Kiwi’s Library
House rules
A small collection of free and cheap study tools for university students.
Each book covers one kind of work: studying, notes, research, writing, planning, focus and listening.
The kiwi is the librarian. Use one tool well before you look for another.
- I
Three, not thirty
Every book opens with a few small stacks of tools for one situation. Take one stack.
- II
Cheapest first, always
Free first, then free tiers, then paid. Stop at the first price you don’t like.
- III
Free tiers, exactly
When a free tier has limits, the entry gives them.
- IV
Expensive things are stamped
Anything over about $15 a month is stamped. Ask your library first.
- V
Language and country, loudly
If a tool only works in some languages or countries, it says so.
- VI
Nobody pays to be here
No affiliate links, no sponsored places.
- VII
Check what AI tells you
AI tools make up numbers, quotes and citations. Check anything that matters.
- VIII
Prices go stale
Every price shows the month it was checked. Unconfirmed prices say so.