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Back To School

Helpful Back to School Apps for Students and Parents

When it is time to head back to school, make sure your device, or your child’s, is ready for the bell. This app collection helps with organizing classes and homework, shopping for school supplies, and making sure everyone is safe at the end of the school day.

Organize Schedules, Classes and Homework

Plan your schedule and keep track of homework, assignments, tests, and more. These school planners help to organize your classes, stay on top of what’s due, and keep an eye on your grades. So, start the school year off right with handy apps that will keep you organized from beginning to end.

iStudiez Pro Legendary Planner

Organizing school and the little bit of life you have left outside of it is manageable.

iStudiez Pro Legendary Planner

Keep track of every assignment

For anyone wanting an all-in-one solution for getting their life together while in school.

Being a student just might be the most hectic part of your life. With so many things to worry about all the time, not to mention happenings in whatever small fragment of a life you have left outside of school, you're going to need a lot of apps. A to-do list, a calendar, a grade calculator, a scheduling app, an agenda, a contacts app ... the list goes on and on. That's where iStudiez comes in to save the semester with an all-in-one solution that can do all of the above and more. By inputting information about your semester including courses you're taking, when class components are scheduled, assignments and their weights, grades, professor contact information, and more, the app will magically combine all of this information together to always give you an overview of what's going on today and in the future. Plus, it all syncs across iOS devices and with your Mac, which makes managing your life that much easier.

Why we love it

The iStudiez Pro app greatly reduces the number of apps you need to manage college life, and is very versatile in considering different schedule types and grading schemes. It can handle virtually anything you throw at it.

Pocket Schedule Planner

Stay organized throughout your school life with an easy-to-use app.

Pocket Schedule Planner

Pocket Schedule Planner

For those looking for an intuitive scheduler and planner for school.

Pocket Schedule is a powerful tool for helping you manage your academic life. Add your classes and see them in a week view, organize your assignments by date, course, or priority, and configure notifications so that you never miss a class or assignment. The app offers an intuitive interface that keeps things simple and allows for quick updates to all of your school items.

Why we love it

For staying on top of all your classes, assignments, and exams, Pocket Schedule is an uncomplicated and handy app.

myHomework Student Planner

myHomework Student Planner

Rodrigo Neri

myHomework Student Planner

For students looking for a homework helper.

The clean interface and design make this app great for college, high school, or middle school. This homework helper contains additional features that make it easy to use for high school students with a block class schedule. Keeping track of assignments has never been better! The myHomework student agenda is today's students favorite way to focus and reduce anxiety. With this school tracker, the information normally hidden in the academic planner is now available everywhere. Using myHomework as a school organizer makes keeping track of what assignments to do easier than ever before.

The Homework App

The Homework App

The Homework App: Classroom Calendar - Solver - Class Planner INC

The Homework App

For those interested in a school planner and scheduler.

The Homework App is a terrific tool for getting you through the school year smoothly. Organize projects with tasks and subtasks, color-code your subjects, view tasks on a daily, weekly, or monthly calendar view, and see your class schedule with the timetable.

Why we love it

Organize, plan, and keep track of your schedule easily with The Homework App.

Plan Lunches Ahead of Time

If you have a child in elementary or middle school, planning lunches can be a chore. But, with the right app, you can make it both easy and fun for you and your child. Plan lunches ahead of time and eliminate last-minute arguments each morning when it is time to pack up the food.

Fill the lunchbox
LaLa Lunchbox

LaLa Lunchbox

LaLa Lunchbox, LLC

This app provides you and your hungry little monsters with a fun way to plan and pack lunches.

Let LaLa Lunchbox help you plan lunches for your children ahead of time. The app has a large library of food items, a handy shopping list, and syncs with other iOS devices.

Save on Supplies with Discounts and Deals

Why spend more than you have to on school supplies and other essentials? These apps can provide you with great local deals and super online discounts while saving you time and hassle searching for sales.

