Home / What's new

What's new in StudyGrasp

Every new feature, newest first. StudyGrasp is free for every student, and we add to this page whenever something ships.

Version 1.3.0 2026-10-06 In progress

Pass-the-course toolkit

Students

Placement quiz, prerequisite gap finder and pass plan

Ten quick questions spread across the course show what you know. You get an ordered plan of what to study first, plus links to the prerequisite courses to check.

Where: Plan & track > Placement & pass plan

Students

Worked problems with new numbers every time

Algebra, calculus, statistics, chemistry, accounting, physics, finance and economics problems with a hint, your answer checked, and the full step-by-step solution. 64 problem types, no language model involved.

Where: Practice > Worked problems

Students

Grade what-if and Should I withdraw?

Enter category weights and scores to see what you need on the rest of the course, then work through a withdrawal checklist (deadline, aid, refund, prerequisites, help).

Where: Plan & track > Grade & withdraw helper

Students

Early nudges

A gentle in-app message (and an email when you opt in) if you have gone quiet, an exam is within a week and your quiz accuracy is low, or recent quizzes went badly. At most one of each kind every three days.

Where: Notification bell

Students

After-exam reflection

Record how you prepared and what cost you points, and get specific next steps. Saved privately for each course.

Where: Plan & track > After my exam

Everyone

Report a problem and reviewer queue

A Report a problem button on quizzes, flashcards, tutor answers, practice questions and worked problems. Staff work a queue (open, accepted, fixed, dismissed) and mark items Reviewed.

Where: Any quiz, card or answer; Staff > Problem reports

Instructors

Class codes for instructors

Anyone can start a class and share a six-character code. Students join with consent. Instructors see combined hardest topics and activity; names and individual results only for students who opt in.

Where: Plan & track > Classes

Students

Syllabus import and calendar export

Paste your syllabus to pull out dates and grade weights, correct them, and download an .ics file for Google, Apple or Outlook calendars. Exam dates also power early nudges.

Where: Plan & track > Syllabus import & calendar

Students

Install StudyGrasp as an app

Add it to your phone or computer. The app opens offline and flashcards you have opened keep working without a connection. Offline copies are cleared when you sign out.

Where: Help > Accessibility & language

Everyone

Accessibility settings

Dyslexia-friendly font, larger text, reduced motion and high contrast, saved on your device.

Where: Help > Accessibility & language

Everyone

Spanish interface (beta)

Menus and key screens in Spanish. Course content stays in its original language.

Where: Help > Accessibility & language

Students

Photo to notes

Turn photos of handwritten or printed notes into text on your own device (nothing is uploaded), edit it, and add it to your study set. Live captions come from the existing Record a lecture tab.

Where: My content > Photo to notes

Everyone

What's new page

Every new feature in one place, on the website and in the app.

Where: Footer > What's new; Help > What's new

Version 1.2.0 2026-10-06

Nursing and health pathway

Students

Nursing and health pathway

20 nursing, pharmacology and allied-health courses, with a pathway filter, sign-up option and Your pathway card.

Where: All courses > Nursing and health

Students

Clinical safety guard

Clinical packs show a study-aid warning, are marked 'needs clinical review', and the tutor refuses patient-specific dose or treatment requests while still explaining concepts.

Where: Tutor chat, course Home

Staff

Expert review workflow

Clinicians can sign off a pack so it shows 'Reviewed by' with name, date and notes.

Where: docs/clinical-review.md

Version 1.1.1 2026-10-06

Easier course navigation

Everyone

Courses menu

A dropdown in the website header lists gateway courses, core courses and every major pathway.

Where: Website header

Everyone

Areas of study and Coming soon

Core and gateway courses are grouped by area of study; areas we have not built yet are marked Coming soon.

Where: Website and All courses

Version 1.1.0 2026-10-06

146-course catalogue and four pathways

Students

Course catalogue

146 courses built from open textbooks: the 20 courses students fail most, core courses and major pathways for finance, computer science, IT and AI and data science.

Where: All courses

Students

Easier sign-up and account recovery

A three-step sign-up, password recovery with one-time codes or email, notification bell, weekly snapshot, and staff announcements.

Where: Sign-up, Account, Weekly snapshot

Staff

Release check

One command checks the repository and the live site after each release.

Where: scripts/release_check.py

Version 1.0.0 2026-10-05

StudyGrasp launches

Students

My content

Add your own notes, files or links as a private study set that powers the tutor, flashcards and quizzes.

Where: My content

Students

Study tools

Cited tutor chat, Tutor Me lessons, flashcards with spaced repetition, quizzes, practice tests, audio recaps, mind maps, study plan and arcade games.

Where: App sidebar

Everyone

Always free

No paywall and no card. Your uploads stay private to your login.

Where: Everywhere

Have an idea or found a problem? Use "Report a problem" inside the app, or tell your instructor.