Make learning Simpl.

Canvas and Brightspace, made simple.

Mac AppmacOS 14+ Safari ExtensionmacOS 13+ Chrome or EdgeAny computer Windows AppBetaWindows 10 or 11 iPhoneComing soon · waitlist

Free. No account needed.

The Simpl dashboard: counters for what’s due today, the next seven days, what’s overdue and what was graded, each course’s grade, the week’s workload and today’s work in one list.

Drag the handle. Left: Canvas’s own Dashboard. Right: the same week in Simpl. (A made-up school, Lakeside University.)

Built for your week

Simpl helps you do more, faster.

Every day

Find anything, from one box.

What’s due, and a search across every course.

  • Six counters for due, overdue and graded.
  • One search across every course.
  • Type / to open a tool or add a task.
  • To Do and the Calendar one click away.
Simpl’s search over the Dashboard: “lab” typed, and the lab assignments and pages from the physics courses listed under it, by kind.

Before a quiz

Quizzes, without the clutter.

Just the question and your answers.

  • One at a time, or all in one scroll.
  • Jump to or flag any question.
  • Review before you submit.
  • Never reloads mid-quiz.
  • Knewton Alta inside the Mac and Windows apps.
A quiz in Simpl: an answer picked and saved, on to question 2, an answer picked there and the question flagged for review.

Turning in work

Hand in from your phone.

Scan the code, snap a photo, done.

  • A receipt on your computer when it lands.
  • Whole folders as one .zip.
  • Preview before you submit.
  • Rubric and feedback beside the grade.
Hand in from your phone: the assignment’s code shown for the phone’s camera, then the receipt once the phone has handed it in.

When grades come back

Know where you stand.

Every grade, your GPA and what’s left to hit your goal.

  • Term GPA against your goal.
  • What-if scores before they land.
  • A target for each course.
  • Class stats beside your score.
From the Dashboard to Grades: the 3.42 term GPA counting up, its trend since August, and a ring for each course with its grade.

Studying

Study tools, built in.

17 in the browser, nearly 40 in the apps.

Math

Chemistry

Biology and physics

Study and files

Pick one to see it. “App” marks a tool in the Mac and Windows apps only.

The periodic table tool open over the Tools page: all 118 elements coloured by kind, with a search box.

Periodic table · in the browser and the apps

Simpl for iPhone · Coming soon

In your pocket, soon.

Today, To Do, grades and the Calendar as an iPhone app. It isn’t on the App Store yet. Leave your email and we’ll send one note when it is.

Compared

Simpl, BetterCampus and plain Canvas.

Where Simpl is ahead.

FeatureSimplBetterCampusCanvas
Search every course at onceYesNoSmart Search inside one course, where the teacher turns it on
Mac and Windows appsYes (Windows in beta)NoNo, phone apps only
Hand in by scanning a code with your phoneYesNoSubmit in the Canvas phone app
Price and accountFree, no accountFree tier; Pro $19/month. Newer features need an accountFree for students

The full comparison, with sources

Your courses stay between you and your school.

No account

There’s nothing to sign up for. Simpl uses the Canvas sign-in you already have.

Nothing sent to us

Simpl talks to your school’s Canvas and keeps what it needs on your device. No tracking, no ads.

Off in one click

The switch on every page brings back plain Canvas, on the page you were on.

What Simpl can and can’t see

Try it this term.

Free for Canvas and Brightspace.

Mac appRecommended Safari extensionInside Safari Chrome or EdgeAny computer Windows appBeta iPhoneComing soon

Mac app: macOS 14 or later · Safari: macOS 13 or later · Windows: 10 or 11, 64-bit

Does it work with my school?

If your school uses Canvas or Brightspace, yes. Type its name or its Canvas address to check.