7 Android Apps You Should Be Using Right Now!

What productivity apps am I using on my Android phone? In this video, I show you 7 free apps that will help you save time so you can get more done and enjoy less stress. From timers and scanners to notes and podcasts, get ready to up your productivity game!

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Scott Friesen is a productivity specialist and founder of Simpletivity training and consulting. He is also a prolific public speaker, workshop leader, and time management coach.

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[Simpletivity]

📱 I'd love to know what apps you are using the most. Be sure to share your favorites here in the comments.
✋ And if you have suggestions for future topics, don't hold back. I try to read each and every comment and many of them transform into new videos!
Thanks in advance - Scott

[dbrakowski]

Very helpful as always---rather than using something like app blocker, I simply choose to keep social media off my phone. Thanks!

[mrmshifan]

Love Google Keep, but wish it has simple formatting like bold and italic.

[anitaramirez]

I use Google Podcasts more than any other app, except maybe Google Keep. I'm with you on Keep. It is powerful and I love the integration with Gmail. I have a Google Pixel phone, too, so I'm ALL about Google apps and tech!

[darius-b]

Thanks for this list Scott. I use Google Podcasts too as I particularly like how it syncs with my phone and on the web browser. This way I can carry on listening to it and it keeps the timings of how far I've got through the podcast.

[JohnDeir]

One that I use cotinually is called "Out of Milk". It is a list application which I use mostly for shopping for groceries but can be used for any kind of list use. Also QR & Barcode Scanner.

[diegoariel]

Thanks do much for the video. Have you thought about making a video about Google Assistant?

[sllimfej]

Notion on web is great, but is horribly slow on mobile.

[tmpatklk]

On my phone, I use Google Podcasts, Calendar, Maps, Gmail, and Keep regularly. I usually line up a podcast for our daily walk. I can start it in the car and then take it along for the trail. There is a great variety of podcasts and they work without a hitch. I used the queue function. I've used Google Drive to scan documents. Does Adobe Scan offer additional features, or is it easier to use, or provide a better quality scanned document? Thanks for all of your tips, Scott. Your videos are always great. I look forward to them.

[FlamencoDeniz]

Hi Scott, have you thought about using Google assistant or voice to text in general when it comes to taking notes?

[kpdc]

Thanks for this video. Most Productivity videos I come across are for Apple. I typically stay in the Google apps as they all sync sonwell together. I do use Out of Milk for my shopping. I love how it keeps the prices of items, as well as calculate the taxes to help me stay on budget. I use Forest for focused productivity, which blocks websites. I do use Buffer as well. And Google Podcast for my Podcast though I think it needs a lot of work.

[arcstur]

WOW such incredible apps, thank you so much for this video!c

[JasonCotting]

What are you using for recording your phone screen on this video?

I'm using Nextcloud for my cloud storage and I host it on my own server. Great for syncing files between my laptop and desktop.

[ProspectivePlans]

These productivity apps are just what I needed! 💫 Keep rising to be who you want to be! 💫 #keeprising #risingtobe #aswerise #riser #irise

[stephaniemoneymindshift]

I love and NEEDED the AppBlock app. Thank you so much! What do you recommend as an app(?) to keep me from visiting those sites on my computer?

[immi]

KEEP Notes is amazing but req few updates, like Scan, Crop, OCR Read, to PDF, ....etc

[sukhichahal]

I use Digital wellbeing instead of AppBlock.
Standard notes for highly secure notes.

[amzy]

For scaning Dropbox app is better with high quality scans.
For long notes with markdown support Simplenote is better.

[phph]

Scott, have you ever heard of FooView? It's a game changer and I've never seen a tutorial that covers it in english. You could be the one to introduce it to the masses : o)

[Bill_Woo]

I would love to add new life enhancing apps but because of nightmarish Android storage size abuse, I'm in a constant state of painfully SHEDDING apps. Despite moving everything that I possibly can to an added SD card, just the few things that I can't live without are using over 15 of the 16G (that I cannot increase further). The infuriating part is that without my permission or desire things continue to build up, especially that bastard Play Store. I am constantly opening it up to "delete all" but 2 seconds later it's downloading more. Same with built-in apps Sheets, Slides, Docs. And I can't just annihilate any of those, because you're not allowed to.
It seems like required Android apps alone are using 15G of my 16G phone, and downloading more constantly. It's so vicious that not only do I deny myself apps that I really want, but I even refuse updates, because they're always larger. I haven't updated (and kept) an app in 3 years because of this. I'm even still on Marshmallow for the same reason. It's absurd.