10 iOS, Android Apps To Drive Team Collaboration
As more people are working away from the office, convenient ways to collaborate are getting more crucial. Here are 10 apps for your iPhone, iPad, or Android device that can help your team work together, no matter where you are.
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As workplaces are increasingly becoming distributed, sometimes globally, a growing number of employees are relying on digital communication tools to stay connected with their teams. It doesn't look like the trend is slowing down.
It's more than likely you'll encounter a situation when you'll have to chat with your colleagues digitally rather than in person. Even groups that normally meet in person will occasionally have a member travel for business.
Sometimes the need for robust digital communication tools is more permanent, rather than a temporary solution to accommodate traveling workers. Many teams collaborate from offices across the country or around the world, and they rely on digital tools to share ideas, manage projects, and drive their businesses forward.
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Whether it's a short-term solution or a daily productivity need, digital collaboration tools have become core applications for modern companies. While many workers rely on Web and desktop tools to stay connected, more have begunĀ to use mobile apps as the workforce becomes increasingly mobile.
Fortunately, the Apple App Store and Google Play offer several nifty tools to help your team share ideas, files, and projects from wherever you choose to work. With these apps, employees no longer need to be in the same office in order to be productive.
Here, we put the spotlight on 10 mobile apps designed to keep teams connected and help them work more efficiently and effectively. Does your business use one of these mobile apps? Are there any tools missing from this list?
Bitrix24 provides a social intranet for your company. It's designed to improve the exchange of internal information and compile business tools into a single interface. You and your team can collect and manage information in a single place, receive immediate feedback on work, plan meetings, and share calendars.
With the mobile app, users will see an activity stream, notifications, comments and likes on posts, instant messages, the company directory, and work groups. The idea is to facilitate greater real-time collaboration so that there is less reliance on meetings to communicate.
The app is available on iOS and Android. There are a few pricing models for Bitrix24, all of which support unlimited users. A free version comes with 5GB of storage. Plus comes with 24GB of storage for $39/month. Standard comes with 100GB of storage for $99/month. Professional offers unlimited storage for $199 per month.
Bitrix24 notes user data is securely stored. Access is only granted through the user.
LeanKit is a handy tool for all teams, but it really lends itself to groups with multiple remote workers. The app provides a detailed overview of the progress for each project. That view is broken down into cards.
By tapping the cards, you can see and edit details, including comments and attachments for each. You can add images and videos from within a card, create and update comments, and manipulate the cards by dragging and dropping them around the big-picture view of your project. LeanKit also lets you add files from other apps, like Dropbox or Mail, to cards.
More teams are using Slack to communicate in real-time, share files and ideas, and stay updated on different parts of the business. The app was created to simplify messaging so that workers spend less time in meetings and sending email, and more time getting things done.
Slack lets you create different "channels" to organize conversations on different topics. Members of each channel can send messages, share files, and receive notifications for desktop, mobile, and email when new content is posted. Outside channels, members can send messages to individuals or smaller groups.
The app syncs across devices, and integrates with other apps like Google Drive, Twitter, and Dropbox.
Slack is free to download on iOS and Android, but a paid upgrade will give you extended message history, unlimited integrations, file storage, and customized data retention.
Flow was designed to make team communication simpler and more organized. With two mobile apps, Flow Tasks and Flow Chat, your team can chat, talk over projects, and plan the necessary steps to get things done.
The Chat app facilitates quick chats without the need to correspond through email. In Tasks, all of your team's content -- files, projects, deadlines, and discussions -- are stored so you can keep tabs on the projects everyone is working on.
The project management app is free to download on iOS and Android.
Mobile app stores offer countless tools for you to enter your individual to-do list, but what happens when you need to create a list of tasks for your team? Producteev is an app created to help managers and their teams manage tasks, projects, and emails across the business.
You can use the app to create to-do lists for your team, assign tasks to participants, set due dates and reminders, and receive updates in real-time. Group tasks let multiple people work on the same project at once, and filters give you multiple ways to sort tasks and projects. Producteev is also integrated with Box and Dropbox, so it's easy to upload and attach files. All data is stored on SSL-encrypted servers.
Producteev is free to download on iOS and Android. There is no maximum limit to the number of users, projects, and tasks you can include. A Pro version delivers enterprise features like faster support and response, along with customization of logo and network colors, for $99 per month.
Huddle is a suite of business collaboration tools created to help teams plan projects, share files, and work together. Members can use the app to view and edit documents, then save a new version to Huddle so it's accessible for the entire team. You can use Huddle to assign tasks to your team and track their progress. The app keeps track of assigned deadlines and also keeps workers current with due dates and progress updates.
Wrike is a project management app designed to help you organize assignments, manage projects, and keep up with your team from wherever you are.
Through the app you can create and organize to-do lists, create tasks and assign owners, set due dates, and view a real-time activity feed. Its workload management chart lets you manage the assignments for each worker and make necessary adjustments.
Other features include in-project discussions and add-ins for Outlook and Apple Mail.
Intellinote is a comprehensive collaboration tool that brings video conferencing into its list of features.
You and your team can use Intellinote to manage projects, upload and share documents and files, and create, assign, and manage tasks. In addition to sending individual or group messages, Intellinote lets you start video, audio, and screen-sharing sessions through the app. You can also configure push notifications so you don't miss any updates.
Intellinote is available on iOS and Android. You can use the app in a 30-day free trial, but a paid subscription is required afterwards. The Standard plan costs $10/user/month for 1-49 users. Premium is $20/user/month for 5-49 users. The Premium 50 Bundle is $3,600/year for 50 users, and the Enterprise version is available for more than 51 workers, though Intellinote does not specify cost.
Join.me, created by LogMeIn, was designed to improve the process for setting up and holding team meetings. So long as your team members have an iPhone or Android smartphone, they can join meetings from wherever they are.
The app lets you host, present documents, and use whiteboards from your iPad or iPhone. The mobile whiteboard lets you draw, add icons, or upload images from your phone to the whiteboard, which becomes a living document you can share and edit with your team. Whiteboards are shareable via Slack, Trello, Evernote, and LinkedIn.
If you're presenting with multiple people, you can "pass the spotlight" to another person so he or she can show documents, images, PDFs and spreadsheets.
The company behind Dapulse claims its tool provides a more visual approach to project management. It serves as a tool for managers to help them achieve broader team goals.
"Organizing information is not enough," the makers behind the app claim. The app is different from traditional project management software, because, instead of creating a separate path for what each person needs to do, it provides a broader picture for the entire group. The unified vision is intended to bring team members together so they move in the same direction. It also maintains a contact list so you can call or text colleagues from the app.
The company behind Dapulse claims its tool provides a more visual approach to project management. It serves as a tool for managers to help them achieve broader team goals.
"Organizing information is not enough," the makers behind the app claim. The app is different from traditional project management software, because, instead of creating a separate path for what each person needs to do, it provides a broader picture for the entire group. The unified vision is intended to bring team members together so they move in the same direction. It also maintains a contact list so you can call or text colleagues from the app.
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