Your PDFs, supercharged
Chat with any PDF, get instant summaries, extract flashcards, and analyze research papers — all powered by AI.
Free to start · No credit card required
From PDF to understanding in three steps
Upload your document and let AI turn it into answers, study material, and clear next steps.
Upload your PDF
Drop in a textbook chapter, lecture slides, or a research paper. AI reads tables, figures, and complex layouts.
Ask or generate
Chat with citation-backed answers, or turn the document into flashcards, quizzes, summaries, and more.
Study and master
Review your generated material, drill the concepts that matter, and get a clear next study action.
Why students love Scholarly PDF tools
Stop reading passively. Let AI help you understand and retain more.
Chat with your PDFs
Ask questions about any PDF and get instant, citation-backed answers. AI understands tables, figures, and complex layouts.
Instant flashcards
Turn any PDF into organized flashcards with one click. Customizable density, language, and focus areas.
Deep analysis
AI generates diagrams, charts, and visual explanations to help you understand complex papers and textbooks.
Everything you need to master your PDFs
All the tools to read, analyze, and learn from your documents
Smart Summaries
Get concise summaries of any PDF, no matter how long. Understand key points in seconds.
Highlights & Annotations
Highlight important sections and add notes. AI can explain highlighted text instantly.
Multi-PDF Chat
Link multiple PDFs to a conversation. AI cross-references across all your documents.
Research Paper Analysis
Specialized analysis for academic papers — methodology, findings, limitations, and citations.
Generate Quizzes
Create practice tests directly from your PDFs. Multiple question types to test your understanding.
Create Podcasts
Convert any PDF into an engaging audio podcast with multiple AI voices discussing the content.
Slides View & Presentations
Switch to a presentation layout with thumbnail navigation. Enter full-screen mode and present with keyboard shortcuts.
AI PDF Editing
Ask the AI to add watermarks, rotate pages, merge documents, or redact sections — all through natural language.
Chat Creation Shortcuts
Create podcasts, video lectures, slide decks, infographics, mind maps, data tables, study guides, and flashcards from any PDF — directly in chat.
One AI PDF Creator, Every Document Type
Add your sources once, then pick the document type — timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, outline, cheat sheet, report, case study, rubric, or describe your own — and get back a professionally typeset PDF.
Pick the Pages That Matter
Every AI create flow lets you select an exact page range of your PDF, so flashcards, quizzes, and guides come from just the chapter you're studying.
Reading a PDF isn't the same as understanding it
Most students treat a PDF as something to get through — scroll, highlight, hope it sticks. But a dense chapter or a 30-page research paper rarely gives up its meaning on the first pass, and re-reading is slow and passive. Scholarly turns your PDF into something you can interrogate: ask what a figure means, why a result matters, or how two sections connect, and get answers grounded in the exact pages.
Because every answer is cited back to your document, you can trust what you read and jump straight to the source. That same understanding becomes practice in one step — flashcards on the concepts you missed, a quiz that tests grasp instead of trivia, a summary you can revisit before an exam. The work of turning a source into study material is no longer yours to do by hand.
The result is a tighter loop: import a real source, get grounded explanations, and convert them into the practice that makes the material stick. Whether it's a textbook, lecture slides, or a paper for your literature review, your PDF stops being a wall of text and becomes a study workspace you actually move through.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of PDFs can I upload?
Textbook chapters, lecture slides, research papers, handouts, and scanned documents all work. Scholarly can read relevant pages as images, which helps it understand tables, figures, diagrams, equations, and handwriting even when selectable text is missing. Clearer pages produce better results.
Are the answers actually accurate?
Every answer is grounded in your document and backed by citations that point to the exact passage, so you can verify it in seconds instead of trusting a black box.
Can I work with more than one PDF at once?
Yes. Link multiple PDFs to a single conversation and the AI cross-references across all of them — ideal for a literature review or comparing sources.
What can I create from a PDF?
From any PDF you can generate flashcards, quizzes, summaries, study guides, podcasts, video lectures, slide decks, mind maps, and more — most of it directly in chat. The AI PDF Creator also turns a PDF into a timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, outline, cheat sheet, report, case study, or rubric.
Is it free to start?
Yes — you can start for free with no credit card. Premium includes 10 AI creations each week, higher limits, and longer documents.
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Free
See what it does with one of your own sources.
- 3 AI Chat messages per day
- 1 free AI creation total
- 1 free file upload total (8MB)
- 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, 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
Steady weekly output from the material you already have.
$30/month
Everything in Free, plus:
- 10 AI creations per week
- Unlimited AI chat & autocomplete
- 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.
billed monthly · cancel anytime
Everything in Premium, plus:
- Any Frontier model — Claude Opus 5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.6
- 75 AI creations per week
- 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/day
- 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
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
Video lectures
- Free
- Uses AI creations
- Premium
- Included in 10/week
- Laureate
- Included in 75/week
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/day
- Premium
- Unlimited
- Laureate
- Unlimited
Practice exams
- Free
- 1/day
- Premium
- Unlimited
- Laureate
- Unlimited
Voice mode
- Free
- 15 min/day
- Premium
- 2 hr/day
- Laureate
- 12 hr/day
Autocomplete
- Free
- 500 words/day
- 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
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
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
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
Scholarly user
Your questions, answered
Is Scholarly free to use?
Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with clear limits: 3 AI Chat messages per day, one free AI creation total, 1 free file upload total, quizzes, practice exams, and manual flashcard creation. 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 messages, quizzes, and exams still have separate daily limits; free file uploads are also lifetime credits.
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 AI creations and the free upload are lifetime credits and do not reset. Premium includes 10 AI creations per week and unlimited uploads.