This diStudero update is about the hours you actually spend at your desk. Six new full-screen study timers keep you in the chair, your lecture slides finally turn into flashcards, smart notes print on paper, and mind maps were rebuilt from scratch. Quizzes and flashcards got sharper too.
diStudero now has six new full-screen study timers you can open free, without an account: Aurora, Lava, Word clock, Minimal, Slide and Columns. Put one on a second screen or your phone, and the clock in front of you becomes the reason you keep going instead of reaching for your phone. Each one has a built-in study radio, so you get focus music without opening another tab.
Browse them all on the free study timer page.
Yes. diStudero now reads PPTX presentations, so the slide deck your lecturer posted after class becomes flashcards, a quiz or a mind map in a couple of taps. No more copying slides into a document first - drop the file in and start studying from it.
diStudero mind maps were rebuilt from the ground up. Every main branch now picks up its own colour automatically, so a big topic stops looking like a tangle of grey boxes and starts looking like something you can actually memorise. Editing is smoother too - select a node and edit, add a subtopic, or let AI expand it right there.
Noticeably. diStudero quizzes and flashcards were already built around understanding and recall, and this update pushes both further. We moved to refreshed AI models, tuned how the questions and cards get written, and tested the new versions against a large number of real study materials - keeping only the changes that scored better than what we had.
You can now print any smart note straight from diStudero. Some people simply revise better on paper - highlighting by hand, spreading pages across a desk, or walking into an exam room with a printed summary. Hit Print and the note comes out clean and readable, without the app interface around it.
Photosynthesis - summary
Six of the screens you use most were redrawn in this update. The goal was the same everywhere: less clutter on the screen while you study, and a clearer picture of how you did once you finish. New animations across the app make it feel quicker and easier to follow as you move between screens.
| Where | What is better |
|---|---|
| Quizzes | Cleaner question screen and a results page that shows what to fix |
| Flashcards | Calmer card view and a clearer summary at the end of a session |
| Dashboard | Your folders, search and study stats laid out at a glance |
| Exam simulator | Redesigned setup and an evaluation page that reads like a marked paper |
| Study statistics | FSRS training stats redrawn so your progress is readable at a glance |
| Mind maps | Rebuilt editor with automatic colour-coded branches |
A simpler way to install diStudero on your phone
ImprovementThe install guide now gives iPhone and Android students their own steps instead of one confusing list, and Android gets a direct install button. It takes under 30 seconds, with no App Store and no Google Play - you end up with a diStudero icon on your home screen that opens straight into studying.
Install diStudero on your phoneSuggest a playlist for the study music player
ImprovementdiStudero has a built-in music player with focus playlists - lofi, synthwave, jazz, chill guitar and classical - so you can start studying without hunting for something to listen to. If the sound you study to is missing, you can now suggest it.
We also fixed a batch of bugs reported by students and tidied up plenty of small things across the app. Thanks to everyone who told us when something felt off - it genuinely is how this list gets written.
