The all-in-one AI learning platform
Flashcards, notes, AI Chat, practice exams, PDF chat, video lectures, mind maps, study guides, worksheets, and more — built for students who want to study smarter.
Free to start · No credit card required
Why students choose Scholarly
One platform that replaces a stack of single-purpose study apps — without the bloat or the price tag.
All-in-one platform
One login for flashcards, notes, AI Chat, practice exams, PDF chat, podcasts, video lectures, mind maps, study guides, infographics, and printable worksheets. Your study material flows between every tool — no copy and paste, no app switching.
Built for studying
Active recall, spaced repetition, and exam-style practice are baked into the core experience. Scholarly is a learning platform first, not a chatbot with study features bolted on.
Honest pricing
Start free with no credit card required — free AI creations and a free file upload to try every tool, plus clear daily limits on AI Chat and quizzes. Paid tiers are transparent: unlimited creations and uploads, no surprise charges.
What you can do on Scholarly
A complete toolkit for turning lectures, PDFs, slides, and YouTube videos into things you can actually study from.
AI Flashcards
Turn PDFs, notes, slides, or videos into editable flashcards. Study with spaced repetition or export to Anki and Quizlet.
AI Study Notes
Generate clean, organized notes from any source — Cornell, outline, or summary formats, ready for review.
AI Chat
Press ⌘J anywhere for instant help. Explanations, step-by-step problem solving, and chat with your own materials.
Practice Exams
Build full practice tests from your study materials. Multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions with instant feedback.
PDF Chat & Summarizer
Upload textbooks or research papers, get instant summaries, and ask questions directly inside the document.
Study Guide Generator
Build full exam-ready study guides from a syllabus, textbook chapter, or unit of lecture notes.
Concept Maps
See how the ideas in a topic connect. Great for tying together a unit before an exam or essay.
YouTube to Notes
Paste a YouTube lecture and get structured notes, timestamps, and a follow-up flashcard deck in one click.
Cheat Sheet Maker
Compress an entire chapter into a one-page cheat sheet of formulas, definitions, and the highest-yield ideas.
AI Slide Generator
Turn notes or a topic into a clean slide deck for class presentations, study groups, or self-review.
Podcasts from PDFs
Convert any PDF into a two-host audio podcast you can listen to on the bus, at the gym, or on a study walk.
AI Video Lectures
Generate narrated, visual mini-lectures from your own notes — perfect for revising tough concepts.
Study Schedule Generator
Tell it your exam dates and weak topics — get a day-by-day study plan that fits the time you actually have.
AI Meeting Notes
Record or upload a lecture or meeting and get structured notes, a summary, and a searchable transcript.
PDF to Video
Turn dense PDFs into narrated AI video lectures — watch your readings instead of rereading them.
AI Agents
Hand your sources to five AI Agents and get back finished documents — timelines, SOPs, flowcharts, lesson plans, and outlines as professionally typeset PDFs.
Built for the way real students study
Scholarly is built on decades of research into how people actually learn. Every core tool — flashcards, practice exams, AI Chat — is designed around active recall and spaced repetition, the two techniques cognitive scientists consistently rank as the most effective ways to commit information to long-term memory. That is why a 30-minute Scholarly session usually beats two hours of passive re-reading.
The platform works across subjects. Med students drill anatomy and pharmacology, nursing students prep for the NCLEX, law students build casebook outlines, CS students practice algorithms, business students study finance and accounting, and language learners build vocabulary decks. Whatever you're studying, the same workflow applies: bring in the source, generate the study material, then practice until it sticks.
Scholarly syncs between the web app and the iOS app — and works in any mobile browser — so the deck you make on your laptop is on your phone before you stand up. Study a few cards between classes, knock out a practice exam at the library, then ask AI Chat to walk you through the questions you got wrong — all from the same account, all on the same study material.
How students use Scholarly
From pre-med through bar prep, students at every level use Scholarly as their daily study platform.
Medical students
Convert First Aid, Pathoma, and lecture PDFs into spaced-repetition decks. Drill USMLE-style practice questions and chat with board-review materials.
Nursing students
Turn ATI packets, pharmacology notes, and care plans into NCLEX-style practice. Generate cheat sheets for clinicals and quick-reference decks.
Law students
Build casebook outlines, drill black-letter law, and run essay-style practice exams. Chat with hundreds of pages of supplements without re-reading.
College students
Whatever the major — psychology, econ, CS, history, biology — bring in the syllabus, generate a study plan, and start practicing the same day.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Scholarly learning platform?
Scholarly is an AI-powered learning platform built for students. It combines flashcards, study notes, AI Chat, practice exams, PDF chat, concept maps, podcasts, and more into a single account. You bring the study material — lectures, PDFs, slides, YouTube videos, or your own notes — and Scholarly turns it into things you can actively study with.
Is Scholarly free?
Yes. Scholarly is free to start with no credit card required. The free plan includes free AI creations you can spend on any tool — flashcards, study guides, slides, podcasts, even video lectures — plus daily limits on AI Chat and practice questions. Paid plans unlock unlimited AI creations, unlimited uploads, longer PDFs, and premium AI models.
How is Scholarly different from ChatGPT or generic AI tools?
