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The full feature catalogue, organised around what you need to do.

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Notes & exam resources

Build understanding, then put it to work.

Subject and chapter notes: Structured learning content across the supported Grade 12 subject catalogue, with explanations, examples and diagrams. Resource depth differs by subject.
Past papers and memoranda: Find available papers and memos by subject, year, session and paper. Download supported resources and revisit them on your device.
Linked paper and memo viewing: Use paper/memo tabs or the linked viewing mode, with supported page synchronisation while you compare a question and its marking guidance.
Exam guidelines: Check the available subject guidelines alongside your notes to understand the scope of revision.
Life Sciences terminology: Revise definitions in chapter terminology sections and the dedicated terminology topic.
Geography resources: A dedicated resource collection for Geography, rather than claiming it has the same chapter-note format as every other subject.
Offline revision: Read bundled notes and saved resources without downloading them again. AI, community services and initial downloads need a connection.
Comfortable reading: Use light or dark appearance, adjust supported reading settings and zoom notes or PDFs for closer inspection.
Chapter study shortcuts: Move from a chapter to its flashcards, quiz, subject past papers or available mock exams.

Visual & audio learning

See a process. Hear it explained. Return to the notes.

Life Sciences process visuals: Follow available DNA replication, translation, meiosis, reproduction, nervous-system, homeostasis, plant-response and evolution visuals. Availability is controlled per topic.
Notes and Visuals views: Open the relevant visual from the notes, browse a topic's available processes and return to your reading position.
Process playback controls: Follow stages with labels and explanations, using the playback and step controls supplied with each visual.
Optional visual narration: Download available process voices when needed, cache them locally, or watch the animation silently without an initial audio download.
Physical Sciences interactive labs: Explore mechanics, momentum, motion, energy, waves, circuits and chemistry with the interactive demonstrations embedded in relevant notes.
Natural audio lessons: Listen to published lessons for Life Sciences and Physical Sciences, with teaching-style explanations and narrated diagrams where supplied.
Follow-along reading: Supported lesson timelines highlight the relevant note section and scroll with the narration.
Audio speed and resume: Control playback speed, pause, resume and continue listening from your saved position.
Background audio and playlists: Use the mini-player, chapter playlists and supported background or lock-screen playback controls.
Download once, listen again: Audio is cached on the device after download. Only chapters with an active published lesson are playable; unavailable lessons are not replaced with device speech.

Practice, mock exams & readiness

Find out what you understand before exam day.

Chapter quizzes: Practise the content you have just studied, review answers and return to concepts that need attention.
AI practice and flashcards: Generate supported practice and topic flashcards with questions, answers, hints and explanations. AI output should be checked against your learning material.
Life Sciences mock exams: Write interactive Paper 1 and Paper 2 mock exams inside the app.
Physical Sciences mock exams: Practise Paper 1 and Paper 2 with diagrams, calculations and exam-style questions.
Timed exam sessions: Work through major questions, move backwards or forwards and submit your responses. Pausing hides exam content; time expiry ends the session.
Interactive exam answers: Answer multiple-choice, terminology, matching and written-response questions in the formats supported by each paper.
Results and marking feedback: Receive results after submission, with AI-assisted marking for supported written answers. Automated marking can make mistakes.
Past attempts and repeat practice: Review saved mock-exam attempts and compare your progress. Repeat access follows the current credits or Pro rules in the app.
Exam readiness dashboard: Review a readiness estimate, predicted mark, confidence and attempt history based on your recorded practice. These are guidance, not a promised examination result.
Topic strengths and weaknesses: See strong areas, topics needing attention and a breakdown of the learning evidence behind your readiness.
Weakness explanations and a 7-day plan: Use supported AI explanations and focused revision tasks to decide what to work on next.
Readiness across devices and reminders: Signed-in learners can carry supported readiness data between devices and receive analysis reminders when eligible and notifications are enabled.

Personal notes & sharing

Make the notes your own without losing the original.

Highlight sentences and passages: Select text and apply highlights using preset colours or a custom colour picker.
Edit text and add your own notes: Personalise supported notes, attach an explanation to a passage and reopen it from its marker.
Undo, redo and original view: Undo or redo your work, check the local edit history and switch back to the original learning content.
Local personalisation: Your working edits stay on your device. Do not assume unsent edits will sync to another phone.
Publish and share note links: Publish a customised version to the community and share an app-opening link to that version.
Free or gated shared notes: Choose free access or the supported Pro/rewarded-ad access option when publishing.
Creator dashboard: Review shared notes, qualifying reader activity, earnings and payout requests. Rewards depend on the current programme rules and review, not guaranteed income.

