Just go back to where your notes tailed off, and give it another crack. In student terms, if your lecturer is throwing some heavy info your way (or speaking at the speed of light) and you're struggling to keep up, this is your get-out-of-jail-free card. Once you're done, you can simply tap a word and it will take you to that point in the recording. So what does it do? Well, as you're taking lecture notes, Soundnote is busy recording whatever is being said around you (not in a creepy way) and syncing the two. When you're in a dense lecture, or just struggling to concentrate, this is the app you'll want to turn to – it's certainly one of the very best apps for students. If Notion is a table knife (tried, trusted, and good for almost any occasion), then Soundnote is definitely a steak knife. Good for: The intense lectures and the sleepy students What we like most about Notion: There are hundreds of templates you can use on Notion to organise your notes even more efficiently. On top of that, you can sync your notes across all devices, meaning you can type on your tablet and then access all your lecture notes on your laptop when it's time to write your essay. You can use it to not only organise your uni work, but pretty much everything else in your life.

Apart from taking notes, you can manage projects, create a calendar, write a daily journal, plan travel itineraries and much more. The app's biggest selling point is its versatility. Note-taking apps are ten to a penny, but there's one that stands out from the rather sizeable crowd: Notion. Good for: Keeping all your notes in one place We've put together a list of our favourites down below. You could even say that they'll make your life a little bit app-ier. In fact, short of one that can read your mind and translate your thoughts into a speedily-written essay, there are thousands of apps out there that are genuinely worth your time (and sometimes money).

Despite what you might hear from your parents/grandparents/anyone who thinks they've mastered the art of satire, smartphones really aren't that bad.

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