Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Leader is a free alternative to Turbo AI for students. Like Turbo AI, it turns recorded lectures, audio files, PDFs, pasted text, and YouTube videos into notes, flashcards, and quizzes. Unlike note-only apps, it also imports assignments from Canvas, StudentVue, and Schoology, prioritizes them, builds a weekly study schedule, tracks grades, and includes an AI tutor, all free.

Yes. Record a lecture directly in Leader or upload an audio file (mp3, m4a, wav, webm, or ogg) and it transcribes the audio with AI, then generates notes, flashcards, and a quiz you can study right away.

Yes. Paste a YouTube link and Leader pulls the video's transcript, then generates notes, flashcards, and a quiz from it. You can also paste a transcript or upload a PDF if a video has no captions available.

Yes. Leader pulls all assignments from every connected class, whether from Canvas, StudentVue, or Schoology, and ranks them across all subjects simultaneously using due date, point value, and estimated difficulty. You see one unified priority list, not one per class.

Leader integrates directly with Canvas LMS, StudentVue, and Schoology. After you connect your account, Leader pulls your assignments automatically. You don't have to copy anything manually. When your teacher updates a due date, Leader updates too.

The main benefit is eliminating the time students waste deciding what to work on. Leader figures out what's most urgent based on your real deadlines, estimates how long each task will take, and builds a schedule around your actual free time. Students report spending less time planning and more time actually studying. It also reduces the anxiety of not knowing whether you're going to finish everything on time.

That is exactly what Leader is built for. The app's core goal is to answer "what should I work on right now?" automatically. Instead of staring at five different portals trying to figure out what's due when, Leader gives you a ranked list and a schedule. Most users say their planning time drops from 20–30 minutes per day to under 5.

Leader is completely free for all students. Every feature is available with no extra tiers and no sign-up barriers.

Yes. After Leader generates your schedule, you can adjust time estimates, change priorities, move sessions around, and block off times you're not available. The AI adapts to your edits - if you push something back, it recalculates the rest of your week automatically.

Yes. Leader supports Canvas LMS and StudentVue natively. It also supports Schoology and exports to Google Calendar and Notion. If your school uses Canvas or StudentVue, you can connect Leader in a few minutes and see all your assignments ranked by priority immediately.

Yes. Leader works for both high school and college students. High school students often use StudentVue, which Leader connects to directly, something most competing planners don't support.

Leader connects to StudentVue, which neither MyStudyLife nor Shovel supports. Leader also includes a built-in Grade Modeler (simulate your final grade before you take a test), AI-generated schedules, and a Study & Learn tool for flashcards, all in one app. Shovel does not make its full scheduling tools available to every user. See the full comparison here.

No. Leader reads your assignments from those portals and organizes them. You still submit work through Canvas or StudentVue. Leader just tells you what to do and when to do it.

Leader re-syncs with your school tools automatically. When a due date changes in Canvas or StudentVue, your Leader priority list and schedule update to reflect it.

Yes. Leader is a Progressive Web App (PWA) available on iPhone and Android. You can install it from the website, no App Store required for Android, and it installs like a native app on iPhone via Safari. Visit the install page for step-by-step instructions.