Being able to balance your lectures, assignments, exams, and social life might be difficult as a student. This is where you need help with the right apps to improve your productivity and help you stay focused and organised.
Here are some free apps that can help you increase efficiency and meet your deadlines:
Notion
This is a single space to help you think, write and plan. Choose from a variety of templates to help you track assignments, deadlines and study plans. Templates are available for student life, study planners, class notes, career building, student dashboards and many other templates. It offers free and paid plans.
Best for:
Lecture notes and study guides
Reminders for assignment deadlines
Collaboration on group projects
Works on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android
Todoist
A great app to get your tasks organised and in one place. Manage your coursework and build an efficient workflow with Todoist. It offers free and paid plans.
Best for:
Plan out your tasks and keep track of all areas of your life
Manage your priorities and plan what is most important and what can wait
Breakdown sections and sub-tasks into manageable tasks
Easily integrates with Google Calendar
Available on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android
Flora
We live in a world with constant notifications and distractions. This is a great app to help you focus and concentrate. Flora turns focus time into a game – when you need to concentrate, you plant a virtual plant that grows while you work. If you leave the app to check social media, your plant wilts.
Best for:
Reducing phone distractions
Tracking progress over time
You can also challenge your friends and stay off all phones together
Also has an opportunity to plant a tree in real life, saving the earth and lives while improving yourself
https://flora.appfinca.com
Zotero
Zotero is your personal research assistant. This app is a reference manager that allows you to collect, organise, annotate, cite and share research.
Best for:
Save research sources directly from your browser
Organise references in collections
Generate citations in different reference styles
Annotate PDFs and sync with your cloud storage
https://www.zotero.org/
Outlook calendar
Outlook calendar is a must-have tool for time management. It helps students schedule coursework, set reminders, and manage their daily routines efficiently.
Best for:
Syncs with emails for automatic reminders
Colour-code subjects for better organisation
Works on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android