Navigating the world as a woman or a feminine presenting person can be quite taxing. Every day, we are faced with a unique set of challenges that require our time, effort, and energy to endure. However, with a simple download from your phone’s app store, you can be on your way to living safer, healthier, and happier. Here are 10 apps every young woman should have on her phone.
Mental health is vital for anyone, and managing it day-to-day with your daily responsibilities can be challenging. Headspace is an online meditation app that guides you into a bountiful and beneficial meditation practice. You can help calm your stress and anxiety and center yourself amongst the constant stressful whirlwind of life with meditation. Headspace provides guided meditation prompts to address your every mental health need. Headspace makes it easier to take time for yourself and just breathe with daily reminders and constant encouragement.
Pinterest is a must-have app on any woman’s phone. This peaceful social media app relies less on likes, retweets, visibility, and more information sharing through images. On Pinterest, you can find ideas for your interests, hobbies, and jobs. You can share creative ideas, browse recipes, find style inspiration, or find decor to fit your next home’s aesthetic. It has high online traffic and is great for online sales and business. The possibilities are endless on Pinterest. Too often can you find yourself opening the app and browsing for hours, unaware of how much time has passed.
There’s nothing worse than a surprise period sneaking up on you when you least expect it. With the Clue Period and Ovulation Tracker, you can track your period and ovulation periods while also logging symptoms and monitoring your menstrual health. Compared to other menstrual tracking apps, Clue is by far the most comprehensive. With an accurate menstrual calendar and easy-to-use interface, your fertility, chances for pregnancy, and reproductive health are all in good hands.
Cashapp is one of many mobile payment apps on the market. However, Cashapp tends to be the most widely used. Anyone needs to have access to spare cash in case of an emergency. If you need quick cash or just want to split the dinner bill between you and your girlfriends, download Cashapp. It’s a quick and easy cash sharing service. Cashapp can also remove the stress and danger of carrying money in highly populated areas.
For the busy, traveling, on-the-go woman, a navigation app is essential. Compared to other GPS navigation apps, Waze is far superior. With live updates about traffic, construction, police, red-light cameras, crashes, and traffic, as well as turn-by-turn navigation, Waze can keep you on the safest, most efficient route to your destination. Waze is free and also offers carpool and trip planning options.
Life360 is a comprehensive safety app specializing in location-based services. With Life360, you can share your location with family and friends to ensure your safety at all times. Those with your location sharing setting are deemed ‘Your Circle,’ and those within your circle can monitor your driving, cell phone battery, and overall safety. So, those who live in highly populated or dangerous areas can have family and friends monitor their safety.
Another popular safety app, My Safetipin, helps women navigate populated areas without fear by providing safety scores for different areas. By compiling and aggregating safety data from nearby areas, My Safetipin presents the safety score to allow vulnerable individuals to make safe and informed decisions about where they go. My Safetipin boats GPS location tracking and allows for contact with friends, family, or even the authorities in the case of a major emergency.
Rideshare services, although convenient, can also be hazardous for female riders. HERide is the first female and LGBTQIA-friendly rideshare app. HERide emphasizes safety and comfortability for its female passengers without jeopardizing convenience. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, HERide provides real-time tracking, flexible rideshare options, and up-to-the-minute ETAs. Just like regular rideshare apps, you can request a driver or schedule a ride, pay with a card, and enjoy your safe ride to your destination. However, unlike other rideshare apps, HERide notifies you of any surge pricing and allows you to pay cash. HERide allows you to see your driver’s comprehensive details and rate their efficiency at the end of your trip.
For any business professional, LinkedIn is an essential social networking app. With LinkedIn, you have your entire professional network as well as the potential for your next job right at your fingertips. The platform allows for professional networking as well as job posting and seeking. Operating just like a non-professional social networking site, LinkedIn users post, share, and spread professional content to meet liked minded professionals. For any woman seeking to conquer the job market, LinkedIn is an essential addition to your phone.
Mint is a fresh and easy way to manage your budget for those looking to better manage their finances. With personalized insights, spending tracking, subscription monitoring, and custom-made budgets, you can monitor every part of your budget, so not a dollar is out of place. This app is completely free and may be the secret to better financial literacy. Mint keeps all of your relevant accounts in one place and places a bill payment tracker for each service you subscribe to. It also provides a budgeting goal tracker to help you save and deviate your money effectively. Budget alerts allow notify you if your finances deviate from your scheduled plan. It also provides you with an investment tracker. Planning for the future can seem daunting, but Mint helps aggregate your savings and put it towards all future endeavors. With multi-layer encryption and authentication processes, Mint guarantees the safety and security of your financial information.
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