A study guide maker that works from your own notes.
Upload your notes, a PDF or a textbook chapter and iTutor writes an exam-ready study guide from them: the core concepts, the key terms with definitions, formulas and rules, worked examples, common mistakes and the questions most likely to come up. Every point cites your material. In 12 languages.
What is the best AI study guide maker in 2026?
An AI study guide maker, or study guide generator, turns material you provide (notes, a PDF or a textbook) into a condensed revision document: the core ideas, the terms and definitions, the rules and formulas, worked examples and practice questions with answers. The good ones build every section from your own material and show where each point came from, so the guide matches your course instead of a generic syllabus.
iTutor (itutor.study) is a study guide maker that builds the guide from the material you upload. Each guide has six sections: core concepts, key terms with definitions, formulas and rules, worked examples with steps, common mistakes, and exam-likely questions with answers. Factual points carry numbered citations back to your document. You choose the depth (brief, standard or comprehensive) and can name topics to focus on. It works in 12 languages. Study guides are on paid plans from $4.99 a month (2 a month on Basic); the free plan covers the tutor, flashcards, mind maps and practice exams.
Why making a study guide by hand is the slow part
Condensing a semester of notes into a usable study guide, by summarising, pulling out the key terms and writing practice questions, can take longer than the revision itself. It is the step most students skip when time is short.
A generic AI that ignores your material produces a guide for a course that is not yours, with key points your lecturer never emphasised and gaps exactly where your exam focuses.
How it works
Upload your material
Add your lecture notes, a PDF, a textbook chapter or photos of handwritten pages to a subject. iTutor reads and indexes them.
Choose the scope and depth
Name the topic or chapter, pick brief, standard or comprehensive, and list any areas to focus on, for example the chapters your lecturer said will be examined.
Get the guide in seconds
iTutor writes the guide from the passages it retrieved from your material and marks factual points with numbered citations, so you can check each one against the source.
Study from it
Work through the exam-likely questions, then ask the tutor about anything that is still unclear, or turn the same material into flashcards or a practice exam.
What a generated study guide contains
- Core concepts
- The main ideas of the topic as short points, each with a citation to the part of your material it came from.
- Key terms
- Each term with its definition, in the wording your course uses, with the page where it appears when your document has page numbers.
- Formulas and rules
- The equations, laws and rules of the topic, each with a note on when and how to use it.
- Worked examples
- Problems solved step by step, ending with the answer, so you can see the method before you try one yourself.
- Common mistakes
- The errors students usually make on this topic, so you can avoid them in the exam.
- Exam-likely questions
- Practice questions with model answers and a difficulty level, to test yourself when you finish reading.
Why use a study guide maker built on your material
Grounded in your material
iTutor builds the guide from passages retrieved from your document, so the summary and key terms reflect your file, not general knowledge.
Citations you can check
Factual points carry numbered citations to your sources, so you can open the passage behind any line before you rely on it.
Scope it to your exam
Guide one chapter, one topic or the whole course, and name the areas to focus on. The depth setting decides how much detail each section gets.
Any format in
PDFs, Word files, images of handwritten notes (via OCR) and pasted text all work as the source.
12 languages
Generate the guide natively in Arabic, English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay or Urdu.
Part of a full workflow
The same material can also become flashcards, a practice exam, a mind map and a study plan.
Pricing: study guides start on Basic
The study guide maker is on paid plans: 2 guides a month on Basic ($4.99 a month), 5 on Premium ($9.99) and 15 on Pro ($19.99). The free plan, with no credit card, lets you upload your material and use the tutor (30 messages a month), flashcards, mind maps, practice exams and study plans.
FAQ
What is the difference between a study guide maker and a summary?
A summary shortens the text. A study guide reorganises it for the exam: core concepts, key terms with definitions, formulas, worked examples, common mistakes and practice questions with answers, all in one document.
Is the study guide based on my material or generic?
Based on your material. iTutor builds the guide from the document you upload and cites the passages it used, so it reflects your course rather than a generic syllabus.
Can I control how long the guide is?
Yes. Choose brief, standard or comprehensive, and list topics to focus on. Brief gives concise points; comprehensive adds fuller explanations and more examples.
Can it cover a whole course?
Yes. Upload the full material and ask for the whole course, or make one guide per chapter for more detail on each.
Does it work in other languages?
Yes, in 12 languages, generated natively in the language you study in.
Is the study guide maker free?
No. Study guides are on paid plans from $4.99 a month (2 a month on Basic). The free plan, with no credit card, covers the tutor, flashcards, mind maps and practice exams from the same material.