dna gives you a list of our favourite (and free!) Apps for iOS and Android users, to help you breeze through life at school or college
myHomework Student Planner
Ever found yourself needing to resort to the good-old 'dog ate my homework' excuse simply because you can never remember when anything is due? Then download this app, that helps you with the A-Zs of your homework. Whether it is categorising your homework via date, subject, class, type and priority or viewing your schedule (the app has a calendar and gives you friendly reminders), it stores all your homework information in one place.
myHomework Student Planner also has a special feature, wherein you can link your app to that of your teachers, in order to access support material, announcements and resources. It describes itself as the "perfect replacement to that paper student planner, school diary, or academic agenda". While we wouldn't go as far as saying the app makes homework fun, it definitely makes it easier to organise.
Android users click here, and iOS users click here.
Quizlet
Because who doesn't love flash cards? The app version of the popular website, www.quizlet.com, helps you to take your learning on-the-go, with a special in-built feature that allows you to access your material even while offline. The app gives its users access to over 21+ million flashcard sets, helping you to remember everything from important vocabulary in a foreign language, to the capitals of the countries of the world.
Quizlet also allows you to make your own flashcards, and says they give users more than three distinct mobile-only study modes, that help you cater your learning to your specific learning style. With audio and visual features as well, the app makes learning through flash cards a fun way to learn.
Android users click here, and iOS users click here.
Fit Brains Trainer
Give your brain a good workout, with this app, whose website records them as having been the "#1 education app in 80 countries". They describe themselves as being a "scientifically-designed app", that puts together several brain games, training sessions and a host of visual tools to increase your brain functioning and performance. The app lists the benefits they give users as being improved memory recall, better concentration, clearer thinking and better problem solving skills.
The app caters games to its users by asking them to feed in information including their age and gender. It works across several areas with games that require you to sort various objects, count the number of blocks, make matching pairs, remember items displayed, and solve mathematical problems. Guess it really is a smart phone app!
iOS users click here.
TED
If there is one thing your device does best, it has to be its ability to connect you to a huge pool of knowledge available on your fingertips. Now TED, a nonprofit that streams conferences world over on 'Idead Worth Spreading', is available on your phones to do exactly that. The app boasts of having more than 1,400 TEDTalk videos with subtitles in over 90 languages, to make those long afternoon travels back home a little more entertaining.
The nonprofit has covered conferences with personalities including "education radicals, tech geniuses, medical mavericks, business gurus and music legends", covering talks in all fields. Some of the special features of the app are being able to download and then hear videos even when offline, curate your personalised playlists and share videos with friends. TEDtastic.
Android users click here, and iOS users click here.
Star Chart
This app will take you to the stars and back, and is a must have for any star-gazing or astronomy lovers. Reported as being the best-selling educational & augmented reality app, it is definitely the most unique on the list. As the name suggests, the app allows you to carry around your very own star chart in your pocket.
One simply needs to point the device towards the sky, and the app will use the GPS and an accurate 3D universe to calculate "in real time - the current location of every star, planet and moon visible from Earth and show you precisely where they are; even in broad daylight!". This app is truly out of this world.
Android users click here, and iOS users click here.
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