Study smarter, not harder, with AI

Learn how to study with AI the right way: turn your PDFs, notes, and lectures into flashcards, quizzes, and grounded explanations in seconds — with AI built on your own material, not generic answers.

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The basics

What is Study AI?

Study AI is the practice of using artificial intelligence tools to enhance your learning, improve retention, and save time studying.

Faster Learning

AI generates flashcards, summaries, and practice tests in seconds - saving you hours of manual work.

Better Retention

AI-powered spaced repetition helps you remember information longer.

Personalized Help

AI Chat provide instant, customized explanations tailored to your learning style and level.

Step by step

How to Study with AI: Complete Guide

Follow these steps to transform your studying with artificial intelligence.

  1. 1

    Upload Your Study Materials

    Start by uploading PDFs, lecture notes, textbook chapters, or any study material to Scholarly. AI works best when it has your actual course content.

  2. 2

    Let AI Generate Study Resources

    Use AI to instantly create flashcards, practice quizzes, study guides, and summaries from your materials. What used to take hours now takes 30 seconds.

  3. 3

    Study with Spaced Repetition

    Practice with AI-generated quizzes and review your flashcards on a spaced repetition schedule that resurfaces material right before you forget it.

  4. 4

    Get Help from AI Chat

    Stuck on a concept? Press ⌘J anywhere to use AI Chat. Get instant explanations, examples, and practice problems.

  5. 5

    Track Your Progress

    AI tracks what you know and what you struggle with. See your mastery level for each topic and focus your study time where it matters most.

Why it works

Why Students Choose AI for Studying

Save Time on Study Setup

Use AI to create flashcards, notes, summaries, and practice tests faster from the material you already have.

Build Better Practice

Turn passive reading into active recall with practice quizzes, practice questions, and targeted review.

Study Anywhere, Anytime

Use AI Chat from any device. Get help at 2am before an exam or on your commute to class.

Free to Start

Unlike expensive tutors or premium-only apps, Scholarly has a free plan for core study tools and paid plans for higher limits.

In practice

How Students Use Study AI

Exam Preparation

Generate practice tests from lecture notes, create flashcards from textbook chapters, and quiz yourself until you've mastered every concept.

Research Papers

Summarize research papers in seconds, extract key findings, and organize sources with AI. Write better papers in less time.

Daily Homework

Get instant help with homework problems, check your work before submitting, and understand concepts you're struggling with.

Powered by AI agents

Every tool here is a purpose-built AI agent

Scholarly doesn't just call a model once. Each feature is run by an autonomous AI agent that reads your material, reasons across multiple models, and can research the web and run code — then hands back a finished, cited artifact.

Multiple models

Agents route each step to the model that does it best, instead of relying on a single one.

Live web research

When your sources aren't enough, agents search the web and cite what they find.

Runs code in a sandbox

Each agent gets its own sandbox to compute, transform data, and build your artifact.

Grounded in your sources

Every output is built from the PDFs, notes, and lectures you upload — not guesswork.

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By study task

Every AI study tool, grouped by what you're doing

Pick the AI study tool that fits the task in front of you — each one works from your own PDFs, notes, and lectures.

Flashcards & practice

Notes & study guides

Slides & presentations

Lecture recording & transcription

Podcasts & audio review

Video lectures

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it cheating to use AI for studying?

No! Using AI for studying is like using a calculator for math - it's a tool to help you learn more efficiently. AI helps you create study materials, practice problems, and get explanations. You still do the learning and take the tests yourself.

How does AI help me study better?

AI analyzes your study materials and creates personalized flashcards, quizzes, and summaries. It adapts to your learning pace, focuses on your weak areas, and provides instant feedback - common study methods for improving retention and understanding.

Do I need technical skills to use study AI?

Not at all! Scholarly is designed to be simple - just upload your notes or PDFs and click generate. The AI does all the technical work. If you can use Google Docs, you can use Study AI.

