Study planner and Pomodoro timer
Enter your exams and topics, or just your study slots by subject: the plan builds itself, and the Pomodoro timer walks you through each session.
Week plan
Two ways to plan
- Exam planner: enter exam dates and topics with their difficulty (pomodoros needed to learn them). The tool spreads learning over your available time, most urgent first, then schedules spaced reviews (1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days later, adjustable) and a final review the day before each exam. It warns you when the workload does not fit.
- Simple planner: enter your subjects and weekly study slots (day, start and end time), without listing topics. They repeat every week; a goal in hours per subject helps keep the balance.
The Pomodoro technique
Work for 25 minutes without interruption, then take a 5-minute break; every four sessions, take a longer 15-minute break. Durations are adjustable. Start a planned session with the ▶ button: each completed pomodoro moves it forward, and it is ticked once all its pomodoros are done. The timer rings and can show a notification.
Frequently asked questions
How do I put the plan in my calendar?
The “Calendar (.ics)” button creates a file to open in Google Calendar, Outlook or your phone's calendar. In the simple planner, slots become weekly repeating events.
Is my data sent anywhere?
No: everything stays in your browser. The share link contains the plan itself.
Example: three exams in three weeks
You sit physics on the 10th, maths on the 14th and English on the 20th, and you have 2 hours a day on weekdays and 4 hours at weekends.
- List each subject's chapters and estimate their difficulty in pomodoros: 2 for a short chapter already covered in class, 4–6 for a long or poorly understood one.
- The tool schedules physics chapters first (the nearest exam), then maths and English, filling your available time.
- Every chapter learned comes back for review 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days later (if the exam hasn't passed), and a general review is scheduled the day before each exam.
- If it doesn't all fit, the tool tells you: add time, lower your estimates or knowingly skim some chapters.
Why spaced reviews?
What you have just learned fades fast: this is the “forgetting curve” described by Hermann Ebbinghaus as early as 1885. Each review done just as you start to forget strengthens the memory for longer, so the next gap can be wider. Reviewing a chapter four times, spaced out, works far better than rereading it four times in the same week. It is also how Anki works: for definitions and formulas, add Anki cards to your plan.
Making pomodoros work
- Before starting, write down the session's precise goal (“redo exercises 3–6 from chapter 2”), not just the subject.
- During the 25 minutes, keep your phone out of reach and notifications off. A thought pops up? Jot it down and get back to work.
- During the break, stand up, drink, look into the distance. Avoid social media, which makes restarting hard.
- Study actively: redo exercises, recite without looking, explain out loud. Rereading and highlighting give a misleading feeling of mastery.
Simple plan: for a weekly routine
Outside exam periods, the simple mode is enough: enter your slots (“Monday 5–7 pm: maths”) and a target number of hours per subject. Then export the plan to your calendar (.ics): slots become weekly repeating events. The share link lets you send the plan to a parent, a teacher or a study buddy.
Good to know
- Sleep: memory consolidates during sleep. An all-nighter before an exam costs more than it gains.
- Plan lighter days: a schedule filled to 100% breaks at the first surprise. Keep a 15–20% margin.
- For mock exams, use the exam clock to practise under real conditions.
Guide written and checked by Erwan Hautot · updated 3 November 2026.