Tier 1

Shareware

Free

A real, functional study tool. Not a crippled demo โ€” a genuinely useful free edition that you can use indefinitely.

  • Quick Quiz mode
  • Manual Review flashcard mode
  • Match flashcard mode
  • JSON, CSV, YAML, plain text file support
  • Manual content creation instructions included
  • Custom Quiz Builder (filters, focus, domains)
  • Full flashcard modes (modes 4โ€“6)
  • Stats Tracking
  • Coach
  • Constructor
  • Creator (AI generation)
Missing features are absent from the code entirely โ€” not disabled. No feature unlocking tricks.
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Tier 2

Student Edition

$8

The full study experience for individual learners. Every quiz and flashcard mode, plus stats-driven targeted drilling.

  • Quick Quiz mode
  • Custom Quiz Builder โ€” all filters
  • Repeat Last ยท Resume Last Session
  • All 6 Cue flashcard modes
  • Stats Tracking โ€” per-question history
  • Coach โ€” educator-authored explanations
  • JSON, CSV, YAML, .cogn format support
  • Constructor (file editor)
  • Creator (AI content generation)
  • Live AI Coach (available if school opts in)
Coach for students uses educator-authored packed-in explanations, not live AI, by default. Schools may enable live AI Coach at their discretion.
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Tier 3

Full Edition

$20

Everything. Designed for educators, power users, and anyone who needs to build, manage, and distribute content alongside studying.

  • Everything in Student Edition
  • Constructor โ€” visual file editor
  • Creator โ€” AI content generation (CAPIM)
  • Live AI Coach
  • OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek support
  • Full .cogn file management
  • Educator distribution pipeline
One Full Edition educator can generate and distribute content to an entire class on Student Edition. One $20 sale can drive 20โ€“30 $8 sales.
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Educational discounts built in.

Any verified educational institution receives an automatic 10% baseline discount. Volume discounts stack on top of that.

Volume (Licenses) Additional Discount Student Edition Full Edition
1โ€“19 (baseline only) โ€” $7.20 $18.00
20โ€“99 +5% $6.84 $17.10
100โ€“999 +10% $6.48 $16.20
1,000โ€“9,999 +20% $5.76 $14.40
10,000+ Contact for quote District and state-level contracts negotiated individually

All institutional prices shown after 10% baseline education discount. Volume discount is additional. Contracts of 10,000+ are negotiated individually โ€” district and state-level deals may include support, training, or custom agreements.

The market opportunity at a glance

54M
U.S. K-12 students
5.7M
U.S. K-12 teachers
$4.3M
Revenue at 1% national K-12 penetration (Student Edition only)
8B
Total addressable market (language-agnostic content model)

Designed to eliminate purchase anxiety.

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100% Refund Policy

If you request a refund, you get it. No questions asked. You retain access for the remainder of the period you paid for. This policy is a product confidence signal, not just a legal formality.

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Backer Pricing Locked Forever

Kickstarter backers get their edition at the backed price indefinitely. As the platform grows and adds value, your price doesn't move. That's the deal.

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Your Files Are Yours

Content you create in .cogn format is fully portable. Back it up, share it, load it on another machine. You are never locked into Cognoscient to access your own content.

Lock in your price before public launch.

Kickstarter backers get locked-in pricing, early access, and the satisfaction of backing a product that was genuinely built to solve a real problem โ€” by someone who lived it.

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