How much does it cost to study with AI?

Scholarly has a free plan for core study tools. Premium unlocks higher limits and advanced features for students who need more.

What subjects can I study with AI?

All of them! AI works for STEM (math, physics, chemistry, biology), humanities (history, literature, philosophy), languages, business, and more. If you can study it, AI can help you learn it better.

How do I use AI to study for an exam?

Upload your lecture slides, notes, and past papers, then have the AI build a study guide and flashcards from them. Generate a practice test to find your weak spots, review those topics with AI Chat, and re-quiz yourself with spaced repetition until your mastery for each topic is high. Because everything is grounded in your own material, you study what's actually on your exam — not generic content.

Can I study with AI using my own lecture notes and PDFs?

Yes — that's the whole point. Scholarly is source-grounded, so you upload your real PDFs, lecture slides, handwritten-note photos, or YouTube lectures and the AI generates flashcards, notes, summaries, podcasts, and quizzes from that exact material. Answers cite your source, so you can trust they reflect your course rather than the open internet.

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AI chat

Premium and Laureate include unlimited AI chat. GPT 5.6 Sol and Claude Opus 5 are reserved for credit-metered AI creations.

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AI Creation Credits

AI Creation Credits share one balance across every creation tool. Most models use 1 credit, Sonnet and Kimi use 2, and Frontier models Sol and Opus use 3.

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Podcast length

Free episodes are fixed at 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target length up to 60 minutes.

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Video lecture length

Free lectures with a length control are fixed at 2 minutes. Paid plans can set a target up to 45 minutes. Short uses its own short video format.

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File uploads

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PDF to flashcards

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1000 pages
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3000 pages

Sources per creation

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Practice questions

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Practice exams

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Voice mode

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Autocomplete

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Export to Anki

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Support

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What customers say

Scholarly has enhanced the quality of notes and questions I administer to my tutees. Insightful, to the point.

TD Georgas

TD Georgas

Tutor

I have very good experience with Scholarly it summarize me scientific text in hovel academic level with citation. I use this for any therapeutic area . It is great and useful tool.

Diana

Diana

Scholarly user

Scholarly has been a valuable tool for my studies. The AI-generated flashcards and intuitive features make organizing and retaining information much easier.

Briana

Briana

Scholarly user

This app is great for studying for big test. Drop your PDF's in the system and it'll do the trick. You can organize it specifically for your needs.

Kelvin

Kelvin

Scholarly user

Your questions, answered

Is Scholarly free to use?

Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with lifetime allowances: 3 AI Chat messages, 500 autocomplete words, 5 quiz questions, 15 voice minutes, 1 practice exam, one free AI Creation Credit total, and 1 file upload. These allowances do not reset. Upgrade to Premium for 10 AI Creation Credits per week and unlimited uploads.

What uses my free AI Creation Credits?

AI Creation Credits are shared across flashcards, podcasts, videos, slides, AI Documents, Deep Research, and the Transcribe tool. The selected model determines the credit cost. Recording live audio and saving its transcript uses your file upload allowance instead; it does not use AI Creation Credits.

Can I cancel anytime?

Absolutely. There are no contracts or commitments. You can cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings, and you'll keep access until the end of your billing period.

What payment methods do you accept?

We accept all major credit and debit cards through Stripe. Pricing is displayed in USD by default, but local currency is available in the app.

Can I use Scholarly with a class or school?

Yes. For a school or organization-wide rollout, contact us at hello@scholarly.so and we'll help you find the right setup.

What happens when I hit a free plan limit?

You'll see a prompt to upgrade. Your existing work is never lost — limits only apply to new actions. Free-plan allowances are lifetime credits and do not reset. Premium includes 10 AI Creation Credits per week, podcasts up to 60 minutes, video lectures up to 45 minutes, unlimited uploads, chat, autocomplete, quizzes, and exams, plus more daily voice time.