Personal & Local study agent on your Mac.
AskSia is a free AI study agent that lives on your Mac. Sia reads your materials, builds cheat sheets, diagrams and quizzes, plans weeks ahead toward any deadline, and re-plans daily from your results. Full Digital SAT preparation is available now, with more standardized tests to follow.
Free, no credit card · macOS 12+ · Apple silicon & Intel · ~14 MB · Signed & notarized by Apple
What is the AskSia Mac app?
AskSia for Mac is a free, local AI study agent for macOS. Give Sia a goal and the agent manages the full process: reading your materials, building cheat sheets, diagrams and quizzes, writing a dated study plan, and adjusting it daily from your results. It also delivers complete test preparation, with exam-faithful, full-screen mock exams for standardized tests like the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL and IELTS. The app lives in your Dock, posts native macOS notifications, runs on Apple silicon and Intel, and keeps your plan on your machine.
How to Study with AskSia Agent
Give Sia a goal or your materials, and the agent plans the work, builds the study aids, runs the sessions, and adjusts the plan from your results. All in a native app on your Mac.
Live chat, ask anything
Ask anything, anytime. Sia answers step by step and can bring your own materials into the conversation.
Reads your materials
Drop PDFs, slides or photos, or record a lecture. Sia reads it all, explains it, and answers with citations back to the source.
Builds cheat sheets & diagrams
Dense single-page cheat sheets, visual diagrams and step-by-step walkthroughs for any subject, kept in a library you can remix.
Makes quizzes & flashcards
Graded quizzes from your materials and spaced-repetition flashcards with memory hooks written by Sia.
Plans weeks ahead
Set a deadline and Sia writes a dated, day-by-day roadmap, then rebuilds it every day from what you actually did.
Nudges you natively
Lives in your Dock and posts native notifications when a plan day opens or a mock is scored.
Prep SAT Test with AskSia AI
Set three numbers and the agent returns a dated, day-by-day plan, then rebuilds it every day from your results. Digital SAT preparation is available now.
Try the plan builder
The same math Sia runs in the app. Drag or type, no signup.
This is the same builder inside the app. Set the numbers once and the agent keeps adjusting the plan from how you actually do.
Reachable with consistent prep, based on students near 1,210 with a similar window.
Forecasts are pace estimates, not promises. In the app the plan re-calibrates daily, and the diagnostic returns a banded score: a range, not a fake single number.
The first five screens
Tap a step, the screen, or Next to advance.
Four tools, one plan
The agent sequences them into your plan.
Baseline Diagnostic
20 items, a banded score, your weakest skills found
Targeted Drill
Teaches the method, then drills your misses plus variants
Vocabulary
Spaced repetition with memory hooks written by Sia
Full Mock Exam
Timed, full-screen, scored on the real 400-1600 scale
Keep your study on your machine
Local means the agent runs as a native app on your Mac: your plan and files stay with you, and study time gets the whole screen.
Signed & notarized
The Mac build is code-signed and notarized by Apple, so macOS verifies it before it runs.
On your machine
Your plan, study aids and Word Book are kept locally, so the agent's work stays with you.
Never trains AI
Your materials and progress are used for your own queries only. Never to train AI models, never sold.
Offline review
Review your plan and saved study aids offline. Building new aids and asking Sia need a connection.
Full-screen focus
Mocks take over the whole screen in test-faithful chrome, with the side chat locked like the real thing.
Delete anytime
Drag it to the Trash to uninstall, and delete your data from your account whenever you want.
Choose where you study
| Mac app | Chrome extension | Web app | Mobile app | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Daily, focused study | Syncing your LMS | Quick chat in a tab | On-the-go capture |
| Study agent: plans, drills & mocks | ✓ | · | · | · |
| Cheat sheets, diagrams & walkthroughs | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ |
| Local files & offline review | ✓ | · | · | ✓ |
| Full-screen, exam-faithful mocks | ✓ | · | · | · |
| Runs on | macOS (Apple silicon & Intel) | Any Chromium browser | Any browser | iOS · Android |
| Price | Free to start | Free | Free | Free |
Get answers before you download
What is a local study agent?
A study agent is an AI that does multi-step study work for you: it reads your materials, builds study aids like cheat sheets and quizzes, plans multi-week goals, and adjusts the plan from your results. Local means it runs as a native app on your own computer, in this case a signed and notarized Mac app, with your plan and files kept on your machine instead of living in a browser tab.
Is the AskSia Mac app free?
Yes. The AskSia Mac app is free to download for macOS, with no credit card needed to start. The free plan includes studying your materials, building cheat sheets and diagrams, the test-prep planner, drills, vocabulary practice, and full mock exams. Optional Pro and Super plans add higher limits and advanced features, but the core study workflow is free.
Which Macs does it run on?
AskSia for Mac runs on macOS 12 or later and is a native app for both Apple silicon (M-series) and Intel Macs. It lives in your Dock, supports native macOS notifications, and the download is code-signed and notarized by Apple so macOS verifies it before it runs.
How does the SAT prep path work?
You set three numbers: current score, target score, and days until your test. Sia forecasts the gain and weekly pace, then writes a dated calendar in five phases: Diagnose, Build, Drill, Mock Calibration and Final Mock Run. Day 1 is a 20-question baseline that returns a banded score, and every day after is rebuilt from your real results.
Which tests can it mock?
The same diagnose, drill and mock workflow works for any standardized test: the SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL and IELTS. The Digital SAT is the most fully built example today, with full-screen, exam-faithful mocks scored on the real 400-1600 scale, and more exams are being added.
Can it make cheat sheets, diagrams and quizzes for any subject?
Yes. Type a topic or drop your materials and Sia builds a dense single-page cheat sheet, a visual diagram or timeline, a step-by-step walkthrough, or a graded quiz for any course or exam, and keeps them in a library you can remix.
Is it a native Mac app or a web wrapper?
It's a Mac app you install from a .dmg: it lives in your Dock, posts native macOS notifications, supports full-screen distraction-free mocks, and keeps your plan and materials on your machine. After first launch you can review your plan and saved study aids offline, while building new aids and asking Sia need a connection.
Is my data private? Is it used to train AI?
Your study materials and progress are processed for your own queries and are never used to train AI models. Files you bring in stay private to your account, your plan and word book are kept on your machine, and you can delete your data at any time.
Is the download safe?
The Mac build is code-signed and notarized by Apple, so macOS verifies the app before it runs. AskSia is used by more than 2 million students worldwide. You can uninstall it at any time by dragging it to the Trash.
Is there a Windows version?
Yes. AskSia also has a native Windows app for Windows 10 and 11 with the same study agent. See the AskSia for Windows page.
Give Sia a home in your Dock.
A free local study agent that reads your materials, builds your study aids, and manages your test preparation from day one to test day.
Download for MacFree · macOS 12+ · Apple silicon & IntelFree to start · No credit card · macOS 12+ · Apple silicon & Intel · Signed & notarized
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