Best Apps For Students To Help Them Study
To Be successful and increase the percentage of Marks in Exams the 1st thing to be
done to Concentrate and save time for study is to Block unnecessary Apps and
then use the time to Study relevant Apps to acquire knowledge and be conversant with usage of Apps ,
Kindly Go through following Points for using following Apps
for study
1. Block Unnecessary Apps
Please remember that using the best apps for students on your
smartphone will be worthwhile only if you can avoid the distraction from other
apps, We understand that it’s easier said than
done. In case you find it difficult to abide by this rule, you can use some app
blocker apps to avoid opening certain apps for a particular period as desired by you. To
help you out, here are the best apps that can be used :
1. OFFTIME
'OFFTIME' is the App prepared to help you
stay focused in your otherwise busy lifestyle. It blocks
all the apps on your smartphone from opening, unless, you
whitelist them. Once you activate the app, you won’t be able to open any
apps. If you try opening a blocked app, the app will get closed automatically,
and you will get a message on the screen from (OFFTIME). You can set
goals wherein you can define the number of minutes that
you want the service to be active for. There is another section called “My
Day” which We find really useful. It gives
you insight on your phone’s usage over the day. This feature comes in very
handy, when you want to analyse where you waste your time the most.
In
addition to this, you can also use the app when you want to unplug or
sleep. In
fact, you can create different profiles for each purpose
that you
would like to use the app for and name them accordingly. For each
profile,
you can choose to hide selected notifications which then
won’t appear in the
notification drawer. You can also block
calls and mute texts meanwhile
allowing a few selected contacts.
While everything is great with the app, on Android, its free
version only
Lets you create one profile. If you want to create more,
you’ll have to buy
the pro version with in-app purchases. However, the good
thing is that
you can decide the amount that you want to pay. The pro
version also
also unlocks extra features including scheduling the
service, calendar
synchronization, and monthly insights among others.
2. AppBlock- Albeit
Albeit being a simple app,
AppBlock does the task of blocking apps for a certain duration very well. To
start off, you can create and name profiles which
define the days and time for which they are active, along with the apps to
be blocked. Like (OFFTIME), you can also block notifications for
the blocked apps. These notifications can later be viewed from the “Blocked
notifications” section of the app.
As all
this works only when a profile is active, it may seem pretty easy to turn off
the profile and use the blocked apps. Well, not really. You get the option to lock
the profiles which, in turn, can only be unlocked when
your device is connected to a power source. Furthermore, you can enable
a PIN code to protect the app’s launch. To use the app to
its full potential you can buy the pro version with an in-app purchase that
lets you create more than 3 profiles, stores all the blocked notifications,
allows you to set unlimited time intervals and unlimited apps in profiles, and
even removes ads.
Once you have your distracting apps blocked,
you can go on to use your smartphone for studying efficiently.
Best Planner Apps
Once you have your distracting
apps blocked, you can go on to use your smartphone for studying efficiently.
And what better place to start with than planning. There are some really good
apps which can help you plan your study schedule, so that your are never late
for any class or test. To help you get started, here are a couple of apps that
you can use:
1. MYHomework Student Planner
myHomework Student Planner is one
of the best planning apps that you can use as a student. With this app, you can store
your homework and class schedules, all in a single place.
You can add your class names to the app, so you don’t have to type them again
and again. You can also choose the homework type from
a list that includes test, study, lab, project, etc. and set a due date.
Depending on the importance of your homework, you can also set a priority from
high to low.
If you
create an account on the app, you can access many other useful features too.
For starters, myHomework Student Planner supports cross-platform synchronization,
and hence enables you to access your data from anywhere. You can also attach files and set reminders for
your homework when you are signed in. Once your homework gets completed, you
can mark it done by long pressing on that particular entry. You also get a calendar view that
makes it very easy to view your schedule over a period of time.
The Best Note-Taking Apps
Wow , Now that you have everything
planned out, it’s time to take action. The most important thing that you are
supposed to do in a lecture is to take proper notes. While your laptop is
your best friend when you are frantically taking notes in a lecture, sometimes
you need to jot down some quick points, and taking out your laptop every-time
for that is not productive. The best way to do that is to note down those
points on your smartphone. So I tested a few note-taking apps and found the
ones below to be the best of the lot.
1. OneNote
Pl note that the same OneNote that
you love using to take notes on a computer has can also be used on your
smartphone. Since the notes are synchronized, you can be sure that all your
notes will be available to you whichever device you are using it on. Most
of the features that you will find in this app are the ones you are already
familiar with, that is, if you’ve used OneNote before. One important thing to
note here is that unless you are signed in using a Microsoft account, you can
only take a quick note and the synchronization will not work Coming to app
itself, it is one of the best note-taking app available on both the platforms.
