7 Essential Mobile Apps for Productive College Students

College life can take a while to get used to. With new environment and new people around you, it can take a while to adjust and be comfortable again. It can even be challenging to divide your time, complete a project or even organize your notes at some point.

However, with technology, everything becomes so much easier. From managing your time to purchasing school necessities, we’ve listed five essential mobile apps you would want to have on your device for easier and better college life.

1. Mint
Worried about getting out of budget? Download Mint for free to help you with your money matters. View your accounts—savings, credit cards and checking—and automatically add and categorize your expenses all in one mobile application.

2. Amazon
Whether you lack retail options or just classic form of laziness, it is not always convenient to shop near the school pampus. Use Amazon to browse and shop for your necessities in a convenient and quick way.

3. Quizlet
This is an amazing mobile app for everything, from flashcards to image- or audio-based reviewers. Even better, it allows you to access a database of flashcard sets that cover whatever you may be studying; or do your classmates a favour by sharing a set of reviewers with them.

4. iStudiez Pro
Having trouble remembering deadlines of projects or schedule of your next quiz? This application allows you to input all your activities in the calendar, so you will not miss another deadline again. Moreover, the app can track your school performance by allowing you to enter your grades in every class.

5. Calculator++
Perhaps, you don’t have the budget to get yourself a new scientific calculator, or maybe you just left it at home. This application comes in handy with graphing capabilities and trigonometry functions.

6. NoRedInk
This app is extremely helpful for students and even teachers who want to improve their English language skills. The third-party app allows you to improve your grammar by taking quizzes. Unlike other kinds of tests that usually come in multiple choice formats, NoRedInk will require you to manually edit and write down words and sentence, so your grammar, spelling, punctuation and other grammatical aspects will be improved.

7. Notability
If you want to skip the pen-and-paper route for taking down notes, try Notability app for your iPad. This app is perfect for taking down notes, recording, typing and PDF annotation. You can customize the look of your notes with a variety of paper styles and pen colours, as well as add links and photos to it.

College can be rough, expensive and stressful, but it can be the other way around if you have everything you need with you all the time. Load up your mobile device with these apps to help you stay on track.