5 Web Apps For Design Professionals that Deserve a Closer Look

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Every web designer understands the need for hard work and perseverance. This line of work requires dedication, as well.  Fortunately, much of the hard work, especially the tedious, can be avoided. Or, at least, it can be lessened by a judicious choice of apps.

We’ve reached a point where there’s an app for everything, and for everything, there’s an app. New apps appear in the marketplace every month. This includes web apps, that bring added advantages to the table.

With a web app, there’s nothing to install, you don’t have to worry about updates.  Moreover, you don’t have to concern yourself about potential compatibility issues.

Apptivo

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This web app provides web designers, and other businesses as well, with an integrated suite of business apps, built around a CRM system core.

Apptivo enables you to automate your otherwise tedious and time-consuming sales and marketing tasks; and, you can access this online system from your mobile devices.

Webflow

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You don’t have to hand your design over to a developer or write your own code with Webflow as your website-building platform.

This web app also enables you to create a bespoke CMS to fit your website, and it supports the Agile workflow methodology and cross-team collaboration as well.

Paymo

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This web app provides an ideal solution for those looking for help in managing their projects. Paymo takes care of your time and expense tracking, your resource management tasks, and your invoicing requirements, from start to finish.

Nutcache

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If you are an Agile or Scrum enthusiast, you’ll love what Nutcache can do for you and your team. This robust web app provides an ideal solution for managing the entire lifecycle of a project while following the principles within the Agile philosophy and methodology.

pCloud

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Cloud storage has many advantages, particularly when ease of access and data security are primary concerns.

With pCloud, you have immediate access to your stored information 24/7; plus, you can access your data from anywhere, whether it’s on your PC, your tablet, or any mobile device.

Keeping up with the latest trends may be easier than you think

You should understand the importance of keeping up to date with the latest design trends. The problem is, you don’t want to have to spend a lot of time doing so; time that is better spent on doing what you do best.

You can have your cake, and eat it too, by letting others do the research for you. All that’s required of you to keep current, is to read the reviews and check out the pros and cons of a given process or tool. You will also need to get a grasp on what the learning curve may involve, and then decide how you want to proceed.

You’ll learn just as much, and save yourself a bunch of time while doing so.

Summing Up

As designers, once we’ve assembled the tools we need, we tend to settle into a comfort zone of sorts. The danger is that our competitors can eventually leave us in a cloud of dust. They can do so by continuing the effort to find new and better tools and processes.

This is all the more reason to check out these and other web apps. They can help you in your work and simplify your interactions with others.

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Iggy
Iggy is a designer who loves experimenting with new web design techniques, collating creative website designs, and writing about the latest design trends, inspiration, design freebies, and more. You can follow him on Twitter

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