You know what that stock photo means…it’s graduation season.

As college grads flock into the real world, one thing stays constant: their smartphone. So toss your caps and download these apps to survive the start of your post-grad life.

Gigwalk

Interviewing for jobs can take a while. Don’t waste the time between graduation and finally starting a job. With Gigwalk, you can find contract work in your area to gain contacts, experience and a little extra money while you’re hunting for your dream job (or the position as your dream job’s assistant’s assistant’s intern).

Gigwalk is available free on iTunes.

Lovely Rentals

Living with mom and dad is a viable, comfortable option when your entire life has fallen upon you after graduation. Especially compared to apartment hunting in most places. Lovely offers a nice in-between — you set your criteria and receive alerts whenever apartments are listed that match them. The app also offers online rental applications and automatic rent pay when you set it up with your landlord.

Lovely is available free on iTunes, Google Play, and the web.

Everest

Whether you move to a new city to start a job or take time to travel the world, your first year out of college is a wild adjustment. With Everest, you can set goals for yourself, journal your best moments as words or photos, and share milestones with the larger community.

Everest is available free on iTunes.

Memrise

If you’re realizing that maybe you should have actually gone to a few classes over the past 4 years, try Memrise. You can learn languages, geography, history and tons of other subjects, sourced from experts in the community, all on your smartphone. Jump into courses and refresh yourself on all of those Econ 101 lessons that seemed totally useless once.

Memrise is available free on iTunes and Google Play.

Timehop

When nostalgia sets in (it will be soon, and it will be often), Timehop is there. The app grabs your old photos and status’ from the social networks you connect, then sends you one a day at random. Open it up and experience pieces of your last four years all over again.

Timehop is available free on iTunes and Google Play.