One platform to plan, track, and ace your degree.
Crux is the student companion for course discovery, semester planning, and focused study. Built around the real decisions you make each term.
Pick courses with real context behind them.
Search your entire course catalogue, see honest student reviews, and get personalized recommendations ranked across your major, year, and interests.
- Semantic search across your school's course catalogue
- Verified reviews and ratings from students in your program
- Recommendations tuned to your major, year, and interests
Current GPA
Degree requirements
Track your GPA and degree progress in one place.
Crux calculates your GPA as you go and shows how close you are to graduating. No spreadsheet math required.
- Real-time GPA calculation with weighted and unweighted modes
- Plug in hypothetical grades to see your projected GPA
- Degree progress tracked against your program's requirements
September 2026
Your whole semester in one calm calendar.
See classes, assignments, exams, and study blocks side by side. Add recurring classes once and let Crux handle the rest of the term.
- Weekly and monthly views
- Add recurring classes once. They repeat weekly without extra setup.
- Color-coded course, exam, and assignment types
Built for the messy parts of school.
Professor research, AI-built flashcards, and classmates who have already taken your class. One place to pick smarter and study faster.
Meet Colby. Your professor research, in three lines.
Colby reads RateMyProf, Reddit, and campus forums, then hands you the gist. Skip the 20-tab deep dive the night before enrollment opens.
Colby's take on Prof. Smith
Summarized from 142 student reviews
Strong on clarity and pacing. Fair but time-consuming projects. Office hours go above and beyond.
Flashcards that build themselves.
Drop in slides or notes. Colby builds a study set you can learn from.
Function of mitochondria?
Talk to students who took the class.
School-specific groups for the courses you're in. Skip the strangers on the internet.
Backed by programs that invest in student-led technology.
~$2,000
Funded by Morrissette, the Ivey-powered entrepreneurship institute at Western University.
$1,000
Winner of Best Research & Innovation Project at the Canadian Tech Summit.
What students are saying.
Early feedback from students using Crux on their own terms.
Crux is genuinely one of one. It’s rare to find an app that simplifies course scheduling, grade calculations, and deadline management all at once; and actually makes it feel effortless.
Vanessa Memeh
Computer Science and Media Studies · 3rd Year
Crux makes it so much easier and less stressful to plan courses and track my degree. It's given me super helpful insight about profs and which electives I'll enjoy taking next!
Rainer Mueller
BMOS | Management and Legal Studies · 2nd Year
Crux lets me see all available class options (in a great way), allowing me to plan my future efficiently. The platform lets me find fun classes that are actually interesting to me while still helping me meet my degree requirements.
Shane Edelstein
Computer Science · 3rd Year
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Built by students, for students.
Crux is made by a small team who live with the same course-picking and schedule-juggling problems we're trying to solve.
Third-year Computer Science student leading strategy, product, and engineering. Built Crux from a spreadsheet habit into a platform students actually use to plan their terms.
Third-year Computer Science student focused on the recommendation engine, database architecture, and the frontend work that keeps Crux feeling quiet and fast.
The people who made this possible.
Tayshun Ally
Generous financial support and guidance.
Clarissa Ally
Unwavering support, feedback, and connections.
Nathan Schultz
Invaluable backend and database insights.
Aaron Serro
Deeply detailed feedback and suggestions.
Chris Tela
Design and UX feedback. Generational QA.
Discover faster. Plan smarter. Succeed easier.
Join many other students who are already achieving better academic results with Crux.
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