17 apps that will help you become a more productive person

I've spent most of my life in awe of early birds. You know the type: People who can jump out of bed at 5:00 a.m., run a mile, actually eat breakfast, and still make it to workon time.As a night owl, I often struggle to be productive during the day. I've tried productivity hacks to no avail, and I always abandon planners a few days after I start using them.When I switched out physical notebooks for to-do lists on my phone, however, I finally saw a differenceboth in my stress levels and my efficiency.To help you get more done in less time, INSIDER rounded up 17 productivity apps that people are lovingin 2017, all with a four-star rating or higher in the Apple Store or Google Play.Forest encourages you to put your phone down by planting real trees around the world.Forest can help you avoid distractions while studying or doing work. When you openthe app, you can plant seeds andgrow a virtual forest. But if you exit the app to text or check Facebook, your trees will wither away and die.Even better,Forest partnerswith nonprofit Trees for the Future so that you can usethe virtualcoins you earn to plant real trees. So far, the app has planted 122,614 trees since it launched in May 2014.Price:$1.99 on iOS; Free onAndroidTide also helps you stay focused with ambient noise and the Pomodoro technique.Tide lets you set a timer based on thePomodoro technique, a simple and popular productivity hack. If nature sounds help you focus, you can also choose from one of five options (ocean, rain, forest, meditation, and coffee) or customize a mix of music and white noise.Price: Free Available on: iOS, AndroidSave a few minutes every morning with Spark, an email app that sorts your inbox for you.Instead of wasting time every morning going through your cluttered email inbox, let Spark do it for you. Spark's "Smart Inbox" automatically detects if an email is an important personal message, notification, newsletter, or random announcement.My favorite feature' You can usenatural language to search for emails which produces more accurate results. For example, if you search, "attachmentsfrom Jane last week," you'll actually see all the emails with attachments that you received from Janelast week.Price: Free Available on: iOSSee the rest of the story at Business Insider
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