Best Daily Helpers of 2018

If you love Buzzfeed’s signature fast-motion recipe videos, this is the app you’ve been waiting for. Cook with the help of step-by-step instructions – looping video included. Making stuffed rigatoni poppers and rainbow crepe cake has never been easier.

Sift is your purchase protector extraordinaire. It scans your email inbox for new purchase receipts to help you take advantage of credit card benefits, from price-drop refunds to longer-than-you-realized return windows, extended warranties, and even travel insurance.

Canva turns anyone into a graphic designer by making it easy to create polished logos, social posts, invitations, and more. The range of fonts, images, and editable templates (over 60,000!) makes for design that feels turnkey but never generic.

Take notes and track tasks in whatever format you please with this collaborative tool. It’s easy to turn text into lists, links, tables, and more – interspersed with images, comments, and even code.

Transcribe interviews, lectures, and meetings in real time with Otter. We love that you can search notes by keyword and actions items – and even tag speakers so Otter can recognize and identify them in the future.