Study tools built for college students

Turn lecture slides, textbook chapters, and class notes into flashcards in seconds. Scholarly helps college students study more effectively with AI-powered tools built for exam prep.

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Used by 170,000+ students worldwide

170,000+
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Languages supported
Seconds
From upload to flashcards
The Scholarly workspace with an AI-generated quiz question open beside a chat panel answering from the same source.

Use cases

How College Students Use Scholarly

Exam Prep from Lecture Slides

Upload your professor's PowerPoint or PDF lecture slides and get flashcards covering key concepts, definitions, and formulas. Stop re-reading slides and start actively studying.

Textbook Chapter Flashcards

Upload textbook PDFs or paste chapter summaries and generate flashcards that cover the material you need to know. Great for courses with heavy reading loads.

Study Group Sharing

Create flashcard sets and share them with your study group. Split the work across different chapters or topics and everyone gets access to the complete set.

Midterm and Final Review

Combine notes from an entire semester into comprehensive flashcard sets. Use spaced repetition to review efficiently leading up to midterms and finals.

Features

Features That Matter for College

Every Format Supported

Upload PDFs, PowerPoints, Word docs, images, paste text, or link YouTube AI Meeting Notes. Whatever format your material is in, Scholarly handles it.

Spaced Repetition

Stop cramming the night before. Built-in spaced repetition schedules reviews at optimal intervals so you retain material long-term.

Quiz and Test Mode

Test yourself with quiz mode to find gaps in your knowledge before the actual exam. Works for any subject.

Export Anywhere

Export to Anki, print as PDFs, or share with classmates. Your flashcards are never locked in.

How it works

How It Works

  1. 01

    Step 1: Upload Your Material

    Upload lecture slides, textbook PDFs, or paste your class notes.

  2. 02

    Step 2: AI Creates Cards

    Our AI identifies key concepts and creates flashcards with questions and answers.

  3. 03

    Step 3: Study & Review

    Study with spaced repetition, take quizzes, or export to Anki. Your cards, your workflow.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I make flashcards from my professor's PowerPoint slides?

Yes. Upload PowerPoint (.pptx) files directly and Scholarly's AI will extract the content and create flashcards. This also works with PDF versions of slides.

Does it work for any subject?

Yes. Scholarly works for any college course: biology, chemistry, psychology, history, economics, computer science, and more. Upload your material and the AI adapts to the content.

Can I share flashcards with classmates?

Yes. Share any flashcard set with a link. Study groups can divide up card creation across chapters and everyone gets access to the full collection.

Is it free?

Yes, you can create flashcards for free with Scholarly. The free plan includes generous limits, and Premium raises your AI creation limits.

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Comprehensive study guides for any course.

AI Cheat Sheet Maker

One-page reference sheets for exam day.

Practice Test Generator

AI-generated practice exams.

Study Notes Generator

Organized notes from any source.

AI Lecture Notes

Create AI Meeting Notes and get clean notes.

Essay Outline Generator

Structure your next paper.

Citation Generator

APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard.

AI Slide Generator

Slide decks for class presentations.

PowerPoint to Flashcards

Lecture slides to flashcards.

YouTube to Flashcards

Educational videos to flashcards.

Concept Map Generator

Visualize concept relationships.

Math Solver

Step-by-step math solutions.

Formula Sheet Generator

STEM formula reference sheets.

PDF Summarizer

Get the gist of any PDF.

Pricing

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Free

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$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 & 7x more AI Creations

Our most advanced and most expensive tier.

  • Everything in Premium, plus:

  • Any Frontier model — Claude Opus 5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.6

  • 75 AI creations per week

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

  • 20 Frontier creations per week

  • 20 Frontier Chat messages per week

  • 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. Frontier Boost on makes Auto (Laureate) use Claude Opus 5; off uses GPT 5.6 Luna.

Free
3 total
Premium
Unlimited
Laureate
Unlimited

Chat Frontier Boosts

Premium includes recommended access to Grok 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and Claude Sonnet 5. Laureate adds the remaining Frontier catalog plus 20 Frontier creations and 20 Frontier Chat responses each week; Auto uses Claude Opus 5 while boosts remain and GPT 5.6 Luna afterward.

Free
—
Premium
—
Laureate
20/week

AI creations

AI creations are used for AI Flashcards, deck edits, AI Podcasts, AI Video Lectures, AI Slides, worksheets, AI Infographics, mind maps, study guides, spreadsheets, story books, timelines, SOPs, flowcharts, lesson plans, outlines, AI Meeting Notes, and Deep Research reports.

Free
1 total
Premium
10/week
Laureate
75/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 and Kids stay about 30 seconds.

Free
2 minutes
Premium
Up to 45 minutes
Laureate
Up to 45 minutes

Creation Frontier Boosts

Frontier Boost on makes Auto (Laureate) use Claude Opus 5; off uses GPT 5.6 Luna. Laureate includes 20 boosts within its 75 weekly creations. Flashcards never spend a boost.

Free
—
Premium
—
Laureate
20/week · included

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
Premium
Priority
Laureate
Priority

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.