Are you sick and tired of storing all of your information in hundreds of different places? Want to sync your Google Maps, Safari, and contact information between your iPhone and your computer? Just want to keep your class notes, schedule, and exam prep all in one application on your iPod Touch? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then I have the perfect application for you.

A long, long time ago, at the start of June, I chose the top 10 applications from the entire month of May. Sitting pretty at the top of the list was an application called Bento. At the time of that article, I was in love with the application. It could do anything I wanted to, store everything I needed to, and integrate everything in one simple app; I thought that Bento was a godsend. I still feel that way.

Bento is an application with a very simple purpose – organize your life. Everything that you do in life, from meetings, to your friends, to your recipes, are all storable within the Bento application. Coming with 25 built-in database templates, as well as a make-your-own option, Bento is perfect for storing information, keeping track of changes, and, well, doing anything.

Personally, I use Bento every single day. I store my class notes on it, a list of the exams, and all of the details that I need to (hopefully) get good grades. I also store my Blogcritics review list, keeping me up to date and meeting all of my deadlines. To help me try to lose weight, I have a recipe book that organizes everything by calories. The book works hand-in-hand with my exercise log, making sure that I burn those calories off right away. I use Bento all the time, and it has made my life far easier.

One of the reasons that I love this application is the fact that soon as you start it up, it is ready to go. Almost everything that you would need to use is built in for you. For businesses, it starts you with Contacts, Addresses, Inventory, Billing, and the like. For private users, Bento has a Home Inventory, Expense Log, Vehicle Maintenance, and Diet Log. Then, if it doesn’t have what you need, you can create (or download) a template to do what you need. The fact that Bento is so versatile is a major plus.

Article Author: Robert M. Barga

Robert M. Barga is a student at The Ohio State University (Go Bucks) and is majoring in Political Science, with an American Policy focus, and minoring in English. He is an avid blogger on Whalertly, technology guru, and gamer (computer, table-top, and console). …

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