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Top 5 Essential Apps You Don’t Know About
5 mins
Katie Campbell

RunPee

Its name sounds silly, but its purpose is exactly what you think it is for.

We’ve all run into a situation where we are at the movie theatre and couldn’t resist getting some popcorn, snacks and of course the biggest drink possible. You waste your lovely snacks and drink while waiting for the movie to start because of the everlasting trailers that come before it. You are now midway through the movie and the sudden urge to pee creeps into your mind, but you don’t want to miss any of the movie. Good thing you were smart enough to download RunPee. RunPee tells you the perfect times to leave, AND offers you a brief synopsis of what you missed while you were away. Download it here.

Sweatcoin

If you're about the cryptocurrency boom or just want to get a little extra payoff from working out other than getting that perfect beach bod on, Sweatcoin is here for you.

What It Does

Sweatcoin is a digital currency that you earn by being active. Whether it's walking to class, going to the gym, or dancing your a$$ off at a houseparty, the Sweatcoin app tracks your activity and converts it to cryptocurrency.

When you accumulate enough Sweatcoins you can redeem them for items such as sports watches, Amazon credits, e-Books, airline miles, and many others.

Why It’s A Must Have

If this part isn’t already obvious, Sweatcoin lets you save money just by doing your basic daily activities. It functions as a motivator to get active and helps poor students, like ourselves, save.

Leg day getting you down? Struggling to motivate yourself to walk from the grocery store with all your bags instead of Ubering? Let Sweatcoin be that motivation. Get Sweatcoin here.

Tile

Are you someone who constantly “misplaces” their phone or keys in the most unexpected locations imaginable? Maybe you are just an unlucky individual and had them stolen or fall between some crack in your couch.

What It Does

Either way Tile, is a great solution to prevent you from having those awful mini-hearts you get when can’t find your keys or phone. Tile is a small chip that can be attached to any item you lose and has a corresponding app that is connected through bluetooth to help identify the location of where your items are. Simply, attach the very cheap and affordable Tile chip to your keychain. Then if you ever cannot find your keys, you can go to the Tile app and activate a chime/ringing noise to help identify where you lost them. If you still cannot find your lost item, you can also use the Tile app to see a map of the location of your item.

Now let’s pretend you were wondering around your home and for some reason you misplaced your phone instead. You can still use the Tile chip attached to your keys (or whatever item you attached it to) to activate a ring on your phone, even if you set your phone to silent!

Why It’s A Must Have

Never lose anything ever again. Download it for free here!

Sleep Cycle

Absolutely no one likes this feeling. We catch ourselves far too many times like this in class.

What It Does

Sleep Cycle is an app that tracks your sleeping patterns as you go through different sleep states. The initial state in a sleep cycle is a light sleep, then deep sleep, followed by REM-sleep (Rapid eye movement). This occurs several times throughout a night and each cycle lasts for approximately 90 mins. Sleep Cycle tracks these phases and your sleeping pattern by two motion sensors; the first being a microphone that is used to analyze your movements as you sleep and the other being an accelerometer. By simply placing your phone on the corner of the bed, Sleep Cycle will track which phase you are in the sleep cycle. When the appropriate time occurs, Sleep Cycle will wake up when you are at the lightest sleep state, making you feel as though you have woke up naturally.

Why It’s A Must Have

Everyone loves their sleep. A good night sleep is priceless and waking up from one of them is one of the better feelings in the world. With busy work schedules, staying up late completing assignments the night before they are due, or going out to party and staying up till the sunrise, there are few times when you are able to get a good sleep. Download it here.

Trello

Trello is currently the #1 ranked project management app, receiving the Best Project Management Software Award for 2017. Although Trello is commonly used in the workplace for project management planning, we consider it the best organizer platform and To Do List builder.

What It Does

Think about all the things you have to do this week, exec meetings, grocery shopping, calling your parents, studying for midterms, and job applications, all while still finding time to make it out to the bars when the weekend (Thursday) rolls around--Trello lets us do that. Trello’s integrated system allows you to invite multiple people to a Trello Board, and clearly present the information in a format that is proven to help keep you from being overwhelmed.

Add Podcasts you want to listen to, Apple Music playlist links, books you want to read, Halloween costume ideas, link group “To Do Lists” to your GoogleDoc, all to make sure nothing gets lost. Here’s a quick list of some other features Trello lets you do:

  • Attach files
  • Upload photos and videos
  • Integrate your calendar
  • Comment on items of coworkers, peers, and friends
  • Make edit notes
  • And lots of other basic functions! (see here)

Why It’s A Must Have

Don’t let life get you down.

Think about how difficult it is to organize a To Do List for Execs or group projects, Trello solves this issue with their easy to use platform. Download the App through the App store or sign up for free here.