Just because you are spending time on your phone or tablet doesn't mean you can't keep your brain healthy and active. We've listed four apps you can use to spark your memory when you are running low on study willpower. All of these apps are free and available on Apple and Android. While these apps won't do your assignment for you, they might put you in a better frame of mind and give your brain the refresh it needs.

1. APPS
TO SPARK
MEMORY

2. Procrastination is as common
as it is inefficient.
Almost all of us have wasted hours at a time on challenging
smartphone games instead of studying, whether it
be Candy Crush, Flappy Bird, Temple Run or...
What was I talking about again?
Oh yeah, memory! What if you could spend time on
your phone AND improve your assignment quality?
Here are the top 4 apps to spark memory that
are FREE and compatible for Apple and Android,
which you can use to keep your brain fit!
TIME WASTED

3. Peak Brain Training tests your brain with workouts
including memory games, word pairs and maths.
Based on how you perform, the app summarises your
‘brain in a nutshell’ combining scores in memory, mental
agility, focus, language and problem solving.
What this app does that most don’t is attempt to improve your
vocabulary through a Boggle-inspired word finder game.
With a great variety of challenges, Peak Brain Training keeps your brain fit!
04 Peak Brain Training

4. On the surface, the activities on this app seem fairly simple
and easy. Which hat is the coin under? What is 8 + 4?
Yet, even at the base level, you realise these tasks
aren’t as easy as you thought. This is because you are
not only assessed on whether you complete the tasks,
but on the pace at which you complete them.
Just think, all that time you spent learning those times
tables at school can finally start paying off!
03 Brain School Training

5. Memorado, like any good personal trainer, allows you to set
training goals and specific areas you would like to improve.
You can personalise your training schedule with 5 games every
day, depending on what you think needs attention, such as
memory, dealing with pressure or mental math, to name a few.
By allowing push notifications from the app, you
can receive daily statistics and a tip of the day,
which will help your brain stay sharp and fit.
02 Memorado

6. Fit Brains Trainer is unique in its use of technology to decipher
how to best train your brain. Not only do you enter your age
and educational status, but you can also register any conditions
from which you may suffer, from dyslexia to migraines.
A great deal of patience and persistence is required
to unlock levels of games, however, this does provide
a sense of reward when you do succeed.
After all, keeping your brain fit and healthy should be rewarding!
01 Fit Brains Trainer

7. Think your brain is fit?
Here’s a test for you…

8. Think your brain is fit?
Here’s a test for you…
Which one of these balls did NOT appear in the previous slides?

9. If you said the yellow ball (without cheating),
it looks as though your brain is in tip-top shape!
If not, it might be worth
downloading these apps!

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With so much technology at the tip of
our fingers, we have the potential to
push our brains to perform at their peak.
Just like the rest of your body, your brain
needs exercise to stay fit and healthy.
If you find yourself stuck on an
assignment and feel the urge to give up,
pick up a device, use one of these apps
and get your brain back into shape!
For more ways to keep your brain fit and
active, check out these 5 games to play
before class or How to ace study
with technology.