For school students in Sri Lanka

Study your syllabus. Actually enjoy it.

Questions from your own textbooks, real past papers, homework help and battles against students on the same topics. Free, in English, සිංහල and தமிழ்.

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Chapter 1

Learn it

Practise from your own textbook with a tutor who remembers you.

Practise

Questions from your own textbook

Pick your subject and grade. Torchie asks you questions from the book your school uses, one topic at a time, and gets harder as you get better.

Get it wrong

Torchie tells you why

Miss one and you see the right answer with a short explanation of where your thinking went wrong.

Still stuck

It opens the right page of your textbook

Miss the same idea twice and Torchie opens the pages of your textbook that teach it. Read them, then try a fresh question on it.

Memory

Torchie remembers how you learn

Every subject keeps a memory: what you find hard, how you like things explained, what you said last week. You can read it, edit it, or add your own.

Progress

See what you actually know

Every topic shows whether you've learned it, need a refresh, or are stuck. After each session you see exactly what moved.

Chapter 2

Prove it

Sit real past papers the way you'll sit the real exam.

Past papers

Pick a real past paper

Papers from the Department of Examinations and provincial term tests, listed by year, with the marks, time and number of questions up front.

Exam conditions

One clock, no hints until you hand in

The whole paper runs on one clock. Answer in any order and change your mind until you hand in. Nothing tells you if you're right until the end.

Results

Your score, topic by topic

Marked against the official scheme where there is one. You see your grade and your weakest topics straight after the paper.

Chapter 3

Play for it

Battle students on the same topics. Climb this week's board.

Raids

Raid another student's town

Grab the loot from their storage, but the vaults are guarded by their own quiz questions. Answer enough of them right to break in. Miss, and the vault stays shut.

Quick Battle

Play someone on your syllabus

Get matched with another student studying the same topics. Same questions, same clock, one winner.

Competitions

Weekly competitions with real prizes

Every question you answer anywhere in Torch counts. Climb the leaderboard for your grade before the week ends.

Also in Torch

Help when you need it

Homework help

Stuck on homework? Ask Torchie

Attach the textbook page you're stuck on and ask. Torchie builds an interactive diagram you can play with, then checks you've got it.

Revise

Flashcards from your own pages

Pick the pages and say how many cards. Check the preview, accept it, and Torchie makes an illustrated deck to practise with. Cards you keep missing come back until they stick.

Cheat sheets

A one-page sketch of a whole topic

Ask for a mind map or a diagram of the pages you're on. Torchie draws it from your textbook, ready to revise from.

Subjects

Every subject, even the ones without a teacher

Not every school has a teacher for every subject, and tuition for the rarer ones is hard to find. Torch has the NIE textbook or syllabus for each of these, and past papers for almost all of them, and Torchie teaches from them. Each subject comes in the mediums it's taught in: Sinhala and Tamil for most, and English for the main subjects.

O/L

Grades 9 to 11

Core

  • Maths
  • Science
  • English
  • Sinhala
  • Tamil
  • History

Religion

  • Buddhism
  • Catholicism
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Saivism

Electives · Grades 10 and 11

  • ICT
  • Business & Accounting
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Geography
  • Civics
  • Health & PE
  • Agriculture
  • Aquatic Resources
  • Home Economics
  • Art & Craft
  • Communication & Media
  • Construction Technology
  • Electrical & Electronic Technology
  • Mechanical Technology
  • Second Language Sinhala
  • Second Language Tamil
  • Japanese

A/L

Grades 12 and 13

Science

  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Combined Maths

Commerce

  • Accounting
  • Business Studies
  • Economics

Arts

  • Political Science
  • Logic & Scientific Method
  • Geography

Any stream

  • ICT
  • General English

A day with Torch

Fits around school, not on top of it

  1. After school

    What did you cover today?

    Torchie guesses the topic your class just did. Confirm it and take a five-question check while it's fresh.

  2. Evening

    Ten minutes of practice

    A short session on your next topic, plus anything due for a refresh.

  3. Break

    One Quick Battle

    A match against someone on the same topics. Win, and it counts toward this week's competition.

  4. Weekend

    A past paper

    Sit one under exam conditions and see which topics to work on next week.

And yes, it's a game

Your studying builds a town

Study earns wood and brick

Dojo sessions and battles pay out. Spend it on new buildings and upgrades.

Build your town your way

Drag buildings and tiles around until the map looks like yours.

Guard it with what you know

Turn your past Dojo sessions into guard questions. Raiders have to answer them to get in.

Hire builders, level up

Bigger buildings hold more and unlock more: more decks, more past papers, more battles each week.

For parents

Is this just another game?

No. The battles and competitions keep students coming back. Every question in them is from the syllabus.

It's the syllabus

Questions come from the NIE textbooks and syllabuses your child's school uses, and past papers from the Department of Examinations.

Progress you can see

Each subject shows which topics are learned, which need a refresh and which are stuck. It's measured from your child's answers, not from time spent in the app.

Built for teenagers

Torch is for students aged 13 and over. Any question or shared deck can be reported, and anything reported repeatedly is taken down.

Their data, their call

Your child can delete their account and data from the app at any time.

Questions

Is Torch free?

Yes, Torch is free to download and use. Some features have a weekly allowance, which goes up as you keep studying.

Which grades and exams does it cover?

Grades 9 to 13: G.C.E. O/L and A/L, built from the NIE textbooks and syllabuses and the official past papers.

Which languages?

English, Sinhala and Tamil, both the app and the questions.

Is it a game or a study app?

It's a study app. Everything you do in it is practice on your own syllabus. Battles and competitions are there to keep you coming back, and every question in them is a real one.

Which phones does it work on?

iPhone and Android.

How do I delete my account?

In the app, go to Profile → Delete account. You can also follow the steps on our delete account page.

Free · Android & iPhone

Light your torch.

Pick your grade and subject. Torchie has your next topic ready, in English, සිංහල or தமிழ்.

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