Introduction
Those college years away from home are the some of the best days of any young student’s life. But those years can also be frustrating. You miss your mom’s home cooked meals, the comfort and luxury of your house, the ease and familiarity of your own city and most importantly, you didn’t have to bother about paying all those bills!
So, we thought we’ll help you out by pointing out some of the apps that can help you ease your stay away from home.
1. SplitWise
The single greatest app for sharing all your expenses with your roommates. Just insert who paid and how much he paid and the app will do all the sharing and the tough math for you. If you are an obsessive accounts keeper like me, you’ll fall in love with this app. And the best part, you know that friend who always says he’ll pay but forgets? Well now he won’t be able to get away!!
2. Google Photos
Every time you guys go out on a casual trip or just that crazy weekend with your best-buds, you are struck with an assortment of photos in everyone’s phone. Then you sit down and start sending tons of photos over bluetooth! Google Photos automatically backs up all your photos for free and sharing is as easy as one single click! Now get all the photos right in your phone and find that one perfect DP!!
3. Evernote
Evernote is the best note taking app. Period. It will let you quickly make notes, reminders, schedule tasks, shopping lists etc. Just create one common note and all of your flatmates can add their needs from the grocery store to that list. So that you can buy everything in just one single trip! And then don’t forget to enter your expenditure in SplitWise!
4. TinyOwl
Hunger and Diarrhea can come suddenly, unannounced and anywhere. While we cannot help you with the later, the former one is easy to deal with. Just download the TinuOwl app and order the best food you need and when you need it. One of the biggest startup success stories in India, just opening the app will make you hungry! Guaranteed!
5. Mobikwik / Freecharge / Paytm
The life of a bachelor is a financial struggle and no discount can be missed. These apps all offer varied discounts from time to time and have a permenant partnership with PVR, Dominos, etc to get you the best deals (from 10% to 30% off each time!). Also keeping some balance in these wallets is a good idea because I cannot tell you how many times they came in handy at crunch situations involving mobile recharge!