Shop for the Textbooks You Need

College textbooks can be extremely expensive. So, before you or your parents shell out the cash at the campus bookstore, take a look at these apps. They can save you a ton of money on those books you need.

BookGrid

BookGrid

Yaovi Kwasi

BookGrid was designed to help students save on textbooks cost. With BookGrid, students can now easily exchange, buy or sell their textbooks to other students located on the same campus. BookGrid gives you more options when it comes to buying or selling your textbooks. Students can easily post their textbooks for sale by simply using their camera to scan the barcode from their textbooks. If a student is looking for a certain textbook, all he/she has to do is add a request post about that textbook. All students on the campus, who may be potentially willing to sell the same textbook, can then see the post. Students can also get notified when someone posts a textbook that they are looking for, or when someone is looking to buy the textbook they posted for sale. Students can chat directly about textbooks deals with other students right from BookGrid. Posts can also be shared on social media, so that friends and classmates can quickly find good deals and also save money. With BookGrid, there is no more waiting for textbooks to arrive after being bought, and no more hassle with shipping textbooks back at the end of the semester. Just sell, buy or swap with friends or classmates through BookGrid. Download BookGrid and save money on textbooks.

Campus Swap

Campus Swap

Codelation

Campus Swap is your simple, local, and safe resource for buying and selling college textbooks.



Created by college students for college students, this free app will allow you to by-pass crazy high bookstore costs and the hassle of shipping a book from across the country.



It’s a green initiative in more ways than one. Recycle your books into the hands of those who need them and get a better value at the same time. 



How it works:


It’s simple. Scan the barcode, or search the isbn/title and select your book to sell or the book you want to buy. Built in messaging within the app quickly allows you to agree on a safe “Swap” location to make the sale. You can choose to pay with cash or credit card option through Stripe.

Campus Swap works hard to protect all of your personal information and maintain as easy to use as possible.

Features include:


In-App Messaging: No need to give out your number, address or even your name. Our in-app messaging is just a small part of ensuring that buying and selling textbooks (swapping) is safe and simple.



Barcode Scanner: Post a book in 10 seconds or less with our simple barcode scanner.



Credit Card Transactions: No need to have cash on hand when buying a textbook, and with Stripe your information is kept private and safe. 


Purchasing Options: Every time you search for a book, you will see Campus Swap as well as Amazon results. If you can’t find what you’re looking for on your campus, you can safely purchase from Amazon directly from our app.

Pre-set meeting locations: In an effort to save you time and make the swap process as safe as possible, we have incorporated selected businesses and campus locations for swaps to take place.

Prepare for Safety with Family Locators

Are at work when your child gets out of school? If they walk home from the school or a bus stop, then these apps are for you. You can feel secure knowing when your little student arrives home with alerts, notifications, and maps of their location.

Life360: Find Friends & Family

Life360: Find Friends & Family

Life360

For those looking to coordinate with friends and family.

Life360 is a realtime, location-sharing app, and is the best way to coordinate with family and friends. Get automatic notifications when your family comes and goes from home, work and school, and when they complete drives. You can also share photos and text messages with their secure, private chat. Life360 allows you to see past location history for your Circle. It's also a reliable Cell Phone Tracker.

Why we love it

It's an easy to use app that connects your inner Circle.

zenly - your world

Find your friends and family in realtime

zenly - your world

For anyone who wants to know where their friends and families are at any given moment.

Zenly is a fantastic location sharing app for both friends and family. With Zenly, just invite the contacts you want, and then you'll be able to see where everyone is in realtime. This is different from Find My Friends because Zenly works on both iOS and Android, and makes it easy to contact your friends and family directly from within the app. You can also send them emojis, send messages to arrange a time to meet up, and even see their mobile device battery level. If you're picky about your own location, you can choose what your friends and family see. Plus, Zenly can generate a temporary link that shares your location with those who you don't have on the app, so it's easy to give them an ETA of your arrival.

Why we love it

Zenly is beautiful with bright and vivid graphics, inspirational quotes, and the location-tracking is fairly accurate. Plus it's great to see the other person's battery level and their location, since you can get an idea before their device runs out of juice.

