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What these ratings mean:


"Best In Class" - This app has been found to be absolutely great and fit for purpose. No comparisons required.

Among the Best: This app is well near the top. But you may want to see some others.

Recommended: This app is fit for purpose. You should consider it but evaluate using your own criteria.

Privacy Ratings:
A+: Top of the line. This app doesn't hide or store any personal information about you.


A: A notch below A+. This could also be because the app page provides incomplete information and because we could not test it enough.

B+: You could trust this app. It will take some of your private data. We don't know what it will do with that.

B: This app will take some personal data and will use it for some amount of advertising.

C: This app is an invasion of privacy.

DKCS: Privacy Assessment not completed.

Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Getting Jobs Done - Tick Tick - Among the Best

About:
I am, by nature, a procrastinator. Also lazy. So my primary thing in life is to mark off all my work so that I can be lazy conveniently.
I have looked for a lot of apps which do this simple thing of "Task Management" as against "Calendar Management" or "Notes about work".


So Tick Tick comes well vetted, tried and tested. The reason I am not giving it a "Best in Class" Rating is that personal productivity apps are very individual dependant.


Details:
Tick Tick allows you to store one line tasks. It also allows you to create checklists, add texts, add due dates et al. Its as big or as small as you want it to be. The handy widgets - ranging from 1*1 to 4*4 are excellent too and make the app much easier to use. The best thing about a personal productivity app is that it should adapt to the user's natural style and make them more productive, not force them to learn a new way of doing things.Tick Tick is top notch on that count.


Update: The last update to the app was on Nov 24, 2016 and apparently, the app is being slammed after that. I am guessing that the company will rectify the bugs soon enough. There is, however, a feature change which limits the free version to 9 lists. That officially makes it a freemium app.








Best For:
Students
Mothers
Professionals
Anyone at all with an agenda led existence.


Don't use it if:
You don't want to make in app purchases or be forced to move to pro version. The app page indicates that the purchases may be from 50 to 1850 INR. So it may be too expensive for some of us.


App Page: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ticktick.task&hl=en


Privacy Rating: B because it takes a LOT of our data, but I don't know for what.

The best Memory app - Berni Mobile

I love teaching children foundational  skills, and memory is one of the more important skills that we teach.


Memory cards are one of the oldest ways to enhance memory, but I also use it to activate middle brain functioning and subliminal processing of information. Simply put, when we play memory cards, we encourage children to NOT focus on or remember the individual images or places. We want them to just look at the card and move on.


Berni Mobile's Memory app is not just one of the best - its a clear winner in its category, and its the only one I use.








Who should use it:
1. Anyone working to improve their memory.
2. Anyone working with children to teach them memory techniques that use middle brain activation and subliminal processing. This is a great aid.


You should not use this if:
1. You believe in "Levels" and need a constant feedback loop in an app.
2. You want to track all your stats. This app only records your best 5 times at every level. There are no average times, no number of attempts et al.


App Page: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.berniiiiiiii.memorize&hl=en


Privacy Rating: A