You can create different notebooks to organise your notes. Each note can
further have different
sections to help you organise
your notes in a better way. In a note, you can create different pages where you can either type
using the virtual keyboard, add pictures, add a voice recording, draw using
your finger or a stylus, and even create check-boxes. The OneNote app also has
a search feature that
can be used to find the exact note that you are looking for. This is very
useful for keeping notes.
2. Google Keep
Google Keep heps you in taking
short notes which you want to cover. Having said that, while you can take long
notes as well, I’ll suggest you still use OneNote for that. Talking about
Keep’s features, you can take a simple note or create a list. Like OneNote, you
can also use Keep to take notes using your finger or a stylus, add voice
recordings, and add images. In addition to this, you can add different background colours to
your notes to differentiate one from another. If you want to categorize them,
you also get the ability to add custom labels. To top is all of, the app also
features cross-platform customisation.
There may be some notes that you don’t want to see every time you open
the app, yet you don’t want to delete them. In that case, you can archive those notes and they’ll
be gone from the main view. For the notes that you end up deleting, they can be
found in “Trash” where they live for 7
days before they are gone forever. You can also set
reminders for your notes. Last but not the least, you can even share your notes with your
friends from right within the app.
3. Microsoft Word
You can use the Microsoft Office
app as a word processor just like you can use OneNote on your mobile. If you
sign in to your Microsoft account in the app, your documents get synced automatically over
OneDrive. For typing, you can either open an existing file, or
create a new one inside the app. Just like its desktop version, you
can choose from a series of templates like
journal, newsletter, research paper, etc. or continue with a blank document as
per your needs
The formatting
options in Microsoft Office don’t need any introduction.
Just for the sake of naming a few, they include font, font style, font size,
font color, paragraph formatting, etc. Just like Google Docs, the Microsoft
Word app allows sharing either using
OneDrive or as an email attachment.
4. Mathway
Mathway is a great app for solving
maths related problems. Though we do not recommend using it straight away, it
is very useful if you find yourself stuck at any math problem. It can solve
problems related to many topics including algebra, trigonometry,
calculus, statistics, etc. All you have to do is type in the
problem, and the app will automatically ask you for the type of answer you are
looking for. For example, if I were to type in a cubic equation under algebra,
I would be asked whether I want the factors, roots, graph, or intercepts. These
options may vary depending on the equation and the topic selected. While I did
not get any wrong answer for the time we used it, we suggest that you don’t
take the answer provided by the app for granted.
5. Best Dictionary Apps
Just like a student’s life is
incomplete without a dictionary, this list would be incomplete without the
mention of a dictionary app. While there are many great dictionary apps
available for download, I am including only one which is more than enough for
all intents and purposes.
A. Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Just like you would expect from
any dictionary, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary app shows you the meaning of
words. In addition to this, you can hear a word’s pronunciation,
see some examples, and learn a little history about the word’s
origin. Your recent search history is
stored in the app so that you can revisit them. If you find it difficult to
remember the meaning of any word, you can mark it as a favorite and it will then
appear under the “Favorites” section of
the app that you can visit later. The app also shows you a “Word
of the Day” which helps you increase your vocabulary. To
make learning more interesting, the app has a few word games that you
can play while testing your vocabulary at the same time. Though there are
a few ads that appear on the screen, you can remove them by buying the premium
version. With this version, you also get access to premium content which
includes graphical illustrations.
6. GoConqr – Learning App
When you open GoConq for the first
time, you are required to select your profession. While there are options
such as “Study”, “Teach”, and “Work”, I’ll talk only about the
“Study” one. When you’ll select “Study”, the next thing you’ll be asked is your
education level. You can choose anything from secondary to postgraduate.
Depending on which level you choose, you’ll be taken to a screen with the
corresponding subjects. You can select more than one subject from this screen.
I selected “Undergraduate” followed by “Engineering”. After you are satisfied
with your selection, you’ll find the “Next” button at the bottom of the screen.
Once the
initial setup is done, you can use the app’s useful learning tools.
For starters, you can create a mind map, flashcards, slide set, and even a
quiz, both for yourself and your friends. Note that you’ll be required to
download particular apps for each of these. Don’t worry the app will redirect
you to the needed apps itself. You can discover different groups in
the app, joining which will help you connect to different people studying the
same subjects as you. This also helps out as the app allows you to teach
what you know to other people in your group. That being
said, other members of your group can also do the same.
Once you
have all the notes that you need to study, the next challenging thing is
organizing them. Given that most of us are not as good at organizing as we want
to be, there are certain apps that can help us become better. With the plethora
of such apps available, I shortlisted a couple of organizer apps that can help
you make your oragnizing game strong.
