9 Apps to Use This Semester

During each semester of a college career, students must learn to balance a new course load with their financial responsibilities and social life. These helpful mobile apps can help with organization, time management, budgeting, and make student life easier in general.

1. Google Keep

Never forget an assignment or deadline with Google Keep. This app is a colorful and high-tech way to digitally organize your notes, lists, photos, and audio reminders. This app syncs your content across all of your devices and helps you filter through notes based on color and different attributes. Google Keep also enables you to stay on top of your schedule with reminders that can be set to specific times and locations.

2. Dragon Dictation

Talk more and type less with Dragon Dictation. This app converts your voice into text which can be copied to emails, notes, text messages, and social media. Give this a try in your next seminar class or when you’re on the go.

3. Quizlet

Replace mundane and bulky flashcards with their 21st century counterpart. Quizlet is a learning tool that helps you create flash cards on your phone or computer, and includes features like shuffle, star, test, and audio to help you study in different ways. Additionally, Quizlet provides users with access to an extensive digital library of flash card sets shared from other students, covering every discipline from Spanish vocabulary to legal theories.

4. Pomodoro Time

Inspired by the Pomodoro Technique, which breaks down a project into timed sections, the Pomodoro Time app is a time management tool that can be used to manage tasks outside of the classroom. The app includes a Focus Timer and Goal Tracker to boost productivity and report your progress. This simple and effective time management approach will help you tackle your next lab report or looming term paper.

5. Mint

Since Finance is not every student’s favorite class, Mint is a simple app which provides personal money management assistance. You can use Mint to create and follow a budget, track spending patterns and investments, and get custom savings tips.

6. Venmo

Whether you left your wallet at home or don’t have any cash on hand, Venmo makes sure the bill is always paid. Venmo allows you to securely transfer funds by linking the app to a bank account. By easily and safely transferring money, Venmo is a great tool for fundraising, making purchases, and splitting bills.

7. Acorns

Acorns makes micro-investing remarkably easy by automatically investing your spare change. Every dollar you invest is automatically diversified to maximize return and minimize risk, and all financial data is encrypted for heightened security. And if that wasn’t convenient enough, the app is free for college students for up to four years!

8. Grocery Pal

Keep your pantry full and your fridge stocked on a budget using Grocery Pal. This app helps you discover weekly sales and coupons at your local supermarkets, and also includes a handy shopping list feature.

9. Hooked

Fending for yourself off-campus doesn’t have to break the bank. Hooked offers hundreds of real-time deals for restaurants in your area. Simply choose a deal and show the cashier the “You Got Hooked” screen on your phone. Try out the #1 College Food and Drink App in the nation and save money at your favorite places.