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How Studywise works

Studywise helps you stay on top of homework without overloading your day. You set your school hours and when you can study; then you add homework by voice (tap the mic) or manually (tap +). The app finds study blocks that avoid school, your activities, and—if you set them—your best focus times.

Say things like “Math 20 minutes due Friday” or “Remind me to pack my calculator Monday.” Homework gets scheduled into your study windows; quick reminders get a time. For tests and quizzes, say the due date once and Studywise creates revision blocks (one per day) leading up to it. Everything lives on one Schedule so you see the full picture.

Adding homework

• Voice: Tap the mic and say one or several items (e.g. “Math due Friday, remind me to charge my laptop Sunday”). Up to 10 items at once. Homework is auto-scheduled; reminders get a default time.
• Manual: Tap + and add a task with subject, duration, and due date. The same scheduling engine runs.

Voice: say how hard it is and how long it will take

You have real control when you use the mic—the AI reads natural language and passes that into scheduling.

• Difficulty (cognitive load). If you say something is easy, quick, or light, Studywise tends to treat it as easier work. If you say it’s hard, tough, or will need deep focus, it tends to treat it as harder work. That affects how the planner prioritizes slots—especially alongside your peak energy windows in Profile → Energy & Schedule (harder work is more likely to land in peak times when possible).
• Duration. If you give a specific time—e.g. “English homework due Wednesday, I think it’ll take me 45 minutes”—that duration is used for scheduling (within sensible limits). If you don’t say a length, the app falls back to defaults for that subject or a typical homework length.

Tip: combine them—“Really easy math worksheet due Friday” vs “Hard history essay due Thursday, probably an hour and a half”—so the schedule matches how you actually think about the work.

What the scheduler respects

• School day – Never schedules during school. A 15-minute break right after school is kept free when possible.
• Homework windows – When you can study (e.g. 4–6 PM weekdays). Set in Profile (Settings) → Energy & Schedule.
• Recurring activities – Dance, sports, etc. Set in Profile → Recurring. The app avoids these times.
• Peak focus (optional) – If you set “peak” windows in Energy Profile, harder tasks are preferred in those slots.

Scheduling logic: how tasks get their times

Behind the scenes, Studywise doesn’t just drop homework into the next open gap. It searches from today through your due date, prefers an earlier day over cramming on the due date when it can, and respects your school-day rules (including only before school on weekday due dates).

When your calendar is tight, the engine can bump an existing task to make room: it looks for work that is less urgent—typically tasks whose due dates are further out—and, when it makes sense, easier or shorter work first. That way the schedule adapts instead of refusing a new assignment, and harder or closer deadlines keep priority for your best focus windows when possible.

You may occasionally see a note that something was moved to fit a new task; that’s the system keeping your week coherent, not random reshuffling.

Focus sessions, breaks, and long homework (Pomodoro-style)

Studywise is built around focused work plus breathing room, in the spirit of the Pomodoro technique (timed work intervals with short breaks so your brain can reset).

Five minutes between tasks. When the scheduler places one homework block after another, it reserves about 5 minutes between them. That gap isn’t extra homework—it’s space to stretch, grab water, or switch mental gears before the next block, similar to the short breaks between Pomodoro rounds.

Long assignments split into chunks. If a single piece of work is longer than 60 minutes, Studywise splits it into smaller sessions of about 30 minutes each (labeled e.g. “Part 1 of 3” in your list). Each part is scheduled separately across your homework windows. That mirrors Pomodoro-style work intervals—easier to start, easier to sustain—without cramming one giant block onto the calendar.

Tests and quizzes

Say “Biology test Friday” or add a task with “test” or “quiz” in the title. Studywise creates one revision block per day before the due date (up to 5 days for tests, 3 for quizzes). Each block is scheduled on that day only.

Remind Me

Short to-dos like “Pack dance shoes Monday” appear on your schedule and don’t take over full study blocks. Add by voice or from the Remind Me tab. See FAQs → How do notifications work for reminders? for how alerts differ when you set a specific time vs not.

Rescheduling and past-due

Long-press a task on the Schedule → Reschedule, or open the task and use Reschedule in Edit Task. When you have overdue items, a catch-up sheet lets you reschedule eligible tasks in one go.

Profile (Settings): what each section does

Open the profile icon on the main screen to get to Settings. Here’s how each part feeds the scheduler and your schedule view.

Subjects

Subjects are added automatically as you create homework: when you say or enter a new subject (e.g. “Physics” for the first time), it appears in your list with a sensible default length. You don’t have to build the list up front.

Here you set each subject’s default duration (e.g. Math 30 minutes, English 45). Voice and manual add use those defaults when that subject is chosen. Adjusting durations helps the app estimate how long blocks need; you can also archive or rename subjects to keep the list tidy for quick taps.

