Best Free Study Apps for Students in India — Class 10, Boards, JEE & NEET

The best free study apps for students in India are DIKSHA and ePathshala for your textbooks, NTA Abhyas for JEE and NEET practice tests, Khan Academy for concepts, Anki for flashcards and Forest for focus. For Class 10, start with DIKSHA (it covers CBSE and most state boards) and add one app you will actually open every day for revision and doubts. Below is what each app is good for — and what "free" really means for each one.

Quick picks

Best free study apps for Class 10 and board exams

• DIKSHA — the Ministry of Education's free app. Scan the QR code in your textbook to open videos, explanations and practice for that chapter. Covers NCERT/CBSE and many state boards. Our DIKSHA app guide shows how to set it up.
• ePathshala — NCERT's app for its textbooks, with e-books you can download and read offline, plus audio and video.
• Super Tutor (our app) — Class 1–12 for CBSE, ICSE and state boards: chapter summaries, revision notes, concept maps, flashcards, practice quizzes and an AI doubt solver, matched to your board and class. Free to start: a free trial, then a free plan with daily limits. The trial includes one mock exam; after that, mock exams and photo doubts are on paid plans.

The textbook is still the core of Class 10 preparation. Apps help most when you use them to test yourself — see active recall — rather than to reread.

Best free apps for JEE and NEET

• NTA Abhyas (National Test Abhyas) — the National Testing Agency's own app, with free practice tests for JEE Main and NEET. Read our NTA Abhyas guide.
• ePathshala — NCERT books are the base for NEET Biology and much of JEE Chemistry, and they are free here.
• YouTube — free lectures from Physics Wallah, Unacademy, Vedantu and many teachers. Pick one teacher per subject and stick with them.
• Super Tutor — chapter-wise practice, revision notes and doubt solving for JEE, NEET and other entrance exams. Free to start; the free trial includes one mock exam, and after that mocks are on paid plans.

Best free apps for concepts and courses

• Khan Academy — free, non-profit. Excellent for building Maths and Science concepts from the basics.
• SWAYAM — the government's free online courses, including NCERT and NIOS school courses. Certificate exams charge a fee.

Best free apps for focus, flashcards and planning

• Anki — flashcards scheduled by spaced repetition. Great for Biology terms, Chemistry reactions and History dates. Free on Android (AnkiDroid) and computers.
• Forest — grows a virtual tree while you stay off your phone. Free on Android.
• A Pomodoro timer — our free Pomodoro study timer runs in the browser; see how the Pomodoro Technique works.
• Google Keep — quick notes and checklists that sync across devices.
• Notion and Todoist — free personal plans for notes, timetables and task lists.

Free tools for Maths, Science and English

• GeoGebra — graphs, geometry and 3D maths. Free.
• Periodic Table (Royal Society of Chemistry) — detailed element data. Free.
• Photomath — scan a maths problem to check your steps. Core features are free. Use it to check work, not to skip it.
• Duolingo — English practice for Hindi speakers. Free with ads.

How to choose (and not waste time switching apps)

1. One app per job. One for textbooks, one for practice, one for focus. More than that becomes a distraction.
2. Check what the free plan includes before you plan your preparation around it — most apps limit something.
3. Prefer apps that make you answer questions. Watching videos feels productive; testing yourself is what moves marks.
4. Turn off notifications from everything except your study apps during study hours.

App features and free plans change. We describe what each app offers for free; check the app store listing before you download.