PARTY TUTOR: This is the ultimate app for all things nightlife. Your one stop shop for every food and drink special in Tallahassee, Party Tutor keeps you updated on every awesome deal and any event being hosted around town. With individual sections for every day of the week, this app practically tells you where to go by explicitly stating the most popular nights for every bar and club. It even has a Happy Hour tab letting you know exactly where to find cheap drinks every day of the week. As if it couldn’t get any better, the app also offers discounts for late night food runs and liquor stores directly onto your phone with the press of a button. No need to worry about post-party plans either! The Sober Rides tab gives you the option of inputting designated driver contacts and contains phone numbers for taxis you can call right from the app. Needless to say, this free app will definitely come in handy the second you download it.
FOODUCATE: If your New Year’s resolution is to get healthy and fit, you need to check out this app. Fooducate has some awesome features to help you stay on track so you can reach your goals. It allows you to search virtually every kind of food or drink by typing in the barcode or scanning it with your camera. Not only does it recognize name brand items, but it includes fast food chains as well. Fooducate shows you all the ingredients and nutritional information for each item and grades them A through D. If you find that your favorite snack is lacking in nutritional quality you can get a list of healthier alternatives that are similar tasting, but better for you. Personalize the app by setting a goal and inputting your daily progress. Fooducate makes tracking your exercise and monitoring your food intake really simple. This convenient app takes the intimidation out of losing weight at no cost to you.
AFTERLIGHT: Prepare to rid your crowded camera roll of all those pics you deemed unworthy for upload because Afterlight has everything you need to make your pictures perfect. Along with simple cropping and adjustment tools, this great picture editing app offers multiple frames, textures and filters that are a step above Instagram’s basic stuff. Needless to say, it’s completely worth the 99 cents. It has never been easier to turn your selfies into masterpieces.
ISTUDIEZ: If you’re anything like me, having to log onto Blackboard to pull up every syllabus for every class just to see one assignment is beyond annoying. That’s why the iStudiez app is nothing short of a life saver. Simply input everything you need to remember one time and it’ll be smooth sailing for the entire semester. With iStudiez you can assign priority to your tasks, navigate through your course schedule, and see work you’ve already completed. This free app puts every test, lecture, lab, project and deadline right at your fingertips.
SLEEP TIME: For most of us, waking up early in order to make it to class on time is the hardest part of the day. Especially considering the early morning temperatures us Seminoles have been experiencing lately, getting out of bed has never been more difficult. But nothing, nothing is worse than your date with Justin Timberlake being interrupted by your irritating ringtone. Of course, I’m talking about dreams. The day can’t start off more miserable than when the alarm goes off at the apex of the best dream you’ve ever had and abruptly forces you back into reality. The Sleep Time app will make sure that doesn’t happen. After setting your alarm, simply place your phone next to you on the pillow. It works by analyzing your movement in sleep and wakes you up during your lightest sleep cycle, ensuring you wake up refreshed. Sleep Time also has graphs that display your percentage of light and deep sleep. Download this free app and never wake up feeling groggy again.