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What's the best app to organize studying in high school?
Verified on: October 27, 2026
tudy helps high school students keep homework, tests, projects and study time in one app on their phone or laptop. The Free plan allows 5 subjects and has no limit on tasks, deadlines, the focus timer, streaks or the friend leaderboard. If your schedule has more classes than that, you can group them, or Pro ($3.99/month, $29.99/year) removes the cap.
What high school studying looks like
High school is a different problem from college. The day is long, mostly scheduled for you, and you have six or seven classes, each with its own homework. Then come practice, clubs, a job, or family. Quizzes show up with little warning, and big tests like finals or AP exams come with a lot of prep. For many students, the real issue is not understanding the material. It is remembering what is due in which class and finding time to study before it is too late.
That makes a simple setup better than a complicated one: put everything due in one list, look at it each afternoon, and start with the thing closest to the deadline.
A task list you can use in ten seconds
The Tasks screen is a clean list: type what you need to do, hit Enter, done. Subject and due date are optional, so you can jot “read chapter 5” first and fill in the rest later. When a task has a due date, it sorts to the top as the day gets closer, and tudy sends a notification the day before it is due. Each task can carry a priority and a difficulty, which helps when three things are due on Friday. See Tasks.
Big assignments get subtasks with their own dates: pick a topic Monday, outline Wednesday, draft Friday. A research paper stops being one giant thing due at midnight.
Putting tests and activities on the Calendar
The Calendar shows your month with tests, due dates and anything else you add, in the color of each subject. Typing “bio quiz tomorrow 9am” fills in the type, subject, day and time. Put the soccer game or rehearsal on the same calendar so you can see which evenings you actually have for studying. Exams and events are free. A repeating weekly class schedule is Pro.
The 5 subject limit, honestly
The Free plan allows 5 subjects, and a typical high school schedule runs a little over that. There are two ways around it. You can group related classes into one subject (say, “Social Studies” for history and government) and use topics to separate them; the Free plan gives you 2 topics per subject. Or you can go Pro and add every class on its own.
Keeping a streak and competing with friends
Studying a bit each day beats a long cram night, and the streak is built around that. A day counts when you complete a task, run the focus timer for a minute, or finish a flashcard round of 3 or more cards. Sunday is a rest day that does not break the streak, and consistent days earn streak freezes that cover a day you miss.
Add classmates as friends with a username or QR code, and the weekly leaderboard turns studying into a friendly race. XP comes from finishing tasks and from focus time, with daily caps so you cannot just spam it. See Streaks.
The focus timer
The timer has a Pomodoro mode (focus and break lengths you set) and a stopwatch. Each session belongs to a subject, so the stats show where your week went. It is a good reality check: the class you dread is often the one you spend the least time on.
Group projects
For group assignments, create a team project, send the link to your group chat, and split the tasks on a shared board that updates live. People without an account can sign up from the link and land inside the project.
What tudy does not do
- It does not connect to your school’s grade portal or homework site. You add things yourself.
- It is not a tutoring service. Talk to tudy (Pro, 7 messages a day) can explain a topic, quiz you and help plan, but it does not read files or grade work.
- Flashcards are simple rounds, not spaced repetition.
- It needs an internet connection.
- It is a web app, not an app store download. On iPhone, notifications only work after you add tudy to your home screen.
Getting started
Create a free account, add your classes (grouping if you need to), and put your next three tests on the Calendar. Then add this week’s homework as tasks and start with whatever is due first.
Frequently asked questions
I have more than 5 classes. Can I still use the Free plan?
Yes, with a workaround. The Free plan allows 5 subjects, so you can group classes (for example, one subject called 'Humanities') and use topics to tell them apart. Pro has no subject limit.
Do I need to download tudy from an app store?
No. tudy is a web app. Open it in your phone's browser and add it to your home screen, and it opens full screen with its own icon.
Can I study with friends in tudy?
Yes. Add friends by username or QR code to compare XP on a weekly leaderboard, and use a team project for group assignments.