Free study tools for students

Free tools that each do one job. No account, no email, nothing to install — everything runs in your browser and stays on your device.

Plan the work

Turn dates and deadlines into a plan you can see.

  • Planner

    Revision planner

    Give it your exam date, your subjects and the minutes you can study. It builds a day-by-day plan, spaces the reviews, and gives you one session at a time to tick off.

    • Reviews spaced on a 1-3-7 schedule
    • A Today view and a 25/5 focus timer
    • Prints one week per page
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  • Tracker

    Assignment & deadline tracker

    Assignments, exams, applications and every other deadline in one list, sorted by date. See what is due this week, tick it off, and print the week for the wall.

    • Due this week at the top, overdue in red
    • Sort by due date or biggest first
    • Print the week, export a CSV
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  • Countdown

    Exam countdown

    How many days until your exam, and how many study sessions that really is. Add each exam, pick your study days, and see the number that matters.

    • Live countdown for every exam
    • Days left turned into focus sessions
    • Download a countdown card
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  • Calculator

    Reading schedule calculator

    How many pages a day to finish your reading by the deadline. Miss a day and it re-plans the rest without the guilt.

    • Pages a day, in one plain sentence
    • An "I missed today" button that re-plans
    • Optional one-minute speed test
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  • Calculator

    GPA calculator

    Your semester GPA and your cumulative GPA, worked out from the grades you already have. Weighted and unweighted, saved by semester, with nothing predicted.

    • Semester and cumulative GPA
    • Weighted and unweighted side by side
    • Semesters saved on your device
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Remember it

Test yourself, and bring things back before you forget them.

  • Flashcards

    Flashcard maker

    Make a deck, flip a card, rate how it went. Weak cards come back tomorrow, known cards stay away for longer, and the home screen shows only what is due.

    • Leitner boxes on 1-3-7-14-30 days
    • Paste a whole list of cards at once
    • Print the deck, export and import it
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  • Scheduler

    Spaced repetition scheduler

    Give it your topics and your exam date. It tells you which topic to review on which day, adjusts the gaps from how each review went, and exports to your calendar.

    • Reviews at 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days
    • Nothing scheduled on or after the exam
    • One-tap calendar export
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  • Quiz

    Quiz maker

    Write your own questions, then test yourself. Multiple choice, true or false and short answers, with your best score saved and a link to send to a friend.

    • Three question types, shuffled each time
    • Best and last score for every quiz
    • Share a quiz with one link
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Sit down and study

One block, one habit, one day at a time.

  • Timer

    Study timer

    A focus timer with your task on the screen and your focus saved. Run 25, 50 or 90-minute blocks, then see today against your goal, your streak and your week.

    • 25/5, 50/10 and 90/20 blocks
    • Keeps real time in a background tab
    • Today, your streak and your week
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  • Habit

    Study streak tracker

    Write up to three study habits and tick them off each day. The streak is the headline, and sixteen weeks of squares show how the term is really going.

    • Up to three habits of your own
    • A 16-week heatmap of your days
    • Download your streak as an image
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Write the essay

Structure, length and references, done properly.

  • Planner

    Essay outline planner

    Your essay question in, a structured outline out: thesis, arguments, evidence and the counterargument, with a word guide for each section. You do the thinking.

    • Four essay types
    • A word guide for every section
    • A clean printable outline
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  • Counter

    Essay word counter

    Paste your essay and see the count, the time to read it aloud, and how far you are from your target, with the usual 10% tolerance marked on the bar.

    • Words, characters, sentences, paragraphs
    • Target bar with a ±10% band
    • Up to five drafts saved
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  • References

    Citation generator

    Type the details of your source and get the reference in APA 7, MLA 9 or Harvard, with the in-text citation beside it. Your reference list is saved as you go.

    • APA 7, MLA 9 and Harvard
    • In-text citation next to every reference
    • Copy all, or download .bib and .ris
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The systems behind the tools

Every tool follows a method written out in full in the library. Read the system, then use the tool to run it.

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