Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

Want a hand? There’s an app for that!

A secretary to handle our super busy schedules would be just the thing. But if you don’t want to hire one, here are some smartphone apps that can literally be your personal assistant at no or reasonable cost

- Gagandeep Singh Sapra

NOW, WHO doesn’t want a personal assistant? There has always been a time in our lives when we wish to have someone like Richie Rich’s butler Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury or Harvey Specter’s legal secretary Donna Paulsen to help us with our daily chores. Unfortunat­ely, neither are we in a comic book nor are we enacting in a television series. Thus, it’s next to impossible to find an assistant like them in real life – especially at a reasonable cost. Fret not, you can certainly get some dependable handholdin­g – via smartphone apps. Here are a few that are as good as a personal assistant, or even better, because they won’t throw tantrums. were finding difficult to accomplish, shuttling between appointmen­ts.

The helping agent will ask you a few questions, everything will be happening in the background, and they’ll offer you a solution.

There are several apps and offline service providers to help you do most of the things such as booking movie tickets or finding the nearest ATM is, but the way Haptik does it makes it a must-have.

This app is available for free both on Android and IOS. in multiples of that. There are several categories, including writing, business services, graphics, and many more. So whether you want help in starting your own blog, or want someone to edit and correct a picture, you will find service providers here who will do your job within the committed time.

Fiverr works mostly through its website, but has an app for IOS as well.

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