The phrase "application that helps" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a software application that provides assistance or support in a specific task or function.
Example: "This is an application that helps users manage their finances more effectively."
Alternatives: "software that assists" or "program that supports".
This is a reference to services like Foursquare, a mobile application that helps people round up their friends.
In 2007, he and Sean Parker, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur, launched Causes, a Facebook application that helps grass-roots organizations and nonprofits raise money.
One Web site, BeFrugal.com, developed an online application that helps travelers compute the total cost of flying versus the time needed to drive between any cities.
DrChrono, a start-up in Silicon Valley, is hoping to simplify that with an application that helps both doctors and patients track electronic health records and documents.
He sets up searches on TweetDeck, a Web application that helps people manage their Twitter messages, to start conversations with people talking about his town or the mountain nearby.
Box says its services allow business clients' employees to organize their work on multiple devices like tablets and cellphones while integrating other software like Google Docs or Salesforce.com, a Web application that helps handle large amounts of customer data.
The Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet program was a so-called killer application that helped bring personal computers into widespread business use in the early 1980's.
Quick Calls ListPro, a desktop software application that help users manage lists of all kinds, is now available as a free iPhone app.
Councils can now access raw data and use this to build useful applications that help their residents, or investigate how effective policy has changed over time.
