The best smartphone apps for college students

Having a smartphone is almost a necessity on today’s college campus. They give you info about your calendar, your assignments, your emails and what your friends are up to. A number of colleges even have their own apps to help out students get to online portals and access critical information. Trident University Ph.D. students recently got access to an all-new app which helps them find the info they need, no matter where they happen to be studying.

The buying advice experts at Consumer Reports recently published a list of apps that they have tested that should help make navigating college easier. Their first pick is an Android app called Studious, which lets you enter in class schedules and assignments, store notes and photos and will even silence your phone during class time.

For reference apps, it’s hard to beat long time favorites, Merriam-Webster and Dictionary.com. These apps each have their own unique features, such as voice look up when you can’t remember how to spell a word, or a social section that lets you know what words are popular in your area.

Study aid apps like STUDYBLUE for iOS and Android can help you study what you need to know for your next big test. You can create digital flashcards either on your phone or computer and review them on your smartphone, and it will even show you harder flash cards more often once you have gotten the easier ones down.

The fan-favorite note-taking app Evernote is an all-in-one solution for taking any type of note you can think of. You can make lists, outlines, take a photo, record audio and attach a file with any of your notes. The best part is it syncs quickly and easily with all of your devices, so you will always have your notes with you.

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http://www.consumerreports.org/