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Every past paper.
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Maths, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, English and EGD. Grade 10, 11 and 12. Sorted, explained, and ready offline.
You're not underprepared.
You're under-equipped.
It's late, the exam is close, and you're deep in a browser tab full of broken links looking for past exam papers. TZ Studios built the alternative: the most complete set of study apps for South African high school learners, covering maths past papers, physical science grade 12 past papers, life science grade 12 past papers, English and EGD.
Everything is here and carefully curated — official department of education past papers and memos, AI explanations, simulations, flashcards and quizzes — all in one app you can use without data. Install one. Pass the next one.
Mathematics
Grade 10, 11 & 12
Every maths past paper. One app. No excuses.
The complete library of maths past papers for Grade 10, Grade 11 and Grade 12. From the maths grade 12 past papers you need for finals to the grade 10 maths past papers that build the foundation you keep skipping — algebra, trig, calculus, all of it. Official DBE papers with full memos, plus Study Pal AI to walk you through the questions you keep getting wrong.
- Grade 10–12 in one app
- DBE papers & memos
- Study Pal AI
- 60+ papers per grade
Physical Sciences
Grade 10, 11 & 12
Newton's laws don't care about your feelings. Examiners care less.
Every physical science grade 12 past paper and memo in one place — and Grade 10 and 11 get the same treatment. Mechanics, electricity, chemical change, vectors and waves, sorted from Term 1 to Term 4 with nothing missing. And every question comes with a physics simulation, so you see the concept move instead of memorising it blind.
- Term 1 to Term 4
- Every topic, every grade
- Physics simulations
- Papers, memos & AI
Life Sciences
Grade 10, 11 & 12
Biology is volume. We sorted the volume for you.
If you are hunting grade 12 life science past papers, this is the source — and past papers grade 10 and 11 are stocked too. Processes, definitions and diagrams, streamlined into flashcards that make the memorising grind actually stick. Full memos, AI explanations, and offline practice quizzes to turn a pass into a distinction.
- Grade 10–12
- Flashcards
- Papers & memos
- Offline quizzes
English
Grade 10, 11 & 12
Don't lose marks on a language you already speak.
Past papers grade 12, 11 and 10 for English Home Language. Paper 1 (Language), Paper 2 (Literature) and Paper 3 (Writing) — poetry, novels, comprehension and grammar, each with the memo so you can see exactly what the marker wants before you write a single word.
- Paper 1, 2 & 3
- Poetry, novels & grammar
- Memos included
- Grade 10–12
EGD
Grade 12
Engineering Graphics & Design, drawn out for you.
Grade 12 EGD past papers and memos for Engineering Graphics and Design. Perspective and isometric drawing, mechanical assemblies and civil analytical work — the exact drawing types the exam throws at you, each with a memo to check every line you put down.
- Grade 12 EGD papers
- Mechanical & civil
- Full memos
- Drawing-type breakdowns
Everything, in one app
Not just papers.
A past paper tells you the question. TZ Studios apps help you actually answer it.
AI explanations
Can't afford a tutor? You just got one for free.
Every practice question comes worked out, step by step, in plain language. Not just the answer — the why. And because it runs offline, you don't burn a single MB getting unstuck at 11pm the night before the exam.
- Every practice question explained
- Works completely offline
- Step-by-step, not just answers
- In all TZ Studios apps
Physics simulations
Stop imagining the physics. Watch it.
Every physics question ships with an interactive simulation. Projectiles, circuits, waves, momentum — drag the sliders, change the variables, and see exactly what the examiner is asking about instead of memorising a formula you never understood.
- A simulation for every question
- Interactive — change the variables
- Mechanics, electricity, waves
- Built into the Physics app
Flashcards
Biology is definitions. Definitions are flashcards.
Life Sciences lives and dies on recall — meiosis, the nephron, DNA, the nitrogen cycle. The Life Sciences app turns every topic into flashcard decks so you drill definitions and diagrams in short bursts, track what you have mastered, and keep hitting the ones you keep forgetting.
- Decks for every Grade 10–12 topic
- Definitions and diagrams
- Tracks what you have mastered
- Perfect for short study bursts
Practice quizzes
Exam conditions, minus the panic.
Timed practice quizzes for Physical Sciences and Life Sciences, built from real exam-style questions. Test yourself, get instant marking, then let the AI explain everything you missed. All of it works offline — no data, no problem.
- Real exam-style questions
- Instant marking + AI feedback
- Physics and Life Sciences
- Fully offline
Download for offline
Load up once. Study anywhere.
Download any past paper and memo to your phone and open it again with zero signal — on the taxi, in the rural areas, wherever. No buffering, no broken links, no "please wait while the ad loads". Just the paper, ready when you are.
- Save papers and memos to your phone
- Open them with no signal
- No broken links, ever
- Every subject
Study reminders
The app that nags you so nobody else has to.
Set a study time and the app reminds you to show up — daily, or on the days you actually plan to work. Build a streak, keep momentum, and stop discovering the exam is 'tomorrow' the night before. Small nudges, real marks.
- Set your own study schedule
- Daily reminders and streaks
- Keeps momentum through the term
- Turn it off any time
Videos from creators you already watch
The good SA study YouTubers, pulled into one place.
When a topic finally needs a face and a voice, the app links you straight to lessons from the South African creators learners already trust — right next to the matching past paper. You watch, then you practise, without leaving the app to go down a YouTube rabbit hole.
- Curated lessons per topic
- Sits next to the matching paper
- Straight to the explanation
- Free to watch
TZ Studios is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, any of the creators featured. All videos remain the property of their respective owners.
Frequently asked questions
Everything worth knowing before you download.
All three. Every app covers Grade 10, 11 and 12 past papers—not just the matric year (EGD is Grade 12 for now). Grade 10 and 11 are where the foundation is built, so each grade receives the same level of coverage.
The app organizes past papers by grade, term and topic, includes memorandums, offers AI explanations and exam simulations, and supports offline access. Everything is designed to make studying simpler and more effective.
Yes. The app includes official DBE past papers (and IEB papers where indicated). NSC papers are the official examinations set by the DBE, and the corresponding memorandums are included where available.
The apps currently cover Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, English and EGD. More subjects are planned, and new releases will be announced on the TZ Studios developer page.
Yes. While the app does not contain NBT-specific papers, the Mathematics and Physical Sciences content helps strengthen the problem-solving and reasoning skills assessed in the NBTs through extensive past-paper practice.
A proven study method is to complete a past paper under exam conditions, mark it using the memorandum, review your mistakes, and practise similar questions. The app supports this process with organized papers, memorandums, AI explanations and offline access.
Off the record
Free. As in you keep your airtime. We run on ads, not on your panic.
The app can't sit the exam for you. It just deletes every excuse you had left. The rest is on you, champ.
Load it up once on wifi, then use it in the middle of nowhere. Papers, AI, quizzes, simulations — all offline.
100 000+ learners and a 4.8 rating already decided. And it's free, so your entire risk is a small download.
No. We're a study app, not a data broker. If you're the paranoid type, the privacy policy is right there — healthy.
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Built in South Africa,
to better South Africa.
A learner shouldn't need airtime, a tutor, or a working website to pass. So we built apps that work without any of them — because the students with the least data deserve to excel the most.