College students today are swamped with social calendars, budgeting nightmares, job searching, party planning, sports, study abroad, food shopping, and of course, studying. On top of everything, students need to stay extremely organized if they want to keep up with classes and maintain a little sanity. Here’s a breakdown of some of the best iphone applications for the college student.
Study Help
These language tutors, flash card packs, and art history resources will help you with last minute cramming and consistent vocabulary practice wherever you go.
Sparky lets you browse SparkNotes easily on your iPhone.
Use this tool to figure out squares, complicated multiplication problems and more.
This tutor features native speaker audio, puzzle games, multiple choice quizzes, and more.
Review names, numbers, dates, political parties and other facts about the U.S. presidents when you have these virtual flash cards.
Find detailed maps of Africa, Europe, Asia, the U.S., the Middle East and more.
Expand your vocabulary with this app.
Study the histories, works and significance of artists like Leonardo da Vinci, van Gogh, Cezanne and more.
Anatomy and pre-med students can study the brain terms and more with this app.
Find out mass, diameter, orbiting speed and other information for the planets.
Practice your French with this app.
Psych students will appreciate this bundle of psychology learning resources.
Look up words or hide the definition to quiz yourself with Vocabolistic.
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This app opens your iPhone to the Yahoo! Answers portal so that you can ask questions about anything.
Law and political science students can use this real-life law reference as a study tool, too.
Create your own flashcards and share them with study partners.
Staying Current
Stay current on entertainment news with Variety’s app.
Do your homework before class or talking with professors by getting your news from NPR.
Access the authoritative, but sometimes snarky, stories from the Huffington Post.
Keep up with the top stories in Europe and globally with this app.
Get your news from the New York Times online for free.
Classifieds
Look up apartments to rent in your college town here.
Search Craigslist from your iPhone. Includes standard search options.
Apartment guide’s app will help you locate properties in your area.
Shopping Deals
Keep your closet organized on your phone by cataloging photos and shopping lists and picking out your party clothes ahead of time even when you’re away from home.
Time practices tests, study breaks and more with this tool.
Wake up on time to soothing guitar music, the sound of birds, bamboo flute music, and other options. This app also lulls you to sleep for a quick nap.
Turn your iPhone into a flashlight that shines white, red, green or blue light.
Find deals on books from Amazon and other online stores.
Get connected to customer service lines for credit cards, health insurance companies and more.
This app uses GPS to find coupons for stores in your area.
