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“I never cried, but I would just hold on to my records for dear life and say, ‘You’ll pry them from my cold, dead fingers,’” Gaga recalls of her early conversations with music executives. “What made things easier for me is that I wrote my music, so I didn’t have to beg for songs or for anyone to help me. I did it myself.” 

Pocket: website | android | chrome | iOS a place to quickly save various things on the internet (news articles, blog posts, etc…) in one place, so you can check them later.

Ifttt (If This Then That):  website | android | iOS  connect your favourite apps together, save your time and energy.

Microsoft OneNote: website | android | iOS a digital notebook, planner, journal, can be used across multiple platforms.

Alternatives: Evernote: website | android | iOS a lot like OneNote, but might come as a better option for the research, because it is better at clipping content from the web, I’d suggest trying them both and see which one works better for you. SimpleNote:  website | android | iOS a super simple note taking tool, with a clean design and no fancy add-ons like on OneNote or Evernote, syncs across multiple platforms. Google Keep: website | android | iOS  good for making quick, short notes and lists, similar to one of those ‘sticky note’ apps, not really suitable for writing essays, syncs across multiple devices.

Adobe Scan:  website | android | iOS take photos (aka scan) using your phone and transform them into PDF file you can edit.

Alternatives: CamScanner:  website | android | iOS Office Lens:  windows | android | iOS

Quizlet:  website | android | iOS  

(free, but will have to enroll in a yearly subscription, if you want to get some premium features ) create your own flashcards or download decks made by other from an extensive data base. However, flashcards are not that customisable, unless you subscribe for a premium version.

Alternatives:

Anki:  website | android | iOS (£23.99) (all free, only charged for iOS version as a one-off payment) highly customisable flashcards (including cloze-deletion, pictures, videos, etc.), spaced repetition. However, quite hard to set-up and not as good at syncing across the devices. Brainscape: website | android | iOS (free, but will have to get a subscription, if you want to get some premium features) Like Anki, offers spaced repetition. Good with user interference and syncing across multiple devices. Like Quizlet offers an extensive flashcard data base. However, will have to subscribe in order to access many of its features.

My Study Life:  website | windows | android | chrome | iOS  free online planner, which allows you to store your classes, homework and exams in the cloud making it available on any device, wherever you are. See when your homework is due, add revision tasks for a specific exam, view all of your tasks/exams/classes laid down in a weekly or monthly calendar. 

TimeTune:  website | android a routine schedule planner. Divide your life into different parts, e.g., work, eating, shopping, sleep, and get statistics to analyze and improve your distribution of time, so you can increase your productivity. Good for building routines and habits, such us training, morning routines, studying, etc.  Routine schedules work like a calendar.

Habitica: website | android | iOS gamified habit, daily goal, and task tracker. Create an avatar, get points for every task you finish, and unlock features such as armor, pets, skills, or quests! Good for building habits as well as making to-do lists. 

Alternatives: LifeRPG:  android Do It Now: android

Loop - Habit Tracker:  android a habit tracker with a minimalistic, easy to use design .  Shows your current streak and calculates the strength of your habits. Every repetition makes your habit stronger, and every missed day makes it weaker. Unlike Habitica, doesn’t have a to-do list or daily goals’ tracker. Only good for habit tracking and development. 

Alternatives: HabitBull: website | android | iOS HabitHub: website | android | iOS

Pomotodo: website | android | chrome | iOS 3in1 app: pomodoro timer, to-do list, and app blocker. Tracks and gives you analysis of your performance.

Forest: website | android | chrome | iOS (£1.99) (All free except for iOS version. However, there is a very similar app - FocusNow for iOS, which is free) tumblr favourite, you’ve probably seen ten thousand times already. Set a timer, wait till your tree grows, repeat, grow a whole forest. Though, if you exit out of the app before the time runs out, you tree dies! 

aTimeLogger:  website | android | iOS(£4.99) track your activities. Get the history and statistics of how you spend your time.

Alternatives: Toggl: website | android | iOS

QualityTime:  website | android tracks and gives you extensive reports of your hourly, weekly, etc., app usage, as well as a list of your most used apps.

TED:  website | android | iOS  watch all the ted talks.

Curiosity: website | android | iOS read short-form, easy to comprehend, educational articles.

Podcast Player: website | android  Overcast: iOS listen to hundreds of various podcasts.

Pacifica: website | android | iOS  offers psychologist-designed tools to address stress, anxiety, and depression based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness meditation, relaxation, and mood/health tracking.     

7 Cups: website | android | iOS text-chat based app offers anonymous emotional support & counseling from trained active listeners for 24/7.

SAM: website | android | iOS self-help anxiety management app, which offers a range of self-help methods for people who want to learn to manage their anxiety. 

MindShift: website | android | iOS helps to learn how to relax, develop more helpful ways of thinking, and identify active steps that will help to take charge of the anxiety. 

What’s Up?: android | iOS utilises CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) methods to help you cope with Depression, Anxiety, Anger, Stress and more. Helps you to learn about the negative thinking patterns and how to battle them. Lets you record your thoughts and feelings in a diary, so you can recognise your thinking patterns more easily.

Moodpath: website | android | iOS interactive two-week depression, burnout, and stress test that tracks your emotional and physical well-being and your personal mental health assessment that you can discuss with therapists. 

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