Grad School: There's an App for that

[pea-jay]

Ok this thread isn't to debate the merits or benefits of using Apple's iPhone or iPad in an educational setting. Or whine about Apple. Rather, I'd like to hear what APPs you use (or are interested in) that makes your educational experience easier. Obviously the calendar function and a To Do program are essential but beyond that, what's out there? I'm looking for some suggestions personally and would like this thread to be useful for others as well. Please make sure you include full name of the app so we can find it and at least a basic description. Kudo points if you tell us how it worked for you. iPad-specific apps are welcome here too. Links would be cool if you have them.

For example, I used 1,400 ESSENTIAL GRE WORDS by TotalTestPrep to enhance my vocabulary. This app has well, words that ETS has been known to use and presents them in a flashcard manner. Easy and cheap program to use.

Any topic area would be great from test prep to time management and so on.

[Postbib Yeshuist]

I'm a fan of OmniFocus, iStudiez Pro, Oxford Dictionary of English, Evernote and Dropbox.

Omnifocus = To Do Manager with a Mac "desktop" program.

iStudiez Pro = Class and assignment scheduler. Keeps all my stuff off my "generic calendar"

ODE = Duh

Evernote = Note-taking program that syncs to a cloud and keeps desktop versions synchronized as well

DropBox = Cloud storage that synchronizes any computer you want locally (i.e. if the computer is offline, you still have access to your files and they are synced with the cloud on next login).

Without those 5, I'd be lost.

PS If you anyone hasn't up for Dropbox, do you mind following this link to help me get some more storage?

[repatriate]

I use Papers for Mac and iPhone to organize and sync my PDFs. It's not the best app for reading PDFs (no highlighting and a bad note-taking implementation), but it's a very good library program. And with the iPhone app, I can always read my PDFs wherever I am, or bring up references in arguments.

[s1u8n]

Informant, I think it's the best calendar/task list app out there.