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4 Apps to Increase Productivity and Save you Money

I was thinking about productivity and how to better manage my time. So I began browsing through my phone to find useful apps. I came up with 4 apps I'd like to share. I found all of these for free on google play.

1. Hadith Pro
2. My Fitness Buddy
3. Flipp
4. Alif Ba Ta Alphabet


Hadith Pro is an app that contains a neat drop down menu which sorts hadiths by significant category. Some of the categories include: the light, advising and amicableness among others. There is also a little heart function that lets you favorite the hadiths you really like and collects them into a swipe-able folder.  Another function lets you forward hadiths by copy/paste or forward to email. Free daily inspiration on your phone whenever you need it.

My Fitness Buddy is packed with functions you can use every day. It's easy to search and add food choices in breakfast lunch and dinner categories. At the top is a running calorie counter that will minus the exercises you input to give you a caloric total. It also has a news feed that gives advice and inspiration for living a healthy lifestyle. 

Flipp will save you money at your local grocery store and many other retailers. Just input your postal code and it will give you the current flyer.  It lets you add the flyer items to your grocery list and price match at checkout. Much better than pointing out items to the clerk by riffling through 3 different paper flyers. If you're waiting for something to go on sale there is a push notification option that will alert you when the sale is on.

Alif Ba Ta is a cute app that helps you learn the Arabic alphabet. The clear voice is excellent to check pronunciation. It orders each letter according to complexity, starting with plain letters and progressing through all complexities of short and long sounds and combined letters. At the very end is the Sura Al Fatiha. Nice for beginners learning Arabic. Useful to combine with coursework.

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