Best Apps for Students: Study Tools

Supposed to help you remember longer with their flashcard system. Website allows you to upload an excel file with the terms you want on website and flashcards are created for you in the app!

Cost: FREE (multiple platforms)
Simple, easy flashcards. Share, learn, and check them off when you’ve got them down!

Pros: Very intuitive and easy. Spend no time getting your cards made and ready to use. Syncs with Quizlet.com.

Cons: Doesn't do anything beyond flashcards.

Cost: FREE (multiple platforms)
Allows you to quiz yourself using matching, tests, and flashcards. Also has an easy-to-use web platform.

Pros: Awesome way to store and share study sets. Searchable database makes it easy to find sets that are already made on topics you need. Can sync across devices and also on website.

Cons: It can be tricky to determine which sets you would like to add, and the app is not always intuitive. It is expensive to upgrade to Quizlet Plus ($19.99/yr), which you need to be able to create classes and upload your own images.

Cost: FREE (multiple platforms)
Xmind is a mind mapping brainstorming app. Create professional diagrams with this creative tool.

Note-taking app that is part of the Google Suite.

Pros: incredibly simple to use.
Cons: Incredibly simple.

Cost: FREE (multiple platforms)
A great tool for saving notes, pictures, plans, research, videos, webpages, and more! Search for any term anywhere in your notes - even the text in a photo will become “readable” by this app! Share and sync everything between all devices. Take a photo on your smartphone - it’s instantly in Evernote on your computer. You can also email anything to Evernote, and it will be there for you.

Pros: Allows you to save and remember all of those articles, websites, images, and notes from your courses. Powerful search tool and use of tags makes finding things easy. Also great for meeting notes and forms you need saved. Share an entire notebook (think, class!) with a friend.

Microsoft OneNote is a great free note-taking app. Syncs across devices and works well in Microsoft collaboration app, teams.

Pros: Free version is robust, has a fully functional desktop app to complement the phone app.

Let's you take pictures of whiteboards and documents and clean them up! Easily convert images to PDF or PowerPoint.