College is hard, but there's an app for that. Actually, there are a lot of apps. Simplify your transition to college and campus life with 22 apps for college students to manage everything from homework to personal health to saving money.
Online Learning Apps for College Students
Khan Academy
If you need a little extra time with a teacher, don't stay after class. Try the Khan Academy app with classes on everything from coding to art history.
Coursera
Download Coursera, and get access to courses at top universities like Stanford, John Hopkins and Duke. Each course works like an interactive textbook with video instruction, graded assignments, projects and group discussions. You can even earn your accredited master's degree.
Duolingo
Beat the clock and earn points with gamified language learning in over 30 courses, even Klingon. Read, listen, speak and receive instant grades and motivation.
Research Apps for College Students
TED
Feed your curiosity with TED's expansive library of transformational videos. Get lost in a playlist about the future of food, or watch a 5-minute animation on the history of the world according to cats.
CliffsNotes
Download: iPhone
This is college, condensed. Choose from popular literary titles, personalize your plan, listen to audio overview and bookmark for faster recall. Interactive quizzes and audio CramCasts make studying even easier.
Wikipedia
If you need a little help researching a big project, use the same website you've trusted for other assignments. Use Wikipedia as a starting point for more in-depth research.
Career Apps for College Students
Steppingblocks
Sign Up: Create Your Free Account
Boost your potential with data-driven guidance on over 100 million real career paths. Discover top companies hiring your degree. Learn how much you'll make five years after graduation. Customize your course load with in-demand skills. And interact with workforce data fro your institution's outcomes.
Note Taking for College Success
Evernote
Organize your notes and keep your media in one place. Turn on the recorder to remember dates and facts. Or, take photos of the blackboard to store in your Evernote folders.
Google Drive
Collaborate with other students and share documents, slides, sheets and other files for class wide projects and group study sessions.
Apps for A+ Essays
Grammarly
Compose brilliant essays, effortlessly, with Grammarly's free online writing assistant, and move beyond a basic spell-check to find the perfect tone for any project. Grammarly's Keyboard app works as your personal assistant to correct every email, text and social post before you send.
Organizational Apps for College Campus Life
myHomework
Keep all of your assignments organized in one mobile planner, receive reminders for upcoming due dates and sync notifications across devices.
Flashcards for College Success
Brainscape
Browse flashcards from leading publishers or make your own with custom content. Study and share on any device.
Flashcard Machine
Flashcard Machine is a bare-bones app that allows you to create flashcards online or via your smartphone. Add photos or media for an interactive learning experience.
Dictionaries for Better Research Papers
You won't make it through your first year of school without needing to look up at least one new word. Luckily, you won't need to thumb through heavy dictionaries anymore. Try these apps instead.
Oxford Dictionary
Merriam Webster
Dictionary.com
Calculators for College Students
Graphing Calculator + Math
Download: Android
The Graphing Calculator + Math app does exactly what the name suggests: calculate long math equations with the push of a few buttons.
Calculator + Scientific
Download: iPhone
The Calculator + Scientific app is versatile, easy-to-use and beautifully designed.
Apps for Healthier Campus Life
My Fitness Pal
Monitor your workouts and eating habits with MyFitnessPal. Track everything from how long you sleep each night to the micronutrients you take in each day.
Finance Apps for the Frugal College Student
Mint
Mint is a budgeting app that allows you to manage your spending each month. Get suggestions on your budget, pay your bills and track your credit score.
Acorns
Microinvest, effortlessly. This app rounds up your purchases to the next whole dollar and deposits the money into an index fund.
Safety on College Campuses
Smartwatcher
Stay safe walking home from class at night with Smartwatcher. Connect to other friends, and let them know where you are when you're walking home.
Get Started With Steppingblocks for Students for Free, Forever :)
Transition confidently from college to career with self-service and skill-building tools for any field of study or major. Tap into a database of 100M+ career paths for relevant and personalized career coaching. Create your free account.