Android

Hlayiso: Notes & Past Papers

Topics Note-taking

Hlayiso: Notes & Past Papers has 160,939 installs (+6.7% in the 30 days to 2026-11-01), rated 4.2 from 2,893 ratings, #9,161 of 322,370 in Education.

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Installs
160,939
+4,483 (+3.0%) a week, measured over 15 days to 2026-11-01
Rating
4.2
2,893 ratings
+10 ratings (+0.3%) a week, measured over 15 days to 2026-11-01
Rank on Android
#154,417
of 2,966,927
down 3,362 since 2026-11-01
Version
2.1.2
Last updated 2026-10-27

Description

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Exam prep shouldn't feel impossible. Hlayiso is the free CAPS-aligned study app that turns revision from Grade 1 to matric into short, clear sessions that fit your phone, your time, and your data plan.

Whether you're a parent helping a Grade 2 learner read their first words, a Grade 7 student drilling Natural Sciences, or in the final sprint to NSC matric exams, Hlayiso grows with you. One app. Every grade. Every subject that counts.

⭐ WHY STUDENTS AND PARENTS CHOOSE HLAYISO

✅ Thousands of past exam papers with full memorandums, organised by year, paper and province
✅ Revision notes covering every core CAPS subject, with worked examples, diagrams and mathematics rendered properly
✅ An AI tutor tuned to the South African classroom — NSC command verbs for older grades, age-appropriate explanations for younger learners
✅ Snap any question with your camera and get a clean step-by-step solution
✅ Works offline for notes, past papers and flashcards, so you can study on the bus or through load-shedding
✅ Free forever plan. No credit card required.

📚 PAST PAPERS AND MEMOS
Past papers from 2015 onwards, including NSC, preliminary and provincial papers from Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Free State, North West and Northern Cape. Every paper ships with its full memorandum. Built-in PDF viewer, fast search, and a memo toggle so you can mark your own work the way a teacher would.

🎯 QUESTIONS BY TOPIC
Past paper questions re-organised by topic and difficulty. Struggling with fractions in Grade 5, electrochemistry in Grade 11, or essay-type Life Sciences in Grade 12? Drill the exact skill without scrolling through an entire paper.

📝 REVISION NOTES
Clean, section-based notes with worked examples, diagrams and proper mathematics rendering. Track reading progress, jump to any section, and highlight what matters. Designed for phones, beautiful on tablets.

🧠 QUIZZES
Instant-feedback quizzes with multiple choice, true or false, fill in the blank, numeric input, cloze dropdown, matching pairs and ordering questions. Memo-style explanations and a results screen that shows exactly where marks were lost.

🃏 FLASHCARDS
Short cards with spaced repetition, so the app surfaces weak cards more often and eases off once they're mastered. Perfect for sight words, times tables, definitions and command-verb responses.

🤖 AI STUDY ASSISTANT
Ask anything in chat. Upload a worksheet, a photo of a question, or a past paper, and the AI walks through the solution in plain language. Voice input and text-to-speech mean you can revise with your hands full.

📸 SNAP AND SOLVE
Point your camera at any question — handwritten, printed, or on a screen. The AI recognises the problem, breaks it down step by step, shows its working, and offers a practice variant for the same skill.

🎓 NBT PREPARATION
Dedicated prep for the National Benchmark Tests (AQL, MAT and QL) with practice questions, timed mocks and topic breakdowns for university applications.

💰 BURSARY FINDER
A searchable database of bursaries, scholarships and funding opportunities with deadlines, fields of study and application links.

🏆 BUILT-IN MOTIVATION
Streaks, XP, diamonds, daily quests and weekly leagues keep the study habit alive on the days motivation dips. Pair up with a friend and earn a buddy XP boost for logging in together.

🌍 ALL 11 OFFICIAL SA LANGUAGES
Foundation Phase supports isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, English, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga and isiNdebele.

📱 PHONE, TABLET AND WEB
Open Hlayiso on your phone or tablet, and pair it with hlayiso.com on the web to pick up exactly where you left off.

💳 FREE TO START
Full daily access on the free tier. Upgrade to Pro for unlimited AI chat, unlimited practice and offline downloads.

Built by MHSquared (Pty) Ltd.
Questions or feedback: support@hlayiso.com

Is Hlayiso: Notes & Past Papers safe?

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  • Listed on Google Play.
  • Made by MHSquared; developer website listed: hlayiso.com. Details →
  • On Google Play since 2024-02-24. Last updated 2026-10-27.
  • Rated 4.2 from 2,893 ratings. Details →

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Growth change in installs

Per Growth Growth % Actual change Measured over
day Not enough history yet
week +4,483 +3.0% +9,693 15.1 days
month +10,042 +6.7% +11,022 32.9 days
year Not enough history yet
How these figures are measured

Change in installs, scaled to each window from the real gap between crawls. A window needs a full period of history before it reports anything.

Installs160,939
2026-09-29 · 151,246 2026-11-01
Ratings2,893
2026-09-29 · 2,872 2026-11-01
New ratings per month+21 so far
Sep 2026 from 2026-09-29: +0 Oct 2026: +0 Nov 2026 so far: +21
Sep 29 Nov so far
Average rating4.2
2026-09-29 · 4.2 2026-11-01

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