Top 5 Back-to-School Apps for Students

With the summer interregnum quickly coming to an end, many students are looking for ways to help them stay organized throughout the school year. I'll provide you with the top five Apps every student should have on their smartphone. And, they're all FREE!

The Top 5 Apps Your Student Shouldn't Go To School Without:

inClass: — inClass is a FREE iPhone and iPad app that provides students with the tools they need to keep up with the material in the classroom without missing out on their professors' lectures. Using inClass, students can record audio, take text or video notes, and create images of slides OR handouts. Students can also use the app to share materials with friends through Facebook and iTunes.

Clipix — Clipix is a FREE online tool that easily organizes the digital content in people's lives. Clipix was created out of a need for a tool that would allow people to save and share links, documents, photos, and videos with one click, and provide a visual and organized environment for all of the things they want to keep track of online. Users can categorize items into different clipboards which can remain private OR public. Clipix is available online and across iOS and Android devices.  

Quizlet — Quizlet has more than 10 million FREE sets of digital flashcards, Quizlet offers students a variety of ways to study course materials. After choosing a flashcard set or creating a new set, students have the option of four study styles, along with two varieties of flashcard games that strive to bring an entertainment factor to studying. Quizlet is available to students through the Web as well as via more than 50 mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android-powered devices.

Friendthem — Friendthem is a revolutionary location-based connectivity app, with fine-grained and easily-configured privacy controls, which is changing the way the world connects in a seamless and fun manner by helping them send Facebook friend requests to people they meet in the real world. A great tool for connecting with people you meet along the way.

StudiezPro — StudiezPro is a powerful scheduling app that won’t get you an A in bio, but it will help you ace time management. iStudiezPro allows you to input your class schedule and homework into a built-in planner, then alerts you of approaching deadlines, keeps track of your grades, organizes your extracurricular schedule, and counts down to your next class. Now if only it counted down to happy hour.