7. Office Lens
It is not always possible for
everyone to attend each and every class. For some or other reasons, each of us
will miss a class at some point in time. In that case, it becomes really
difficult to cover all the notes by copying them down, so most of us usually
click pictures to keep them in a digital form. But when we have to review them,
all of it looks like a mess. Well, that can be avoided if you use Office Lens.
Office
Lens does one simple thing which is clicking pictures. But not the normal ones
that you can take using your smartphone camera app, rather it has been
developed specifically to take pictures of documents. Irrespective of the angle
that you click a picture from, the result would be great. The app has options
for clicking images of different sources like documents, whiteboards, or business
cards. You can organise the pictures right within the app and
create a PDF for all your pictures. For example, you can create a pdf which
might represent a lecture or a chapter. These features are really helpful.
Finally, you can easily share these pictures with anyone else who needs them.
8. Google Drive
If you are an Android user, you are
already using Google Drive. It has some really useful features. In addition to
uploading files and folders to the cloud, you can also create
them within the app. Also,
you can scan images and upload them as well.
This makes it a great scanning app too. Google Drive has a section called “Quick
Access” that smartly shows you the files that it thinks
you’ll be needing at a given point in time based on the time and your location.
If you want, you can turn it off in the app’s settings.
If you use
Google Photos as well, you also get the option to add them to a folder in
Google Drive. By default, you get about 15 GB of free storage with your
Google account. If you want more space, you can buy that with an
in-app purchase. To give you access to your data anytime, it also has ais very usefn all platforms. It desktop client that works on Desktop client that works on all platforms. It is very useful..
9. Dropbox
Dropbox is another great cloud
service that you can use. When you create an account for the first time, you
get about 2 GB of free storage space. This can be increased by
upgrading to Dropbox Plus that gives you 1 TB of storage at paid cost . Another
way to earn data is by inviting your friends to install Dropbox. For every
friend that joins with your reference, you get 1 GB of extra storage for free.
Like Google Drive, you can create or upload new files and folders, scan
documents, and install the desktop client. Irrespective of which gallary app you use, you can choose to upload all images to your Dropbox from within the app's settings. Lastly, you can secure your Dropbox account using a built-in
pass-code feature. Once you set that up, you can also enable the
security feature which erases all your data after 10 failed pass-code attempts.
Duolingo
Are you Studying
a foreign language? Then you won’t want to miss out on Duolingo, a free app to
help you master your language and begin speaking it in no time. Duolingo allows
you to level up as you progress, turning an often difficult process into a
game, and makes it fun to learn and share your new skills with your friends. This is
very useful App.
10. GeoGebra Graphing Calculator
When geometry is not your forte,
you may find it really difficult to plot graphs from given equations and
vice-versa. While there are many different ways in which you can check your
answers, most of them are time-consuming. On the other hand, if you have
GeoGebra Graphing Calculator installed on your device, that task shortens
to a matter of seconds. You can input an equation of up to 3 variables and the graph for that will be plotted in mere seconds.
The equations can also be inequalities and can have absolute or exponential
values. In addition to this, you can also draw graphs, either using your
finger, or using various software tools provided inside the app like lines,
circles, tangents, etc.
11. RealCalc
When you are looking for a good
scientific calculator app that doesn’t take up much space on your phone,
then look no further than RealCalc. It does everything that a good scientific
calculator can do. In addition to the basic calculator features like
calculations, percentages, and 10 memory states, it offers features like trigonometric
functions, unit conversions, permutations and combinations, and hyperbolic
functions. You can also customize the look of the
calculator with a few tweaks in the app’s settings. While most of the features
that you will need are available in the free version, you can get more features
like fractions
and customizable unit conversions and even a widget with
RealCalc Plus can be downloaded from the Play Store.
Mint – For finance related work
Besides You’re
a busy student and the last thing you want to do is spend
extra time
dealing with your bills and bank statements. Never fear, the
free app
from Mint.com allows you to connect all of your bank accounts,
credit cards, and bills so you can manage your
money and keep track of
your
balance. (iOS, Android, web). You can
manage you finance related
works.
Dragon Anywhere
With this
we can Write papers faster by dictation! Dragon Anywhere
allows you
to use your phone or tablet to “write” your rough drafts by
speaking
into your phone’s microphone. You will still have to edit the
work
afterwards, it can help you avoid the blank page problems.
Combine it
with Evernote and you can automatically sync your new
creations to
your computer.
CONTACT US
Now I understand that
you know some of the best studying apps that you can use, you can study
more efficiently without it getting boring. As long as you can control yourself
from being distracted by other apps on your smartphone, you can take advantage
of all the great apps which are on this list. So which app in the list did you used and liked the most? Please Do let me know in
the contact us section above at top.
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