10 Hot Productivity Apps for 2024
The biggest productivity apps to note down this year
Every year, I tend to give my recommendations for the productivity apps with the best appeal and ones I have a feeling for. This is that yearly post, and after 10+ years in productivity, this year is heating up.
But not for the AI reasoning, the expansion of tools continues and the competition is higher than ever, perfect for expansion.
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1. AFFiNE
One of the most interesting tool combos. Like Craft & Whiteboards having a baby and with exciting, well-built, open-source, offline, real-time abilities. I’m impressed with AFFiNE early days.
2. Tatem
Superhuman have long gone without a competitor. Tatem, I think will be that email experience for challenging premium email and continuing the competition. Very mysterious, but the focus on speed & reliability is there.
3. Superlist
The most hyped to-do app ever, probably. Superlist is coming soon, in beta, it rocks. My initial test of the beta was very good, almost top task management apps standard, which is rare for a first launch. Impressive.
4. Flown
This isn’t software, but now we’ve all been remote working for 4 years, many deciding not to go back to the office, tools like Flown which help create co-working virtual focus sessions will be the rising star in 2024.
5. Scrintal
The nature of note-taking apps is changing. Scrintal brings whiteboards, boards, and connecting notes, in one. An interesting vision and combination of stunning design, I have my eye on.
6. Capacities
With a vision to connect notes using objects, this app has the most potential to fix what Notion couldn’t fix, the structure problem. This app is either going to fall hard if they don’t invest in this object-based thinking + AI or be bought by Notion this year.
7. Morgen
I was not sure about Morgen at first, but in the last year, they’ve just put their foot down on the innovation within their calendar experience. One of the movers in the calendar space, doing some of the most exciting things.
8. Anytype
Like AFFiNE, Anytype has the potential to be a popular note-taking app, with its open-source nature and focus on clean design with the function of Scrintal and many more on this list, it could have a future place.
9. Akiflow
This app had a stellar 2023, and into 2024, there’s more on the cards. With the introduction of Outlook, there’s something progressive about Akiflow becoming the world’s task dashboard and that is exciting in 2024.
10. Mayday
They want to be your task and calendar AI assistant, and some of the best implementations I’ve seen from an app of this, worked very well in our reviews and tests. Mayday is on my radar for 2024.
