Android Learning Applications for University
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Time Management, |
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Applications, |
Description, |
Price, |
Notes, |
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Ovo timer,
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A timer application. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Alarmy (Sleep If U Can)- alarm,
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A customizable alarm clock that has a number of different ‘alarm off methods’ e.g., take a picture, solve a math problem, etc. |
Free or $3.29, |
Contains ads · Offers additional purchases, |
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Interval Timer,
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A timer that allows you to set the time you work, how much time your break will be, and how many times you would like to repeat this cycle. |
Free, |
Contains ads, |
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Clockwork Tomato,
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A timer application for the Pomodoro technique. Here is a video with more information on the Pomodoro technique. |
Free, |
Offers additional purchases, |
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Forest: Stay focused,
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A device blocking application. If you exit the application while the timer is still running you will ‘kill’ your virtual plant. |
Free, |
Contains ads · Offers additional purchases, |
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AppDetox - Digital Detox,
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An application blocker that tracks how often you use your applications. You can set limits on how much and how often you can use an application and block applications. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Time Tracker – TouchTime |
A time tracking application that will allow you to keep track on how you spend your time with a visual representation. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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S.Graph: Calendar clock widget,
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A widget that will display the events in your Google calendar for the day in a 12-hour clock. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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My Class Schedule: Timetable,
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An application to schedule and track all of your classes in a colourful timetable. |
Free or $1.99 |
Contains ads · Offers additional purchases, |
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myHomework Student Planner,
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A planner to keep track of your homework, assignments, lab assignments, etc. |
Free or $4.99 a year, |
Contains ads · Offers additional purchases, |
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Tasks,
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A to-do list application that has you organize your tasks in a decision matrix to identify which tasks have a higher priority. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Wunderlist: To-Do List & Tasks,
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A to-do list application. |
Free or $4.99 a month, |
Offers additional purchases, |
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Remember The Milk,
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A to-do list application. |
Free or $39.99 a year |
Offers additional purchases, |
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Goal Tracker & Habit List,
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An application based on Jerry Seinfeld’s productivity method “Don’t Break the Chain” that can be used to help you keep track of your goals. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Loop - Habit Tracker, |
An application based on Jerry Seinfeld’s productivity method “Don’t Break the Chain”. Additional graphical feedback is also provided. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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MyLifeOrganized: To-Do List,
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A productivity application to help you monitor your to-do list, habits, and goals in graphical format. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Fabulous: Motivate Me!
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A wellness application that uses behaviour science to help you create positive rituals. A number of these rituals help create strong time management habits. |
7-day free trial, after that: it is $11.99-$9.99 a month, |
Offers additional purchases, |
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Habitica: Gamify Your Tasks,
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A role-playing productivity game application to help you monitor your to-do list, habits, and goals. This application also provides a support network with fellow members through chat forms, challenges, and quests that you can work with your friends to complete. |
Free or you can support the program and subscribe. |
Offers additional purchases, |
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Note Taking, |
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Description, |
Price, |
Notes, |
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OneNote
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Your work in OneNote is stored in the cloud so once you log in (or sign-up) you will be able to access your notes from any device that has OneNote. The application lets you record but will not let you type or draw at the same time. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Evernote - stay organized.
