How I Work – 141 – HelpChat

Do more. By Doing less ! Helpchat is a chat based personal assistant app that helps you get more things done. This could be anything – from recharging your phone to tech support, travel booking, holiday guidance, ordering groceries and food at your doorstep, providing shopping assistance, helping you find the best deals & coupons, web check-in and laundry. Helpchat can get all of them done for you.

The App has well-laid out categories and you can choose any category to fire your question. If your query is location based, e.g. deals for a restaurant, you may be asked your location and a chat agent at the other end will give you the best deals in your area. Certain large companies have special channels dedicated to their products / services.
Normally, you can expect to get a response within 3-5 minutes. And that sounds reasonable time for them to fish out the data for you. And, of course, it is free. Now, you can enjoy productivity while you are chatting !!

How I Work – 140 – Chore Monster

With kids handling smartphones, it becomes a pain to get them to do household chores. With Chore Monster, kids will beg to do their bit.
Parents can easily and quickly create chores with point values for each of them. When a chore is done, they can be approved and the child will get the points. Once the target points are reached, the rewards can be given in terms of a favourite food, an outing or a wonderful gift.
The kids get to see and review the points, the available rewards and how much they will need to achieve them.  Along the way, they will also get to collect random monsters for added fun and surprise !
Now that you know how to get the chores done from your kids – try it on your spouse – after all, he is a kid too !!

How I Work – 139 – Epicurious Recipe

The Epicurious Recipe app comes from the award winning food site http://www.epicurious.com  It carries more than 28,000 delicious, professionally tested recipes from across the world. It also features recipes from renowned magazines like Gourmet and Bon Apetit, plus from popular cookbooks, top chefs and leading restaurants.

The recipes are arranged by types, ingredients, occasions, or you could just search by the name of the recipe or the ingredients. The app also features Voice Search which makes Search very convenient.
You have the option to create a Widget on your home page for Recipe of the Day which will give you one-touch access to one of the thousands of recipes available.
All you have to do is grab your phone and head to the kitchen for a most satisfying meal !  

How I Work – 138 – Magic Plan

With Magic Plan, everyone can make an inside map of a room or any premises within a few minutes.

There is no need to measure, draw or move furniture. All you do is to use your camera and click the corners of the floor or the ceiling and you have the plan readymade for you, including the dimensions. You can add objects or furniture as you deem fit.

Magic Plan is free to download and create the plans. You can share the plans with other Magic Plan users for free. If you wish to convert them into jpg, pdf or png files and if you wish to print your plan, there is a small fee.

It is very easy to understand and use. So if you are planning to create a drawing for your office or home premises, go for it ! It is the simplest floor mapping app which you will ever use !

How I Work – 137 – Four Letters

Four Letters is a simple game – you are given Four Letters and you have to compose a word. Within a time frame !

Well, it is not as simple as it sounds. Initially, the words are easy, to prod you on, and progressively they become difficult. You can correct your mistakes, rearrange the letters, all within the time frame. You can slide your fingers over the letters, to go faster.

Once you have high scores, you can share it with your friends on Facebook and also compete with them for higher targets.

One thing is sure, it sounds so simple that it could get addictive after a couple of rounds. You have been warned – enjoy !

How I Work – 136 – Sudoku Free

Sudoku Free from genina.com is a great game to be played on your Android Phone. Simple minimalistic design, a clean interface and many many options, make it such a craze, that you will never look for a paper puzzle again.

It has 4 difficulty levels and the ability to carry on from where you were interrupted. So, if you get a phone call in between and you have to exit the game, when you get back, you will be sure to find the puzzle exactly where you left it.

With Auto-save, Undo and Redo, Pencil marks, online competitions and much more, this is a game which can engross you for hours of fun !  Enjoy while you travel or when you are idling !

How I Work – 135 – Now Browser

The Now Browser is one of the slimmest for Android phones. It is therefore the fastest and the lightest of the lot, while giving full featured access to the web.

It has clocked double the speed scores against the more popular Chrome Browser by Google and it does not compromise many of its features. You get powerful tab browsing, navigation gestures, and much more. For a small payment, you also get in-built support for flash player, compression technology to minimize your data usage and some interesting Java tweaks.

Try it out, just for its speed and proceed to uninstall all other browsers on your phone !

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.browser.nowbasic&hl=en

How I work – 134 – Lumosity

Lumosity is a set of professionally designed brain games which you can play on your computer online, or on your mobile. The games are designed to train your memory and attention. 

Used by over 70 million people worldwide, Lumosity creates a Personalized Training Program that challenges your brain. The games are designed by neuroscientists in collaboration with multiple universities, to train memory, attention, and more. With foundations in the study of neuroplasticity, Lumosity games are used in research, and have been incorporated into studies done by top scientists worldwide.

The basic games are free and interesting. If you want to keep your brain more active and get and compare your scoring patterns, there is a paid version with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

I enjoy playing these games for 10 minutes a day, 3-4 days a week – so will you !

How I Work – 133 – Times of India

The Times of India (TOI) app is loved by over 15 million users. Being accessed by over 225 countries and has exhaustive local coverage of more than 45 Indian Cities.

The app offers live news updates as and when it happens. The news is categorized in multiple interest areas like Local, Business, Technology, Bollywood, etc. etc. You can go to a section of your choice or directly browse through the news items as they happen. You can also enable / disable notifications on your phone, as the news happens.

Now, the TOI app also features live audio and video sections where you can view / listen to Times Now TV Channel live. All this is free and the only cost is the use of bandwidth on your phone.

Stay uptodate on the news with the TOI app

How I Work – 132 – Splitwise

Whenever we have to share bills and expenses with friends / colleagues, it becomes awkward to keep reminding them about the amounts owed to you. It becomes more awkward if the amounts are small and the frequency is more often.

Install Splitwise app on your phone and request all  your friends to install it on theirs too. Once done, Splitwise keeps a running total over time and you can settle by one big payment instead of several small ones. Friendly reminders can be sent by the app or also by email.

So whether you are sharing rent, electricity, laundry or even hotel bills, enter the amounts in Splitwise, along with the share of each person and let Splitwise do the math and the followup for you. Splitwise is free on Android and iOS, and is accessible free online. The online version has Fairness Experts who also help you figure out complicated questions like “at what point does a girlfriend become a roommate!”

Be Wise – Split Wise !!