6 New Year Apps to Help You Achieve Your Goals in 2018
With the New Year looming just around the bend, chances are you’re beginning to think of all the ways you’ll make a splash in 2018. Will I join a gym, endeavoring to melt away this post-holiday pudge? Will this finally be the year I get organized and take control of my finances? The choice is yours, folks. But if you’re searching for intuitive tools to help you reach new heights in the year ahead, then look no further than these feature rich iOS apps designed to teach, inspire, and challenge you. Press the right arrow to learn more about 6 awesome apps to make 2018 your best year yet.
6 Grow Your Money with Personal Capital
Personal Capital is an award-winning iOS app built around a suite of comprehensive financial tools, designed to help you take control of your money and transform the way you understand, manage, and grow it — conveniently from your iPhone or iPad.
Based on a combined “people and technology” approach, Personal Capital integrates the elements of a seamless, all-inclusive interface for displaying your active accounts, with intuitive, real-time and on-demand access to a certified financial advisor whose job is to ensure you’re always moving towards your financial goals.
Featured by Forbes, CNBC, and The Financial Times, Personal Capital — with millions of satisfied customers and billions in tangible assets — is the premier way to manage and multiply your money in the year to come. Download and find out what Personal Capital can do for you now.
5 Get in Shape with Sworkit
If you envy the idea of getting in shape, but loathe the thought of steeping foot inside a crowded, overpriced gym, then you have to try the powerful new Sworkit app for iPhone or iPad. Easily get in shape, on your terms, and gain control over every aspect of your workout with an all-inclusive mobile workout program designed just for you.
According to the rigorous standards set forth by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), SworkIt ranked as the No. 1 fitness app based on key metrics of safety, stretching, and other key variables established by the institution.
Access a massive database of interactive video exercises utilizing free weights or your own body weight as resistance — so you can easily “build a gym” wherever you are, no expensive equipment required! SworkIt features a range of workout plans, built for everyone from beginners to athletes; or, simply build your own, custom workout to target desired areas.
SworkIt offers a fantastic, 30 day FREE trial membership for iPhone and iPad users, with low-cost monthly or annual plans for those who’re interested. Download and find out how SworkIt can help you meet your personal fitness goals in 2018.
4 Learn a New Language with Duolingo
If you’re hoping to acquire some savvy new verbal skills in 2018, then Duolingo is the only app you’ll need. Featuring incredibly easy to follow lesson plans, this app allows anyone, from children to adults, to learn any of 23 different languages free of charge.
Choose from Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Irish, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Turkish, Norwegian, Polish, Hebrew, Esperanto, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Welsh, Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Swahili or even English — and immerse yourself in Duolingo’s fun and interactive “virtual classrooms,” where you’ll learn your chosen dialect from the ground up.
Voted Apple’s iPhone App of The Year in 2016, Duolingo is free to download and free to use — but you can always upgrade to Duolingo Plus, unlocking additional levels and new features at an affordable monthly or annual rate. Find out why over 200 million users trust Duolingo with their language learning needs by downloading Duolingo for iPhone or iPad today.
3 Find Your Zen with Meditation Studio
The human mind is complicated and oftentimes over-stimulated by the demands of every day life, so ensuring you take the time to clear and channel your thoughts is key to overall success. Fortunately, that’s all possible thanks to powerful apps like Meditation Studio for iOS.
Built around a seamless and easy to navigate platform, Meditation Studio allows you to find your daily Zen utilizing the app’s diverse database of guided meditation lessons.
Lauded by Forbes, Inc., and a number of outlets including Refinery 29, Meditation Studio offers users unrestricted access to curated meditation collections designed to help them achieve balance in key areas of their life. Be healthy. Be awesome. Be curious. Be kind.
Become the most self-actualized and well-grounded version of yourself in the year to come by downloading and taking advantage of all Meditation Studio has to offer today.
2 Master Cooking with SideChef
Regardless of your culinary expertise, you can easily become the master of your own domain — err, kitchen — with SideChef by your side. The app boasts a unique and comprehensive interface featuring photo and video, step-by-step demonstrations and verbal instructions for preparing a wide range of dishes.
SideChef was built by a team of cooks-turned-developers who aim to “entertain, inform and inspire everyone to lead better lives through the enjoyment of cooking.” As such, the app features step-by-step instructions for over 3,500 recipes (and counting!), with the ability to browse and add recipes to your personal cookbook — or upload your own culinary creations for others to try.
SideChef also includes a suite of advanced tools to help you in the kitchen, including integrated timers, ingredient information videos, and more. Find a recipe that particularly piques your interest? You can even order ingredients to replicate it in the comfort of your own kitchen directly through the app. Download SideChef for free from the iOS App Store and get cooking today.
1 Organize Your Life with Things 3
If you’re looking to get organized and in control of your daily schedule in 2018, then Things 3 for iPhone is all you need. Things 3, based on the original, award-winning app, is a robust task manager that allows users to seamlessly create balance in their every day schedules.
Built on a simple, tried and true philosophy, Things 3 will enable you to collect your thoughts, organize them and plan so as to maximize the efficacy of your everyday workflow. Placing an emphasis on your “to do” tasks, Things 3 organizes them to the backdrop of a seamless, plain white interface for your viewing ease.
Boasting complete integration with Apple Watch, iOS Calendars, Siri & Reminders, a Today Widget and more, Things 3 is also available for Mac and iPad at an additional charge, allowing you to synchronize your daily schedule across all your connected devices. Download Things 3 for just $9.99 and get a better handle on things today.