#CareerBytes: 6 mobile apps to help you prepare for GRE
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is the test taken by candidates seeking admission to various courses in graduate schools mainly across the US. Administered and conducted by the Educational Testing Service, the GRE test checks an applicant's ability in analytical writing, quantitative and verbal reasoning. If you are planning to take the test, here are 6 apps to help you out.
A comprehensive and complete app for GRE Preparation
Arcadia GRE is an app available only on iOS. Its features include a bank full of questions for each section, pen and workspace tools to make notes or solve problems, a mobile discussion forum, a timer to keep track of your speed, and scorecards to analyze performance. The app is free to download, but there are separate in-app purchases for different sections.
The GRE preparation guide by Magoosh
Though the Magoosh GRE Prep app is free to download, a major portion of the study content available can be accessed only by premium members. The app offers 1000+ questions on math and verbal reasoning, more than 200 video lessons in all subjects, and secondary study resources (tips and tricks, study schedules etc). The app is available for both iOS and Android platforms.
The GRE Vocabulary Challenge by The Princeton Review
GRE Vocab Challenge is an iOS app, specializing in improving your vocabulary to levels required for GRE. It offers interactive games where one can test oneself on a word's positive/negative connotations, definition, synonyms, and antonyms. It also lets you know your tracked performance, so that you can keep a tab on words you've learned, and which ones you still have to work on.
Ace your vocab using this app
Good vocabulary skills are a must if you want to ace the GRE exam. The GRE Daily Vocabulary app by The Economist is one of the most popular apps for the same. The words are listed along with their synonyms and definition. You can also save words which you want to review later. Notably, The Economist also offers a more comprehensive 'GRE Tutor program'.
The GRE toolkit by Manhattan Prep
The Manhattan Prep App for GRE, available for iOS and Android, contains over 1,000 practice questions along with detailed answers, over 800 drills covering critical GRE topics, 500 flash cards for vocabulary improvement, and several quizzes to test both your verbal and quantitative abilities. The app also lets you track your personal growth by helping you analyze your strengths and weaknesses through custom alerts.
Your mobile partner for Quant prep for GRE
Pocket GRE Math app is meant specifically for preparation of quantitative section of your GRE exam. The app offers more than 800 questions on quantitative section with solutions explained in detail. Additionally, it also has word problems for the arithmetic section of GRE. The app also offers segregated topics, important formulae, and has a clean user-friendly interface.