Trusted Contacts

This is what Find My Friends should have been.

Trusted Contacts

Set your own trusted contacts

This is what Find My Friends should have been

Trusted Contacts, the most recent addition to the Google family of apps, is a direct location-sharing connection with your closest friends and loved ones. Any time you feel worried or are in an emergency, you can use it to quickly share your location. What's truly helpful, though, is that your trusted contacts can use the app to find you in an emergency. If they try contacting you and can't get through, they can use Trusted Contacts to obtain your last known location. Setup of the app is a breeze, as you're walked through all of the steps from choosing your contacts to allowing the app access to your location settings. Trusted Contacts, if you trust Google with your personal information, is definitely a good way to have that sense of reassurance that when an emergency strikes, help can be on the way.

Why we love it

Trusted Contacts is the type of app I want on my children's iOS devices. It allows you to keep up with where your loved ones are at all times, so when an emergency arises you and they have a sense of reassurance. The app is simple to set up, and even easier to use. If you trust Google, and many don't, Trusted Contacts is a terrific way to know your last known location will be shared automatically if something happens and you're unable to respond. It should be noted, though, that the app may continuously update in the background -- this is necessary for the app to be able to share your location when you're offline or your iOS device's battery has died. The Google Maps integration is definitely an amazing feature, allowing you to easily enable permanent location sharing with selected contacts and find them directly within that app. Honestly, this is what Find My Friends should have been.

Share Events, Calendars and Lists

When school starts up, so do extracurricular activities. Sports practice and games, dance lessons and plays, music lessons and recitals – it can get very chaotic during the school year. But, with apps that let you share events, calendars, and even chore lists, you can keep the whole family on track.

Cozi Family Organizer

For a tool to keep your family on track, this one is the complete package.

Cozi Family Organizer

Easily add appointments and events

For those who need to keep the family organized from appointments to to-do lists.

When it comes to a family calendar, shopping lists, to-dos, a recipe box, and even a family journal, Cozi Family Organizer has got you covered. You can color-code each person’s calendar, set reminders, share shopping and to-do lists, and keep track of special moments with photos. It is not only easy to use, but fun at the same time.

Why we love it

Cozi Family Organizer provides the total package to keep you and your family on track. It also has Apple Watch support and is available on the Web making it even more convenient.

Shared Family Calendar: FamCal

If you're looking for better organization, you'll find it with Family Calendar

Shared Family Calendar: FamCal

Add an upcoming event with ease

For families who want a simple and easy way to get better organized

FamCal, as it's called, has a great Today screen, where all the important calendar items, memos, shopping lists, and to-do sheets come together. You can create multiple to-do lists, and add memos when you want to share important information with your loved ones. The possibilities are almost endless, but this particular family planner does lack a recipe box.

Why we love it

If you're looking for a combined shopping list, to-do list, calendar, and memo organizational tool, this is a good choice.

Family Organizer by Picniic

The name might sound cutesy, but this is a robust, mature way to keep your family on task

Family Organizer by Picniic

Your daily update, as presented by Pia

For those who want a task manager and organizer for the family.

Picniic has covered all of the bases of family organization, from calendars and to-do lists to that treasured recipe box. You can set up group events, individual tasks, and shopping lists with ease. The recipe box allows you to store your own creations as well as search for new culinary inspirations. The latest update to Picniic brings you Pia, a virtual assistant to help you make the most of the app's features. You can ask Pia to help you check your daily to-do list, schedule events, add reminders, and much more. Pia learns your habits and will anticipate your needs over time. For example, Pia will search your calendar for your family’s next free weekend and offer recommendations on activities.

Why we love it

Picniic is a terrific family organizer with tons of little extras for tasks, events, and activities.

Send Back to School Stickers

Get your child pumped up for the beginning of another school year with iMessage stickers. Send something fun or silly, just to put a smile on their face, with these cool back to school sticker packs.