Plans and Limits
Scholarly offers a free tier and a premium plan. The free tier gives you access to core features with daily limits. Premium removes those limits and unlocks additional features.
Free Tier
The free plan includes:
- AI chat -- 3 messages per day across all models.
- Voice mode -- 15 minutes of voice chat per day.
- AI creations -- 3 per day, shared across AI flashcard decks, deck-wide AI edits (Refine with AI), AI Podcasts, AI Video Lectures, AI Slides, and lecture recordings. Use it on whatever you need most that day.
- Manual flashcards -- Build decks card by card in the Build Manually tab — no daily limit, no AI required.
- Studying flashcards -- Unlimited.
- PDF → flashcards -- AI generates a deck from up to 8 pages of a PDF on free.
- Pages and notes -- Unlimited note-taking.
- Quizzes -- 10 practice questions per day.
- Practice exams -- 1 exam attempt per day.
- File uploads -- 1 upload per day, up to 8 MB per file.
- Deep Research -- 1 research report per day.
- Captions -- Captions on AI Podcasts and AI Video Lectures are included on every plan.
- Connected Apps -- Link Google Workspace at no extra cost.
Exporting and printing flashcard decks (Anki .apkg, PDF, or print) requires a premium plan.
Premium
Premium removes the daily limits and unlocks exports:
- Unlimited AI messages -- No daily message cap.
- Voice mode -- 60 minutes of voice chat per day.
- Unlimited quizzes and practice exams -- No daily question or exam cap.
- Unlimited uploads -- Up to 300 MB per file.
- PDF to flashcards up to 1,000 pages -- Generate decks from full textbooks, not just a chapter.
- Unlimited recordings, podcasts, video lectures, and slide decks -- No daily creation limits.
- Unlimited research reports -- No daily research limit.
- Flashcard exports -- Export any deck to Anki
.apkg, PDF, or print.
Daily Limits (Free Tier)
Free-tier limits reset every 24 hours:
| What | Free limit |
|---|---|
| AI chat messages | 3 / day |
| Voice mode | 15 minutes / day |
| AI creations (shared) | 3 / day across podcasts, video lectures, slides, recordings, flashcard decks, and Refine with AI |
| Manual flashcard decks | unlimited |
| Practice questions (quizzes) | 10 / day |
| Practice exam attempts | 1 / day |
| File uploads | 1 / day (8 MB max) |
| PDF → flashcards | up to 8 pages per deck |
| Deep Research reports | 1 / day |
When you hit a limit, you will see an upgrade prompt explaining what happened and how to continue with premium. The Create modal also flags your remaining AI creations upfront so you don't have to guess what will and won't run.
Upgrading
Click Upgrade from any limit prompt, or go to the Pricing page from the sidebar. Premium is available as a monthly or annual subscription.
3-Day Free Trial
When you subscribe to a yearly plan for the first time, you get a 3-day free trial. You can use every premium feature during those three days, and you are not charged until the trial ends. Cancel any time during the trial in Settings -- no charge, no questions.
The free trial is offered on first-time yearly subscriptions only. The upgrade screen always shows the current trial and pricing terms before you confirm, so you know what to expect.
What the Upgrade Screen Shows You
The upgrade screen compares Free and Premium side by side so you can see exactly what you unlock. You will see:
- A feature-by-feature comparison of Free and Premium.
- Monthly pricing first for new users, so it is easier to compare.
- A clear call-to-action labeled for the action you were trying to take -- for example, "Unlock and keep studying" when you hit a study limit.
- A toggle between monthly and yearly pricing, with the trial terms listed under the yearly option.
Managing Your Subscription
Access billing and subscription management from Settings. You can view your current plan, update payment methods, change between monthly and yearly, or cancel your subscription. Changes take effect at the end of the current billing period -- you keep access to premium features until then.