Being a student is not easy, it is perhaps one of the most stressful periods of life for many, especially for those who also have to work or deal with more responsibilities than the same studies.

Organizing your time and making the most of it can become quite complicated, so never exceed any tools that help you be more productive.

Whether you want to better manage your tasks, make your study hours simpler, organize your time between going to classes, taking notes, studying for exams or managing your projects without dying in the attempt, for everything there are productivity applications that can throw you out One hand and make your life a little easier. The rest will depend on you.

To manage tasks, take notes and organize projects
Applications to take notes and organize tasks exist for all tastes, sometimes it is a matter of trying among several to see which one best suits our needs and also the devices and systems that we use most normally in our studies. Simple of we recommend the following:

Boostnote

although it is specially designed for programmers, anyone can use it. Boostnote is a free, open-source and cross-platform and is great for simply writing. But you can use it not only to take notes, but to write code, or to write essays, or simply to create small folders with notes. The editor is excellent, has a mode without distractions and in full screen can help you concentrate very well on what you do.

Evernote


 well known to many, Evernote is still one of the best options out there to organize your notes, in addition to allowing you to easily insert in them all kinds of links and additional content such as voice or images. It also has the advantage of integrating additional functions such as handwritten text with everything and search, document scanning, and search in these and PDF files.


Bear

Bear has a style similar to the previous two but is only available for Apple devices. If you are one of those who use Mac and iOS then you can give Bear a chance, not only is it an app with an excellent design, but it is specially designed to organize all your ideas into portable plain text notes. If you are one of those who loves to write and stay organized, give it a try. 

Trello

Trello is another well-known name, but it is of exceptional use to organize your projects using the kanban method. Trello is great for making lists with pending tasks and keeping a good record of progress. It's also great for organizing team projects, assigning responsibilities and keeping up with what everyone has done and what they need to do.

Zenkit


Zenkit is perhaps the best alternative to Trello, and if you want similar work boards but with many more functions, Zenkit offers you enough so that you can organize all kinds of work, with an extremely careful interface.

Notion


Notion if what you are looking for is a combination of basically all the apps we have mentioned, Notion offers you all that and more. There you find a work area in one to manage notes, tasks, databases, calendars, etc. The app supports multiple integrations with other services, and you can import all types of files to it, from Word or Excel documents to HTML files. And, it 's free for students.

Simple but equally efficient

Some simpler alternatives, but not less efficient, can be simple apps for notes or tasks that have a more minimalist approach. You can use these simply to remind yourself of things, to write down specific things, to save links or references, to record a voice memo, etc.

Google Keep

Google Keep is an excellent option to add quick notes, they can include photos, audio or lists. All in an extremely simple interface almost like post-its digital.


Todoist

Todoist if you are looking for something a little more complex but without too many complications, Todoist offers you lists of tasks with colors and comments, reminders, collaboration, and multiple integrations with other services.

Any.do

Any.do if you want to keep things simple and also add a calendar to your to-do lists, Any.do offers you everything you need. Exceptionally useful to remember what you have to do, and make collaborative lists.

To concentrate

Sometimes half of the work is to stay focused on one thing or to which we have to give priority, and although no app can convince you of it, some can "cheat" you a bit and give you the push:

StayFocusd

StayFocusd if you use Chrome or any Chromium-based browser, this extension allows you to limit the time you can spend browsing certain websites. For example, you can block access to Twitter for 4 hours, or you can create a blacklist of sites to which you are going to procrastinate. You can also do it the other way around, create a white list of allowed sites during study hours, or simply block everything.

Focus Booster

Focus Booster is a simple Pomodoro watch that adds a small timer to monitor the time of your work sessions.

PomoDoneApp

PomoDoneApp is also an app that uses the Pomodoro technique, but it integrates with a lot of third-party applications that you can connect to monitor the time you spend working on each of them.

Ghoster

Ghoster is a simple application for Windows that will obscure all the windows you have open except the one you have active mainly.

HazeOver

HazeOver does the same as Ghoster but in macOS.

Serene

Serene is an application for macOS to help you concentrate, what it does is block applications that cause distractions according to the parameters you set.

Spaces FM

Spaces FM an excellent collection of binaural sounds to relax, increase your concentration and make you more productive.

Quizlet

Quizlet is a service/community where you can create or get millions of units of study with educational cards, games and more. You can use it to create flashcards for example, or you can search among those created by other people and make your study more dynamic, entertaining and easy.

CamScanner

CamScanner is a must-have on your mobile to scan documents with your phone's camera and then we can edit them, write them down and more.

DeepL

DeepL: if you need to translate things instantly, the best option for the desktop is undoubtedly the new DeepL Translator application for Windows and macOS. It supports Spanish, English, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish and Russian.

If you constantly work with PDF files and want an application that allows you more than just reading them, but doing things like editing text, adding images, filling out form and more, in Mac you can use PDF Expert and in Windows you have PDFelement.

If you use macOS you need to install something like Pasta, a clipboard manager that makes your life much easier when copying and pasting, with a complete and visual history of everything you copy. If you use Windows 10 you don't need a third-party app, with the WIN + V shortcut open the clipboard history.