While college can be a blast, it does come with its fair share of stressors. With smartphones and tablets becoming such an essential part of our everyday lives, it’s for the best that we utilize them to their full potential. There are tons of apps out there to help us be more productive, organized, health-conscious, frugal, etc. Here’s a quick list of some of the best free apps for college students available on your iPhone, iPad or Android device.

Google Drive

Google Drive, Google’s competitor to Dropbox, allows users to upload and create files in the cloud. Anyone with a Google account can access Google Drive and use it to create Word documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and more. With the Google Drive app for your iPhone or Android device, you can access these files almost anywhere, and create new files on the go. All of your files are also accessible from your desktop computer or laptop online. With Google Drive, you can easily share your files with others who can collaborate with you by adding content to files you’ve shared with them. Google Drive is great for taking notes in class, working on group projects and sharing important files. 

Flipboard

Flipboard is the best way to get all of your news in one clean, user-friendly place. With Flipboard, users are able to select news feeds from different categories such as politics, technology, business, art, science, sports, and more. Users can also sync their Facebook and Twitter accounts, adding their news feeds from these services become a part of their news experience. Flipboard users can easily share news with their friends and can bookmark news articles online, save them to their Flipboard and read them later. Don’t waste time visiting different websites. Instead, try to find all the news you want by using Flipboard.

Amazon Student

Amazon Student is perfectly geared toward college students. With the app, users can scan textbook barcodes and compare in-store prices to a wide variety of online prices. The app’s job is to find students the lowest price for new and used textbooks. In addition, students can sell items directly to Amazon in return for Amazon gift cards. To do so, users simply use their smartphone or tablet to scan the barcode of the item they would like to sell. Then, if their products meet certain eligibility requirements, they can ship the product to Amazon for free. In return, funds are added to the user’s account which can be spent on Amazon’s website. This app makes it easy for college students to both save money and make money. 

Mint

Mint, the clean, easy-on-the-eyes money-managing app, is perfect for college students. Mint makes it easy to connect your checking account, savings account and any debit or credit cards to your Mint account, all of which are viewable in one place. Users can view their transactions and balances, set budgets and goals and see where they are overspending and where they’re being thrifty. This app makes it easy to better manage your money in a simple and effective way.

Pandora

Choose from hundreds of radio stations right at your fingertips with the free Pandora app. Many of you may already use Pandora’s website to stream music stations from your laptop or desktop computer, but now you can take the music with you wherever you go. The app is essentially a mobile version of the website, which allows registered users to login to Pandora, like or dislike certain songs and listen to the stations they’ve created. Throwing a party? Try out the Jay-Z or Rihanna station and you don’t have to worry about being the DJ for the night. Need to relax? Put on Bon Iver radio and drift away into the best nap you’ve ever had. 

Swackett

Swackett, known for its minimalistic approach to the weather, is great for those of us who want to know the weather quickly. Swackett is different from other weather apps in the way that along with giving users accurate forecasts and animated radar, it suggests what to wear in the current and upcoming weather conditions. I never leave my room before checking it so I’m not stuck somewhere without an umbrella. 

Austin is a sophomore in Media. He can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @austinwbaird.