The Best Apps for Students in 2025
Between deadlines, group projects, and Zoom lectures, students are mastering a new skill — time engineering. According to Inside Higher Ed (2025), 82 % of students say mobile apps are now essential for study success. Modern tools don’t just organize notes — they act as digital tutors helping students think, plan, and stay balanced. Notion Your academic operating system. Take notes, track reading lists, and plan projects all in one workspace. AI summarization makes revision easy before exams, while templates like Semester Dashboard organize coursework by priority. NotebookLM by Google An AI research assistant that reads and summarizes your documents with Google’s Gemini 1.5 engine. Upload PDFs or lecture notes, ask questions, and get study guides instantly. MIT students using NotebookLM cut exam prep time by 34 % (EdTech Review, 2025). Forest Stay focused by planting trees as you study. Each Pomodoro session grows a virtual forest — and if you quit to check social media, your tree dies. Users report a 60 % focus improvement with four sessions per day. Anki A classic flashcard tool built on spaced repetition (SRS). Perfect for languages, science, or medicine. Researchers say Anki improves long‑term retention by up to 50 % (Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2025)....