5 applications that help users of Apple devices to enhance productivity

Moving to work from home is difficult for people who are not used to this method, as they face many challenges, most notably how to get away from all the factors that cause distraction and lack of focus.

But if you are an Apple user, there are many applications available for remote workers to help them stay focused and work more efficiently and productively.

So whether you have an iPhone, iPad, MacBook or Apple Watch, here are the top apps designed to increase productivity and improve efficiency.

1- Drafts Application:

The Drafts app allows you to take notes quickly and easily, as it offers a customizable text editor for adding themes, controlling spacing, line height and margins, and it also offers an auto text correction feature, which you can run with Siri Voice Assistant.

The app integrates with many cloud storage services like: iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, external task manager apps, calendars, and note apps like: Todoist, Evernote, and TaskPaper.

The app is freely available for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and iMessage app users in the App Store, and for Mac users on Mac Store.

2- Contacts app:

Contacts + app is a cloud-based address book designed to get rid of the hassle of managing contacts so you can focus on the most important things, allowing you to sync contacts across all of your devices, as well as across different accounts like: Gmail, Exchange, Office365, and Twitter.

The app features the ability to combine all information about each contact into one comprehensive profile, copy the scanned business card information and add it to your address book.

It also allows you to organize the address book by marking contacts to create custom groups, and filling in details about contacts.
The app is freely available for iPad and iPhone users in the App Store.

3- Jump Desktop:

The application allows the user to control the Mac computer from anywhere, through an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, and it features a simple user interface, also works with almost any computer and operating system, and supports the use of a mouse.

The app also supports encryption of communication between computers to ensure privacy and security, and allows the computer to automatically connect to remote access using Wi-Fi / 3G / LTE without worrying about router settings.

The application is available for iPhone and iPad users in the App Store, and for Mac users in the Mac Store, and a Windows operating system version is also available.

4- SAP Concur app:

This application allows you to manage expenses and automate them through your phone, by taking photos with the camera phone for receipts and automatically uploading them to the application servers to save them, also allows you to review and approve reports and invoices quickly, and import data from credit cards. The app is freely available for iPhone and iPad users in the App Store.

5- Be Focused Focus Timer app:

This application allows you to focus on the performance of the tasks required of you, which is necessary if you work from home, as it divides individual tasks between specific periods, including short breaks to rest, which is an effective way to maintain motivation and focus.

You can customize the application by setting the duration of work, creating a short and long break, and knowing the number of breaks between long breaks. The app is available for iPhone and iPad users in the App Store, and for Mac users on Mac Store.