AI Flashcard Maker

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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How it works

From text to study deck in three steps

Paste, generate, and study — no formatting or manual card-writing required.

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Step 1: Input Text

Paste your text into the editor, and let our AI create flashcards for you. It's fast and easy.

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Step 2: Practice

Review your flashcards directly on Scholarly, share, print, or export them to platforms like Anki.

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Step 3: Test Yourself

Master your material, then use our exam mode to test your knowledge and get personalized AI feedback.

Sample output

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.

Why it works

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.

How it compares

Where Quizlet and Anki are strong

Both are great tools. Here's an honest look at what each does well — and where Scholarly fits.

Quizlet

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.

Anki

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.

Best for students
Scholarly

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.

FAQ

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. Premium adds higher AI creation limits and extra features.

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  • 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.

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Steady weekly output from the material you already have.

$12

/month

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  • 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

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For work where being right matters more than the price.

$99

/month

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For frontier models & 8x more AI Creations

Our most advanced and most expensive tier.

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  • 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

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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.

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3 total
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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
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10/week
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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)
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Unlimited (300MB)
Laureate
Unlimited (1 GB each)

PDF to flashcards

Free
32 pages
Premium
1000 pages
Laureate
3000 pages

Practice questions

Free
5 total
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Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Practice exams

Free
1 total
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Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Voice mode

Free
15 min total
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2 hr/day
Laureate
12 hr/day

Autocomplete

Free
500 words total
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Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Export to Anki

Free
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Included
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Included

Support

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What customers say

Scholarly has enhanced the quality of notes and questions I administer to my tutees. Insightful, to the point.

TD Georgas

TD Georgas

Tutor

I have very good experience with Scholarly it summarize me scientific text in hovel academic level with citation. I use this for any therapeutic area . It is great and useful tool.

Diana

Diana

Scholarly user

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

Briana

Briana

Scholarly user

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

Kelvin

Scholarly user

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.