Acurio reads your bachelor or master thesis, compares every citation against the actual source, and colour-codes what's supported — and what you still need to fix.
Used by students at: ETH Zürich, LMU München, IU Internationale Hochschule, Berner Fachhochschule
— The real view
This is exactly what you see after upload. Hover over any coloured citation — the original quote, page, and match score appear on the right. This is exactly what you see after upload. Tap a coloured citation — the original quote, page, and match score appear below.
4.2 Load on working memory
Cognitive load theory distinguishes intrinsic from extraneous load — a relationship that intensifies with the number of interactive elements [Sweller, 2011]. While intrinsic load arises from the material itself, extraneous load can be shaped by instructional design [Kalyuga, 2007].
Earlier work tied the effect of scaffolded feedback to motivational effects [Deci & Ryan, 2000]. A 28 % reduction in extraneous load, however, is consistently documented [van Merriënboer, 2010]. Some sources cannot be traced [Müller, 2019].
Earlier work tied the effect of scaffolded feedback to motivational effects [Deci & Ryan, 2000]. A 28 % reduction is consistently documented [van Merriënboer, 2010]; other sources support only part of the claim [Kalyuga, 2007].
"Effects were observed on novice learners, though the threshold differs for experts."
Kalyuga (2007) · p. 512
— How it works
From upload to colour-marked document.
Step 01
Drag & drop — your Word file with Zotero field codes plus your source library as BibTeX, RIS, or a stack of PDFs. Drag & drop — your Word file with Zotero field codes plus sources as BibTeX, RIS, or a stack of PDFs.
Step 02
Every citation is resolved to the matching passage in the source — page, paragraph, match score. Live in the terminal. Every citation is resolved to the matching passage — page, paragraph, match score. Live in the terminal.
Step 03
Your paper opens colour-marked in the browser. Hover for the original quote, export as a DOCX report. Your paper opens colour-marked in the browser. Tap for the original quote, export as a DOCX report.
… the load drops by 28 % [van Merriënboer, 2010] …
● Free · No account · ~30 seconds
Paste your bibliography — Acurio instantly checks every entry against Crossref & OpenAlex and flags retracted papers. Try it right here.
Paste your bibliography — Acurio instantly checks every entry against Crossref & OpenAlex and flags retracted papers.
— Features
Not abstract promises. Concrete tools that make every citation defensible.
— 01 · VERDICT PER CITATION
Every citation is underlined beneath the prose — supported, partial, unsupported, or no source. You see more on one page than in ten hours of reading.
Every citation is underlined beneath the prose — supported, partial, unsupported, or no source.
The study shows a 28 % increase in load [Renkl, 2014], especially among novices [Kalyuga, 2007]. An effect on motivational variables, however, is [Deci, 2000] not clearly supported. Some sources are unavailable [Müller, 2019].
— 02 · SOURCE EXCERPT
Instead of jumping between PDFs, you get the matching paragraph inline. With page and match score.
● SUPPORTED · VAN MERRIËNBOER · P. 147 · 91%
"Scaffolded feedback reduced extraneous load by 28% in the experimental condition."
— 03 · BILINGUAL
Mix a German thesis with English sources — no translation step.
— 04 · PAGE-PRECISE
Every verdict ships with a concrete source, page number, and score — no "somewhere in the PDF".
Every verdict ships with a concrete source, page number, and score.
— 05 · SOURCE STACK
BibTeX, RIS, raw PDFs mixed. Acurio indexes everything in one pass.
— 06 · PRIVACY FIRST
HTTPS upload, no training use, EU hosting. You can wipe everything with one click — including your sources.
HTTPS upload, no training use, EU hosting. Everything deletable with one click.
— Everything at a glance
What Acurio does, which pack it's in, where it's explained. Click a row to jump to the section.
Tap a row to jump to the section.
Not citation by citation, but like your examiner: overall verdict, strengths, weaknesses, and gaps — each anchored in your text. In two minutes instead of two weeks waiting for supervisor feedback.
Overall verdict, strengths, weaknesses, and gaps — each anchored in your text. In two minutes.
"Solid argumentation with clean methodology — two structural gaps before submission."
✓ Critique per section, with § anchors
✓ Quality filter — only defensible findings
✓ Prioritised next steps
✓ Optional: gender-inclusive language pass
Follows your guideline's convention — findings with citation anchor and a concrete rewording suggestion.
p. 12 — "die Probanden" → "die Teilnehmer*innen"
// 2 Rich Reviews in the Pro pack · 4 in the Lab pack
Overnight // Second Opinion
For every unsupported or doubtful citation, an independent model searches your full library overnight for a passage that actually supports the claim — and delivers the result by morning.
For every unsupported citation, an independent model searches your full library overnight for a passage that actually supports the claim.
Suggestion: van Merriënboer (2010) — 4C/ID, p. 147 supports the claim. Match 91%.
— Examiner tools PRO
Formal requirements and the oral exam — both prepared from your own thesis.
— 01 · UNIVERSITY GUIDELINE
Upload your institution's style guide once. Acurio checks every rule — citation style, margins, font size, declaration of authorship. Upload the guideline once. Acurio checks every rule — citation style, margins, font size, mandatory declarations.
— 02 · ORAL DEFENSE
Acurio generates the questions an examiner is likely to ask — drawn directly from your arguments and sources, with location and difficulty. Questions an examiner is likely to ask — drawn directly from your arguments and sources.
— Export & integrations
— DOCX EXPORT · ALL PACKS
Every finding lands as a Word comment on the exact citation — ready to hand to your supervisor.
… the load drops by 28 % [Renkl, 2014] …
— ZOTERO WORKFLOW — ZOTERO WORKFLOW · ALL PACKS
Field codes in the .docx, BibTeX and RIS exports — Acurio understands your library as it is.
— ACURIO MCP PRO
Claude or Codex pull every flagged citation and fix it right in the chat. Read-only.
— Pricing
One pack per thesis. Use your analyses up, then buy again — nothing else.
● Free to try
Upload your thesis. We verify the first 10 citations with full sources — once, free. See exactly how many problems you have before you pay.
We verify the first 10 citations with full sources — once, free. See exactly how many problems you have before you pay.
CHF 19 / one-time
CHF 29 / one-time
Your whole thesis, fully checked.
CHF 49 / one-time
CHF 79 one-time
// one-time payments · no subscription · buy again when used up · Lifetime refills monthly // one-time payments · no subscription · buy again when used up
— Comparison
Feature comparison with the tools students actually use.
NBLM = NOTEBOOKLM · CITE = CITETRUE · TRNK = TRINKA
— Roadmap
Transparent — and you can vote on it directly.
Citation check (DE/EN) · Hover excerpts · Second Opinion · Rich Review · Defense questions · Guideline engine · Zotero import · Gender-inclusive language
Lektorat-grade DOCX export · Heatmap / effort overview · Multi-document workspace for teams
Co-author mode · Live Word plug-in · LaTeX templates · Supervisor API · Citation-style editor
— Common questions
— Start free
No setup, no credit card. Just your .docx, your sources, and a colour-coded result.
Acurio
No matching passage in Renkl 2014. Closest hit: 4 % at item level (p. 88).