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

1. English

1.1. Merriam-Webster Dictionary

1.2. Definition ($1)

1.3. Dictionary.com ($3)

1.4. Grammar Guide

1.5. WordBook English Dictionary

1.6. Dragon Dictation

1.7. 15,000 Useful Phrases ($1)

1.8. iTranslate

1.9. Translator with Voice ($3)

1.10. Spell Check ($1)

1.11. Shakespeare

2. Science

2.1. Science360

2.2. Molecules

2.3. Chemical Touch ($1)

2.4. Physics for iPad ($2)

2.5. Star Walk ($5)

2.6. SkyView ($2)

2.7. FINR Brain Atlas

2.8. iMuscle

2.9. Frog Dissection ($4)

2.10. Rat Dissection ($2)

2.11. VideoScience

2.12. Science Facts

2.13. Periodic Table of the Elements

2.14. iElements

2.15. Periodic Table of Videos

2.16. iMolecular Draw ($3)

2.17. Science Glossary

3. Math

3.1. iFormulas

3.2. PhotoMath

3.3. AutoMath

3.4. TouchCalc

3.5. Jumbo Calculator

3.6. PI83 Graphing Calculator ($1)

3.7. Graphing Calculator ($2)

3.8. Symbolic Calculator ($2)

3.9. Wolfram Alpha ($2)

3.10. Math Ref ($1)

3.11. Mathemagics ($2)

3.12. Calcbot ($2)

3.13. Convert Units

3.14. Slide Rule ($1)

3.15. Protractor ($1)

4. History & Geography

4.1. Google Earth

4.2. World Atlas HD ($2)

4.3. On this day

4.4. 2011 World Factbook ($1)

4.5. Smithsonian Channel

4.6. Wikihood Plus ($5)

5. Learning & Reference

5.1. Wikipanion

5.2. Wikibot ($1)

5.3. TED

5.4. PBS

5.5. HowStuffWorks

5.6. Articles ($1)

5.7. Wisdom Quotes ($2)

5.8. Formul8 ($2)

6. Social Networking

6.1. Twitter

6.2. Hootsuite

6.3. Friendly Plus for Facebook ($1)

6.4. Skype

6.5. Edmodo

6.6. LinkedIn

6.7. Beejive IM ($10)

6.8. TextNow

6.9. StumbleUpon

7. Additional Resources

7.1. iTunes: Education

7.2. Mashable

7.3. PC Mag

7.4. Gizmodo

7.5. Webby Awards

8. Textbooks

8.1. eTextbooks

8.2. Kno

8.3. Inkling

8.4. Amazon Student

9. Books

9.1. Kindle

9.2. iBooks

9.3. Nook

9.4. Kobo

9.5. Stanza

9.6. Free Books

10. News

10.1. Flipboard

10.2. Pulse News

10.3. Zite

10.4. The Daily

10.5. AP News

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

11. Reading

11.1. PDF-Notes

11.2. GoodReader ($5)

11.3. iAnnotate PDF ($10)

11.4. Instapaper ($5)

11.5. QR Reader

11.6. Marvel Comics

11.7. Reeder ($5)

12. Notes

12.1. Noteshelf ($5)

12.2. Notes Plus ($4)

12.3. Ghostwriter Notes ($5)

12.4. QuckVoice Recorder

12.5. AudioMemos ($1)

13. Writing

13.1. Elements ($5)

13.2. Penultimate ($2)

13.3. Note Taker ($2)

13.4. Pages ($10)

13.5. Pen and Paper ($2)

13.6. Upad ($5)

13.7. Notes Plus ($5)

13.8. Pencil Pusher ($1)

14. Drawing

14.1. Doodle Buddy

14.2. Animation ($3)

14.3. Inspire ($5)

14.4. Brushes ($5)

14.5. LiveSketch ($2)

14.6. SketchBook Mobile ($2)

14.7. Adobe Eazel ($3)

14.8. Adobe Photoshop Express

14.9. Paper

14.10. Tayasui Sketches

15. Mind Mapping & Visual

15.1. iThoughts ($8)

15.2. Mindjet ($7)

15.3. MindNode ($6)

15.4. iBrainstorm

15.5. Popplet ($5)

15.6. Adobe Ideas ($6)

15.7. Also see notes, writing, and drawing categories

16. Classroom

16.1. Blackboard

16.2. iStudiez Pro ($3)

16.3. Teacher Tool One

16.4. Myhomework

16.5. Grades 2

16.6. iHomework ($2)

16.7. inClass

16.8. Rate My Professors

16.9. gFlashPro ($5)

16.10. Cram ($4)

16.11. Essay Grader ($6)

16.12. eClicker

17. Productivity

17.1. Dropbox

17.2. Evernote

17.3. Simplenote

17.4. Apple's Calendar

17.5. Wunderlist

17.6. Pocket Informant ($5)

17.7. ReQall

17.8. ScatterBrain

17.9. Dragon Go!

17.10. Bento ($5)

17.11. Documents to Go ($10)

17.12. QuickOffice ($15)

17.13. iWork: Pages, Keynote, Numbers

17.14. Air Display ($10)