Stop re-reading notes.
Study only what is fading.
Drop in your syllabus, slides, or textbook. Synaptic maps your semester and studies you on the gap.
What should Synaptic make first?
PDF, TXT, DOC, DOCX, JSON, MD. Up to 250MB, no splitting.
Your Gap Map
PSYC 101 · Memory & Cognition
You can skip 33% of this course. Here's the 67% that needs you.
Since last week: 1 topic slipped
See Synaptic in Action
Upload your material or open a free textbook, pick a tool, and study or teach from it. Watch students and educators do exactly that in under two minutes.
Everything you need to ace the exam, or teach the class
Study tools that help you learn, not just review. Teaching tools that show you who needs help before the exam does.
Smart Flashcards
Flashcards that show up right before you forget, with read-aloud and illustrations built in
Mock Exams
Walk in confident. Practice exams that feel like the real thing, with an adaptive mode that gets harder as you improve.
Chat With Your Notes
Stuck at 2am? Ask your document anything, Socratic or direct, and get diagrams you can sketch back. On your phone too.
Audio Summaries
Turn dead time into study time. A full podcast or a five-minute summary, for the bus or the gym.
Mind Maps
Finally see the big picture and how every concept connects, full-screen on any device
Study Planner
Stop guessing what to study. Get a daily schedule built around your exams, on your calendar, that reschedules itself when life happens.
Gap Map
Every topic in your course marked mastered, review soon, or review now, with one button for the next best thing to study. Free on every plan. Educators see the same map for every student in the class.
- Stop studying what you already know
- Reviews scheduled before a topic slips
- Try it above, no account needed
Free Book Library, built in
No upload needed. Open a free textbook from OpenStax, one chapter at a time, or a public-domain classic from Project Gutenberg, and every study tool works on it. Students study it. Educators assign it to a whole class.
- OpenStax: Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Statistics, Physics and more
- Project Gutenberg: search the classics, import the whole book
- Free on every plan, for students and educators
Real screens from the app, not mockups
Why it actually works
Spaced repetition
Reviews scheduled automatically so you retain more with less effort
AI prioritization
Focus on what matters. Synaptic finds your weak spots for you.
Your notes, cited
Every answer comes from your actual documents, not made-up facts
Why people choose Synaptic
“I use 5 different study apps”
Every study tool in one place
“My textbook is too large”
Up to 500MB, no splitting
“Flashcard apps just quiz me”
AI that actually teaches
“I teach 30 students at once”
Classes, assignments, and who needs help
We get it. Learning is personal.
Whether you're pulling an all-nighter, teaching your kids at 7am, or running a class of thirty
Students
“It's 2am and the exam is tomorrow”
You've got 300 pages to review and no time to waste. Upload your notes, get flashcards in minutes, and let the Gap Map point you at what you don't know yet.
Upload your notesSelf-Learners
“Learning on your own schedule”
No classroom. No deadlines. Just you and your curiosity. Turn any book, video, or article into study materials that stick, or start from a free textbook in the built-in library.
Start learning nowHomeschool Parents
“Teaching 3 subjects before lunch”
Homeschooling is a superpower, but it's exhausting. Let AI handle the flashcards while you focus on being the teacher your kids need.
Create your first lessonSchools & Educators
“30 students, 30 different learning speeds”
You can't clone yourself, but you can give every student personalized study materials. Classes, assignments, a shared library, and a dashboard that shows who is falling behind before the exam. Free for educators.
Institution Admins
“Managing a school, co-op, or district”
Set up your organization, invite teachers, manage seats, and get aggregate analytics across all your classes and schools. One dashboard to see everything.
Proof It Works
“Went from a 68% to 86% in biology in one month. The mock exams are scary accurate.”
Sarah M.
Pre-Med Student
“My 600-page biochemistry textbook became flashcards in 5 minutes. Game changer.”
James K.
College Junior
“Passed AWS certification on my first try. Listened to podcasts during my commute.”
Gudu K.
Software Engineer
Studying is free. Forever.
Unlimited flashcards, unlimited review, and your full Gap Map, all on the free plan. Other study apps lock the modes you rely on and charge to get them back. We never will. Paying lifts the monthly caps on documents, podcasts, mock exams and research. That's it.
Free
A real plan, not a trial
No credit card required
- Unlimited flashcards & review
- Your full Gap Map, free forever
- 10 AI document generations / month
- 100 chat messages / month
- 5 podcasts & 10 mind maps / month
- Study modes never get paywalled
Student
University email (.edu or Canadian schools like ualberta.ca)
US$7.00/mo equivalent
💰 Save with student discount!
- All Free features
- Unlimited podcasts & quick summaries
- Unlimited mind maps & practice exams
- Practice exams of up to 200 questions (50 on Free)
- Unlimited document chat & Study Buddy messages
- Unlimited document uploads, URL imports & study guides
- Unlimited YouTube video analysis
- Unlimited web research & images
- One-tap targeted review on your Gap Map
- Priority email support
- Early access to new features
Monthly
Flexible month-to-month
Billed monthly
- All Free features
- Unlimited podcasts & quick summaries
- Unlimited mind maps & practice exams
- Practice exams of up to 200 questions (50 on Free)
- Unlimited document chat & Study Buddy messages
- Unlimited document uploads, URL imports & study guides
- Unlimited YouTube video analysis
- Unlimited web research & images
- One-tap targeted review on your Gap Map
- Priority email support
- Early access to new features
3-Month
Great for exam prep
Billed every 3 months at $26.97
💰 Save 10% off monthly!
- All Free features
- Unlimited podcasts & quick summaries
- Unlimited mind maps & practice exams
- Practice exams of up to 200 questions (50 on Free)
- Unlimited document chat & Study Buddy messages
- Unlimited document uploads, URL imports & study guides
- Unlimited YouTube video analysis
- Unlimited web research & images
- One-tap targeted review on your Gap Map
- Priority email support
- Early access to new features
6-Month
Ideal for long-term exam prep
Billed every 6 months at $47.94
💰 Save 20% off monthly!
- All Free features
- Unlimited podcasts & quick summaries
- Unlimited mind maps & practice exams
- Practice exams of up to 200 questions (50 on Free)
- Unlimited document chat & Study Buddy messages
- Unlimited document uploads, URL imports & study guides
- Unlimited YouTube video analysis
- Unlimited web research & images
- One-tap targeted review on your Gap Map
- Priority email support
- Early access to new features
Yearly
Best value for committed learners
Billed annually at $95.88
💰 Save $24.00, like 2+ months free!
- All Free features
- Unlimited podcasts & quick summaries
- Unlimited mind maps & practice exams
- Practice exams of up to 200 questions (50 on Free)
- Unlimited document chat & Study Buddy messages
- Unlimited document uploads, URL imports & study guides
- Unlimited YouTube video analysis
- Unlimited web research & images
- One-tap targeted review on your Gap Map
- Priority email support
- Early access to new features
Ready to actually enjoy studying?
Unlimited flashcards, unlimited review, and your full Gap Map cost nothing, forever. Teaching a class? The educator dashboard is free too.