Imagine emailing a friend, texting your significant other, or phoning work, each with the press of one button. How about launching an app or a website according to a set schedule? It’s all possible with Launch Center Pro. The goal of the app is to make it easier and faster to interact with your iOS device. Use Launch Center Pro to fire up other apps ready to complete certain tasks. For example, launch the Mail app with subject and body already filled. You really have play with it to see how powerful Launch Center Pro is.

Launch Center Pro 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.

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

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 ...

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 ...