SimpleQuizMaker for Students
Turn your lecture notes, textbook chapters, and YouTube lectures into self-quizzes — the highest-leverage study technique cognitive psychology has identified. Built for students who want to actually retain what they study, not just feel productive.
Free tier. Student plan from $4.99/mo. No credit card to start.
Study from anything you have
Notes, textbook PDFs, YouTube lectures, articles, Wikipedia entries. Paste or upload — the AI turns it into a quiz.
Active recall, not rereading
Self-quizzing is 3-5× more durable than re-reading. We make active recall as easy as scrolling.
See your weak spots
Per-question history. The questions you keep missing are the topics you need to revisit.
Spaced repetition built in
Missed questions automatically queue for review at the right interval. The forgetting curve, defeated.
Study with friends
Share quiz links with classmates. No accounts to make. Compare scores and explanations.
Mobile-friendly
Take quizzes between classes, on the bus, in line for coffee. Web-based, works on any phone.
Why active recall beats re-reading
The cognitive psychology literature is unusually clear on this: retrieval practice (testing yourself before checking the answer) produces 3–5× better long-term retention than re-reading the same material. The catch is that re-reading feelsproductive while it's happening; retrieval practice feels harder because it surfaces what you don't know. The discomfort is the learning.
SimpleQuizMaker exists to make active recall as low-friction as scrolling. Paste your lecture notes, click generate, take the quiz. The AI does the part that used to take 90 minutes (writing the questions); you do the part that actually builds memory (retrieving the answers).
For the deeper science, see active recall techniques that beat re-reading and spaced repetition flashcards — a student's guide.
A 30-minute daily routine that works
Most students get the highest leverage from a 30-minute-a-day routine, split into three 10-minute blocks:
- 0–10 min: review yesterday's missed questions (spaced repetition handles the scheduling).
- 10–20 min: generate a new quiz from today's lecture notes and take it cold.
- 20–30 min: write a Feynman-style explanation of the day's hardest concept.
Repeat across a 14-week semester and you've put in ~70 hours of high-quality study — and you'll outperform classmates who spent twice that re-reading textbooks. For the full protocol, see How to Memorize Anything: A 4-Step Protocol.
Exam prep, real talk
Standardised tests (SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, MCAT, LSAT)
Dedicated generators for the major exams: SAT, ACT, GRE. Paste your prep book chapter; get section-specific practice. Pair with official practice tests for the strongest preparation.
Medical and nursing licensure
NCLEX question generation calibrated to priority/triage and delegation framing. Detailed prep walkthroughs at NCLEX-PN prep and USMLE Step 1 prep.
Certification exams
CPA, CFA, AWS, Azure, PMP, Bar Exam, PHR/SHRM — we've published prep guides for each. Browse the blog or use the topic search on a specific exam.
AP and IB exams
Generate AP-style multiple choice or IB Paper-format questions from your review materials. AP quiz generator.
Tools that work together
SimpleQuizMaker covers four study modes from one source upload:
- · Quiz mode — take a graded quiz with explanations.
- · Flashcard mode — convert the quiz into spaced-repetition flashcards. The Leitner-inspired algorithm schedules each card for the right review interval.
- · Review queue — missed questions automatically queue. Daily review keeps weak spots in front of you.
- · Study notes — AI-generated summary of the source material, paired with the quiz.
Generate once, study multiple ways. See flashcards and review queue.
Evidence-based study techniques we've documented
Our blog covers the cognitive science of studying in depth — written by Emily Chen, a Ph.D. cognitive psychologist and study skills coach. Start here:
- · The Feynman technique
- · The Leitner System for flashcards
- · The SQ3R reading method
- · Active recall techniques
- · Spaced repetition guide
- · How to study smarter
- · Preparing for finals week
- · Reducing test anxiety with practice quizzes
Free tier — what you actually get
We don't do dishonest freemium. The free tier gives you 5 AI quiz generations per month, unlimited submissions per quiz, full quiz history, flashcard mode, and the review queue. The Student plan ($4.99/mo) lifts the generation limit and adds longer quizzes (up to 30 questions) plus file uploads.
See pricing for the full comparison.
A note on academic integrity
SimpleQuizMaker is designed for self-study— generating practice quizzes from your own course materials to learn the content. That's normal and pedagogically endorsed.
Using AI to take exams for you or generate answers to graded assignments is academic dishonesty under most university honour codes — and we don't support that use case. The quizzes you generate here help you study; the assessments your professor gives you are theirs to grade.