School Day

School hours are the start and end of your typical school day. Studywise treats that window as “no homework” time, shows it on your Schedule, and uses a short decompression buffer right after school before dropping study blocks—so the day feels realistic, not packed from bell to bedtime.

Home timezone anchors “today,” due dates, and reminders to where you actually live. If times look a day off, check this first.

Recurring Activities

Add repeating commitments—sports, music, clubs, standing appointments, or one-off events—that should appear on your calendar. The scheduler steers homework around them so you aren’t assigned study during practice or rehearsal.

Planning Intelligence → Energy & Schedule

This is where you define when homework is allowed to land:

• Homework windows – Separate weekday and weekend ranges (e.g. weekday evenings, weekend mornings). The engine only places homework inside these windows (unless it must fall back and warns you).
• Peak energy – Mark certain windows as higher focus. When you’ve indicated a task is harder, Studywise will prefer those slots for demanding work—still respecting everything else on your calendar.

History

• Task History – Completed homework tasks for reference.
• Remind Me History – Completed quick reminders.
• Deleted tasks – Tasks you removed recently; you can restore them within about a week before they’re gone for good.

Support & Updates

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Legal

In-app links to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy—same documents as on the website.

Account

Sign out ends your session on this device. Delete my account permanently removes your account and associated data; you’ll need to sign in again to use Studywise afterward.

FAQs

Why did another task move when I added something new?

When there isn’t a free slot, Studywise may reschedule an existing task that has more breathing room (often a due date further away) so your new work can fit. The goal is to protect what’s due soonest while keeping everything on the calendar—see Scheduling logic above.

Why isn’t my homework showing where I expected?

The app only schedules in your homework windows (Profile → Energy & Schedule). If your windows are narrow or don’t cover the day you need, expand them or check that school hours and recurring activities aren’t blocking the slot. On the due date, only slots before school are used.

How do I add revision blocks for a test or quiz?

Just say or type the due date with “test” or “quiz” (e.g. “Spanish quiz Monday”). Studywise creates one revision block per day before that date automatically. You don’t add each day by hand.

The voice command didn’t understand me. What do I do?

AI can sometimes mishear or misinterpret. Try saying the subject, duration, and due date clearly (e.g. “Math homework 30 minutes due Friday”). You can always add or edit the task manually with the + button. You’re responsible for checking that deadlines and times are correct—see our Terms of Service.

Does saying “easy” or “hard” in a voice command actually do anything?

Yes. The app estimates a cognitive load from what you say, so phrases like “really easy math” vs “super hard essay” can steer scheduling—especially with peak focus windows set in Profile. It’s not perfect every time, but it’s designed to match how you describe the work.

If I say how long homework will take (e.g. 45 minutes), does Studywise use that?

Yes. When the voice flow picks up a duration in minutes (or clear phrasing like “an hour”), that value is used to size the task for the planner. If you don’t specify, defaults apply. See Voice: say how hard it is and how long it will take above.

Where do I set my school hours and study times?

Open Profile (profile icon) → School Day for school start/end, and Energy & Schedule for when you can do homework on weekdays and weekends. Setting these first makes scheduling work best.

Can I change when a task is scheduled?

Yes. Long-press the task on the Schedule and choose Reschedule, or open the task and tap the reschedule (wand) option. You can also move fixed activities in Profile → Recurring.

What happens to my data if I delete my account?

All your data (tasks, schedule, profile) is permanently deleted. See our Privacy Policy for details. You can delete your account in the app: Profile → Account → Delete my account.

How do notifications work for reminders?

Studywise uses local notifications on your device (you can allow or change them in iOS Settings). How a reminder is set determines what you get:

No specific time (date only) – These are bundled into your daily rhythm, not fired at the exact moment something is “due.” On weekday mornings, you may get a “Hey, don’t forget!” style alert around an hour before school starts (based on your school hours in Profile) that lists reminders due that day. On weekday afternoons, after your decompression window (right after school), you may get a homework check-in that also mentions reminders due tomorrow. You need notification permission for these; they help you notice date-based items in context with your day.

With a specific time – When you set a time for a reminder (or the app assigns one from voice), Studywise schedules an extra notification about 30 minutes before that time, with the reminder title, so you have a heads-up before it’s due. If the reminder is less than 30 minutes away when it’s saved, that advance alert won’t fire (there’s nothing left to warn you about). Completing or deleting the reminder cancels its pending notification.

Limits – iOS limits how many future notifications an app can hold; Studywise may schedule up to a set number of timed advance alerts so important system reminders still fit. If something looks missing, open the app once so it can refresh your list.

Contact

Questions or issues? Email us at support@getstudywise.net.

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