Student Assistant Prof

Organize your college life – the academic part, that is

$24.99 Developer Academ Media, academmedia.com Requirements OS X 10.11 or later

Let’s face it: university life isn’t always the wild free-for-all depicted in Hollywood movies. It’s also a lot of hard work and long study hours, which require intense focus and educational commitment.

Student Assistant Prof (“Professional”) is a Mac app to help organize your schedule and visualize the studies and homework necessary to excel. The user interface is straightforward and easy to understand, although not always designed with American students in mind; for example, the software only displays 24-hour military time, although dates do appear in the US-friendly “month before day” order.

The application is divided into three main screens, each represented by a shortcut in the left-hand sidebar: Timetable, which displays details for each day’s events in a weekly calendar view; Journal, where you keep track of attendance and assigned grades; and Teachers, an address book with email, phone, Skype, and Facebook contact information for educators and their subjects.

In Timetable view, classes display relevant information such as date, time, subject, teacher, and event type (regular or exam), with 10 assignable colors and 48 different icons to help differentiate between them at a glance. The process works a lot like regular calendar apps, complete with a recurring schedule option.

Journal allows students to create a group from different subjects, as well as add sub-journals for tracking homework and grades for quizzes or exams. The software also automatically calculates an average attendance and grade as info is entered.

The software comes preloaded with demo data including subjects, schedule colors, icons, and teacher assignments that help you get up to speed quickly; at any time, you can purge this data and replace it with your own. Aside from the Euro-centric time display and occasional interface misspellings (for example, “ungroupped” instead of “ungrouped”), Student Assistant Prof is a useful tool in any

college student’s arsenal. It’s a bit on the expensive side, but there’s a free adsupported version also available, which can unlock the full version via In-App Purchase for a more affordable $9.99.

THE BOTTOM LINE. It’s a little pricey, but Student Assistant Prof provides the tools necessary for surviving your college studies.

Student Assistant Prof makes it easy to schedule and manage all your classes, grades, and teachers from one app.

Timetable view is a great way to keep tabs on what classes are coming up for the week ahead.