20 essential iPhone, iPad apps for college students

Summary: Out of the thousands on offer to make your life easier, here is a roundup of the most essential iPhone and iPad applications for students.

Image 1 of 20

iThoughtsHD, developed by Craig Scott, is a handy tool to make your mind maps digital.

Whether you use mind maps for revision, task and project planning or goal setting, the mind-mapping tool can be used to quickly write up your notes or export data from other sources including Excel and ConceptDraw. After completion, you can export your maps to Powerpoint, Keynote, Word, Pages or as a PDF.

For iPhone users, a similar app is available called iThoughts.

This app is compatible with the iPad. Requires iOS 5.1 or later.