A general chatbot can answer questions, but it does not give you a study workflow. Scholarly is built specifically for learning — your material flows between flashcards, notes, exams, and AI Chat, and the platform tracks what you know with spaced repetition so you actually retain information rather than just reading answers.
What subjects does Scholarly work for?
Anything you can put on a page or a slide. Students use Scholarly for medical school, nursing, law, computer science, business, engineering, biology, chemistry, history, languages, high school AP courses, and graduate exam prep like the MCAT, USMLE, NCLEX, LSAT, GRE, and bar exam.
Can I use Scholarly on my phone or iPad?
Yes. Scholarly works on the web and has an iOS app for iPhone and iPad; on Android you can study in any mobile browser. Everything syncs across devices in real time, so a deck you build on your laptop is ready to study on your phone the next time you open the app.
Can I export my flashcards to Anki or Quizlet?
Yes. Any deck you create on Scholarly can be exported as an Anki .apkg file or a Quizlet-ready CSV. You're never locked in — your study material belongs to you.
How does the AI know what's important to study?
Scholarly's models are tuned for academic content. They prioritize definitions, formulas, dates, cause-and-effect relationships, and exam-relevant concepts — the things that actually show up on tests. You can always edit, regenerate, or delete cards if you'd rather focus somewhere else.
Is my study material private?
Yes. Anything you upload is private to your account by default. You can choose to publish a deck to the public Explore section if you'd like to share it with classmates, but nothing is made public unless you opt in.
Keep exploring
Explore the rest of Scholarly
Pick a tool, a feature, or a plan to dig in.
AI Flashcard Maker
Generate flashcards from any source in seconds.
AI Chat
Press ⌘J anywhere for instant study help.
All AI Study Tools
Browse every AI study tool in one place.
Notes
Smart notes with autocomplete and AI rewrite.
Practice Quizzes
Adaptive practice quizzes with instant feedback.
Podcasts from PDFs
Listen to your study material on the go.
PDF Summarizer
Summarize and chat with any PDF.
Practice Test Generator
Build full exam-style practice tests.
Pricing
See the free plan and transparent paid tiers.
Website Summarizer
Paste any article or webpage URL and get a clean, citable summary.
AI Podcast Generator
Turn PDFs, notes, and videos into a study podcast you can listen to anywhere.
AP Score Calculator
Predict your 1-5 AP score from practice test points for every major AP exam.
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Join 150,000+ students studying smarter on Scholarly. Free to start, no credit card required.
Free
- 3 AI Chat messages per day
- 1 free AI creation total
- 1 free file upload total (8MB)
- 5 quiz questions per day
- 1 exam attempt per day
- 15 voice minutes per day
- 32-page PDF to flashcards
- 500 autocomplete words per day
Use it to generate flashcards, improve a deck, or create a podcast, video lecture, slides, infographic, mind map, study guide, worksheet, spreadsheet, story book, timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline — or run Deep Research or turn a recording into AI Meeting Notes.
Ultimate
$144 billed yearly
Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited normal chat & autocomplete
- Unlimited premium model messages
- Unlimited AI creations
- Unlimited file uploads (up to 300MB)
- Unlimited study sessions
- Unlimited exams & quizzes
- 1000-page PDF to flashcards
- Export to Anki
- Priority support
Pricing in USD. Local currency available in app.
Teams
For teams that need shared AI study workflows
$45/seat/month, or $324/seat/year with annual billing. Save 40% annually.
- 3-seat minimum
- 450 weekly credits per member
- Premium models and admin controls
Every feature unlocked for everyone, frontier AI models, and per-member weekly credits. Learn more about Scholarly for Teams
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What students say
Scholarly has been a valuable tool for my studies. The AI-generated flashcards and intuitive features make organizing and retaining information much easier.
Briana
Student
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
Student
I am currently preparing for a test that covers a substantial amount of material, and I've found that not having to physically write out my flashcards has been incredibly beneficia...
Isabelle
Student
Scholarly is great for students. I am enrolled in online university and my classes are all PDF based. All I do is upload the PDF and it creates flashcards decks for me. The greate...
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Your questions, answered
Is Scholarly free to use?
Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with clear limits: 3 AI Chat messages per day, one free AI creation total, 1 free file upload total, quizzes, practice exams, and manual flashcard creation. Upgrade to Ultimate for unlimited AI creations and unlimited uploads.
What uses my free AI creations?
Generating flashcards, improving a flashcard deck, making a podcast, creating a video lecture or infographic, building slides, a spreadsheet, or a story book, making a mind map, study guide, or worksheet, having an AI Agent create a timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline, running Deep Research, or processing a recording uses your free AI creation. It is a lifetime free credit and does not reset. AI Chat messages, quizzes, and exams still have separate daily limits; free file uploads are also lifetime 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. Scholarly for Teams is self-serve for up to 29 seats, so you can put a class or department on one plan yourself in minutes. For a larger rollout, contact us at hello@scholarly.so.
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 AI creations and the free upload are lifetime credits and do not reset. Upgrading unlocks unlimited AI creations and unlimited uploads.
For Educators or Schools
Scholarly for Teams is self-serve and puts your class or department on one plan. For a larger rollout, contact us at hello@scholarly.so.