Help & study tools

Get support for the part that is holding you up.

AI maths scanner: Capture or choose a maths question, crop it and request a worked explanation. Check the reasoning as you learn.
Surgy study help: Ask for supported AI help while studying notes or a past paper, with relevant study context where the feature provides it.
Past-paper assistance history: Select a passage for Surgy Paper Assist and revisit saved assistance for that paper rather than asking the same question again.
Subject-specialist AI tutors: Ask subject tutors for help in eligible feed discussions, including by mentioning them in a help-request comment. Replies use the available post, discussion and learning context.
AI tutor practice posts: Find tutor-generated quizzes, polls and short subject explanations in the learning feed when published.
Univariate statistics: Enter one-variable data and inspect the supported summary statistics and plots.
Bivariate statistics: Explore paired data with scatter plots, correlation and regression analysis.
Tutor and extra-lesson directory: Browse tutor profiles and provider information, then use their available contact options. Confirm suitability and arrangements with the provider.
Study partner matching: Find compatible learners using study preferences, subjects and availability, and manage your matches.

Community & school life

Study alongside people working towards the same goal.

Learning feed and following: Browse community posts and the learners you follow, with subject and learning-resource links in supported posts.
Posts with media and resources: Create text, image or video posts and attach supported study resources, feature links or your customised notes.
Help requests: Post a learning question, discuss it with helpers and mark it resolved when you have an answer.
Polls and social quizzes: Ask the community a question, vote in a poll or test a concept in a feed quiz.
Stories: Share text, image or video stories. Text and image stories advance automatically, with supported hold-to-pause and reply controls.
Comments and threaded replies: Discuss a post, reply to another learner and mention people or eligible AI tutors.
Profiles, follows and search: Build a learner profile, find other learners and follow academic activity that interests you.
Direct messages: Continue conversations privately through the supported messaging tools.
School hub: Find school-related posts, announcements, classmates and academic activity in one place.
Notifications: Keep up with eligible replies, mentions, messages and study activity, subject to your notification settings.
Sharing beyond the app: Share supported posts or note links, invite classmates and open the configured Study Surge social and WhatsApp communities.
Community safety: Use reporting, blocking and community guidelines. Content reports can be reviewed by authorised moderators.

Planning & motivation

Give your study time some direction.

Study timetable: Plan study blocks, academic dates and reminders, then return to your next session.
Study-time insights: Review recorded study time, recent patterns, streaks and weekly progress.
Quiz leaderboards: Explore available weekly, subject, school and following rankings to make practice more social.
Invite rewards: Share your invite code and track eligible rewards. Airtime or cash redemption requires at least R5 and is subject to the programme rules.

Matric+: life after school

Turn your subjects, marks and interests into a practical next step.

Guided marks and career assessment: Enter your results, answer career-fit questions and explore suggested pathways that take your subjects and marks into account.
University Course Finder: Compare your results against the bundled catalogue of more than 1,800 courses across South Africa's 26 public universities.
Career-filtered course results: Open courses relevant to a career fit, adjust the filter and inspect requirements or save options.
Shared marks profile: Reuse your marks between Matric+ and Course Finder. Signed-in profiles support Firestore saving; local storage supports offline or guest use.
University profiles: Explore university information, locations, official application links, courses and accommodation information.
Bursary matching: Compare available bursaries with your marks and funding profile, then open structured bursary details and application information.
Saved courses and bursaries: Keep a shortlist to revisit instead of starting each search again.
Application planner: Add a university or college application, record the course, closing date and status, and edit it as your plans progress.
Application checklist: Keep track of the preparation needed for applications. Submission still happens through each institution's official process.
Student accommodation links: Continue to UniHub from supported accommodation links as you plan life at university.

Access, Pro & controls

Choose how you study and how you use paid tools.

Free app download: Start with the free mobile app. Ads and optional paid features apply; check availability for your device and installed version.
Study Surge Pro: Study without ads and use eligible premium study tools without buying credits each time. View current pricing and subscription terms in the app.
Credits as an alternative: Use credits for eligible occasional tools instead of subscribing. Costs and access requirements are shown in the app.
Optional rewarded access: Where offered and an ad is available, choose to watch a rewarded ad for the stated benefit.
Account and purchase management: Manage your profile, subscription and supported purchase restoration options.
Privacy and AI information: Review AI data-use information, privacy preferences and the community terms before using those services.
Contact and updates: Reach Study Surge support, rate or share the app and follow the social channels currently enabled in the app.
Managed community and sponsorships: Authorised staff can manage app settings, ad availability, tutor posts, moderation and creator requests. Matric+ supports clearly labelled sponsored placements.

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