Freelancing in the creative industry is tough. We're here to make it easier for you. Tried and tested by the team at Contact, these are the apps models, photographers and hair and makeup artists should use to elevate their careers and make creative work less daunting.

With these 20 apps for freelance models and photographers, you can:

Dig in, test them out and keep your favourites always with you.

So. Much. Paperwork. Whether you have one or ten clients, dealing with administrative documents, deadlines, taxes, invoices, and meetings can be a lot to handle. As a freelancer, you're expected to be creative non-stop, highly organised, calculate your rates and taxes like an expert, and have legal expertise. Piece of cake, right? Don't worry; these mobile and desktop apps will make it all more manageable for you.

Milanote is the serious creative's dreams come true. You can use the app to:

All in visually pleasing and eye-catching boards you can fully customise. You can start with a free plan or upgrade to 10£/month for full access.

Sketch, paint, collage, draw your ideas, dreams, thoughts and plans and take them everywhere with you. Paper helps you stay in your creative flow with its journaling interphace, designed for creative minds. 

Preview how your feed will look with your next posts. This is perfect if you want to keep clean, consistent visual aesthetics throughout your feed, which can be especially useful for photographers, hair and makeup artists and fashion models when pitching your profile to potential clients. And the free version doesn't limit how many posts you can plan in your schedule.

Planoly is a similar tool to The Preview App but comes with more advanced features. Ideate, schedule, and map out your social posts (from Instagram to TikTok to Pinterest) in one content calendar. Quickly see what's coming up, and keep a consistent posting schedule. Review performance with Planoly's analytics feature to improve your content strategy. The app is free for up to 30 posts per month.

The free Toggle web and mobile app track the minutes you spend working on a project for a client to help you justify your rate and get paid for every billable minute.

The Contact app allows you to easily manage the jobs you get through the platform. It's only accessible to creatives with a profile on Contact but will be open to everyone soon.

With the app, you can:

If you're already on Contact, download the app for free. If not, let's meet! Apply to become a creative at Contact today.

These apps can help you avoid the dreaded freelancer feast-and-famine cycle. It's good to always have some cash on hand because the famine cycles can happen to even the most successful creatives, often when they least expect it.

This extensive library of free calculators and tools can help you navigate your finances, create a budget, define how much money to save and determine if you can safely apply for a loan.

The YNAB budgeting app can help you organise your finances, reduce debt, save money, and set and track financial goals. The app states that "new budgeters save $600 in their first two months and more than $6,000 in their first year." The annual plan starts at £89 per year.

Seamlessly track your income and expenses, file your taxes, organise receipts, and quickly see your freelance business's performance.

Explore various projects, ranging from wildlife protection to humanitarian support and fighting climate change. Pick an organisation, donate your desired amount and get continuous updates on the project you chose to support. Each project has detailed explanations about the why, how, when and what it's for, giving you full transparency.

This free app gives you hundreds of simple ways to make your lifestyle more sustainable - and save money simultaneously.

With the app, you can:

• Evaluate your current carbon footprint

• Learn easy ways to reduce it

• Save money with quick, eco-friendly hacks

Stylebook is an expert wardrobe organisation and closet management app. It's won many awards, like Condé Nast Traveler's "Best Travel Apps for Packing" and Mashable's "Ten Fresh Apps for Fashion Enthusiasts." It can help you make the most of what you already have in your closet, only shop for pieces you need and track how much you spend on clothing. It's also the perfect way to plan your outfits for a trip and avoid packing too much.

Watch fashion shows on your smartphone while unwinding on your sofa. Vogue Runway also offers advice and facts for creatives in Fashion from experts in the field. It's an inexhaustible source of inspiration for designers, creative directors, models, hair stylists, makeup artists and photographers.

Peak is a fun, stimulating and addictive brain training programme to train your memory, concentration, logical reasoning and mental agility. 

Developed by scientists and experts in neuroscience, exercises are adapted to your age, professional situation and interests to strengthen your cognitive capacities. Day by day, if you practice regularly, you can see how quickly you can improve your mental abilities.

TED talks are international talks by expert coaches on all topics and "ideas worth spreading". Through their app, you can find 700 free lectures to learn about life, work, creativity, nature, relationships and many more fascinating topics.

This writing-prompt generator is designed to help you quickly spark your imagination and find ideas to write a story for a festive campaign, video script, photoshoot, book - whatever you can think of. Spin the three-part wheel to find a character, plot and scenery.

For £7,99 a month, you'll get unlimited access to more than 1000 magazines on your digital devices. You can also download your favourite issues for offline readings, making Cafeyn the perfect travel companion.

This app tracks sleep from bedtime to morning and analyses the different sleep patterns you experience each night. When you wake up, you'll see a detailed report to help you understand how well you slept and whether you dreamed, snored, talked or moved a lot. It also shows you how long you spent versus how long you stayed in bed, which can give valuable insights into your sleep quality.

Deep breathing can help unlock your creativity, improve your mood and relieve stress and anxiety. Use Ibreathe whenever you feel down or need a productivity boost.

Moodkit was developed by experts to share professional psychology tips and tools to improve your mood. With over 200 mood improvement exercises, it helps you to shift negative thinking and develop self-awareness. It features a Thought Checker, Mood Tracker and Journal to keep track of your daily mood swings and get better over time. 

Recovery Record is an excellent tool for anyone recovering from an eating disorder. It includes a diary to track food, thoughts, and feelings during meals, add in daily affirmations, learn about coping tactics, set healthy goals, and more.