Study Planner

How do I make a study schedule for my exams?

Open AnyTool Study Planner, add each subject or topic with its exam date, a difficulty (easy to very hard) and an estimate of how many study hours it needs, then set your availability — which weekdays you study, how many hours a day, a start date and a session length. Tap Generate and the planner spreads each subject’s hours across the study days before its exam: it front-loads the harder and sooner exams, never schedules more than your hours per day, and reserves a light review session just before each exam so you space your practice instead of cramming. You then tick sessions off as you study and the tool tracks hours done versus total, overall and per subject. Everything is saved only in your browser’s localStorage, and you can export, import or print the plan.

Add subjects with an exam date, difficulty (1–5) and estimated study hours
Set availability: study weekdays, hours per day, start date and session length
Generate spreads hours across the days before each exam — front-loaded, no cramming
Tick sessions done; track hours done / total overall and per subject, with overload warnings
Saved only in your browser’s localStorage — nothing uploaded; export JSON or print to back up

What is

Study planner (spaced revision schedule)

A study planner is a tool that turns a list of subjects and their exam dates into a day-by-day revision schedule. You estimate how many hours each subject needs and how much time you have, and the planner distributes those hours across the available days before each exam rather than leaving everything to the last minute. The underlying idea is spaced practice (or distributed practice): research consistently shows that splitting study into shorter sessions spread over days and weeks encodes information into long-term memory far better than a single cramming session — often up to twice as effective for lasting recall. A good planner prioritises the soonest and hardest exams, avoids overloading any single day, and reserves a short review near each exam for recall rather than first-time learning.

Generators

Related terms

Spaced practiceDistributed practiceRevision timetableExam preparationActive recallCramming

Frequently Asked Questions

The generator works subject by subject, ordered by exam date (soonest first) and then by difficulty (hardest first) as a tie-break, so the most urgent and hardest work claims the scarce early days first. For each subject it collects every day you marked as a study day from your start date (or today, whichever is later) up to the day before that exam, then spreads the estimated hours across those days with a front-loaded weighting so harder material is met sooner and revisited. A running per-day load is kept across all subjects so a single day is never scheduled past your hours-per-day limit; if a day fills up the work spills to the next open day. A light review session — about a fifth of the subject’s hours — is reserved on the last available day before the exam for spaced recall. If a subject’s hours cannot all fit before its exam, the planner tells you how many hours are over rather than cramming them into the final day.

It orders subjects by soonest exam then hardest, spreads each subject’s hours across your study days before its exam, front-loads harder work and never books more than your hours per day.

AnyTool Study Planner is 100% client-side. Every subject, its exam date, difficulty and estimated hours, your availability settings and the whole generated schedule live only in this browser’s localStorage and are never sent to a server. There is no sign-up, no login and no analytics, and the schedule is generated locally on your device, so it works offline once the page is cached. Because the data is tied to this browser, you can use Export JSON to keep a backup or move your plan to another browser or device, and Print to save a clean copy or PDF; clearing your browser data is the only thing that removes your plan.

Yes. Your subjects, exam dates, availability and the generated schedule are stored only in your browser’s localStorage and never uploaded — no account, no tracking.

Spaced practice, also called distributed practice, means dividing your study into shorter sessions spread over days and weeks instead of one long block the night before. Cognitive-science research shows that spacing can be up to twice as effective as massed practice for encoding information into long-term memory, and students who space their study score higher on assessments given later. Cramming can produce a short-term bump for tomorrow’s test, but the material fades quickly. That is why the planner deliberately distributes each subject’s hours across the days before its exam and adds a short recall-focused review near the exam, rather than packing everything into the final day. For the spacing to pay off, use the sessions for active recall — testing yourself, past papers and flashcards — not just rereading notes.

Because spaced practice encodes information into long-term memory far better than cramming — studies show it can be roughly twice as effective for lasting recall.

Because everything is stored locally in this browser, there is no cloud sync between devices and no push notifications or reminders. Keep the tab open or bookmark the page and check your schedule yourself each day. Your plan stays in this browser on this device, so opening the tool in a different browser, on another device or in private/incognito mode starts fresh, and clearing browser data erases your plan. To keep a backup or move to another device, use Export JSON and then Import it, or use Print to save a clean copy or PDF. Treat the generated schedule as a starting point and adjust it to your real pace and energy — re-generate whenever your exam dates or hour estimates change.

No. It is a personal single-device planner with no cloud sync and no reminders — check your plan yourself and export JSON or print to back up or move devices.

A spaced-revision study planner that turns your subjects, exam dates, difficulty and estimated hours into an auto-generated day-by-day schedule before each exam, with progress tracking, overload warnings and JSON export / print — 100% in your browser.

