For those looking to save a little time typing on their mobile devices, TextExpander will offers a speedy solution. Often typed words, phrases, and even paragraphs can be saved and triggered later with a shortcut. In my workflow the shortcut “apc” triggers the snippet “AppChasers.com”. That’s a simple example, but TextExpander is much more powerful than that. Once the TextExpander keyboard is enabled, these shortcuts can trigger long passages of text within any app. So if you don’t want to keep typing the same thing over and over, give TextExpander a whirl.

TextExpander is just one of our favorite automation apps for iPhone and iPad. We’ve collected all of our favorites here. And if you’d like to see more of our top app selections in different categories, just head on over to our Best Apps Series.

Here are a couple of our other picks of the best automation apps for iPhone and iPad:

IF by IFTTT – Get your favorite apps to dance together

"If this then that." That's the principle behind IFTTT. What it means is you can set up actions to react to things happening around you. So, for example, if it starts to rain outside, IFTTT can send you an email. If your favorite sports team scores, IFTTT can flash your ...

Workflow – Make your iPhone your automated personal assistant

Automation is the ability to carry out a complex series of steps with one simple press of a button. This is the entire point of computers, and now even our mobile devices. In fact, we expect them to work this way; automatically executing processes while we sit back and enjoy our ...