AI Concept Map Maker

Create visual concept maps and mind maps with AI. Build concept maps to organize complex topics and instantly turn them into flashcards, quizzes, study notes, or essays. Enrich maps with resources from Wikipedia, arXiv, Semantic Scholar, YouTube videos, websites, and more.

Visualize ideas and expand them into study tools for classwork, research, or presentations.

Practice and Remember with Flashcards and Quizzes

Turn your notes, PDFs, videos, or concept maps into flashcards with spaced repetition. Create quizzes in multiple formats to test your knowledge. Share decks and quizzes with classmates or colleagues.

Review smarter with active recall and spaced repetition to improve long-term retention.

Chat with AI Your Way

Go beyond casual conversations with many models like Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, or Qwen. Apply custom instructions or run saved prompts. Turn your chats into flashcards, quizzes, or study notes.

Deepen understanding by asking questions and converting conversations into study materials.

Learn from Any Source

Bring in knowledge from PDFs, YouTube videos, websites, or academic sources like PubMed and arXiv. Generate transcripts, summaries, and key takeaways. Save time by gathering reliable resources in one place.

Make any content study-ready and keep all your resources in one place.

Summarize and Chat with PDFs and Videos

Use the AI PDF Summarizer to summarize and chat with PDFs, research papers, and textbooks. Generate transcripts and summaries from YouTube videos with the YouTube Video Summarizer. Also available: Podcast Summarizer.

Quickly extract key information from long documents and videos.

One Source, Every Format

Drop in a link or a file once. Heuristica reshapes it into whichever format helps the material stick: flashcards, concept maps, quizzes, study notes, mind maps, and more.

Study any material in multiple formats without re-entering content.

• All-in-One Study FormatsHeuristica converts a single source (PDF, YouTube video, podcast, article, or link) into multiple study formats: concept maps, flashcards with spaced repetition, quizzes, study notes, summaries, and mind maps. This cross-format conversion is a core differentiator.
• Multi-Model AI ChatUsers can choose from multiple AI models including Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, and Qwen. Chats can be turned into flashcards, quizzes, or study notes, and custom instructions or saved prompts are supported.
• Source Import FlexibilityHeuristica supports importing from PDFs, YouTube videos, websites, and academic sources like PubMed and arXiv. It generates transcripts, summaries, and key takeaways, saving time by gathering reliable resources in one place.
• Affordable Premium TierThe Professional plan is $5/month (billed $59.99/year) and includes 100s of saved concept maps, quizzes, flashcards, spaced repetition, YouTube transcripts, PDF chat, content generation from any source, multi-model AI chat, custom prompts, cross-format conversion, and collaboration/sharing.

• Model Names and CapabilitiesThe free plan lists 'GPT-5.4 mini' and the paid plan lists 'GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 mini, Claude 4.5 Haiku, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Qwen 3'. These are specific model names shown on the pricing page, but no further details about their exact capabilities or limitations are provided beyond the plan feature lists.
• User Count and TestimonialsThe site claims 'Join over 75,000+ learners' and includes testimonials from named individuals (e.g., Dr. Andy Stapleton, Dale Rutherford, Jonatan Lipsky, Dr. Suzanie Mat Saat). These are self-reported and not independently verified on the scraped content.
• CO2 Offset ClaimThe footer states 'Heuristica will contribute 1% of your purchase to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.' No further details about the program, partner organizations, or verification are provided on the scraped pages.
• Free Plan LimitationsThe free plan is described as 'Basic' with 'Max 3 saved concept maps' and 'Limited functionality.' The exact limitations beyond saved concept maps are not specified on the pricing page.

Literature Review & Research

Heuristica helps students and researchers shape research topics and develop dissertation proposals by importing sources from PubMed and arXiv, generating transcripts, summaries, and key takeaways, and creating concept maps to organize complex topics. It is a powerful starting point for literature reviews when you don't know where to begin.

Study from Any Source

Drop in a link or file once—YouTube video, PDF document, podcast episode, or article—and Heuristica reshapes it into flashcards, quizzes, study notes, mind maps, and more. This makes it easy to turn any material into study-ready formats for active recall and spaced repetition.

Concept Mapping & Visualization

Build concept maps to visualize ideas and expand them into study tools like flashcards, quizzes, and study notes. Repurpose these maps for classwork, research, or presentations, and enrich them with resources from Wikipedia, arXiv, Semantic Scholar, YouTube, and websites.

AI Chat & Multi-Model Assistance

Chat with AI your way using models like Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, or Qwen. Apply custom instructions or run saved prompts, and turn your chats into flashcards, quizzes, or study notes. This supports deeper understanding and personalized learning.

Sign up for a free account on Heuristica’s website.

Connect your preferred academic databases via the integration panel.

Define a research query and select the summary format.

Export the generated brief or call the API to embed results in your internal tools.