There are plenty of people who do not get good nights of sleep on a consistent basis. Your body may be able to handle it for a while, but not sleeping well can affect your quality of life over the long run. You can always use pills to help put you to sleep. The better way to approach it is by training your body to sleep and wake up at the right time. That’s what sleep aid apps are good for.

Sleep aid apps can help put your body in the right cycle and even put you to sleep when you are stressed. If you are suffering from insomnia or just want to get a more quality sleep each and every night, these 6 iPhone apps can help:

Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock: a well known iPhone application that analyzes your sleep patterns and wakes you in the lightest sleep phase. It monitors your movement and finds the best time to wake you up.

Proactive Sleep Alarm Clock: an alarm clock on steroids. It helps you track sleep amount, time of sleep, difficulty falling to sleep, and sleep efficiency. It gives you personalized tips about your sleep.

Sleep Machine: it’s essentially a 4 in 1 app. It’s an alarm, a clock, a sleep timer, and an ambient sound player. Has plenty of ambient sounds that can relax you and put you to sleep. Read the rest of this entry »

Being a consultant can be very rewarding as long as you don’t underestimate all the work and effort that you need to put forth to become successful at it. Consulting may look straight forward on paper, but it can be a tricky career. Consultants need to manage their clients, projects, and time at the same time. That’s in addition to taking care of their personal lives. Freelancers may have to spend a decent amount of time on the road too. Thankfully, you can use your iPhone to manage your consulting career and get more things done in less time. There are plenty of apps for freelancers in iTunes that can help make you become more productive and organized.

Whether you are an aspiring consultant or an experienced professional looking to become more productive using your iPhone, these 10 consulting apps could help:

TDF Tracker: a powerful iPhone app for freelancers that can keep track of your time, expenses, and mileage. Makes it easy to enter information and keep track of these important aspects of your business.

NAVIGON MobileNavigator North America: as a consultant, you may have to travel to areas that you have never planned to in the past. Thanks to NAVIGON GPS apps, you’ll never be lost while doing it.

QuickVoice2Text Email: a powerful application that gives you the ability to send text messages to others using your voice. Great for taking voice memos.

Smart Plans 4: an all in one application for freelances that lets you keep track of your tasks, manage your projects, plan ahead, and manage your contacts.

iThoughts: a mind-mapping application for iPhone that helps your divide and conquer the most complicated challenges ahead of you. A great tool to organize your thoughts with.

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The month of Ramadan is one of the most important periods to the Muslim community around the globe. It’s a month of fasting and praying but does have some rules too. Muslims should not eat or drink anything from early morning all the way to late afternoon. They are also encouraged to pray more to connect with their God. Thanks to Ramadan apps for iPhone, Muslims around the globe can fast and pray more (at the right time) with less headaches.

If you are a Muslim or know someone who belongs to that community, you should check these 6 Ramadan iPhone apps out:

Azan Alarm Clock: you may be fasting in this month, but as far as I know (and I am not a Muslim) you still need to pray at least 5 times each day. This app helps you get up at the right time for your morning prayer.

Sun n Moon for iPhone: a GPS-enabled application that shows you sun rise/set and moon rise/set times. You have plenty of options to choose your location.

Ramadan Guide: perfect app for those who are just getting started with fasting. If you have never done it before, this app could give you some good information and help you handle this period more easily. Read the rest of this entry »

The number of applications available for iPad and iPhone is increasing exponentially. The market is growing so fast that it’s becoming almost too difficult to keep up with it. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have a tool on your phone that would tell you which apps are worth a try? After all, you don’t want to break the bank on useless apps. These 5 iPhone app finders could help:

AppAdvice for iPhone: one of the best app finders we have seen on the market. It provides you with the latest apps, sales events, movers, and much more. Helps you die with more apps! Read the rest of this entry »

The iPad may be considered just a large iPod Touch, but it is much more than that. There are certain things that you are going to have a difficult time doing on your iPod Touch and not so much on your iPad. Taking journals and sketching things are just two things to name a few. Thanks to iPad notebook apps, you can capture your ideas no matter where you are without needing a physical notebook.

If you use your iPad to do business or just want to be able to write down your thoughts and ideas on the go, these 6 premium iPad journal apps get the job done:

Penultimate: the ultimate notebook application for iPad. It lets you write down your notes, draw your diagrams, and do all kinds of things on your iPad. It lets you organize your notes as well.

Audiotorium: you can think of this as your audio notebook. Great tool for college students and anyone who wants to record lectures, meetings, and so on.

PaperDesk: it essentially emulates a real notebook on your iPad. Pretty easy to use and comes with a cool toolbox to let you customize how your take your notes. Read the rest of this entry »