Must-Have Apps for the Well-Rounded Collegiate

Mint

A few dollars for a peppermint mocha downtown, those Friday night sushi dates with friends, that scarf from Dwellings that you just had to have – money can fly out of our wallets before we even realize it! We might have four years to cash in on the luxury of dining and campus dollars by swiping our BUIDs at every possible opportunity, but the real world is going to be a wake-up call if we don’t learn to manage our money now. By connecting with your checking and saving accounts, Mint makes it easy to set budgets and saving goals, as well as to keep track of where you spend your money.

Sworkit

Do you ever hop off the treadmill or the elliptical at the gym and head straight to the mat to do some core exercises…but then just find yourself lying there, tired and wishing you could teleport back to your room? Sworkit allows you to design five minute to hour long strength, aerobic, yoga, and cardio workouts or to choose from specialized ones preprogrammed into the app. Bonus: you can sync your Sworkit workouts to the My Fitness Pal app and track all of your health pursuits in one place! 

TED

TED, a nonprofit organization devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading” brings the worlds of technology, entertainment, and design together in the form of conferences, online webcasts, and other programs. Over 1500 topics are presented to audiences worldwide in less than eighteen minutes by experts in scientific fields, authors, life coaches and multiple other amazing speakers. 

Viber

Feeling down about your besties are going abroad next semester? Never fear! Viber can keep you connected via texting, calling, video and photo messages from anywhere in the world…for free. Whether it’s sending her a picture of a trademark sunset over the quad to remind her why she loves Bucknell (and that she actually wants to come back to you!) or sneaking a look at a picture of her swimming with dolphins in Australia during class, you can stay a part of each other’s lives from afar without any trouble. 

Daily Horoscope

Need I say anymore? Let’s face it – it’s either exactly on point, or totally off-kilter, but it’s worth the laugh it’ll give you during your study break.

A Beautiful Mess

This photo-editing app allows you to add custom filters, fancy fonts, and cute little graphics to your photos, giving you a unique way to express yourself! After editing, you can share your edited photos directly to social media outlets such as Instagram and Facebook. (P.S. Check out the lifestyle blog written by creators and sisters Emma and Elsie, which features adorable designs and a fun articles!) 

Pocket

Find an article, video, or recipe that you like? Put it in your Pocket! This app keeps all of your favorite articles in one place with the automatic sync feature and allows you to access them on your phone, computer, or tablet. Sort them by tags and easily share them to a friend’s Pocket account, Facebook, Twitter, or email. The best part is that once something is saved to your Pocket, you can view it on any device even without an Internet connection!

Soundhound

This app uses voice recognition to identify songs in as little as four seconds. The app also provides lyrics to the song, the option to purchase it directly from iTunes and has a selection that will launch a Pandora station based on the song. The artist’s tour schedule, YouTube videos, Twitter, Facebook, email and text share options are also included. Perfect for figuring out that song you always hear at Seventh Street Cafe or that song you fell in love with while dancing your heart out on Friday night!