A Grade 10 student’s project evolves into an app that helps fellow students with their cram sessions
Procrastination is no stranger to students when exam season comes around. Although initially viewed as a negative habit, procrastination may have positive effects, especially when — most often than not— students need need to cram with a last-minute study session the night before an exam
In 2022, what began as a Grade 10 student’s side project called the SelfReview Engine, now evolved into CramIt. It is an unapologetic AI quiz engine built for learners who study under pressure. Now rebranded, upgraded, and fueled by faster models, CramIt is quietly becoming the cult favorite among Gen Z university students for last-minute study sessions, with over 2,000 users and growing.
“I got the idea back in Grade 10 when I was experimenting with the first language models like davinci-002, and this was before ChatGPT was released. It was surreal having something so ahead of its decade and using it for mundane academics,” says David Alfonso Castro, the founder and developer of CramIt.
Turning cram nights into readiness
CramIt is an app that will help students lessen those panic episodes while studying and be more focused on productivity. The app’s tagline, “ Because we’ve all been there” resonates with fellow students going through the same late night cram sessions.
The founder David Alfonso Castro, now Grade 12 and developer of CramIt, discovered the struggles of current AI studying tools. “Most AI study tools absolutely crash out when you cram massive files into them. If you feed them a 50-page textbook passage, you’ll hit context limits very fast. Imagine someone asks you to memorize a large Wikipedia entry in one go before summarizing it. It’s a fundamental limitation of how Large Language Models handle long-form content, but CramIt sidesteps that. We can generate 400 questions of two different types from a single large document with consistent quality throughout. Question 1 is just as accurate as question 400. Try that with any other AI tool.”
Students can upload entire textbooks, lengthy research papers, or comprehensive course materials without worrying about content limits or degraded performance. Where other platforms force users to break down their materials manually, CramIt handles the heavy lifting automatically while maintaining quiz quality across hundreds of questions.
The results speak for themselves. “Really making me enjoy studying,” said user Maika Cuestas, while another user, Bench Eser, dubbed it their go-to for last-minute reviews.
From notepads to sprint mode
CramIt’s minimal and clean interface removes additional distractions on screen. With its raw, efficient, and laser-focused formula, your 100 pages of PDF files can be translated into quiz generations (no more flashcards), helps with language support, and organizes all your study notes for you. The app keeps things simple, fun, and straightforward. It doesn’t shame procrastinators, but it builds for them.
Uniting minds and unleashing potential
Users can easily share their generated quizzes with classmates, turning individual cramming sessions into collaborative study groups. The platform extends this collaborative approach through its Sprint subscription model, which includes unique sharing benefits that eliminate typical barriers.
This sharing model has been quietly spreading across campuses like the University of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomas, and De La Salle University (where Castro himself studies), as study groups are discovering that one subscription can effectively cover multiple students, making premium AI-powered quiz generation accessible to entire friend circles without everyone needing to pay individually.
From liberal arts to computer science, foreign language drills to social studies, CramIt supports a wide range of academic subjects with zero fluff and fully customized control.
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About CramIt
CramIt is a Philippine-based AI study platform that helps students generate instant quizzes from any text material. Originally developed as a personal study tool in 2022, the platform now serves over 2,000 students across Philippine universities. Built by a student for students, CramIt offers both free and premium subscription tiers with unique sharing features designed for budget-conscious study groups.
Contact Information
* Fleire Castro
* Third Team Ventures LLC, UP Cebu inIT, Unit L06, 3rd Floor, Left Wing, Arts and Sciences Building, University of the Philippines Cebu, Gorordo Avenue, Lahug, Cebu City 6000
* PH (Mobile): (Globe) +63 915 256 4918
* Email: [email protected]
