BRAINBACK — The AI tutor that refuses to give answers.

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a study tutor · not an answer machine

Get your brain back.
Keep the AI.

A Socratic AI tutor built to hand your mind back to you — one refused answer, one attempted problem, one durable recall card at a time.

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No AI training on your work
COPPA + FERPA + GDPR-K posture
Made in Canada
Zero ads, zero data resale

“We are pro-struggle. Pro-attempt. Pro-slow. Pro-the-messy-first-draft. There is no shortcut for the reasoning part. So we’re not going to sell you one.”

— the manifesto

your brain scoreweek 7

79/100 +3

Recall accuracy82

Calibration78

Explain-back75

one number · every Sunday · 40 · 30 · 30

The product

what it does, what it costs, what it refuses

Product

Learn mode
Hint ladder
Explain-back
Spaced recall
Brain score
Efficiency mode
Output guard
Pricing
Roadmap
Changelog

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Who it is for

by stage, by subject, by exam

For you

High school
College
Pre-med
Med school
Law school
MBA
Engineering
Homeschool
Adult learners
Self-learners

Subjects

All subjects
Mathematics
Calculus
Physics
Chemistry
Biology
Computer science
Economics
Statistics
Writing

Exam prep

SAT prep
ACT prep
MCAT prep
LSAT prep
GRE prep
GMAT prep
AP exams
IB Diploma

The library

guides, research and study methods

Learn

Guides
Research
For parents
For educators
For schools

Study methods

Active recall
Spaced repetition
The Feynman technique
Deliberate practice
The forgetting curve
Interleaving
Retrieval practice
Elaborative interrogation

Playbooks

Finals week
Exam cramming
New semester setup
Comeback semester
Thesis writing sprint
Board exam · final month
Essay writing sprint
Study abroad prep

Habits

Morning recall pass
Sunday scoring ritual
Nightly explain-back
90-min deep work
Pomodoro + recall
Pre-exam taper
Post-exam retro
The spaced week

Concepts

Working memory
Cognitive load
Desirable difficulty
Bloom's taxonomy
Metacognition
Transfer of learning
Growth mindset
Deep processing

The company

who we are, and what we promise about your data

Company

Manifesto
About
Story
Careers
Press kit
Contact

Trust

Trust center
Security
Privacy
Data handling
Academic integrity
Cookie preferences
Child safety
Subprocessors
Report a vulnerability

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