Due to the popularity of the blog post 13 Top iPhone Apps for Students written over a year ago, here is a list of 10 new iPhone and iPad apps for students 2010. All apps that are available for the iPhone are also available for the iPod Touch.
1. Ace Flashcards (iPhone) $.99 - The first flashcard app to incorporate a dictionary so that students can create English vocabulary flashcards quickly. Students enter the words they want to study and the app automatically creates the flashcards.
2. Nasa App (iPhone, iPad) free - View thousands of NASA images, On demand videos, live streaming and more. The iPad app is in HD.
3. iStudiez Pro or Lite (iPhone, iPad) - Pro $2.99, Lite free - An app to arrange your school schedules and assignments that is easy to navigate. Each day it summarizes your current classes and tasks for the day and can send you push notification reminders.
4. Mathematical Formulas (iPhone, iPad) - $.99 - Retrieve formulas for every type of math: algebra, arithmetics, complex numbers, differentiation, geometry, integration, trigonometry and matrices.
5. Solar Walk - 3D Solar System (iPhone, iPad) - $2.99 - Beautiful graphics and animations. Features 3D Solar System, fly to planet, read info about planet, time machine, and moons of different planets. Available in ten languages.
6. A Life Cycle app (iPhone, iPad) - $.99 - Made for kids and tweens, this adorable app can be enjoyable and educational for any age. It is in the top 50 paid iPad apps in education in the USA and three other countries. With great colorful illustrations and narrations it shows the life cycles of frogs, water, butterflies, plants, pollination, photosynthesis, the Moon, Nitrogen, Oxygen and rocks.
7. 3D Brain (iPhone, iPad) - free - Discover how each brain region functions, what happens when it is injured and how it is involved with mental illness. Not so much meant for students, except medical and some college majors, but a great free app for anyone interested in learning more about the brain.
8. Stack the States (iPhone, iPad) $.99 - Great fun way for tweens to learn the states through play.
9. Wikipanion (iPhone, iPad) free - The easiest and fastest way to search Wikipedia from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
10. Manual for the United States of America (iPhone, iPad) $1.99 - Contains many important U.S. documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, the Gettysburg Address and bios of Supreme Court Justices, How Our Laws are Made, List of U.S. Presidents with Bios and much, much more.
Are there any other top educational apps for students that I left out?
See also:
8 Back to School apps for College Students
4 Mobile Apps for Parents of Teens and Tweens
The Brain: The Inside Story - Fun and Learning for Families at Museum
How to Find the Best Apps
