This planner turns the hours you actually have into a one-week study schedule. It helps students whose plans fail because they assume more free time than the week really holds.
Free tool
Realistic revision planner
Your revision timetable looks perfect on Sunday and falls apart by Wednesday.
Everything you enter stays on this device.
How do I use it?
- Set the day the week starts and the length of one study block, such as 30 minutes.
- Enter the minutes you can study on each day of the week.
- Add each topic or task with the minutes it needs, a priority and an optional test date.
- Read the plan, the backlog and the reasons. Change any input and the plan updates.
- Press Print plan if you want a paper copy.
How does it work?
Each day is cut into whole blocks. A day with 50 minutes and a 30 minute block has one block, and the extra 20 minutes stay free.
Tasks are ordered by the nearest test date, then by priority, then by your list order. Each pass gives one block to each task in turn, so one long task does not swallow a whole day.
A task is never placed on or after its test date. Once a task is fully studied, one review block is added two days after the last study block if a free block exists, otherwise the next free block that is allowed. Anything that does not fit is listed in the backlog, and the total scheduled is never more than the total available.
What does a worked example look like?
The week starts on Monday. Each weekday has 60 minutes, Saturday has 120 and Sunday has 60, in 30 minute blocks. The tasks are Algebra at 90 minutes with high priority, and Forces at 60 minutes with a test on Friday.
Forces is ordered first because it has the nearest test date. Forces gets a block on Monday and Tuesday, Algebra gets blocks on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and a Forces review sits on Thursday.
The Algebra review falls on Friday. The plan schedules 210 of the 480 available minutes and the backlog is empty.
What can it not tell you?
It cannot tell you how long a topic will really take you. The minutes are your own estimate, so adjust them after the first week.
It does not decide what is most important for your results. It follows the dates and priorities you give it and cannot promise coverage or any grade.
How does it connect to the lessons?
Use the plan together with the revision guides, for example SPM Mathematics revision, English revision and Bahasa Melayu revision. The Chinese revision page follows the same approach.
Put your test dates in the personal exam calendar and countdown, and use the spaced recall planner for the review blocks.
To talk through a plan with a teacher, see Chinese tuition or Mathematics tuition. The one-hour trial class (from RM50) is a real taught lesson, and the schedule after it is agreed with the teacher.
Common questions
Why does the planner leave some tasks unscheduled?
Because your available time is finite. Tasks that do not fit go to a backlog list instead of being squeezed in, so you can decide what to cut, shorten or move to next week.
Can I change the order the planner chooses?
Yes. Tick 'Keep my order exactly' and use the move up and move down buttons. The plan then follows your list, and the reasons panel says so.
Does the plan cover the whole SPM syllabus?
No. It only arranges the topics you add. It is an editable rule of thumb and makes no promise about syllabus coverage or results.
Where is my plan stored?
Only in your own browser on this device. Nothing is uploaded, and the Clear everything button removes it.
If the backlog keeps growing, a teacher in a one-to-one lesson can help you choose which topics to drop, which to rebuild first and how to use the hours you do have.
- Online one-to-one lessons for your child with an experienced teacher.
- Your first class is a one-hour trial, from RM50. The fee is agreed before you book.
- Happy with the teacher? Continue with lessons of about 1.5 hours. If not, ask for another teacher.