Features

Add subjects with an exam date, difficulty (1–5), estimated study hours and a colour
Set availability: study weekdays, hours per day, start date and preferred session length
Generate a spaced schedule — front-loaded, capped to your hours/day, with a review before each exam
Tick sessions done; track hours done / total overall and per subject, with exam-day and overload markers
Export / import JSON or print; saved only in localStorage — 100% client-side, nothing uploaded

PriceFree

CategoryGenerator

PlatformAll (browser-based)

PrivacySubjects, exam dates, availability and the generated schedule are stored only in your browser’s localStorage; nothing is uploaded and there is no account or tracking

Input: No upload — add subjects with exam dates and hours, set availability; optional JSON import to restore a backup

Output: Day-by-day study schedule grouped by week, Progress % overall and per subject, JSON export of the whole plan, Printed / PDF schedule

Detailed Explanation

Methodology

How the Spaced Study Schedule Is Generated

AnyTool Study Planner turns a list of subjects into a day-by-day revision schedule with a deterministic, client-side algorithm. Each subject carries an exam date, a difficulty from 1 to 5, an estimated number of study hours and a colour; your availability sets which weekdays you study, a maximum hours-per-day, a start date and a preferred session length. The generator processes subjects ordered by exam date (soonest first) and then by difficulty (hardest first) as a tie-break, so the most urgent and hardest work claims the scarce early days first. For each subject it collects every study day from the later of today or your start date up to the day before that exam, then spreads the estimated hours across those days using a front-loaded linear weighting (earlier days get a larger share) so harder material is met sooner and revisited. A running per-day load map is shared across all subjects, so no single day is ever scheduled past your hours-per-day cap — when a day is full the work spills to the next open day — and hours are split into blocks around your session length and rounded to half-hours. A light review session of roughly a fifth of the subject’s hours is reserved on the last available day before the exam for spaced recall. If a subject’s hours cannot all fit before its exam, the planner reports the unscheduled hours instead of cramming them into the final day. All date maths use plain local-time Date objects, so there are no timezone surprises.

Subjects ordered by soonest exam, then hardest, so urgent/hard work claims early days
Each subject’s hours spread across study days before its exam with a front-loaded weighting
Shared per-day load cap means no day exceeds your hours-per-day; overflow spills forward
A review session (~20% of hours) is reserved on the last day before each exam
Hours that cannot fit before an exam are reported as unscheduled, never crammed

How It Works

Schedule View, Progress and Warnings

The generated plan is shown grouped by week and then by day, each day listing its study and review sessions as tappable chips coloured by subject, with the day’s total hours and a red overload flag if it ever exceeds your hours-per-day. Exam days are marked inline with a graduation-cap banner, today is highlighted, and review sessions are tagged so you know to treat them as recall rather than first-time learning. Tapping a session toggles it done, and the planner tracks hours completed versus total both overall — shown as a progress ring and an hours-done / hours-total figure — and per subject, with a coloured progress bar for each. A stats strip summarises the number of subjects, the total estimated hours, the session count and the percentage of the plan complete, and a banner lists any subjects whose hours will not fit before their exam so you can add study days or hours, move the exam date, or lower the estimate. Regenerating preserves the done state of sessions that map to the same subject, date and kind, so editing a subject and re-running the plan does not lose your progress.

Schedule grouped by week then day; sessions are colour-coded, tappable chips
Per-day total with a red overload warning when a day passes your hours-per-day
Exam-day banners, a today highlight, and tagged review sessions
Progress ring plus hours done / total overall and a per-subject progress bar
Regenerate keeps done sessions; an unfit banner flags subjects that won’t fit before the exam

Privacy & Security

Privacy, Backups and Honest Limits

Everything runs locally in the browser with no account, server or tracking. Every subject — its name, exam date, difficulty, estimated hours and colour — together with your availability and the whole generated schedule is stored only in the browser’s localStorage and is never uploaded, and the page works offline once cached. You can export the entire plan to a JSON file as a backup or to move to another browser or device, re-import it, or print a clean copy or PDF of the schedule. Honestly, this is a personal single-device planner: because the data lives in localStorage there is no cloud sync between devices and no reminders or push notifications, so you keep a tab or bookmark and check your plan yourself; opening the tool in a different browser, on another device, or in private/incognito mode starts fresh, and clearing browser data erases your plan, which is why regular JSON-export or print backups are recommended. The schedule distributes the estimated hours you enter, so it is a starting point, not a promise — adjust it to your real pace and energy and re-generate when exam dates or estimates change. Most importantly, time on the calendar is not learning: use active recall and spaced practice (self-testing, past papers, flashcards) rather than rereading, and treat the pre-exam review sessions as quick recall rather than first-time study.

