Printable flashcards

Printable flashcards for offline study

Turn any PDF, notes, or video into clean, print-ready study cards. Generate them with AI, then print, cut, and study anywhere — no screen required.

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Generate print-ready cards in seconds

Pick your source format, upload your material, and get a print-ready flashcard PDF.

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Upload Your Document

Upload any document, image, audio, or video file to convert it into interactive flashcards. You can also drag and drop a file here. You will be redirected to register.

Your files are securely processed by Scholarly's advanced AI.

How it works

From source to printed deck in three steps

Upload your material, let AI write the cards, and print a clean deck you can study anywhere.

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Step 1: Upload Material

Upload your study content to create printable flashcards. PDFs, textbooks, notes, or any learning material works perfectly for printing.

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Step 2: Generate Cards

Our AI creates printable flashcards optimized for physical study. Clean, readable format perfect for printing on standard paper.

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Step 3: Print & Study

Download your printable flashcards in PDF format, print them at home or school, and study offline anywhere you want.

Why students print with Scholarly

Built for clean, study-ready printouts

Every deck is formatted for real paper, real scissors, and real revision sessions.

Print-ready PDF format

Download a clean PDF formatted for standard paper, ready to print at home or a print shop with no extra setup.

Double-sided layout

Questions on the front, answers on the reverse — print double-sided and cut into a working deck in minutes.

Any source format

Start from a PDF, pasted text, an image, a YouTube video, or a website. The cards come out the same clean way.

Standard card sizing

Cards are laid out at sensible, consistent sizes so they cut evenly and stack into a tidy physical deck.

Concept-first cards

AI writes cards that test understanding and relationships, not rote trivia like page numbers or sample sizes.

Study online too

Prefer a screen later? The same deck lives in your Scholarly workspace for digital review and spaced repetition.

Why printable cards

Why physical flashcards still win for some students

Printable flashcards give you a screen-free way to revise. Writing nothing, flipping a card, and recalling the answer is a clean, distraction-free loop that many students retain better than scrolling an app.

Because the deck is a real object, you can spread cards across a desk, sort them into known and unknown piles, and quiz a study partner without passing a phone around. That tactile sorting is itself a form of active recall.

Scholarly writes the cards for you so the only manual work is printing and cutting. Each card is grounded in your own material — your lecture PDF, your notes, your video — so you are revising your real syllabus, not generic content.

And nothing is locked to paper. Every printable deck also lives in your Scholarly workspace, so you can review it digitally, run a quiz on the same source, or chat with the material whenever you have a screen handy.

FAQ

Printable flashcards FAQ

What format are the printable flashcards?

Flashcards are generated as print-ready PDFs optimized for standard paper sizes. You can print them at home or at a print shop.

Can I print double-sided flashcards?

Yes, the PDF is formatted for double-sided printing with questions on one side and answers on the reverse.

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Start Creating Printable Flashcards

Join students who prefer physical study cards. Create printable flashcards for offline studying now — free to start, and go Premium for 10 AI creations each week and every source format.

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Free

See what it does with one of your own sources.

$0

/month

Free forever

No card required.

  • 3 lifetime AI Chat messages

  • 1 free AI creation total

  • 2-minute podcasts and video lectures

  • 1 free file upload total (8MB)

  • 5 lifetime quiz questions

  • 1 completed practice exam total

  • 15 lifetime voice minutes

  • 32-page PDF to flashcards

  • 500 lifetime autocomplete words

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.

Premium

Most Popular

Steady weekly output from the material you already have.

$12

/month

Billed yearly at $144 · save $216

  • Everything in Free, plus:

  • 10 AI creations per week

  • Unlimited AI chat & autocomplete

  • Podcasts up to 60 minutes, videos up to 45 minutes

  • Unlimited file uploads (up to 300MB)

  • Unlimited study sessions

  • Unlimited exams & quizzes

  • 1000-page PDF to flashcards

  • Export to Anki

  • Priority support

Laureate

For work where being right matters more than the price.

$99

/month

billed monthly · cancel anytime

For frontier models & 8x more AI Creations

Our most advanced and most expensive tier.

  • Everything in Premium, plus:

  • 80 weighted AI creation credits every week

  • 80 AI creations per week

  • Podcasts up to 60 minutes, videos up to 45 minutes

  • Unlimited uploads up to 1 GB, plus 3,000-page PDFs

  • 12 hours of voice mode per day

  • Priority support and early access to new Frontier models

Pricing shown in USD. Local currency may be available for Premium in app.

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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.

Free
3 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

AI creations

AI creations share one credit balance across every creation tool. Standard models use 1 credit; Frontier models Sol and Opus 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

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
—
Premium
Included
Laureate
Included

Support

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

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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.

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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 total, and 1 file upload. These allowances do not reset. Upgrade to Premium for 10 AI creations per week 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, autocomplete, quiz practice, voice, exams, and file uploads have separate lifetime allowances.

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 creations 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.