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What is Sharpen? 
Sharpen is a college study app offering bite-sized, engaging activities to help students prepare for class and exams. Study activities are organized by chapter and cover over 150 textbooks from McGraw Hill, OpenStax, and other general college disciplines. The app evaluates what students already know, identifies knowledge gaps, and recommends tailored activities to improve exam readiness.

Sharpen includes quizzes, flashcards, chapter summaries, short videos, and guided solutions. The app’s AI study tools allow students to query whatever they need to study, review personalized subject overviews, and create their own study tools.


Where can I get Sharpen? 
You can access Sharpen on the web at www.studysharpen.com or download the app on the iOS App Store and Google Play.

Do I have to pay for Sharpen? 

There are free and paid versions of Sharpen.

You can download Sharpen and create an account for free. 

As a free user, you have access to Sharpen’s full library of over 150 titles and some study activities for each title: 

  • Quiz Bank (ONLY the Basic Level 1, 5 questions per chapter)  

  • Video (1 per chapter)   

  • Guided Solutions (1 per chapter, feature available for select quantitative titles)  

  • Chapter Summary (all: 1 per chapter)   

  • Flashcards (20 per chapter, count varies by title)   

  • Improve (AI-powered, personalized study tips)

To unlock more in-depth content and features, you can upgrade to Sharpen Plus. Learn more about Sharpen Plus here.


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Sharpen Plus is the premium version of Sharpen. Sharpen Plus premium users get the above free content, plus unlimited access to all premium content for over 150 titles:

  • Quiz Bank: Two more levels (Advanced and Exam for more question types, 20+ questions per chapter, and timed practice tests) 
  • Unlimited Videos
  • Unlimited Guided Solutions (feature available for select quantitative titles)
  • Bonus Flashcards (advanced question types in select titles)
  • Ask Sharpen AI study engine


How can I upgrade to Sharpen Plus?

Sharpen Plus offers 1-month, 3-month, and 12-month auto-renewing subscription plans that can be purchased directly in the web app, in the iOS App Store, or in Google Play. All subscriptions offer new users a 7-day free trial. Free trials are only available to new users and are provided at our sole discretion. After 7 days, your free trial will automatically be converted to a paid subscription and your payment card will automatically be charged for each subsequent renewal until you cancel.   

  

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