Study Tools & Exam Prep student deals

AI tutors, answer engines, computation tools, and note workspaces at student prices — for actually understanding coursework, not just finishing it.

Every deal, best claims first

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Writing Notion Students and educators get Notion's Plus plan completely free for individual workspaces, including unlimited pages… FREE Writing Claude for Education Get full institutional access to Claude for Education at no cost through your university. Includes the latest Claude… $20/mo FREE Study Granola for Students Currently enrolled students at accredited universities in the US, UK, and Canada get Granola Business free for 12… $14/mo FREE Writing Grammarly Pro Students get 50% off Grammarly Pro through SheerID verification, including advanced grammar checking, full-sentence… $144/yr $72/yr Writing iAsk.ai for Students Students get one full year of iAsk Pro free (normally $9.99/month) by signing up with a .edu or .ac school email. No… $9.99/mo FREE for 1 yr Writing Perplexity Education Pro Students and faculty get Perplexity Pro for $10/month (50% off the regular $20). Includes AI-powered research with 10x… $20/mo $10/mo Writing Otter.ai Students and teachers get 20% off Otter Pro for AI-powered meeting transcription, note-taking, and real-time… $99.96/yr $79.99/yr Writing QuillBot Premium Students get 10-25% off QuillBot Premium plans with student email verification, unlocking unlimited paraphrasing, AI… $99.95/yr $74.96/yr Writing Google AI Plus for Students Undergraduate and graduate students in the US and Canada get Google AI Plus free for one year through Handshake: Gemini… $7.99/mo FREE Writing ChatGPT Plus for Students OpenAI's Back to School offer gives US college students 4 free months of ChatGPT Plus, an $80 value, including ChatGPT… $20/mo FREE Study Wolfram Alpha Pro Wolfram Alpha Pro for students: the annual rate is $5/month ($60/year), the same as everyone pays annually, plus a… $5/mo annual Writing Obsidian Student Discount The Obsidian app is free for personal use, and students and faculty get 40% off the paid add-ons: Obsidian Sync drops… $4/mo $2.40/mo Writing Wordtune Students get 30% off Wordtune's Advanced and Unlimited AI writing assistant plans, helping with paraphrasing, grammar… $6.99/mo from $4.89/mo

Building your study setup

  1. One assistant as your tutor. A general AI assistant explains concepts, generates practice questions and checks your reasoning — free student years make the choice easy.
  2. STEM coursework? Add a computation engine. Step-by-step math beats answer-only every time you're trying to learn the method rather than copy the result.
  3. Heavy reading lists want document Q&A. Upload the PDFs, ask questions, find the passage — it's the difference between reading everything and finding what matters.
  4. Keep one notes workspace. Lecture transcripts, summaries and review material all live longer in one organized place than in five apps.

How eligibility is checked here

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Each row shows which check applies — most deals here run through SheerID, GitHub Education or a plain school email. Confirm eligibility on the official page before you sign up.

Study Tools & Exam Prep deals, explained

This shelf is the study stack: AI assistants that explain and quiz, answer engines with citations, computation engines that show their steps, document Q&A for reading lists, transcription for lectures, and note workspaces to hold it all together. The goal is understanding material faster — the tools here are for learning, reviewing and organizing, not for outsourcing graded work.

Student pricing is strong on this shelf because AI companies want students as long-term users — free years and education plans on assistants are common, and the specialist tools mostly discount. A working setup is small: one assistant, one place for notes, plus whatever your subject demands — computation for STEM, document Q&A for reading-heavy majors.

The usual honesty: course rules decide what's allowed in assessed work, and they differ — what's fine for studying may not be fine in an exam or assignment, so check your policy. And every deal here is checked, with the last-check date, claim steps and fine print on each deal page; the official page is the source of truth when terms move.

Before you sign up

Is studying with AI tools considered cheating?
Using AI to understand material — explanations, practice questions, summarizing your own notes — is normal studying at most universities. Using it in assessed work is where rules kick in, and they vary by course. Your policy decides, not this page.
Which tool should I get for math-heavy courses?
A computation engine that shows its steps. Seeing the method is what makes it a study tool rather than an answer machine — and it's usually one of the cheaper student deals on the shelf.
Are these free for students or discounted?
Mixed — free student years on the big assistants appear regularly, while specialist tools tend to offer percentage discounts. Each row's price column shows which is which.
Do the free student plans renew?
Most ask you to re-confirm your student status — commonly once a year — and renew while you're still enrolled. The duration sits next to the price on every row and deal page.
Can high school students claim these deals?
Some deals accept any enrolled student, others require university enrollment or a university email. The eligibility line on each deal page says exactly who qualifies.
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