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How it works

From source to study session in three steps

Bring your own material and Scholarly turns it into a ready-to-study deck.

  1. 01

    Upload your material

    Drop in a PDF, Word doc, PowerPoint, image, YouTube link, website, or audio recording — or just paste your notes as text. Combine up to 10 sources on Premium, or 20 on Laureate (1 on the Free plan). Working from a long PDF? Choose the exact page range to turn into cards.

  2. 02

    AI builds your deck

    Scholarly reads your source and writes clean question-and-answer cards that test understanding, not rote recall.

  3. 03

    Study and remember

    Flip cards, rate difficulty, and let spaced repetition resurface what you're about to forget — right before exams.

Why Scholarly

Why students love Scholarly flashcards

Stop spending hours making cards by hand. Let AI do it in seconds.

Instant generation

Upload any file type — PDFs, Word docs, PowerPoints, images, YouTube links, websites, or audio AI Meeting Notes — and get flashcards in seconds.

Spaced repetition

Our algorithm schedules reviews so you study what you're about to forget. Master material before exams with less total study time.

AI Chat while you study

Stuck on a card? Ask AI about it from the card's own menu — or straight from a wrong answer in study mode — and get an explanation, an example, and a memory hook grounded in that card.

Everything included

Everything you need to prepare for exams

All the tools to create, study, and master your flashcards

Four Density Levels

From Low (target ~30 cards) for a quick review to Very High (target ~200 when the source supports it) for exhaustive study — AI-generated counts can vary.

Build or Import Manually

Skip the AI when you want to. Start a blank deck and type your own questions and answers — Undo and Redo sit above the deck with Cmd/Ctrl+Z behind every edit, and a Generate answer button fills in the back of a card once you have written the front. Or import a two-column question bank (like a Front/Back CSV) and every card comes in exactly as written — one for one, no AI rewriting.

Refine with AI

Tell the AI to make the whole deck harder, simpler, or more detailed in one action. No more editing cards one at a time — and refining a deck or repairing a single card doesn't spend an AI Creation Credit.

Smart Study Mode

Flip cards, rate difficulty, and let the algorithm adapt. Focus Mode auto-launches a 10-question Quick Review when you start studying.

Practice Quizzes

Study questions are generated alongside your flashcards in a single step. Multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and short answer.

Export to Anki & PDF

Already use another tool? Export your decks or download them as a PDF for offline study on paid plans — sharing a deck via link is free for everyone.

Progress Tracking

See which cards you've mastered and which need work. Know exactly where you stand before the test.

Share & Collaborate

Share flashcard sets with classmates via a link. Study together with the same material.

Nothing Lost If a Deck Fails

If a deck can't be built, Scholarly tells you why and offers only the fixes that actually apply — try again, try another model, pick fewer pages, or swap the source. Cards that did generate are kept, and any file it couldn't read is named rather than quietly disappearing from the deck.

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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Trying your first source? Start Free. Working with new material each week? Premium includes 10 AI Creation Credits a week. Need more capacity? Compare Laureate.

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AI chat

Premium and Laureate include unlimited AI chat. The chat model menu is a curated selection and is smaller than the creation catalog — some models, including the Frontier tier, are reserved for credit-metered AI creations.

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3 total
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Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

AI Creation Credits

AI Creation Credits share one balance across every creation tool. Most models use 1 credit, a few use 2, and Frontier models use 3.

Free
1 total
Premium
10/week
Laureate
80/week

Podcast length

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

Free
2 minutes
Premium
Up to 60 minutes
Laureate
Up to 60 minutes

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.

Free
2 minutes
Premium
Up to 45 minutes
Laureate
Up to 45 minutes

File uploads

Free
1 total (8MB)
Premium
Unlimited (300MB)
Laureate
Unlimited (1 GB each)

PDF to flashcards

Free
32 pages
Premium
1000 pages
Laureate
3000 pages

Sources per creation

Free
Up to 1
Premium
Up to 10
Laureate
Up to 20

Practice questions

Free
5 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Practice exams

Free
1 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Voice mode

Free
15 min total
Premium
2 hr/day
Laureate
12 hr/day

Autocomplete

Free
500 words total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Export to Anki

Free
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Included
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Included

Support

Free
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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 a meeting and saving its transcript never uses AI Creation Credits. On paid plans, Generate notes uses 1 credit per meeting, whatever its length; Free includes notes for its one saved meeting.

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.