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Your work in Evernote is stored in the cloud so you will be able to access your notes from any device that has Evernote. The application lets you record while you type or draw at the same time but your notes are not synced to the recording. |
Free or $3.92- $9.99 |
Offers additional purchases,
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Dictomate Free Audio Recorder,
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A recorder application that has bookmarking capabilities so you can mark the main points. The difference between the two versions is the types of recording formats you are allowed to save your recording in. |
Free or $4.59, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Cogi,
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A recorder application that when open will also record the 15 seconds before you hit the record button. Allowing you to only make recordings of the important information. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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AudioNote LITE,
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A note-taking application that will sync your typed or drawn notes to a recording. The paid version has more advanced features. |
Free or $8.38, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Sonocent Recorder
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A recorder application that lets you highlight the audio of your recording. You can also add typed notes and images to the recording segments. |
Free or $17.99
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Offers additional purchases, |
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NoteLedge Cloud: Digital Notes,
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A note-taking/drawing application that allows you to put your notes in the pages of digital notebooks. There are a number of different paper templates (e.g., agenda pages etc.) and you add recordings while you type or draw at the same time but your notes are not synced to the recording. |
Free, |
Contains ads · Offers additional purchases, |
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ColorNote Notepad Notes,
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A simple note-taking application, which has list making and reminder capabilities. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Memento Database
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An application that can organize all of your information, data, and notes. |
Free, |
Contains ads · Offers additional purchases, |
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Nebo
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An application for Android tablets that will convert digitally handwritten text, equations, and flowchart diagrams in to type text/digital images. |
$3.69 |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Reading |
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Description |
Price |
Notes |
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@Voice Aloud Reader,
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A text-to-speech application can read a number of different document formats. The application will start to read any sentence you click on, and there is a dictionary feature. |
Free, |
Contains ads, |
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Darwin Reader Trial,
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A reading application that supports DAISY formatted audio and textbooks. |
Free or a 30-day free trial, after that: it is $14.95, |
Offers additional purchases, |
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Moon+ Reader
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An application that will allow you to highlight and look up the definitions of text in multiple text document formats. The paid version has a number of additional features e.g., text-to-speech. |
Free or $6.49 |
Contains ads · Offers additional purchases, |
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Web Page Reader,
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A text-to-speech application that will read web pages. |
Free, |
Contains ads, |
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Writing, |
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Description, |
Price, |
Notes, |
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ListNote Speech-to-Text Notes
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A dictation application. |
Free, |
Contains ads, |
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Creativity,
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An application that has several brainstorming techniques that can be used to help generate and organize your ideas. |
Free, |
Contains ads, |
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Read&Write for Android,
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A keyboard that has a number of features to assist you when you are typing. For example, word prediction, an embedded dictionary, and a “speak as I type” feature. |
The 30-day free trial, after that: please contact texthelp. |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Dictionaries, |
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Description, |
Price, |
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Dictionary.com,
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An offline dictionary application. The paid version has a number of additional dictionaries e.g., a Medical Dictionary. |
Free or $4.77 |
Contains ads · Offers additional purchases, |
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Dictionary – WordWeb,
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An offline English dictionary application. The paid version is an offline audio dictionary application. |
Free or, $4.99 , |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Dictionary - Merriam-Webster,
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An offline English dictionary application that has word games to improve vocabulary. The paid version has graphical illustrations and additional entries. |
Free or $5.49 |
Contains ads · Offers additional purchases, |
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ColorDict Dictionary,
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An offline English dictionary application that contains content from Wikipedia, Wordnet and StarDict dictionaries. |
Free, |
Contains ads, |
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Mind Maps, |
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SimpleMind Free mind mapping,
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A mind mapping application. The paid version has a number of additional features e.g., sharing and exporting and adding media and documents to your mind map. |
Free or $8.49, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Mindly (mind mapping)
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A mind mapping application that will allow you to export your map as a PDF. The paid Full version has a number of additional features e.g., exporting a text version of your mind map. |
Free or $8.99 |
Offers additional purchases, |
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Flashcards*, |
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Description, |
Price, |
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Quizlet Learn With Flashcards,
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A flashcard application that will allow you to generate your own cards, download decks made by other people, and study your cards in a variety of different ways (e.g., matching, games, etc.). |
Free or $19.99 a year, |
Contains ads · Offers additional purchases, , |
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Cram.com Flashcards,
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A flashcard application that will allow you to generate your own cards, download decks made by other people, and study your cards. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
*Some alternative and similar applications are GoConqr and Anki.
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Math, |
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Price, |
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MyScript Calculator,
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A calculator application that will allow you to write the equation in your own handwriting. |
Free, |
Contains ads, |
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Photomath - Camera Calculator,
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A calculator application that will allow you to take a picture of the equation. The application will also show you a step-by-step solution to the equation. |
Free, |
Offers additional purchases, |
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Scanning, |
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Description, |
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Tiny Scanner - PDF Scanner App,
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A scanning application that will convert the pictures you take of a document into a PDF. |
Free or $6.99, |
Contains ads · Offers additional purchases, |
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Text Scanner [OCR]
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Will convert the pictures you take of a document into text. The application will recognize URLs and phone numbers and will automatically convert them into links. |
Free, |
Contains ads, |
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Text Fairy (OCR Text Scanner),
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A scanning application that will convert the pictures you take of a document into text. If the image was unclear the converted text will be in a red font to signify that it may not be accurate. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Office Lens
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Will convert the pictures you take of a document into a PDF, an image in a Word document, or image in a PowerPoint. A useful application for anyone who has a Microsoft One login. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |
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Extra Resources, |
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Description, |
Price, |
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TED,
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An application to watch TED talks. |
Free, |
Contains ads, |
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Khan Academy,
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An application that will provide you with access to the resources on the web-based learning platform Khan Academy that will let you learn almost anything. |
Free, |
No ads · No additional purchases, |