Top 100+ Back to School Apps for High School and College Students

1. Textbooks

1.1. eTextbooks

1.2. Kno

1.3. Inkling

1.4. Amazon Student

2. Books

2.1. Kindle

2.2. iBooks

2.3. Nook

2.4. Kobo

2.5. Stanza

2.6. Free Books

3. News

3.1. Flipboard

3.2. Pulse News

3.3. Zite

3.4. The Daily

3.5. AP News

3.6. Also look for apps from your favorite newspapers and journals

4. Reading

4.1. PDF-Notes

4.2. GoodReader ($5)

4.3. iAnnotate PDF ($10)

4.4. Instapaper ($5)

4.5. QR Reader

4.6. Marvel Comics

4.7. Reeder ($5)

5. Notes

5.1. Noteshelf ($5)

5.2. Notes Plus ($4)

5.3. Ghostwriter Notes ($5)

5.4. QuckVoice Recorder

5.5. AudioMemos ($1)

6. Writing

6.1. Elements ($5)

6.2. Penultimate ($2)

6.3. Note Taker ($2)

6.4. Pages ($10)

6.5. Pen and Paper ($2)

6.6. Upad ($5)

6.7. Notes Plus ($5)

6.8. Pencil Pusher ($1)

7. Drawing

7.1. Doodle Buddy

7.2. Animation ($3)

7.3. Inspire ($5)

7.4. Brushes ($5)

7.5. LiveSketch ($2)

7.6. SketchBook Mobile ($2)

7.7. Adobe Eazel ($3)

7.8. Adobe Photoshop Express

7.9. Paper

7.10. Tayasui Sketches

8. Mind Mapping & Visual

8.1. iThoughts ($8)

8.2. Mindjet ($7)

8.3. MindNode ($6)

8.4. iBrainstorm

8.5. Popplet ($5)

8.6. Adobe Ideas ($6)

8.7. Also see notes, writing, and drawing categories

9. Classroom

9.1. Blackboard

9.2. iStudiez Pro ($3)

9.3. Teacher Tool One

9.4. Myhomework

9.5. Grades 2

9.6. iHomework ($2)

9.7. inClass

9.8. Rate My Professors

9.9. gFlashPro ($5)

9.10. Cram ($4)

9.11. Essay Grader ($6)

9.12. eClicker

10. Productivity

10.1. Dropbox

10.2. Evernote

10.3. Simplenote

10.4. Apple's Calendar

10.5. Wunderlist

10.6. Pocket Informant ($5)

10.7. ReQall

10.8. ScatterBrain

10.9. Dragon Go!

10.10. Bento ($5)

10.11. Documents to Go ($10)

10.12. QuickOffice ($15)

10.13. iWork: Pages, Keynote, Numbers

10.14. Air Display ($10)

11. English

11.1. Merriam-Webster Dictionary

11.2. Definition ($1)

11.3. Dictionary.com ($3)

11.4. Grammar Guide

11.5. WordBook English Dictionary

11.6. Dragon Dictation

11.7. 15,000 Useful Phrases ($1)

11.8. iTranslate

11.9. Translator with Voice ($3)

11.10. Spell Check ($1)

11.11. Shakespeare

12. Science

12.1. Science360

12.2. Molecules

12.3. Chemical Touch ($1)

12.4. Physics for iPad ($2)

12.5. Star Walk ($5)

12.6. SkyView ($2)

12.7. FINR Brain Atlas

12.8. iMuscle

12.9. Frog Dissection ($4)

12.10. Rat Dissection ($2)

12.11. VideoScience

12.12. Science Facts

12.13. Periodic Table of the Elements

12.14. iElements

12.15. Periodic Table of Videos

12.16. iMolecular Draw ($3)

12.17. Science Glossary

13. Math

13.1. iFormulas

13.2. PhotoMath

13.3. AutoMath

13.4. TouchCalc

13.5. Jumbo Calculator

13.6. PI83 Graphing Calculator ($1)

13.7. Graphing Calculator ($2)

13.8. Symbolic Calculator ($2)

13.9. Wolfram Alpha ($2)

13.10. Math Ref ($1)

13.11. Mathemagics ($2)

13.12. Calcbot ($2)

13.13. Convert Units

13.14. Slide Rule ($1)

13.15. Protractor ($1)

14. History & Geography

14.1. Google Earth

14.2. World Atlas HD ($2)

14.3. On this day

14.4. 2011 World Factbook ($1)

14.5. Smithsonian Channel

14.6. Wikihood Plus ($5)

15. Learning & Reference

15.1. Wikipanion

15.2. Wikibot ($1)

15.3. TED

15.4. PBS

15.5. HowStuffWorks

15.6. Articles ($1)

15.7. Wisdom Quotes ($2)

15.8. Formul8 ($2)

16. Social Networking

16.1. Twitter

16.2. Hootsuite

16.3. Friendly Plus for Facebook ($1)

16.4. Skype

16.5. Edmodo

16.6. LinkedIn

16.7. Beejive IM ($10)

16.8. TextNow

16.9. StumbleUpon

17. Additional Resources

17.1. iTunes: Education

17.2. Mashable

17.3. PC Mag

17.4. Gizmodo

17.5. Webby Awards