Study guide maker that helps you actually understand your notes
Upload your lecture notes, slides or PDFs. LearnKata's AI study guide maker breaks them into concepts, explains why each one matters, and quizzes you before you move on.
Free to start · No credit card · Used by 200k students in 140+ countries
How to make a study guide from your notes
Upload your material
Add your lecture notes, slides, PDFs, Word documents, audio recordings or a YouTube lecture. You can add several files at once.
Get a concept-by-concept guide
Usually in under a minute, LearnKata finds the key ideas, puts them in a sensible order and explains how they connect.
Check you understood it
Each concept ends with a short quiz. If you're stuck, the AI tutor explains it another way, using your own notes. Every explanation cites the page of your notes it came from. Click "Page N" to open your file at that page and check it.
A study guide generator that teaches, not just summarizes
Most AI study guide makers give you a shorter version of your notes. That's useful, but it isn't the same as understanding them.
A typical AI study guide
- A summary of your notes
- You read it and hope it sticks
- Stuck? Start a new chat
- No idea if you're ready
A LearnKata study guide
- A sequence of lessons, one concept at a time
- You're quizzed on each concept before moving on
- Stuck? The tutor explains it using your notes
- A predicted grade and mastery for each concept
Made for exams where you have to explain, apply and solve, not just recognize.
What's in your study guide
- Concept breakdown: the topic split into small lessons, with the hardest ideas explained step by step.
- Why it matters: how each concept connects to the rest of the course.
- Practice quizzes: questions after every concept, not just at the end. Or go straight to PDF to quiz.
- Flashcards: key terms and definitions, ready for review. Or go straight to PDF to flashcards.
- Mind maps: ask the AI tutor to map out a topic and see how the ideas fit together.
- Progress tracking: a mastery score for each concept, a predicted grade, and study streaks, so you know what to review before the exam.
Works with the material you already have
- PowerPoint slides (PPT and PPTX)
- PDFs, including scanned ones, textbook chapters and articles
- Word documents and pasted text
- Audio recordings (MP3), transcribed automatically
- YouTube lectures, from a link
- Live lectures, recorded and transcribed as you listen (web app)
LearnKata is also available as an iOS and Android app and a Chrome extension.
Study guides for every class
- Biology: slides on cellular respiration become a step-by-step guide from glycolysis to the electron transport chain, with a quiz on each concept.
- Economics: a textbook chapter on elasticity becomes a guide that works through the formulas with practice problems.
- History: lecture notes on the causes of WWI become a guide that connects each cause to its consequences.
- Nursing and pre-med: a pharmacology PDF becomes drug-class concepts plus flashcards for the names.
What students say
"I always feel overwhelmed when studying. I love how LearnKata breaks down my materials into step by step concepts so I can feel like I'm making progress!"
Stephanie, 2nd Year, Masters in Marketing Management
"I've struggled with understanding complex concepts but LearnKata has been helpful with clarifying my questions and doubts!"
Zayne, 2nd Year, Mechanical Engineering
"LearnKata explains complex concepts clearly and in an easy-to-understand way."
Zayna, 1st Year, Computer Science
Frequently asked questions
Is LearnKata's study guide maker free?
Yes. Every 30 days, the free plan includes 1 study plan, 1 quiz, 1 flashcard set, 5 tutor chat messages and 2 uploaded files (up to 120 pages each, or 30 pages if scanned). After that, you can keep going with energy, which refills every week. You don't need a credit card to sign up. See pricing for paid plans.
How do I make a study guide from my notes?
Upload your notes, slides or PDF, and LearnKata turns them into a concept-by-concept study plan, usually in under a minute. Each lesson then takes a minute or two to write. Want to make one by hand? Read our guide on how to make a study guide.
What's the difference between a study guide maker and a summarizer?
A summarizer shortens your notes. A study guide maker organizes them into what to learn and in what order. LearnKata also tests you on each concept, so you know when you've understood it.
Can I use it as a study guide creator for a whole course?
Yes. Upload many files at once and LearnKata builds one study plan, grouped into chapters, that covers all of them. Paid plans take files of up to 1,500 pages.
Is the content accurate?
Explanations are based on your own material and cite the page they came from, so you can check anything that looks off.
Can teachers use it?
Yes. LearnKata for Teachers builds activities from class material and shows each student's mastery of every concept.
Turn tonight's notes into a study guide
Free to start · No credit card · Used by 200k students in 140+ countries