Turn any worksheet into a practice quiz

Photograph a worksheet, upload your notes, or just type a topic, and TutorMate builds a custom practice quiz from it in seconds. Take it, see what you missed, save it to a folder, and retake it the night before the test. Your first 10 quizzes are free.

Why self-testing beats re-reading

Re-reading notes feels productive because the material gets easier to recognize each time. That feeling is the problem: recognition is not recall, and the test asks for recall. Being asked a question you have to retrieve the answer to is harder, feels worse, and works better. This is one of the most consistently reproduced findings in the study-strategy literature, usually called the testing effect or retrieval practice.

The practical obstacle has always been that somebody has to write the questions. Textbook questions run out, and writing your own means knowing the answers already. That is the part TutorMate automates: it generates the questions, from your material, so the work you put in goes into answering them.

Four ways to start a quiz

• Photograph a worksheet. Point your camera at a study sheet, a textbook page, or a worksheet you have been given, and get questions drawn from it.
• Upload a document. Feed it the handout or notes file you already have.
• Paste your notes. Drop in the notes you took in class and review from what your teacher actually emphasized.
• Type a topic. No material to hand? Type the subject, such as the causes of the French Revolution or balancing chemical equations, and get a quiz on it.

Quizzes from your material, not a generic bank

A pre-made question bank tests the subject in general. Your test does not: it tests the specific material your teacher covered, with their emphasis and their vocabulary. Because TutorMate generates questions from the worksheet or notes you give it, the practice stays aligned to what you will actually be examined on. If your class spent two weeks on one topic and skipped another, a quiz built from your own notes reflects that.

Save it, then retake it

Quizzes are saved into folders, so the work does not evaporate the moment you close the app. Keep a folder per subject or per unit, and come back to the same quiz a few days later, which is roughly when spaced repetition says it will do the most good. Folders sync between the web app and the iOS app, so you can build a quiz on a laptop and retake it on your phone on the bus.

It pairs with homework checking

The two halves of TutorMate are designed to feed each other. Use homework checking to find out which questions you got wrong and why, then generate a quiz on exactly those topics. That loop, from attempt to diagnosis to targeted practice, is what a tutor does with you in an hour, and it is the reason the app does both jobs rather than one.

What it costs

Your first 10 quizzes and assignment checks are free, with no credit card. Unlimited use is $4.95 per month or $49 per year, the same price on the web and on iOS, and you can cancel at any time.