Work smarter, not harder and kick-start your productivity with these apps, chosen by the App Store Editors to help improve your collaboration, communication and focus skills. Discover tools to manage your inbox, create documents, enhance your workflows and, ultimately, streamline your day. It’s time to upgrade to the new, more productive you.

The introduction of AI has been a game-changer for boosting productivity. From automating repetitive tasks to generating content and summaries that help speed up time-consuming work, there are an abundance of ways AI can benefit your productivity.

Microsoft’s suite of productivity-based apps are essential tools for everyday working. Write your next to-do list, update your CV, finish your homework or maybe write a future bestseller in Microsoft Word. Stay organised with your finances, plan schedules and manage data in Microsoft Excel, or wow your work colleagues with your next presentation using Microsoft Powerpoint.

Collaboration is vital to maintaining productivity – whether it’s syncing on your upcoming priorities, working out efficiencies, solving problems or just catching up with the team. These apps are sure to keep you up to date, both at work and at home.

Don’t get bogged down by a full inbox. With many mail tools now offering updates to help you clear and organise your messages – it’s never been easier to clear your inbox. These apps let you pivot between different mail accounts, and utilise intelligent writing tools to help you prioritise and organise your messages by what matters most to you.

There’s an app for pretty much everything these days and these ones are the perfect daily helpers to keep you productive. Create PDFs, edit and merge documents, save, collaborate and share files, and create strong, unguessable passwords to keep your details secure.