Smartphone apps to keep track of your life

Every year as Womenrsquos Day approaches gadget and app makers start flooding the market with stuff This is their way of saying they are aware that todayrsquos woman balances various roles adeptly But even then technology can go a long way in making lives simplerIn recent years some apps have been introduced to help women with their diet and exercise schedules plan the wardrobe keep track of their ovulation cycles be an assistant in the kitchen and even help her sleep after the full day of running around Here are a fewApps to track your Ovulation CycleMy Days Free iOS AndroidOne can put in information such as birth control days on which you had intercourse length of the periodic cycle and depending on the information it will send out notification for the coming period and ovulationClue Free iOS A good looking tracker that helps you understand your ovulation cycle and monthly cycles My Monthly Cycles Free Blackberry iOS AndroidIt lets you keep a journal of the premenopausal symptoms and create reports for the periodic history the fertility cycles and the weight fluctuationsApps to track your exercise routineFitocracy Free iOS AndroidThis app lets you track all your physical activity be it walking stairs or dancing All activity is charted in a progress graph and lets you earn badges for significant achievements It lets you become a part of small groups where you can talk about common interests and benefit from the advice of fitness and nutrition experts from around the world Invite all your friends to join in community and you can challenge each other to achieve individual goals fasterMap My Hike Free Blackberry iOS AndroidIf you are an outdoor exercise enthusiast then this is the app for you It not only tracks your walks runs rides but lets you plan out the routes as well It has a builtin Route Genius that lets you select the city you are in currently the distance you want to walk run ride difficulty level and accordingly suggests the routes It even keeps track of the other groups and the events in different cities across the world Different training programs and challenges are built into it to motivate the users to do betterHuman Free iOSHuman runs in the background of the phone and as long as the phone is in your pocket it tracks even the smallest of your activities throughout the day Any activity longer than a minute is recorded and the app notifies you when you have reached your predefined goals It builds a map of all your activity and lets you share it with friends on your social networksApps to help you sleepYoga for Insomnia Free iOS AndroidYoga For Insomnia provides structured yoga poses that help you sleep The programme guides the user through several yoga poses while emphasising on the correct breathing patterns One can select different levels from beginners to advance depending on the ability to do the poses and the time availableeSleep Lite Free iOSIt is a relaxation tool that helps you sleep while listening to music It lets you select from a wide range of background music the volume you want to play it at and the length of the loop It comes with a builtin timer and alarm so all you have to do is programme itSleep Cycle Alarm Clock Free iOS AndroidSleep Cycle acts like a smart alarm clock and wakes you up when you are in light sleep so that you donrsquot hit the snooze button and doze off again You can set a window of upto 90 minutes and the alarm will buzz only when you are sleeping the lightest It even saves the sleep data and offers detailed sleep graphs It has 15 different builtin alarm melodies or the choice of your favorite musicDIY appsSnapguide Free iOSFrom cooking recipes to fancy ways of painting the nails from ways of doing your own facial to how to plant a herb garden Snapguide gives you details for everything with picturesCraftgawker Free iOS Android BlackberryCraftgawker gives you ideas on how to create beautiful stuff for your house All you have to do simply select the art and craft that you like click on it and you will be redirected to the blogpost on how to do it yourselfBeauty Tips Free iOS AndroidIt provides you with tips from experts on how to use basic kitchen items to pamper yourself and enhance your beautyStylish Girl Free iOS AndroidItrsquos the ultimate app for style planning and shopping revolving around the clothes in your closet and the ones you want to buy All you have to do is take a picture of all the clothes shoes and accessories in your closet and those that you wish to buy and it will suggest the best combos to wear and accessories to carry with it It comes with a calendar to keep track of what was worn on a specific date or what is planned for a date in future It even acts as a packing assistant for your travels by telling you what items to take alongShopping and style appsMy Fashion Assistant Free iOS AndroidThis app likes to call itself The Closet Organiser Style Manager and Shopping Companion Like all other fashion apps this also lets you photograph all your clothes and accessories plan you daily outfits keep tabs on what you wore and when what to shop for etc Over and above this it takes in the information of what item is lying where in the cupboard So all you have to do is select a certain item from the screen and it will tell what shelve it is on So it is okay to have messy cupboards as long as you catalogue what was on what shelfTrendstop Fashion TrendtrackerThis app might not help you organise your closet but it definitely helps you keep track of world trends what is going on in the fashion industry and what was latest on the run way It has hundreds of videos of international shows fashion news high res pictures from fashion weeks around the globe and even lets you share the trends you like with your friends over the social network