College can undoubtedly cause loads of stress, so you should take every measure possible to make life a little easier. Enter your Android phone. This little device is capable of a lot, including everything from calculating your GPA to finding and purchasing the cheapest available textbooks. So, do your homework, and find the best apps for school and college life. Here are 40 great ones to consider right off the bat — most are free, but if they aren’t, it’s indicated in the brief descriptions.
Day-to-Day Utilities
Your classroom experience can be supplemented with a variety of useful apps.
- CoursePro: For just $2.99, you can keep track of your courses, assignments and grades. With this app, you’ll never be out of the loop.
- myDAY: A journal and note application that allows you to keep a chronological record of your daily activities.
- Thinking Space: The official Mind Mapping app allows you to organize and plan ideas and activities.
- Quick Calendar: View upcoming appointments and other events in your phone’s status bar.
- GPA Calculator: With this tool, you can "calculate, monitor and manage your GPA."
- Evernote: Snapshots taken of text become searchable once scanned by Evernote’s servers, making it easy to search and retrieve them later on your PC.
- Catch Notes: Another note taking app to consider. This one has garnered rave reviews because of its many capabilities, including the ability to Geotag your locations.
- ShareYourBoard: Capture, process and share whiteboard material in class when you don’t have the time or will to write it down.
- StudyDroid Flashcards 2.0 Free: Save a few trees by creating flash cards on your phone. Text size and color are adjustable, of course.
- Voice Recorder: Perfect for capturing audio notes, personal notes, and if you’re a journalism student, recording interviews.
- GDocs for Android: A tool that enables you to "create, edit, view, import, export and send documents as well as sync documents with your Google Docs account."
- Dropbox: Access files from your PC on the go by syncing them with your phone. Supports Word, PFD, video and audio files.
- WordPlayer: Choose from thousands of books to download within seconds. Customizable and easy to read.
- Cheap Textbooks: The best way to find affordable textbooks locally and online. Find quick results by using your phone’s barcode scanner.
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