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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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. Premium adds higher AI creation limits and extra features.
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- 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.
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- 1000-page PDF to flashcards
- Export to Anki
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- 75 AI creations per week
- 20 Frontier creations per week
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- 12 hours of voice mode per day
- Priority support and early access to new Frontier models
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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.
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- —
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- Laureate
- 20/week · included
Video lectures
- Free
- Uses AI creations
- Premium
- Included in 10/week
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- Included in 75/week
File uploads
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- 1 total (8MB)
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- Unlimited (300MB)
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PDF to flashcards
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- 32 pages
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- 1000 pages
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Practice questions
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- 5/day
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Practice exams
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- 1/day
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Voice mode
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- 15 min/day
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- 2 hr/day
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Autocomplete
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- 500 words/day
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- Unlimited
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- Unlimited
Export to Anki
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- —
- Premium
- Included
- Laureate
- Included
Support
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- Priority
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- Priority
What customers say
Scholarly has enhanced the quality of notes and questions I administer to my tutees. Insightful, to the point.
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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
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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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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.