Turn any text into study flashcards
Paste notes, summaries, study guides, textbook excerpts, or lecture transcripts and Scholarly turns them into editable question-and-answer cards in seconds.
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Working from slides or handouts instead? Convert your PDF to flashcards in one step.
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Drop in your study material below and Scholarly previews the cards it would create.
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From text to study deck in three steps
Paste, generate, and study — no formatting or manual card-writing required.
Step 1: Input Text
Paste your text into the editor, and let our AI create flashcards for you. It's fast and easy.
Step 2: Practice
Review your flashcards directly on Scholarly, share, print, or export them to platforms like Anki.
Step 3: Test Yourself
Master your material, then use our exam mode to test your knowledge and get personalized AI feedback.
See What Your Text Turns Into
Scholarly turns pasted study material into active-recall cards with a clear front and back, so you can review definitions, comparisons, causes, formulas, and examples.
Example text output
Biology notes
Front
What is diffusion?
Back
Diffusion is the movement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
Example text output
Psychology summary
Front
How does classical conditioning create an association?
Back
A neutral stimulus becomes linked with an unconditioned stimulus until it can trigger a conditioned response.
Example text output
Economics excerpt
Front
What does price elasticity of demand measure?
Back
It measures how strongly the quantity demanded changes when the price of a good changes.
Active recall beats re-reading
Flashcards force you to retrieve an answer instead of passively re-reading. That act of recall is what moves material into long-term memory, and it's why testing yourself outperforms highlighting notes for almost every subject.
Scholarly reads your text and writes cards that test understanding — the terms, definitions, causes, and relationships worth knowing — not trivia like page numbers or arbitrary figures. Each card has a clear front and back you can edit before you study.
Because every card is grounded in the material you pasted, your deck stays faithful to your own course. Generate once, then review on Scholarly, quiz yourself, or export to Anki to keep the cards wherever you study.
Where Quizlet and Anki are strong
Both are great tools. Here's an honest look at what each does well — and where Scholarly fits.
Best for shared decks. Quizlet has a huge library of pre-made sets and polished study games, so if someone has already made cards for your topic you can start fast.
The trade-off: making cards from your own text is manual, and AI generation sits behind a paid plan.
Best for power users. Anki's spaced-repetition scheduler is the gold standard for long-term retention, and its add-on ecosystem is deep.
The trade-off: you write every card by hand, and the setup curve is steep before you study a single card.
Paste your own notes and get editable cards instantly — no manual card-writing.
Cards test understanding, then flow straight into quizzes, exam mode, and AI chat on the same material.
Study free on Scholarly or export to Anki and Quizlet — your deck, your way.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert text to flashcards?
Simply paste your text into Scholarly, and our AI will automatically generate flashcards from the content. You can then review, edit, and export them.
Is the text to flashcards converter free?
Yes, you can create flashcards from text for free with Scholarly. Ultimate adds higher AI creation limits and extra features.
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- 3 AI creations per day
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- 1 research report per day
- 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, make a podcast, create a video lecture or infographic, build slides, or process a recording.
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What students say
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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 or infographic, 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 hello@scholarly.so 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
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