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Apps for making a fresh start
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nce again planet Earth has completed another orbit around the sun, leaving us with the nagging feeling that we should do something to enrich our otherwise worthless existences before it does it again. Yes, it’s a new year and time for New Year’s resolutions – but this time you have your iPhone as a constant reminder and aid on the road to a new you.
’Appy New Year
To help shape the new you we’ve chosen apps to their fullest potential – and employ a little willpower – you should be able to change your lifestyle for the better: looking (possibly) and more attractive to the opposite sex (not guaranteed).
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#1 Get fit
FITNESS Heartbeats BUDDY PRO Azumio Inc. PRICE $0.99 £0.69 SIZE 18.6 MB VERSION 2.1
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op of everyone’s to-do list after the Christmas festivities is to knuckle
membership plus the dreadful January weather puts people off.
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But Fitness Buddy is here to inspire you. It over 300 exercises and the $0.99 (£0.69) Pro version which includes more than 1,700 different activities. This paid-for edition gives you access to over 1,000 HD videos, plus diagrams and illustrations, so it’s well worth the measly upgrade cost. You can download the entire image library after installation, and then videos are downloaded as needed.
No pain, no gain
This highly-rated app provides a huge library of exercises, split between different types or muscle groups and accessed in various ways, including a human diagram where you can specify the individual muscle groups you want to work on. >
Which bit of you is looking especially abby?
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Fortunately, the rather bemusing array of workouts is grouped into routines for Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert, plus routines designed for women, routines that don’t need weights, sports programing and so on. But you can also >
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Videos show exactly how to perform some of the exercises
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Choose one of the preset workouts, or create your own
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create your own workout , with a bespoke selection of exercises, and then keep track of your weights and reps over time presented as a graph. To say Fitness Buddy is comprehensive is something of an understatement. Short of actually driving you to the gym, it’s hard to see what else the app could do to inform and inspire you! Well worth a download. • Huge array of exercises included • Great illustrations and video • A little overwhelming at first, which might put newcomers off
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#2 Keep a journal
DAY ONE –– Heartbeats JOURNAL Bloom Built, LLC PRICE $4.99 £2.99 SIZE 30.9 MB VERSION 1.9.2
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ou may already share your day-today life via Twitter or Facebook, but sometimes it’s better to keep a private journal of your thoughts and experiences, away from prying eyes. >
It’s supposedly therapeutic to keep track of experiences and ideas, but it’s also a good way of seeing how busy your life is – if you don’t have much to write, you need to get out and do more! >
Day One’s interface is clean and uncluttered
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The calendar is an easy way to keep track of your entries
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Day One is fairly minimalist, but that’s it’s strength: it’s not overcomplicated and lets you get your thoughts down quickly. You can add a new photo to the entry or choose one from your library or Photo Stream – the app then asks if you want to change the time and location to that of the photo, which is a nice touch (although you can only add one photo per entry). You can also add tags to your entries for searching, and star your favorites.
Back to the Mac
Entries are synced via iCloud and Dropbox, and if you also buy the Mac OS X app ($9.99, £6.99), you’ll have access to your journal whether you’re at home on your desktop or laptop, or out on the road with your iPhone or iPad. >
Photos are dated so you have a visual reminder of events
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There are a few niggles: entries are passcoded, but not encrypted and it’s easy app like Text Edit. Fortunately encryption is on the developer’s to-do list. Also, there are no feeds from Twitter or Facebook, which would automatically populate your entries – so if you’re a heavy social media user, you might prefer to try journaling with Momento instead ($2.99, £1.49). • Simple and easy to use • Syncs with iCloud and Dropbox • Journal entries not encrypted • No social media feeds
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#3 Track your finances
PAGEONCE –– Heartbeats MONEY & BILLS Pageonce, Inc PRICE FREE SIZE 23.1 MB VERSION 5.71
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ne of the key things you can do for 2013 is take responsibility for your
there aren’t many nice surprises where cash is concerned.
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Pageonce provides a clear view of your ďŹ nancial situation on a daily basis
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Pageonce is an award-winning money manager which boasts over seven million giving you an overview of your current status, letting you track your credit card status, providing reminders for bill payments, and even alerting you to any odd activity such as unusually excessive spending. You can also keep a track on regular outgoings to see where you might be able to make savings.
Be accountable
You need to set up a Pageonce membership and then it’s a case of adding your various accounts – banks, credit cards, regular bills and so on. These are added via a list of major providers, or you can search for your own. Unfortunately, Pageonce >>
Visual feedback makes bad news so much more palatable
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has little support for users outside the US, so you’ll have to look elsewhere. You’ll need to trust the app at this point as you’ll be adding your account details and passwords or PINs – but it’s the only way it can access your funds. However, once all your details are accessible, Pageonce will >
You’ll need to add all of your various accounts, bills, etc>
be able to give you a detailed overview representation of your current credit cards, savings and so on – and you can even use it to pay your bills. Pageonce has a friendly design that’s easy to use. It’ll take a while to get it set up, but you’ll have a much clearer idea of where
• Friendly design, simple interface • Visual feedback on your finances • Takes time to set up properly • No support for overseas users
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#4 Get organized
THINGS Heartbeats
Cultured Code GmbH & Co. KG PRICE $9.99 ÂŁ6.99 SIZE 6.7 MB VERSION 2.1.2
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good start to the New year would be to get organized: no more missed appointments or forgotten chores; stay on top of projects; and remove the stress of being scatterbrained. >