Top 13 Apps for Your Small Business

Apps for Small Business

Apps have become a big part of everyday life. You probably use plenty of them in your personal life, but did you know there are apps to help your small business? An app could help boost your productivity. Read about our top 13 favorites below.

1.QuickBooks Online: Many small businesses already use Quickbooks for their accounting needs, and the online application is a great tool for those already familiar with the software. It allows you to access QuickBooks on any Apple or Android device.

  • Main Purpose: Accounting
  • Cost: $10-$24 per month with a price increase up to $13-$40 per month after the first 6 months
  • Main Features: Track sales and expenses, pay employees and vendors, connect to various accounts such as bank accounts and credit cards

2. FreshBooks: This is a simpler app than Quickbooks, but has less features. The app is available on all Apple and Android devices.

  • Main Purpose: Accounting
  • Cost: $12.95 per month with up to 5 clients, $24.95 per month with 6-50 clients, and $39.95 per month with over 50 clients
  • Main Features: Create, manage and track invoices, auto-bill clients for recurring invoices, accept credit cards on your mobile device

3. Wave: This is the simplest accounting software out there and is made specifically for small businesses. The software can be downloaded online, and the two apps are available for Apple devices.

  • Main Purpose: Accounting
  • Cost: Free! (Supported by ads)
  • Main Features: Invoicing and receipt tracking

4. Slack: This messaging app is great for chatting with your team members.

  • Main Purpose: Communication
  • Cost: There is a free version and a standard plan with more features which costs $8 per month per person
  • Main Features: Instant messaging divided by different topics and channels, sharing PDFs, images and other files between members

5. Skype for Business: You have probably heard of or used Skype to make video calls, but you may not have known that there is a version for businesses. The app works on all mobile devices.

  • Main Purpose: Communication
  • Cost: $5 per month per person
  • Main Features: Integrates with Microsoft Office, Online video meetings and calls with up to 250 people

6. RescueTime: This app allows you to see where you spend the most time, so that you can tell if you are wasting too much time on a specific task. The app is only available for Android.

  • Main Purpose: Time Management
  • Cost: Free!
  • Main Features: Breakdown of time spent by website, setting productivity goals

7. TripIt: If you travel for work, this app is a great resource. All you have to do is forward your travel emails to the app and it will organize them for you. The app is available for all mobile devices.

  • Main Purpose: Organization
  • Cost: Free!
  • Main Features: Create a master trip itinerary, check departure times and delays, find directions to the airport, check the weather

8. Expensify: Another useful app for traveling, Expensify helps you keep track of your business expenses while on the road. The app is available for all mobile devices.

  • Main Purpose: Organization
  • Cost: $5 per month per person
  • Main Features: Link business credit or debit card to place expenses directly onto it, upload photos of receipts, send reports to your boss

9. PayPal Here: You have most likely seen PayPal and perhaps used it for online payments. With PayPal Here, payment can be accepted in-store and the funds will go into your PayPal account. It is a great solution for businesses that do not have cash registers.

  • Main Purpose: Payment
  • Cost: 2.7% per swipe for mobile and in-store payments, 3.5% plus 15 cents for manually entered sales, and 2.9% plus 30 cents for online payments and invoicing
  • Main Features: Attach a card reader to your mobile device and use it as a portable register

10. Square: The predecessor to PayPal’s card reader, Square also allows for your mobile device to become a cash register. The main difference is that money from the Square app goes directly into your bank account. You can also accept both EMV chip cards and contactless payments such as Apple Pay with a special reader.

  • Main Purpose: Payment
  • Cost: $2.75 per swipe, 3.5% plus 15 cents per manual entry and 2.75% plus $49 up front for the chip/contactless reader
  • Main Features: Attach a small, portable card reader to your mobile device, extra reader for chip cards and contactless payments

11. EverNote: As a small business owner, you are constantly on the move, working hard to keep your business a success. You probably have moments where you have a really good idea, but no time to remember it. Rather than 1,000 sticky notes, EverNote saves all your notes in one place.

  • Main Purpose: Organization
  • Cost: Free!
  • Main Features: Syncs notes across different mobile and desktop devices

12. Trello: Trello is a project management app that is easy to use. Creating and assigning tasks is made easier, in a visual way. The app is available for Apple and Android devices.

  • Main Purpose: Organization/Communication
  • Cost: Free!
  • Main Features: Create descriptive cards for assignments or tasks, add members, make comments and add attachments to each task, chat with members on each card

13. Asana: A less visual and more text-heavy version of Trello which mainly uses checklists.

  • Main Purpose: Organization/Communication
  • Cost: Free for up to 15 people!
  • Main Features: Assign and rank projects and tasks, chat with members within those tasks, assign due dates, attach documents and other files

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