Layers floats on top of your slides, videos, and apps โ giving you instant access to timers, annotation, translation, and classroom tools without ever leaving your presentation.
But every time you need a tool, you're forced to stop, minimize your slides, find what you need, then try to pick up where you left off. By then, you've already lost the room.
"Every switch breaks your flow and distracts your audience. Layers puts everything right where you need it โ on top of your presentation."โ Peter Hoang, Teacher & creator of Layers ยท Japan
The teacher app floats on Windows. The student tool lives in the browser. They work together out of the box.
A compact floating toolbar that sits on top of everything on your screen. Every tool you need during a lesson or presentation is one click away โ no minimizing, no switching, no losing your place.
For any Windows laptop or PC. Open it and you're ready โ nothing to configure.
A toolbar that lives in the browser, giving students access to productivity and study tools on any page they're working on โ without opening a new tab or interrupting the lesson.
Works in any browser. Free โ no account or sign-up needed.
Nothing in Layers is there for the sake of it. Each feature was built around something that actually interrupts lessons and presentations.
Set a countdown without leaving your slide. Choose from quick presets โ 30 seconds, 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10 minutes โ or type any time you want. A buzzer sounds when it ends so you don't have to watch it.
Draw, circle, underline, or highlight directly on top of anything on your screen. Point things out clearly without switching apps. Pen, highlighter, arrows, shapes โ undo any stroke instantly.
End the awkward silence of "who wants to answer?" A fun spinning display picks a student at random. Add your class list once โ names, numbers, or both โ and use it every lesson.
A live display shows how loud the room is โ green when calm, yellow when rising, red when it's too much. Set the level that's right for your class and an alert sounds automatically when it's exceeded.
Hold a button, speak normally, and your words are translated in real time into 46 languages. A large, floating caption window shows the translation so every student in the room can read along.
Open a clean, minimal browser window โ no address bar, no personal tabs, no distractions โ for quick lookups during your lesson. Students only see what you're looking up, nothing else.
Set a four-digit code so students cannot disable Focus Mode or disconnect from your classroom without your permission. Gives you real authority over their screens from where you're standing.
If a website is causing problems, block it for the whole class instantly. It vanishes from every student's screen the moment you add it โ no need to touch a single device.
Open any document, PDF, spreadsheet, or presentation directly from the toolbar. No more hunting through File Explorer mid-lesson โ your materials open in one click from wherever Layers is.
Layers was built for teachers, but the problem it solves โ constant app-switching during presentations โ affects everyone who presents.
Students get their own floating toolbar in the browser โ translation, notes, timer, drawing, and focus tools โ all on top of whatever page they're working on.
Highlight any word on any page and instantly see what it means. Or translate the entire page. No switching tabs, no leaving the lesson โ right there, on the page they're already on.
A place to jot down notes, vocabulary, or ideas that stays open across every website. Nothing gets lost when they change pages.
Draw and highlight directly on any webpage โ useful for marking up articles, diagrams, or anything they're studying. Great for visual learners.
Blocks distracting websites in one click so students can concentrate. Teachers can also activate it for the whole class remotely โ with a PIN so students can't turn it off.
The teacher app translates into 46 languages live as you speak. The student browser tool covers 29. If your students speak it, Layers almost certainly supports it.
Share a simple room code with your class. From that moment, you have a live connection to every student's screen โ without moving from where you're presenting.
Students always get the full experience for free. Teachers pay once โ no subscriptions, no monthly fees, no surprises.
No ads. Ever. Students and teachers will never see an advertisement inside Layers. Your purchase keeps the app improving โ nothing else.
Everything you need, right on top of your presentation. The student tool is free โ the teacher app is a one-time purchase.