Apps to Support University Experience

Monday 24-06-2024 - 11:02

Hello! I have curated a list of apps that may be useful to you, which some class reps kindly circulated during 2023.

Do pick out any apps that you find useful. The apps are available for iOS and Android.

Useful Apps List

Category	Name	What it Does
Organisation	Notion	Notion allows you to manage tasks, track projects, and create to-do lists. You can create different pages.
Organisation	Google Keep	Google Keep allows you to add notes, lists, audio, and photos all in one place.
Organisation	Cozi Family Organiser	This app is a family organiser which colour codes each person in the family and lets you track activities.
Organisation	TickTick	TickTick is a task management and to-do list app. It lets you create shopping lists, agendas, and collaborate.
Organisation	Famcal	Famcal is an app which collates family schedules into one calendar.
Organisation	Todoist	For creating quick and effective general to-do lists as well as up to 5 projects (more in paid version), each containing its own to-do list. A 'forthcoming' view presents a calendar-like view of all to-do lists from the general to-do list and projects.
Thoughts and Emotions	MindDoc	MindDoc helps you to identify your thoughts and feelings and to recognise patterns.
Thoughts and Emotions	Kinder World	Kinder World helps you to look after your mental health through looking after virtual plants.
Thoughts and Emotions	How We Feel	This app helps you track your emotions, spot trends, and use coping strategies to regulate.
Thoughts and Emotions	Moodnotes	This app is a mood tracker and journaling app. It helps you to identify thinking traps.
Thoughts and Emotions	Daylio	This app offers a self-care bullet journal with goals without having to type.
Organisation	Structured	This app splits the day into small tasks with icons to get a visual timeline of the day.
Studying	Study Bunny	This app gives you a virtual study bunny and by studying you earn coins to buy items for your bunny.
Studying	Forest: Focus for Productivity	This app encourages you to put down your phone so that a tree can grow whilst you study.
Studying	Flora	Grow flowers using the Pomodoro technique.
Studying	Goodnotes	Stores reading materials.
Studying	Dark Reader Extension	Turns websites into dark mode.
Studying	iOS Camera App or Microsoft Lens	Hover over text and the camera will know there is text in front of it and digitise it – you can then copy and paste this text into your favourite app, have it read aloud to you, translate into a different language, etc.
Studying	Reader View	Improves readability for Chrome/Microsoft Edge.
Studying	Otter AI	Dictation software that, unlike Dragon, needs no commands and in which text can be dictated effortlessly. It's brilliant to capture lectures, interviews, meetings. You can listen to the script, edit it, and export it to Word through a clipboard. There is a paid version but the free version gives you 300 minutes a month.
Studying	Anki Flashcard	Creates different types of flashcards and adapts revision to user's feedback about how hard they find the questions.
Meditation and Relaxation	Calm	Offers meditations, sleep stories, and soothing sounds.
Meditation and Relaxation	Insight Timer	Free premium membership via Students’ Union. Offers guided meditation and calming music.
Meditation and Relaxation	Headspace	Get guided meditations, courses, and mindfulness exercises. Subscription service.
Thoughts and Emotions	Worrydolls	Worrydolls gives you a small doll who is ready to listen to what is worrying you. Tell your worry to the doll then track it over time.
Thoughts and Emotions	Aloe Bud	Aloe Bud brings awareness to activities-of-daily-life by sending encouraging push notifications, check-ins, and reflections. Reminders from yourself to your future self.
Organisation	Focus Keeper	This app uses the Pomodoro method to help with focus and productivity.
Mindfulness and Relaxation	Void Pet	This app encourages you to take care of yourself and your emotions through looking after virtual pets.
Relaxation	Fidget Widget	Stress reliever with haptic feedback for fidgets.
Relaxation	Heat Pad	This app creates images when you doodle for relaxing.
Relaxation	Fluid Simulation	This app simulates liquid, gas, and water to create pretty patterns.
Relaxation	This is Sand	Watch and listen to sand piling into layers at the bottom of your screen for relaxation.
Relaxation	Triple A	Watch and play with geometric shapes for relaxation.
ULaw App	ULaw Wellbeing	ULaw Wellbeing provides information and access to ULaw support services at your campus as well as local and national support organisations and practical wellbeing tools and resources.
ULaw App	TogetherAll	TogetherAll is a safe, anonymous space to access peer support, practical wellbeing tools, and resources.
ULaw App	Spectrum.Life	Spectrum Life provides 24/7/365 in-the-moment support from accredited professionals in 35+ languages, up to 6 sessions of counselling, live mental health events, digital gym classes, and discounts on major brands. The support line is also available by phone, text, and WhatsApp.