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Start free. Upgrade only when finals get serious. Cancel anytime — no contracts.
Unlock every model (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini), uploads, voice, image generation, mock exams, shareable replies, and saved chat history — all for less than one campus coffee a week.
- Stripe — secure payments
- 30-day money-back
- Academic Integrity Mode included
Thrifty
PopularCheap model for quick questions, smarter one for essays and problem sets — no daily cap, $14.95/mo.
Best for: exam season, daily study, multi-course semesters.
- Unlimited messages — full semester support
- All premium models — GPT-5, Claude, Gemini Pro
- Unlimited courses & syllabi for context-aware help
- Upload lecture slides, PDFs & DOCX (readings, problem sets)
- Voice notes for studying on the go
- Image generation for diagrams & study visuals
- Weekly recap + daily study narrative
- Share-to-Story 9:16 answer cards for classmates
- Google Calendar integration — exam countdowns, study scheduling, smart reminders
- Chrome extension + mobile app
- Routing Quality dashboard — see weekly cheap-match rate and dollars saved
- Test Prep Hub — SAT, ACT, AP, MCAT & GRE with timed mocks and weak-area drills
- $14.95/mo — about half of ChatGPT Plus
Lo-Fi vs Thrifty — what students actually get
Tap any row for a quick preview of how it works. Start free. Upgrade only when one class isn't enough or finals show up.
| Capability | Student use case | Lo-Fi | Thrifty ★ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily messages | Quick homework questions, concept checks | 20 / day | Unlimited |
| Courses & syllabi saved | Context-aware help that knows your class | 1 course | Unlimited |
| Premium models (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini Pro) | Hard problem sets, essay drafts, research | — | |
| File uploads per prompt (PDFs, slides, images) | Summarize readings, study from lecture decks | 3 / prompt | 5 / prompt |
| Voice notes | Study while walking to class | — | |
| Image / diagram generation | Visualize bio cycles, physics setups, flowcharts | — | |
| Mock Exam + Flashcards | Timed practice quizzes, spaced-repetition study decks | — | |
| Share-to-Story 9:16 cards | Send classmates a clean answer screenshot | — | |
| Tool-Kit — Tiny Tool code-gen | Generate study utilities, calculators & mini-apps from a prompt | — | |
| Tutor Mode (Socratic) | Learn the material, don't just get the answer | ||
| Chat history | Find that explanation from last week | 30 days | Full semester |
| Routing Quality dashboard | See proof the cheap model is matching the frontier one | — | |
| Chrome extension + mobile app | Study anywhere — laptop, phone, library PC |
Tap any row for a 10-second preview. Both plans include Tutor Mode, smart routing, and the 30-day money-back guarantee.
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1 credit ≈ 1 short reply on a cheap model. Long replies on frontier models use more. No expiry. Subscriptions are still the cheapest per-credit — packs are for occasional top-ups. How credits work →