Five Apps That Are Unexpectedly Useful

Posted: July 29, 2014

"There's an app for that" is heard more and more frequently. Personal and business tasks have become easier thanks to certain apps. These five apps are surprisingly useful for help with everyday life.

"There's an app for that" is heard more and more frequently. Personal and business tasks have become easier thanks to certain apps. These five apps are surprisingly useful for help with everyday life.

Liane Cassavoy, writer for PCWorld, shares five unexpectedly useful apps.

5 unexpectedly useful apps

These days, there really is an app for almost anything—even things you may never have thought of. Want to connect two previously unlinked web services? An app can help. Want to link two previously unconnected devices? Yup, there’s an app for that, too. Read on for information on five of my favorite unexpectedly useful apps.

IFTTT

iOS, Android, web; free

IFTTT has long been one of my favorite apps. This free tool, which works on the web and on Android and iOS devices, lets you create recipes that result in automatic actions online. Don’t worry: it’s far less confusing than it sounds. IFTTT stands for “If this then that”—when one thing happens, IFTT lets you create an automatic reaction.

Read the entire article 5 Unexpectedly Useful Apps on PC World.