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Four apps to boost studying power

Almost everyone has a tiny computer in their pocket these days. You can either let the Angry Birds on your smartphone fly off with your study time, or you can use your mobile device to turn you into a leaner, meaner academic machine. Whether it’s an iPhone, Android device or iPad, here are some apps that will help you translate computing power to brain power:

Appigo ToDo

System: Apple iOS

Cost: $4.99

Appigo ToDo is designed to keep track of all your tasks for every class or activity you’re juggling. If you have a major project due, instead of just writing down one deadline for the whole enchilada, Appigo ToDo will let you break down all the little tasks you have to do to get there. For example, if you’re working on a giant problem set for your economics class due Friday, you can ask Appigo ToDo to remind you that you wanted to do the first few questions Monday night. If you have a new problem set due every week, set up a repeating reminder.

StudyDroid Flashcards

Operating system: Android

Cost: Free

Want to work on memorizing presidents without looking like a nerd? StudyDroid lets you create flashcards using Microsoft Word, then sync them to your phone so you can cram while pretending to play Tetris. Or, if you don’t have time to make your own flashcards, you might be able to swipe them from someone else taking the same class. StudyDroid is linked to an online community where everyone else syncs their notecards, too, so you can share cards with people studying everything from Spanish 101 to medical terminology.

Notability

System: iPad

Cost: $0.99

This clever note-taking app lets you record a lecture while writing notes, either by typing on your iPad’s keypad or with a stylus. If you use the stylus, you can use whatever diagrams and doodles help you remember things. Ever looked at a word in your notes and thought, “What on earth does that mean?” Here’s the really cool feature: If you click on the note in question, Notability will take you back to the time in the lecture recording when you wrote it down, so you can hear your professor explain it again. Also handy: Finding that last incoherent note you scribbled before you drifted off to sleep in your 8 a.m. lecture.

Evernote

Systems: Android, Apple iOS, BlackBerry, Windows or WebOS

Cost: Free

Evernote lets you create a notebook for each subject you’re studying to store notes you write yourself or information you copy and paste from the Web. Want to label everything you’ll have to know for the midterm? With Evernote, you can slap a tag on it so you can bring it up later without shuffling through your whole notebook. Evernote also syncs with a free website so you can find your notes even if you left your mobile device at home when you went to the computer lab.