was posted, what will dominate in the end of the decade, apps or mobile websites. The majority of responses felt the mobile sites would dominate. Right now though, it is about equal.
You can view the full report if you want but I liked how Greg ended his post:
Although the report doesn’t address this, the apps vs. web discussion is another way of having the iOS vs. Android debate.
While the apps vs. mobile web argument does matter to marketers and developers, most users don’t think the same way. Indeed, a surprising number of people couldn’t tell you the difference between an app and a mobile website anyway.
As one respondent put it, “People never cared about the Web vs. apps and devices . . . They want free stuff, entertainment, and services when they want them, and on the device they have in front of them.”
So what do you think? Do you favor mobile sites over apps or vise versa? Personally, there are many sites or services that I would definitely like an app over a mobile site. I think an app can clear away some of the excess stuff and give me what I need.
This also raises the question, does a small business really need a mobile app? Right now I would say it depends on the business you are in. Service type industries should probably have one. A mobile site should definitely be done no matter what you do or provide, but then I would ask myself , What would an app do for me that a mobile site could not?
As a small business you want to reach as many people as possible- a website and mobile website would do that. Now an app would do that also, but right now might not be as easy as marketing a website. With the growth of smartphones, do not totally write off apps.
Let me know what you think.
App Name: Any.DO To Do List | Task List
Description: With Any.DO, you can easily keep track of what you need to do. Has the option to drag & drop tasks to plan your agenda, sSwipe off a task to mark it as complete, or shake your device to clear the completed tasks. You can share your lists with friends, family and colleagues. Currently you can sync to Google and future plans are to have the ability to sync to: Taskos to do list, Todo list, Todo, Task List, Remember the milk, gTasks, RTM, Producteev, Springpad, Catch, ColorNote Notepad Notes, Google Calendar, Astrid, Outlook, and Microsoft Exchange.
Cost: Free
Developer: Any.DO
Reviews:
Any.DO app Review -Tech2.in.com
Any.DO From The Creators Of Taskos Is The Cleanest Task List App For Android Yet, With Emphasis On Sharing And Simplicity – AndroidPolice.com
Any.DO an Utterly Gorgeous & Productive To-Do List Manager App for #GTD – AndroidTapp.com
Any.DO Is a Crazy Intuitive, Gesture-Based To-Do App for Android -LifeHacker.com
New App: Chaikin Power Tools
Description: This free app takes complex financial information about a stock and presents it in a simple green or red display so investors can quickly identify the winners and losers. The model is from Stock Analysis expert Marc Chaikin. You can enter up to 20 stock symbols to check. The app allows you to drill down for more details: Chaikin Power Gauge components, intra-day and 6-month Charts, and Fundamentals. You can also check charts; Chaikin Money Flow and historical Power Gauge Rating.
Cost: Free
Developer: Chaikin Stock Research
Market: Android
App Name: Astrid Task/To-do List
Description: Astrid is a very popular task/to-do list app on Android and iOS. It features reminders, lists, sync, a widget, task sharing, optional instant notifications. With this app, you can sync with Astrid.com, sync with Google Tasks, and sync with Producteev.com. There are also a couple of paid ad-on apps available to increase your task management.
Cost: Free
Developer: Astrid Inc
Reviews:
Astrid Task Todo List Android App Review by AndroidTapp.com (older but still gives good basics)
Astrid to-do list manager – Android app review (video) LifeOfAndroid.com
Android and Me Video App Review – Astrid (Task Manager) AndoridandMe.com (older but still gives good basics)
Be More Productive With Astrid Task -AppStorm.com
App Name: Phonedeck
Description: Phonedeck provides a web-dashboard application to manage your Android phone from your computer. Feature highlights are notifications for incoming calls, reading and writing SMS, statistics on your phone communications, sophisticated phone contact management section and more. Phonedeck will be officially launching in February 2012 but you can get in now without any invitation code. It looks like a neat way to manage and keep up with your phone.
Cost: Free