Whether you want to define a word, learn the name of a bone, practice your French, or prep for the SAT, iPhone has the smartest apps around.
Tools for school.
iPhone has apps to help with every subject. If you’re headed to Chemistry, Periodic gives you a complete, pocket-size reference to the periodic table of elements that you can organize by name, atomic number, chemical series, symbol, or phase. Bring the New Oxford American Dictionary to English class, and you’ll never be at a loss for words. Or download Grafly and impress your math class with amazing 2D and 3D interactive graphs of equations you can view from any angle.
Available on the App Store
Did you know?
iTunes U is packed with course lectures from professors at top universities. Whether you’re studying art or engineering, there’s probably a podcast for it. Even better, it's all free.
Learn in a flash.
With Mental Case, you can create flash cards on your Mac and sync them to your iPhone, or choose from over 16 million flash cards to download from FlashcardExchange.com. Then study on the go with a full-screen slideshow.
Available on the App Store
Parlez-vous franҫais?
Turn iPhone into your own personal language lab. French 101 is an entertaining way to learn the language or brush up on your skills. Play games, study flash cards, and take fun quizzes to improve your vocabulary. Then repeat after a native speaker to learn the correct pronunciation. Want to be trilingual? Add Spanish 101, tambien.
Available on the App Store
Get an A in organization.
When homework starts piling up, download apps to help you stay on track. View assignments by day, week, or course with iHomework. Check off assignments once you’ve turned them in, and monitor your progress by typing in your grade. If you need to ask for extra time, you can find your teacher’s contact information here, too. For more detailed homework projects, download Assignments and add a recording to any entry.
Available on the App Store
Punch in numbers.
The Calculator app on iPhone isn’t just one calculator, it’s two. Rotate iPhone and it switches to a scientific calculator that’s easy as π to use.
Be well-read.
Put an entire library in your pocket. Download Shakespeare and keep the complete works of history’s greatest playwright with you always. Or explore bookshelves full of timeless Classics from Treasure Island to Paradise Lost. Flick up and down to view your collection, or tap to turn the page.
Available on the App Store
Ace the entrance exam.
Download a few apps to help you get into your dream school. Raise your SAT score with 411 Prep: SAT Math and Kaplan SAT Flashcubes. Improve your vocabulary with AA+ English Vocabulary Study Cards. Graduate school hopefuls: Download Kaplan GRE Exam. If you’re looking forward to law school, try LSAT Express. And if your sights are set on a great business school, get busy with GMAT Express.
Available on the App Store
A body of knowledge.
The best-selling Netter’s Anatomy textbook is now a lot easier to carry around. With Netter’s Anatomy Flash Cards, you have instant access to over 300 annotated images of muscles, bones, vessels, viscera, and joints. Tap to test your knowledge in quiz mode, or pinch to get a closer look.
Available on the App Store
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Record a lecture.
If you missed something the first time, you won’t miss it a second time when you record class lectures with Voice Memo. Play them back as a study guide, then share with classmates via MMS* or email.
Record a voice memo:
- Tap
to start recording. You can also press the center button on the iPhone headset. - Tap
to pause or 
to stop recording. You can also press the center button on the iPhone headset to stop recording.
Share a voice memo:
- On the Voice Memos screen or Info screen, tap Share.
- Choose Email Voice Memo to open a new message in Mail with the memo attached, or choose MMS to open a new message in Messages.
Fit in a cram session.
Figure out what you just read with CliffsNotes To Go. These trustworthy notes are filled with comprehensive reviews for many of literature’s greatest works. Review plot summaries and character analyses, then test your progress with multiple choice quizzes. If you find yourself running short on time, study on the go with audio CramCasts, or take advantage of the Cram Plan to help boost your study sessions.
Available on the App Store
