The Spartan App is the holy grail to navigating all things on MSU’s campus. The free app helps connect MSU students to businesses, organizations and what’s happening on campus.

“It says the events for the night, it’ll say what food is where, what food my cafeteria has that night,” no preference freshman Brittany Newfer said. “You can pretty much route your whole schedule.”

The app has a campus feed to show what’s happening on campus. It also has a transportation section that lists all of the Capital Area Transportation Authority, or CATA, routes, taxis and shuttles in the area. This includes their locations, contacts, and when they’ll be arriving. 

It also has a nightlife section that shows what hot spots or happy hours are going on in the East Lansing area. Along with nightlife, the app shows places located on campus like banks, car shops, cinemas, dentists, grocery stores and tanning. 

This app also has a map of all buildings and halls on campus listed in alphabetical order with a pin point location of where to find them.

Political science pre-law freshman Allie Brydell said she found out about the Spartan App through friends who also attend MSU.

“I use the Spartan App to get around and find my classes,” Brydell said. “My friends told me it’s very helpful and they used it their freshman year.”

Venmo

Venmo is an app students can use to make and share payments. This means a student can pay you back for buying them food or paying rent.

Venmo is a service of Paypal, according to the app’s description. The app has a data encryption that protects all financial information when it is connected to different bank accounts.

Mathway

Even though MSU provides help rooms for math class, Mathway is a potential app to help students get a quick answer 10 minutes before their homework is due at midnight.

Business freshman Jake Shook said he plans on using Mathway for his math classes this year. 

“You basically just type in an equation and it can give you the answer,” Shook said. “You can work through the problem and you can understand how it got there, instead of just struggling and having no idea what you’re doing.”

There are pros and cons to the app. Pros are that students can get a quick answer and hopefully work out the problem and understand it better. Cons are that the app won’t be with students during test and quizzes, so they’ll need to make sure to always check their work and not always rely on Mathway.