What MyStudyDesk does for you
From the moment you snap your timetable to the night before your final exam. Built for South African students, in English or Afrikaans.
Snap your exam roster, get every subject
Take a photo or upload a PDF of your school's exam timetable. Our AI reads it like a human would, extracting every subject, date, and time. No typing, no copying, no mistakes.
- Works with photos of printed timetables
- Reads PDFs from the school portal
- Handles Afrikaans and English rosters
- Confirm and edit before saving
Exam roster · 2026A daily schedule that adapts to every exam
Tell us your study hours. The planner builds a daily timetable that prioritises hard subjects, ramps up urgency as exams approach, and locks the day before each exam to that one subject.
- Different hours for weekdays, Saturdays, Sundays
- Hard subjects get more time automatically
- Day before an exam = all that subject
- Mark sessions done, see your streak grow
Today's planSix ways AI helps you study any note
Upload notes, paste text, or take a photo of your textbook. Then choose what you need: a simpler version, a quick summary, a deep explanation, a translation, flashcards, or a full practice test.
- Simplify: rewrites in plain language
- Summarize: 4-8 bullet key points
- Explain: thorough walkthrough with examples
- Translate: English ↔ Afrikaans
- Flashcards: 8-12 visual flip cards
- Test: custom marks and questions
Chapter 5 notesReal formulas, real working out
When the AI explains physics, chemistry, or maths, formulas look like formulas — not weird ASCII. Real equations, fractions, square roots, chemical reactions, all properly typeset.
- LaTeX rendering for any math
- Chemical equations with subscripts
- Step-by-step working out
- Ask: "Solve this and show the working"
AI · ExplainThe quadratic formula:
For x² − 5x + 6 = 0:
Every note finds its folder
Notes go into subject folders, sorted by term. Drill into any subject to see only its notes. Upload pages straight to the right folder. Find your Chapter 5 notes in 2 clicks.
- One folder per subject, auto-colored
- Filter by school term (1-4)
- Mix notes and test papers
- Add more photos to an existing note
Study folders · Term 2See your marks climb, term after term
Record every test mark you write at school. See your average per subject, latest mark, trend (improving / steady / slipping), and a mini bar chart of mark history.
- Per-subject average and trend
- Mini chart of mark history
- Folder grid across all subjects
- Color-coded by performance band
Mathematics · MarksFlashcards to flip or fold
Generated flashcards open in a clean lightbox — tap any card to flip and see the answer. Want offline? Print them in a fold-and-study layout. Question on left, answer on right, fold in the middle.
- Visual 3D flip animation
- Arrow keys to navigate, space to flip
- Print 4 cards per A4 page
- Cut and fold for paper flashcards
Study together, stay accountable
Add friends by email. Send requests, accept or decline. See who's also a MyStudyDesk user from your school. Coming soon: streak comparison, shared flashcards, leaderboards.
- Add by email, request/accept flow
- Friends list shows school + grade
- Privacy: your notes and marks stay yours
- Streak comparison coming next
FriendsEnglish of Afrikaans — jou keuse
Every label, button, and AI response is available in both languages. Switch any time. The AI tutor responds in your language and translates between them on demand.
- Switch in one click
- AI responses match your language
- Translate any note between EN ↔ AF
- Built bilingual, not translated
Same notes · two languagesPhotosynthesis converts sunlight into chemical energy stored as glucose, releasing oxygen.
The chlorophyll in chloroplasts captures the light.
Fotosintese verander sonlig in chemiese energie wat as glukose gestoor word, en stel suurstof vry.
Die chlorofil in chloroplaste vang die lig op.