Learn by doing, not by watching
Understand it
properly — for once.
Learnova teaches maths, logic, probability, computing and physics the way they should have been taught: one idea at a time, with something to move, guess or take apart on every screen. No lecture videos. No passive reading. Nothing to memorise before you understand it.
- 19
- interactive lessons
- 180
- questions & steps
- 7
- courses across 5 subjects
A step from “Algebra Unlocked”
Growth, compared — a step from “How Computers Think”
Answers are cheap.
Understanding is the product.
Anything can give you the answer now. What almost nothing does is make sure you could have got there yourself — and would get there again next month. That's the only thing Learnova optimises for.
You act on every screen
Tip a balance scale, drag an estimate along a number line, wire a logic gate, watch gradient descent overshoot. The diagram isn't decoration — it's the argument.
Wrong answers are the lesson
Get it wrong and you're told precisely which step of the reasoning broke, then shown the version that works. Then it comes back later, when you've half-forgotten it.
It calibrates to you
Three right in a row and the questions get harder. Two wrong and it eases off. Nobody learns from being bored, and nobody learns from being lost.
The library
Five subjects that make each other easier
Mathematics
Numbers as tools for thought
Estimation, proportion, algebra and the quiet habits that turn arithmetic into judgement. Every idea arrives with something to move, drag or guess.
2 courses
Logic & Reasoning
Argument, tested
How claims connect, where they break, and why a valid argument can still be wrong. Learn to take a statement apart before you agree with it.
1 course
Data & Probability
Thinking clearly about uncertainty
Chance, evidence and the traps that fool almost everyone. Build the instinct to ask 'out of how many?' before you trust a number.
1 course
Computer Science
The machinery of mechanical thought
Algorithms, circuits and learning systems, built up from parts you can see working. No prior coding needed — only curiosity about how the box decides.
2 courses
Science & Physics
The rules the world runs on
Forces, energy and motion, explained through things you have already felt — lifts, brakes, swings and falling coffee cups.
1 course
Ask Nova
Your tutor, on tap
Stuck mid-step? Ask for a hint that nudges without spoiling, a Socratic back-and-forth, or a plain explanation. Available inside every lesson.
Try the tutorThe machinery
Built so it doesn't leak back out
Learning something once is easy. Still having it in six weeks is the hard part — and it's entirely a scheduling problem. Every question you meet becomes a card with its own forgetting curve.
Interactive lessons
Concept, visual, question, recap. Short steps, each one earning its place.
Spaced review
An SM-2 scheduler queues each idea just before you'd lose it. Mastery is tracked per concept.
Adaptive difficulty
The next question is chosen from how the last four went — not from a fixed script.
Learning paths
Curated course sequences for a goal: rebuild foundations, read data honestly, understand machines.
Practice drills
A standalone bank of questions per concept, so you can train a weak spot without replaying a lesson.
Challenges
Daily, weekly and timed goals worth real XP — for when motivation needs a shape.
Streaks & daily goals
Pick a goal you'll actually hit. Consistency beats intensity, and the app is built around that.
Achievements & levels
Sixteen achievements and a level curve that makes early progress quick and later levels earned.
Where to start
Pick a goal, not a syllabus
Confident Foundations
Rebuild the maths you were taught badly
The Data Thinker
Read a number without being fooled by it
Machine Mind
Understand how machines decide — from gates up
Sharper Every Day
Short daily sessions, broad coverage
Ten minutes a day is enough
Free to start, no card, nothing to install. Pick a daily goal you can actually keep and let the review scheduler do the remembering for you.
- No videos to sit through
- Works on your phone
- Progress saved per concept