AI Study Guide — Auto-Generated from Your Course Materials
An AI-driven study companion that lives alongside your existing course materials. Drop in a lecture, syllabus, or chapter and Scholarly produces an on-demand AI study guide you can iterate on across the semester — re-generating, expanding sections, and stacking it with flashcards and practice tests.
Looking for the main AI Study Guide Generator? Try the AI Study Guide Generator.
Step 1: Add Source
PDF, lecture notes, textbook chapter, or just a topic.
Step 2: AI Builds
Scholarly's AI structures it into sections, definitions, summaries, and review questions.
Step 3: Master the Material
Edit, export, or convert to flashcards and practice tests.
Why students switch to AI study guides
Hours saved
Skip the formatting and structuring — the AI does it in seconds.
Exam-tuned
The AI surfaces what's testable; filters out anecdote and tangent.
All disciplines
From organic chemistry to constitutional law to Mandarin grammar.
Multi-modal
Convert your guide into flashcards, cheat sheets, or practice tests with one click.
A Living Study Guide for the Whole Semester
Most study guides are a one-time artifact. The AI study guide is meant to be iterated on: regenerate as your professor adds new chapters, expand the sections you keep getting wrong on practice tests, prune the ones you've mastered. Because it's AI-driven, the guide changes shape with your study habits instead of going stale the day you make it.
If you'd rather make a guide once and be done, use the canonical AI Study Guide Generator — same underlying AI, simpler workflow.
Built for Real Coursework
Whether you're cramming for organic chemistry, drilling USMLE Step 1 high-yield facts, building a casebook for con law, or finishing AP US History, Scholarly knows what belongs in a study guide for that subject. The output is editable — keep what works, expand what's thin, remove what you've already mastered.
Frequently Asked Questions
An AI study guide is a structured, exam-focused study artifact generated automatically from your source material. Scholarly's AI organizes any lecture, PDF, or textbook chapter into sections, key terms, summaries, and review questions.
Summaries condense; study guides structure for active study. AI study guides include named definitions, organized hierarchy, and review questions you can use to drill yourself before exams.
All major subjects work well — STEM, life sciences, medical exam prep, law, history, languages, computer science, business. The AI adapts its structure to the discipline.
Yes — your input controls the depth. A short lecture handout produces a focused guide; a full chapter produces a deeper one. You can also edit any section to add or remove detail.
Yes, free with daily AI creation limits. Plus and Ultimate add higher creation limits and longer document support.
Yes, export to PDF or convert the same content into flashcards or a practice test with one click.
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Active recall on the same source.
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Free
- 3 AI Chat messages per day
- 3 AI creations per day
- 1 file upload per day (8MB)
- 1 research report per day
- 5 quiz questions per day
- 1 exam attempt per day
- 15 voice minutes per day
- 8-page PDF to flashcards
- 500 autocomplete words per day
Use it to generate flashcards, improve a deck, make a podcast, create a video lecture, build slides, or process a recording.
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
- 1,000-page PDF to flashcards
- Export to Anki
- Priority support
Pricing in USD. Local currency available in app.
Compare plans
Feature
Free
Plus
Ultimate
Normal chat
3/day
Unlimited
Unlimited
Premium chat
—
Unlimited
Unlimited
AI creations
3/day total
Unlimited
Unlimited
Deep research
1 report/day
Unlimited
Unlimited
Video lectures
Quick Recap
Longer lectures
Longer lectures
File uploads
1/day (8MB)
Unlimited (300MB)
Unlimited (300MB)
PDF to flashcards
8 pages
1000 pages
1000 pages
Practice questions
5/day
Unlimited
Unlimited
Practice exams
1/day
Unlimited
Unlimited
Voice mode
15 min/day
1 hr/day
1 hr/day
Autocomplete
500 words/day
Unlimited
Unlimited
Export to Anki
—
Included
Included
Support
Standard
Priority
Priority
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...
Alexandra
Student
Your questions, answered
Is Scholarly free to use?
Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with daily limits: AI Chat messages, 3 AI creations per day, research reports, file uploads, quizzes, practice exams, and manual flashcard creation. Upgrade to Ultimate when you want unlimited AI creations and higher limits.
What uses my daily AI creation?
Generating flashcards, improving a flashcard deck, making a podcast, creating a video lecture, building slides, or processing a recording each use the same daily free AI creation allowance. AI Chat messages, uploads, quizzes, and exams have their own separate daily limits.
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.
Do you offer discounts for educators?
Yes, we offer special pricing for educators and educational institutions. Contact us at [email protected] for details.
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 daily actions like AI Chat messages, uploads, quiz questions, and new AI creations. Limits reset every day.
For Educators or Schools
Contact us for special pricing at [email protected].