Managing school and keeping your sanity is already hard enough. You’re studying something you’re fairly certain won’t get you a job right away, you’re crawling deeper into a debt hole that’s too scary to imagine, and you’re contemplating how much simpler life would be selling hats on a Mexican beach. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
There are a ton of apps and websites out there designed to help you — save money, stay fit, work smarter, manage your time, and learn more. Why not take advantage of them? And even if you’re not a student, a lot of these are useful for just about anyone.
→For saving money
- Mint — See all of your transactions and manage your budget in one place
- Pocketpoints — Earn coupons for spending time off of your phone when you’re on campus
- Google Hangouts — Make free or crazy cheap domestic and international phone calls over the web
- StudentRate.com — Free student discounts on pretty much anything
- Chegg — Sell your old textbooks to make a little extra cash
→For cheaper books and textbooks
- Scribd — The Netflix for books and reading
- Chegg — Buy and rent textbooks at a lower price than your campus store
- Amazon — Buy used or older versions of expensive textbooks
→For a healthier brain and body
- Sleep Cycle — Track your sleep and wake up more well-rested
- Calm — Guided meditation for managing anxiety and stress
- Yoga with Adriene — At-home yoga for any mood or fitness goal
- Tabata Timer + this link — 4 minute bodyweight workouts that you can do at home
→For being more productive with your time
- Flipd — Block yourself from spending too much time on your phone
- Habitbull — Set daily or weekly goals and turn them into habits
- RescueTime — Track how your time is spent online
- Pocket — Offline reading for reducing web-based distractions
- SelfControl — Block yourself from visiting certain websites during a set time frame
→For organizing your study-work life
- Todoist — Intuitive to-do list app that syncs with all of your devices
- MyStudyLife — Academic planner for keeping track of due dates and exams
→For improving your creativity and writing skills
- VocabularyBuilder — Learn and remember 1000’s of new words
- EasyBib — Get the right citations for more than 60 types of sources
- TED Talks — Get inspired about any subject and learn something new
→For working better in groups
- Google Drive — Collaborate every component of your project in one place and track each group member’s participation
- CamScanner — Snap a photo of your notes & turn it into a PDF document
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Facebook Messenger — Create group chats to get organized, share documents, & know who has seen your message (now a separate app for less distracting chats)
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