Empowering women - smartphones are the knights in shining armor

The mobile industry has seen an exponential growth in the past few years. Mobile apps play a pivotal role in the success of many companies in different ways. As the saying goes, think of anything and "there's an app for that"! But even though thousands of mobile applications available on the stores, there are significantly fewer apps designed for women.

But all this is seeing a tectonic shift now - with more apps developed for women coming up on the store and helping empower women in ways which were not discussed openly till a few years back. Whether its helping you get out of a tricky situation, or sending a distress signal to a loved one, there's an app for it. Smartphone apps are playing an effective role in this area and showing the way forward.

Here's how smartphones are becoming the knight in shining armor for many women across all walks of life

1. Security & Safety

There are many personal safety apps out there which help women feel more secure. These apps let them send SoS messages, share their location and record videos if needed. Apart from that, easy accessibility to social media apps using smartphones can make it easy to summon help.

2. Health trackers

Personalized pregnancy trackers and apps to track vital stats are just some ways smartphones are helping women keep a better account of their health. Other apps created specially for women help keep a health journal, record of vital stats and also connect with other app users. There are also apps like Spitfire Athlete where women can see the workout plans for highly-rated female athletes and track their own health programs.

3. Social life

A lot of the dating apps out there have men incessantly send inappropriate messages to women. There are now apps out there which are developed keeping women in mind and helps them make the first contact

4. Overall convenience

Apart from these apps, there are many smartphone apps available which can make a person more efficient. Budget trackers, To-do lists, cooking apps, travel apps (with a safety angle built in). While these don't specifically have a gender dimension to them, it has definitely made life easier for a lot of women (and men)

NewGenApps is a top mobile app development company which has developed many top-selling apps across various genres. Some of the health apps developed by us for women have also went on to being featured by Apple and Google on their respective app stores as well as being featured in multiple blogs.

If you have an idea for an app that you would like to discuss, do get in touch.