Grades: Student Organizer (Android App Review)

RATING:
5 out of 5

PRICE:
.99

TASTY:
The key to excelling in college is getting organized; this app makes it easy and inexpensive to stay on-track, focused, and tracking every important aspect of your academic career on your DROID.

BUMMER:
Useful only to students in the United States.

COOL:
Integrates seamlessly with your calendar(s) to provide reminders and deadline information at the touch of your screen. Offers super-flexible grade tracking for the inner-Dean’s List Wannabe in all of us.

REVIEW:
Whether you’re new to college life or a veteran university student, you’ll find lots to love about Grades: Student Organizer (.99). The app makes it super-simple to enter your class list, input daily homework and long-term assignments, track exams and other assessments across the semester, then wrap it all up with custom GPA and grade tracking.

The calendar integration (both with your phone and Google Calendar) is impressive thanks to recent updates from the app’s attentive developer, and the ability to add direct links to each professor’s website and email address is critical.

The secret sauce of Grades is its ability to enter custom grading information for each course, whether your instructor weighs your grade based a mix of tests, homework, and tests, or a total-points system. Extra credit and grade scales are easily implemented as well.

Finally, the days of a $20 paper planner are numbered. You’re already using your DROID to stay in touch with friends and family; now you can use it to get a handle on every aspect of your academic career and never miss another assignment or exam for a mere buck.

An instantly useful app, just in time for another academic year! Don’t miss it.