Campers who need an all-in-one survival tool have the famed Swiss Army Knife. And business folks who are looking for an all-in-one productivity survival kit have B-Folders 3. This handy tool is more of a suite than just a utility, and what it lacks in user-friendliness, B-Folders 3 more than makes up for with its performance.

While B-Folders serves as a one-stop repository for all sorts of information you need to track, that's only part of its appeal. The other part is its security. B-Folders uses a "government-grade 256-bit AES cipher" to keep your data safe from prying eyes. You can set your database to lock after a certain period of inactivity, or you can manually lock it at anytime while using the application.

B-Folders 3 also includes syncing features that let you share your data across devices. The $30 desktop version runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs, while a free Android version runs on devices running version 1.6 or higher of the mobile OS. Information can be securely shared between multiple computers and mobile devices, but B-Folders does not use a cloud service to do so. Instead, it uses peer-to-peer technology that automatically detects and syncs any changes. B-Folders is able to detect devices on the same network that are running the software, in order to establish the necessary connection. It can work with an Android device over a 3G connection, too, but you have to do a bit of setup work in order to make it work.

B-Folders 3 isn't the flashiest productivity application or utility around. But it's certainly one of the most useful I've tested. If you have a lot of information that you need to keep organized across multiple devices, B-Folders 3 is certainly worth a look.

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--Liane Cassavoy