8 Top Mobile Apps For University Students

Student life can be a real stress. So why not make your time easier with some fun apps to keep you motivated and organised? We’ve rooted through some of the best available to ensure your time at university is made as simple as possible.

Personal organisation

Any.Do

Any.Do is an ideal way of keeping track of all of the things you need to do. It allows you to create to-do lists for your day-to-day organisation. Furthermore, your data will synchronise to all devices you are using.
You can even adjust the priorities of each task and mark each one as complete, so you’re always on the ball.

Dropbox

As a student, you’ll be writing a handful of essays each week, so making sure you have spare copies of your documents is essential.

Dropbox is a great app to back-up your documents online and have access to them from any device by entering your unique login details. You’ll never lose drafted essays and important documents when it really matters.

Travel

Moovit

If you’re planning on commuting to uni, you can’t go far wrong with Moovit. This useful app will help track arrival times public transport and even informs you of the quickest and less crowded route to get to your destination. You can make sure you’re heading in the right direction by using the map tracking live routes too.

Studying

SelfControl

Are you one of those students who simply can’t detach themselves from social media sites and games? SelfControl to the rescue!

The app will block access to all other apps you choose which distract you from studying for a set amount of time. This would be ideal to use during lectures, exams and study periods, when quiet time and focus is needed.

CliffsNotes

An essential for those studying literature, CliffsNotes will provide useful information on character, plot, themes and summaries of novels which may be useful to your course. The app may help you to develop ideas and get to grips with deeper meanings of the fiction piece to write up assignments and use in exams.

iTunes U

If you’re an Apple user, you may wish to download iTunes U – an app which gives users access to a variety of academic courses from leading universities in the UK – for free! One benefit of using this app is that you can polish up your knowledge in your subject area by teaching yourself additional information for your own assignments and exams.

Fun and social

Lark Up

Being a student can be a hard life, partying until the early hours of the morning and dragging yourself to 9am lectures with less than two hours’ sleep.

With Lark Up, you’re able to give yourself the right balance between work and sleep. After all, a good night’s kip is essential to making sure you’re proactive and ready for the day ahead. When activated, it will give you an in-depth analysis of your sleep pattern and how you can improve your quality of sleep.

Drunk Mode

We’ve all been there. A heavy night’s drinking can result in a heap of embarrassing text messages to your friends, crush and even worse… your boss.

Save yourself the agony by installing Drunk Mode. This app filters who you can text over a 12 hour period and will only allow you to text certain people if you’re in the right frame of mind to answer a maths question! Full marks.

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