Athena, your AI advisor
“What should I focus on today?” — a prioritized plan from your real deadlines and grades, by voice or text. Hands-free wake word, your choice of voice.
LiveThe college operating system
Plan the whole degree.
Track every syllabus.
Own your record.
One calm home for the four years that decide everything. A graduation plan that actually respects your prerequisites, deadline tracking that never blinks, and a privacy model built for the student who legally owns the data — you.
- Whole-degree planPrerequisite-aware, term by term
- Every deadline, zero slipsAny syllabus → dated checklist
- Athena — AI advisorAsk by voice, get a plan for today
- You own your recordExport or delete every byte, anytime
Reads the public academic maps from
- Arizona State
- UT Austin
- UCF
- Florida State
- Michigan
- FGCU
The MVP wedge · 01
A four-year plan that checks itself.
Paste your program's academic map or upload a screenshot. We parse course codes, credits, prerequisites and co-requisites into a real plan — then catch the impossible sequences before your advisor does. Try it: move a course and watch the rules re-check.
No conflicts. Every prerequisite is satisfied and no term is overloaded.
Link or upload
HTML academic maps parse automatically. No clean link? OCR a screenshot or PDF — low-confidence fields are flagged for you to confirm, never silently guessed.
Honest about what's live
We monitor public catalog pages for changes. We never pretend to read your private registration — that lives behind your university login, and we say so.
Built for transfers
Carry credits across institutions. The plan doesn't assume a single school for your whole degree, because real students rarely do.
This isn't a mockup
The full planner, syllabus tracker, consent-gated capture and writing coach are live and free. Your data stays in your browser.
Open the workspace →The MVP wedge · 02
Every syllabus becomes a checklist.
Drop in a syllabus and we lift out the assignments, readings and exams with their due dates and weights. Overdue and upcoming are impossible to confuse, and every course links back to its slot in your plan.
Extracted checklist
- Press Extract checklist to parse the syllabus into dated tasks.
One workspace, the whole journey
Everything college throws at you — in one place.
Planning is the start. CoursePlanner now carries the money, the studying, the writing, the career, and the people who help you — with Athena, your AI, woven through all of it.
Four-year planner
A degree map that respects every prerequisite and credit cap — and tells you why when something won't fit.
LiveSyllabus & Canvas
Turn any syllabus into dated tasks, or import straight from Canvas. Every deadline, one calm list — with .ics export.
LiveMoney & aid — 50 states
A live explorer of federal + every state's grants and scholarships, real deadlines, and a FAFSA paperwork assistant.
LivePremium study tools
AI flashcards, study guides, an audio recap of your notes, and exam prep for the SAT, ACT, CLEP, USMLE & more.
PremiumWriting coach
Coaches your thinking — never writes your paper, never runs AI-detection. Keeps an honest authorship trail.
PremiumCareer
Build a résumé from your coursework and see the exact skills gap between you and the job you want.
LiveTutor marketplace
Find a tutor by state, university and subject — or list yourself and earn. Browse tutors →
LiveFamily access & ownership
Grant a parent a read-only view of exactly what you choose — revocable anytime. Your data is yours to export or delete.
LiveCollege prep (grades 9–12)
Still in high school? A free, grade-by-grade roadmap to college: deadlines, a readiness tracker, and the biggest scholarships. Start here →
LiveWhy we're different
You're the owner. Always.
The day you turn 18 or set foot on campus, your education rights become yours — not your parents', not your school's, and certainly not an app's. We built the whole product around that fact instead of around it.
You own your record
Under FERPA, your rights transfer to you on enrollment. So the student is the sole account holder — and you can export or delete every byte we hold, on demand.
Consent-aware by design
Lecture capture is gated by your state's recording law and your institution's policy, defaulting to the strictest. We never facilitate unlawful recording — and recordings are never shared by default.
A coach, not a ghostwriter
Our AI reviews your draft, asks hard questions and points the way — it will not write the paper for you. And we refuse to rely on AI-detectors that wrongly flag non-native writers.
Parents see only what you allow
Parent access is invited by you, scoped to exactly what you choose, and revocable in a single tap. A parent is never the owner of your data and can never authorize record access.
The arc
Start with the part that
earns trust daily.
Planning and syllabus tracking ship first — the lowest-risk, highest-value wedge. The higher-stakes features arrive only once the consent and ownership architecture is solid.
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Now · live
The whole journey, shipped
- Four-year planner, syllabus → checklist & deadlines
- Athena — AI advisor, writing coach & 24/7 tutor (voice, mobile, installable)
- Financial-aid & scholarship tracker — all 50 states + FAFSA paperwork help
- Premium study tools: AI flashcards, summaries, audio recaps & exam prep
- Career résumé & skill-gap · tutor marketplace
- Accounts + cloud sync & a student-granted parent dashboard
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Next · P2
Connect everything
- Google Calendar, Canvas & email sync
- Smart reminders (push + email)
- Performance-aware plans from your real grades
- Paid Premium via Stripe (the free tier stays free)
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Later · P3
Grow & thrive
- In-app tutor booking & payouts (Stripe Connect)
- Live internship & job matching
- Consent-gated lecture capture (Florida-first)
- Live study-group matching & “defend-your-work” mode
Pricing
Free to start. Premium when you're ready.
The planner and syllabus tracker are free forever. Premium unlocks the AI daily advisor, writing coach, reminders and the integrations that make it your whole-life hub.
Free
$0/ forever
The core planner — yours, no card needed.
- Four-year degree planner
- Syllabus → checklist & deadlines
- Your data, export or delete anytime
Premium
$20/ month
Or $200/year — two months on us (16.7% off).
- Everything in Free
- Athena: AI advisor + writing coach
- Smart reminders + calendar & Canvas sync
- Wellness, family dashboard & voice
Refer a friend
$5/ month
For every friend who joins and stays.
- Earn for each retained referral
- Paid on their second month, not signup
- Stacks across friends
Premium starts with a free trial. The free tier stays free — built so students can always plan without paying.
Questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
What is CoursePlanner.ai?
An all-in-one AI college companion. It helps students plan their degree, track every syllabus and deadline, manage financial aid, study more effectively, support their mental wellness, and find tutors — in one student-owned workspace, with an AI assistant named Athena.
Is CoursePlanner free?
Yes. The degree planner, syllabus & deadline tracking, money & financial-aid tools, the learn-to-study knowledge base, the wellness hub, and the tutor marketplace are all free. A Premium tier at $20/month adds the Athena AI advisor, the writing coach, and the AI study tools.
Who owns my data?
You do. Your data is stored locally in your own browser by default and can be exported or deleted at any time. Cloud sync across devices and read-only parent access are both opt-in and revocable.
Does it work with Canvas?
Yes. You can import your courses and assignment due dates from Canvas using your own personal access token, which stays in your browser and is never stored on our servers.
What financial aid does it cover?
Federal aid (FAFSA, Pell Grant, Direct Loans, work-study) plus every U.S. state's flagship grants and scholarships — all 50 states and Washington, D.C. — with real priority deadlines and a FAFSA paperwork assistant.
How much does Premium cost?
$20 per month, or $200 per year (two months free).
Early access
Get in before the first cohort.
The planner & syllabus tracker are live and free right now — open the app. Join the list for cloud sync across devices, the mobile app, and consent-gated lecture capture as they roll out.