The 3 Best iOS Apps I Use With My Passion Planner

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Angelia Trinidad, founder and CEO of Passion Planner, shares her top 3 iOS apps that she uses with her Passion Planner. Find out which apps help her grow her knowledge base, hold herself more accountable, and be as productive as possible.

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[libbykayhuber]

I also really love the Forest App. It's a great pomodoro-style timer to help with productivity through gamification. You can set a timer for any length of time that you choose, and during that time, a little 'tree' will grow. During that time that you have set, if you pick up your phone and navigate away from the Forest app, your tree will 'die.' This provides an incentive to stay focused.

The forest app can also help you see where your time is going. You can create different 'tags' for your timers. So when you work on replying to emails, you can click on the tag you've created for 'emails'. If you set a timer to clean your house or read a book, you can create tags for those items too. Within the app there are reports, graphs, and charts that show you where your time has gone based on the tags you've created, and how much focused time you've spent over all year over year, month over month, or day over day.

This is a great app because it also gives back. For every time you spend in the Forest App, you amass 'coins' for your time. You can save up these coins and use them to 'buy' a real tree that will be planted somewhere to prevent deforestation.


Their time tags, focus on productivity, and focus on giving back makes this a great app to use in conjunction with your passion planner. This app has similar values to the Passion Planner and it is also really fun to use. I recommend it.

There is also now a Chrome extension so you can do the same thing on your laptop or computer!

[haileyhepperle]

I love using TimePage and Forest with my Passion Planner! TimePage has a really nice and easy interface as well and lets me know what the weather will be like during my event, it tells me when I need to leave, gives me notifications when I should be leaving, it suggests that I could text my friend to tell them I’m running late. It’s not free but it’s super cheap and I would pay even more for it if I had to because it’s just so functional and aesthetically pleasing. Forest is a productivity app and is similar to Flipd but it’s also not free, still cheap. And basically you “plant a tree” while you complete a task, if you try to exit the app it gives you a notification or return to the app immediately so that your plant doesn’t die. If you don’t, your plant dies. Your forest keeps track of all the trees you’ve grown or killed. You earn coins for your trees which you can use to buy cute and fun trees. Also if you earn enough coins you can use them to have a tree planted in real life 😊

[YoungLadyInRed]

I use the “Self Control” app for Mac. It’s awesome. It either blocks your distracting websites on your blacklist or it only allows the websites that you add to your white list for the specified time you choose. You choose which one when you need. You can’t turn it off until that time is up. Ive turn off distracting sites for 24 hours at times when I needed to get projects completed. It’s so good that I added Facebook to my block list, and it blocked Instagram too.

[littlepixieme]

An app that I love using on my android phone is color note. It lets me take notes, make checklists, and even send reminders to myself. I can color code things to quickly see what category of note I am looking at and because it's not a text or social media style notification it is easier for me to realize that it is something important and not accidentally swipe it away

[thejenniferweston]

I'm still new to using Passion Planner (Just five weeks! Woo!) I used to do a digital "BuJo" in Evernote before switching to Passion Planner. But, I switched to a paper planner because I feel like there's just something rewarding about writing things out by hand. Plus, get to use my "right brain" (creative side) when I physically write things, as opposed to just typing a list, taking notes and checking boxes. Evernote is still a great compliment to Passion Planner because you can use the note-taking app to keep track of work/school/personal notes, planning details, journal entries, to-do lists, etc. Another great app is "Loop - Habit Tracker." This is an android app that helps you build a habit and track your streaks. If there are habits that you are trying to implement or reinforce, Loop is a good way to show that you're making progress with your habits. For me, this is helpful in reinforcing the planner habit that I'm working to make a part of my morning routine.

[vicksiskickin]

I use an App called Tide to manage my time in a similar way. Tide also can add sound effects to your focus time like "rain" or "forest". I find the rain one, in particular, to be very calming and focusing. I have wasted so much time picking out music to work to so I just cut that out of the equation. Tide also has modes for meditation or sleep. I also use Google Drive. My fiance and I snap pictures of our planners for the week and share it there with each other so we can better plan time together.

[ashleypaytas]

Seems kinda weird but I promise I'll tie it together! I use podcast addict and I've found it has had a really good change in my life simply by being on my phone. Instead of being tempted to watch TV, go on social media, or YouTube I am able to go on and listen to podcasts. So sometimes I can even listen to the news when I'm bored or have a free moment, then I dont feel as pressured to watch it at night! I've found since using it I waste less time getting sucked into the trap of Netflix or scrolling Instagram, because it's a "healthy" substitute... and not nearly as addictive

[katejordan]

Good Notes is a good place to put notes and ideas until I can get them into my Passion Planner. I also like to use Insight Timer to make the most of my meditation time, so I can be mindful and stay on schedule.

[judyolbrych]

I like to use ToDoist with my Passion Planner. I organize my tasks and projects in the app and then schedule them out in time slots in my Passion Planner and Google Calendar. My Google calendar and Passion Planner have almost the same weekly view, especially, since I use highlighters to categorize and block batched tasks. So why do I need the paper version in addition to Google? Because I remember things better when I write them down, the planner allows me to work unplugged, and I have a set space for weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reviews plus creative planning.

[alyssajp]

I use the StayFocused app, which allows me to assign time limits and time frames on distracting apps. For example, I have the YouTube app set to 20 minutes between the hours of 8am and 10pm so that I don't watch hours and hours of videos, and after 20 minutes the StayFocused app locks me out of YouTube for the day and shows me a message to motivate me to do something more productive/restorative instead.

[christineacoba]

I use Trello. I use the app to write down any brainstorm notes and things to do on different topics. Then I plan out the tasks in my planner.

[debbiedeas]

I use Asana. I like the freestyle approach to mapping out goals and game changers, but Asana gives me a way to provide more structure and tracking to the execution of my goals after I've had time to map them.

[amandacoan]

One of my favorite apps (besides Google Calendar) is Clear. I use clear to make lists or add to current lists. My movie, book, bucket list, and idea lists are added to the back of my Passion Planner on the grid pages.

[denisewilliams]

I love to use Prism to help keep track of when my bills are due every month. You have to give your sign on info on your accounts if you feel comfortable doing that. I’ve been using them for a couple of years and I haven’t had any issues with it.

[rtpinedo]

I love and use Google Keep as well as the Google Reminder - use them both with my planner to set reminders on items I have on my planner to do list (both personal and work section) and the Keep app I use to list things I need to get or pack with me when I attend conferences.

[crystalvillegas]

I also have a rocketbook and rocketbook app, which allows me to take notes, draw, and do really anything on a paper like surface, then digitally upload it to various drives, emails etc. I then have notes organized. Some I print and add to my space of infinite possibilities or add to the notes area in the back!

[Bakoblues]

Just a thought - try turning off all social media notifications on your phone. It puts you in charge of your apps instead of your apps running your life. If something is critical, people text or message. It is amazing how much more productive and peaceful my life became when I did so.

[AngeleCantEven]

SO HELPFUL! Thank you! I got Flipd and Google Calendar. I’m so used to carrying my planner everywhere but with a toddler now I just don’t need the extra weight sometimes. Looking forward to incorporating these into my productivity!

[Alexandra]

The app Forest is also a great one for getting off social media and dedicating time towards studying/work. After every time period of work you do it grows a little tree for your forest which makes it feel more rewarding and helps you track your progress!

[nurlailyagustiarini]

my fav app I use with my passion planner :
1. google maps, to know where i went if i forgot. You can check it in your timeline menu.
2. My calendar : good calendar for women, actually its periode/ menstruation calendar but i can put my mood tracker and how i feel about that day.