Organization/Productivity

This app allows the user to set multiple timers that can keep repeating until the user stops the timer. For example, the user can have a timer set for 30 minutes of studying and then a timer for a 10 minute break. The app has the option to change the brightness and has clear instructions on how to manipulate its features.

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This app is a PDF reader. It allows you to open PDFs from email, the Internet, and PDFs in other apps. In addition, the app allows you to save bookmarks in your PDFs so you can go back to a specific page easily. Adobe reader also lets the user add notes or freehand drawings to the PDF document, fill out forms by typing in text fields, and selecting buttons and checkboxes. The app also allows the user to save changes and email the PDF.

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This app allows the user to set reminders, timers, and wake up alarms. The user can modify the preferences for the reminders (sound of alarm, snooze, repeats, the name of the reminder, the text that shows when the reminder goes off, etc). The timer can also be modified to fit the user’s preference; the hours, minutes, and seconds can be selected separately or presets of time can be chosen (5 mins, 15 mins, 30 mins). The wake up alarms can be customized to repeat only on specific days, all weekdays, or weekends. The app can also be used as a large clock.

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This app allows users to create a list of reminders. The user dictates the reminder and the app puts the dictation into written text. The user can then edit the text to fit their preferences. Reminders can be set for the current day, the following day, this week, and later. The user can choose to create alarms to go with these reminders. The reminders can also be categorized in folders. The app comes with personal and work folders but the user can create more folders (as many as they like). The app also connects with Facebook.

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Audio Class Notes allows users to record lectures and organize the recordings into folders (e.g. biology lectures). Users can go back and listen to their recordings, write descriptions and add titles to their recordings. The recordings can be uploaded to Dropbox.

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Awesome Note is an app for creating and organizing notes. It has many features such as, a built in calendar, to-do list, notepad, diary, and more. It has an unlimited number of folders that can be created and organized. The notes can include typed and/or handwritten text, pictures from the camera roll, and pictures taken with the device. The notes have a wide range of formatting options (color of text and backgrounds). In addition, the notes can be synced with Google docs, Evernote, and iTunes file sharing.

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The app is a very large digital clock that has 5 brightness levels.

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Students who rent their textbooks on Bookshelf can use this app to read, annotate, highlight, share pages, and print the rented e-textbook.

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Catch Notes allows users to take notes and categorize them by using hashtags (#tags). Users can create streams (folders), add in locations, add in voice notes, add in images from the camera/gallery, and create reminders in the notes. With the free account users can create up to 5 streams.

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Chime is a simple alarm app that goes off either right before the hour, on the hour, every half hour, or every quarter hour for a specific period of time (i.e. from 1 pm to 3pm). The sound of the alarm is customizable from a few options. Only one alarm can be set at a time.

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