My Top 5 Organization Apps for NYU Students

“Stay organized” was always one of the biggest pieces of advice people gave me going into college. But if I’m being completely honest, I wasn’t sure what that really meant in the college context, and I often overthought it. As a result, over the past four years, I’ve tried a lot of organization apps. These are my top five.

Although my grades are largely subjective, I do think that they offer some insight into the benefits and downfalls of each of the organization apps listed below. Some are more customizable but harder to grasp, and others are built for a single purpose and are very simple as a result. The only way to truly know what works for you is to try them yourself.

Personally, I like being able to combine all of my work, personal, and school tasks from different lists into one, while integrating outside apps. That’s why I most often use Asana after I outgrew Notion. But, I’ve more recently found that Tiimo and Evernote work better for more specialized use cases. And of course, I had to include Google Calendar!

I’ve also included a section on artificial intelligence (AI) integration for each organization app. They haven’t all hopped on the bandwagon yet, but some have, and it’s very helpful in specific instances. I encourage you to explore these offerings to determine how to better streamline your workflow and stay more organized!