Build Your Critical Thinking Skills for the Digital Age
CritiSense empowers learners to navigate the digital world with confidence through interactive lessons, real-world scenarios, and engaging quizzes.
Micro-lessons
Your Progress
Everything You Need to Think Critically
CritiSense combines structured learning with hands-on practice to build the digital literacy skills that matter most in today's landscape.
Interactive Micro-Lessons
Short, manually curated lessons organized into chapters — covering critical digital literacy, propaganda techniques, and fake-news patterns.
Prebunking & Inoculation
Learn to recognize manipulation tactics — loaded language, scapegoating, emotional framing — before you encounter them in the wild.
AI-Powered Detection
Submit text, images, or URLs for real-time analysis. AI models trained on 500K+ data points detect factuality issues and propaganda.
The Fake News Factory
Practice inoculation theory in action — engage with a conversational simulation to identify disinformation tactics with instant feedback.
9 Global Languages
Available in Arabic, English, Bangla, French, Hindi, Italian, Filipino, Nepali, and Urdu — the first multilingual app of its kind.
Progress & Assessment
Chapter quizzes, standalone knowledge tests, star-based scoring, and a leaderboard — with explanation-rich feedback.
Learn at Your Own Pace
Dive into a structured learning journey designed to sharpen your critical thinking step by step.
Enrich Your Knowledge
Explore interactive lessons packed with rich content — text, images, and embedded videos — designed to build your understanding from the ground up.
- ✓ Lessons organized into digestible chapters
- ✓ Rich text content with multimedia support
- ✓ Track time spent and completion progress
Participate in Quizzes
Put your knowledge to the test with chapter quizzes and standalone knowledge assessments. Get instant feedback and earn stars for your performance.
- ✓ Chapter quizzes after every lesson section
- ✓ Standalone "Test Your Knowledge" challenges
- ✓ Instant feedback with detailed explanations
- ✓ Star-based scoring and achievement tracking
Empowering Digital Literacy
CritiSense is a mobile-first media-literacy app developed by QCRI (Qatar Computing Research Institute) at HBKU. It uses psychological inoculation and prebunking to help users recognize manipulation tactics — before they encounter them.
Technique-First
Teaches propaganda strategies rather than chasing individual claims — skills that transfer.
AI-Backed Analysis
Integrates factuality and propaganda detection models for real-time content verification.
Validated Research
Usability study with 93 users: 90.1% ease of use and 83.9% satisfaction (α = 0.921).
Open & Scalable
Modular design enables updates across topics. Free on App Store and Google Play.
Our Mission
To create a generation of digitally literate individuals who can navigate the complex information landscape with absolute confidence and responsibility.
Research-backed curricula covering propaganda, fake news, and digital deception at every level.
Inoculate users against manipulation tactics before they encounter them in the wild.
Free for everyone, available in 9 languages, and designed for diverse audiences worldwide.
Ready to Sharpen Your Mind?
Join CritiSense today and start building the critical thinking skills you need for the digital age. It's free, it's fun, and it matters.