These awesome new apps have the power to save you time, slash your data usage, organize your unwieldy contacts and, yes, even change your life.
Opera Max
Free | Android
Opera Max is the app that’ll help make sure you never exceed your data limit again. It compresses photos, videos and music in apps and sites over mobile and Wi-Fi networks, reducing data usage up to 50% without a noticeable drop in quality. Opera Max also saves power and data by preventing apps from running in the background without permission. You can also monitor how much data each app uses and how much data you burn through daily or monthly.
Interact
$6.99 | iOS
This cool app is garnering great reviews for its smart approach to organizing and communicating with contacts. It’s especially useful for handling groups, which Apple’s built-in Contacts app isn’t great at. With Interact, you can select multiple contacts and move or delete them (unlike Contacts, which lets you pick one person at a time). Message or email individuals or groups with just one tap. It’s also a snap to create or update contacts by selecting text in emails, webpages and apps – Interact sorts it into the proper fields. The app works with Dropbox, iCloud Drive and other document providers, and it offers 3D Touch Support for iPhone 6s.
Automate
Free | Android
Save time and hassle by automating tasks on your tablet or smartphone. With Automate, a clever new app from LlamaLab (creators of Timesheet), you can choose predefined flows or create your own to automatically perform actions, such as sending emails or texts based on “event triggers” (like your location or the time of day). You can also use flowcharts to change settings like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC. Choose from hundreds of “blocks” to edit your flowcharts, including actions, alarms, calendar events, conditions, modes, battery level and much more.
Habitica
Free | iOS and Android
Turn your life into a role-playing game – and build habits for a healthier, happier life – with this charming and entertaining productivity app. Create an adorable avatar, then level up and unlock more features as you achieve items on your real-world task list (rewards include quests, badges, pets, battle gear, potions and more). Miss a task and you’ll lose health points – ouch! For moral support and great accountability, you can join interest groups and slay monster bosses together.