6 Apps That Take the Grind out of Your Workday

Pocket is a social bookmarking service made by Mozilla Corporation for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks.

Collect industry headlines, sync them to your phone, and focus as you read the articles offline. The basic service is free. There is also Pocket Premium which gives the following features:

• Build a permanent library of everything you saved
• Read in a custom & add-free space
• Enhanced searching & tagging
• Unlimited highlights

Price: Free or $5/month, $45/year

Have trouble putting down your phone? Flora blocks distracting apps, such as Facebook, Instagram or games, in a pleasant way to help you focus on what’s more important in real life.

When setting a focus timer with Flora , the app plants a digital tree that only grows if you refrain from using your phone. Flora is also a to-do list, and more.

Price: Free

Buffer is a multi-purpose social media marketing software tool. It's designed to manage accounts in social networks, by providing the means for a user to schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Instagram Stories, Pinterest, and LinkedIn, as well as analyze their results and engage with their community.

Price: Free or $5-$10-$100/month

Actions by Moleskin Studio is a sophisticated app for getting things done. It is a feature-rich task manager made to help you get your work done effectively. It’s built around three sections – Logbook, Schedule, and Lists – that organize your tasks without overloading you with filters, groups, projects and labels.

Actions is available on iOS, Android and web with a one week free trial.

Price: $2/month, $12/year