Where writers do their research
Pile your sources into one workspace — articles, PDFs, interviews, videos. Ask questions, get answers grounded in your material with citations, and start every draft from real understanding instead of a blank page.
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How Writers Use Scholarly
Research before you draft
Ask a real question and let Deep Research read the sources for you — a clear, cited write-up you can interrogate, push back on, and build your piece from.
Chat with your source material
Question your PDFs, articles, and reference books directly. Answers cite the passage they came from, so every fact in your draft traces back to a source.
Turn interviews into usable quotes
Upload interview audio or record directly. Scholarly transcribes it, pulls out the key moments, and makes hours of tape searchable in seconds.
Beat the blank page
Draft outlines and first passes with AI that has actually read your research — structured, cited, and yours to rewrite in your own voice.
Features That Matter for Writing
Deep Research
Go from a question to a cited, structured brief in minutes — then follow up, go deeper, and pressure-test the claims before you write.
Notes & pages editor
Outline and draft in the same workspace as your sources, with AI that can cite, expand, restructure, or change the tone — without losing your material.
A source library that remembers
Every article, PDF, transcript, and video lives in one searchable library. Ask AI Chat to find the source you half-remember from last month.
Listen to your reading list
Turn background reading into conversational podcasts and audio overviews — get through research while you walk, drive, or do the dishes.
How It Works
Collect your sources
Drop in articles, PDFs, interviews, web pages, and videos — everything for the piece in one workspace.
Interrogate the material
Ask questions, run deep research, and get grounded answers with citations you can verify.
Draft from understanding
Build outlines and cited first drafts in the editor, then rewrite them in your own voice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Scholarly write my piece for me?
No — it does the research legwork. Scholarly reads your sources, answers your questions with citations, and gives you structured, grounded first passes and outlines. The voice, the argument, and the final draft stay yours.
Are the citations real?
Yes. Answers grounded in your uploaded material cite the exact passages they came from, and Deep Research reads and cites real external sources. You can always open the source and check the claim yourself.
Can I upload interviews and recordings?
Yes. Upload audio files or record directly in Scholarly. You get a transcript, AI notes, and a summary, and the whole recording becomes searchable — so finding that one quote takes seconds instead of an afternoon of scrubbing.
How is this different from ChatGPT?
ChatGPT answers from general knowledge. Scholarly answers from YOUR sources — the documents, interviews, and articles you uploaded — with citations pointing back to them, in a persistent workspace where your research accumulates project after project.
Keep exploring
Tools that pair well
Build a complete writing-research stack with these tools.
Essay Outline Generator
From idea to working structure.
Academic Writing Coach
Sharpen drafts and arguments.
Citation Generator
Clean citations in any style.
Website Summarizer
Articles and pages to key points.
YouTube to Notes
Videos to structured notes.
PDF Summarizer
Key points from any long PDF.
Audio to Notes
Interviews to clean, quotable notes.
Lecture Transcription
Accurate transcripts from any recording.
Research Paper Summarizer
Dense papers to clear summaries.
Notes to Podcast
Your research as a listenable recap.
Mind Map Generator
See the shape of your story.
YouTube Summarizer
Long videos to key takeaways.
Ready to Write From Real Understanding?
Join writers who turn piles of sources into grounded, citable drafts.
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
- 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.
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
- 1000-page PDF to flashcards
- Export to Anki
- Priority support
Pricing in USD. Local currency available in app.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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
Contact us for special pricing at hello@scholarly.so.