Study planning: in-browser (AnyTool) vs typical study-planner apps
Capability	AnyTool	Typical study-planner apps
Where data lives	Only in your browser’s localStorage	Usually a cloud account / server
Auto-scheduling	Spreads hours across days before each exam	Often manual time-blocking only
Prioritisation	By soonest exam then difficulty, front-loaded	Varies; sometimes none
Anti-cramming	Per-day cap + review before each exam	Rarely enforced
Progress	Hours done / total, overall and per subject	Often task ticks only
Backup	Export / import JSON and print	Tied to the account/cloud
Privacy	Nothing uploaded, no account, no tracking	Sign-in and sync to a server
Cost / signup	Free, no signup	Often app install, subscription or paid tier

AnyTool stores your subjects, exam dates, availability and schedule locally and uploads nothing; export JSON or print to back up or move devices.

Cite This Page

Title: Study Planner (spaced-revision study planner that turns subjects, exam dates, difficulty and estimated hours into an auto-generated, front-loaded day-by-day schedule with a review before each exam, per-subject and overall progress tracking, overload and unfit warnings, and JSON export / import and print — 100% client-side)
Author: AnyTool
Published: January 1, 2026
Modified: February 8, 2026
Section: Generators
URL: https://www.anytool.tech/study-planner

Formatted Citation

AnyTool. "Study Planner (spaced-revision study planner that turns subjects, exam dates, difficulty and estimated hours into an auto-generated, front-loaded day-by-day schedule with a review before each exam, per-subject and overall progress tracking, overload and unfit warnings, and JSON export / import and print — 100% client-side)." AnyTool, January 1, 2026. https://www.anytool.tech/study-planner

A privacy-first, 100% client-side study planner that turns a list of subjects into a day-by-day spaced-revision schedule entirely in the browser with no server call, no CDN and no upload, so subjects, exam dates, availability and the generated plan never leave the device and the tool works offline once cached. Each subject stores a name, an exam date (YYYY-MM-DD), a difficulty from 1 (easy) to 5 (very hard), an estimated number of study hours and a colour; availability stores which weekdays count as study days, a maximum hours-per-day, a start date and a preferred session length. A pure, deterministic generator orders subjects by exam date (soonest first) then by difficulty (hardest first) as a tie-break so the most urgent and hardest work claims the scarce early days first; for each subject it gathers every study day from the later of today or the start date up to the day before the exam, then distributes the estimated hours across those days with a front-loaded linear weighting (earlier days receive a larger share) so harder material is met sooner and revisited. A running per-day load map shared across all subjects guarantees no single day is scheduled past the hours-per-day cap — when a day fills, work spills to the next open day — hours are split into blocks around the session length and rounded to half-hours, and a light review session of roughly twenty per cent of the subject’s hours is reserved on the last available day before the exam for spaced recall; if a subject’s hours cannot all fit before its exam the planner reports the unscheduled hours rather than cramming them into the final day, and all date maths use plain local-time Date objects to avoid timezone errors. The schedule is presented grouped by week and then by day, each day showing colour-coded study and review session chips that can be tapped to toggle done, the day’s total hours with a red overload flag when it exceeds the hours-per-day cap, inline exam-day banners, a today highlight and tagged review sessions; progress is tracked as hours done versus total both overall (a progress ring plus an hours-done / hours-total readout) and per subject (a coloured progress bar each), a stats strip summarises subject count, total estimated hours, session count and percent complete, and a warning banner lists any subjects whose hours will not fit before their exam so the user can add study days or hours, move the exam date, or lower the estimate. Regenerating preserves the done state of sessions that map to the same subject, date and kind, so editing a subject and re-running does not lose progress. Subjects can be added with a guided form (name, exam date, difficulty picker, hours stepper, colour) or from quick samples, edited inline (rename, change exam date, hours and difficulty) and deleted, and availability is set with study-day toggles and presets (every day, weekdays, weekends), hours-per-day, session-length and start-date controls. The whole plan persists to localStorage and can be exported to a JSON file and re-imported (replacing the current plan) or printed as a clean schedule or PDF; it runs entirely on the device with no account, server or tracking and works offline once cached. The page is explicit and honest that this is a personal single-device planner with no cloud sync between devices and no reminders or push notifications, so the user keeps a tab or bookmark and checks the plan themselves and backs it up by exporting or printing; opening it in another browser, device or private mode starts fresh and clearing browser data erases the plan; the schedule distributes the estimated hours the user enters and so is a starting point to adjust to real pace and energy and to re-generate when exam dates or estimates change; and, most importantly, time on the calendar is not learning — the tool advises using active recall and spaced practice (self-testing, past papers, flashcards) rather than rereading, and treating the pre-exam review sessions as quick recall rather than first-time study, in line with cognitive-science research showing spaced practice can be roughly twice as effective as cramming for long-term retention.