Yes. Creating, importing, and studying your own flashcards is free with no limits, and so are practice quizzes written from your own decks (three a day). The free plan also turns your first two documents into flashcards or quizzes, at the same quality as the paid plans. Plus ($6.99 a month or $49 a year) and Pro ($12.99 a month or $89 a year) add 15 or 40 generations every month.

Yes. Pick “Quiz” instead of “Flashcards” to get a multiple-choice quiz from a subject, your notes, or a file, or press “Quiz me” on any deck. You get a score, the correct answers with explanations, and can redo it with reshuffled questions. Quizzes can be shared like decks.

Can it write a study guide?

Yes. Pick “Study guide” and name the unit, paste your notes or upload a file. You get the unit on one page: a mindmap, the ideas in order, a worked exam-style question and the mistake students make most. Print it, or turn it straight into flashcards or a quiz. Study guides are on the Plus and Pro plans; free unit guides for AP Calculus, Physics, Chemistry, MCAT, SAT and ACT are at quizcard.org/unit-guides.

What files can I turn into flashcards?

PDF, Word (.docx), PowerPoint (.pptx), plain text, and Markdown, up to 25 MB, or paste text directly. Charts and diagrams are kept on the cards when the source is a PDF.

How is Quizcard different from Quizlet or Anki?

Quizcard writes the cards for you from your own material and keeps the source document attached, with a reader, highlights, and a tutor that answers from those pages. Decks export to CSV and JSON, so you can still review in Anki if you prefer its scheduler.

Yes. Any deck can be published as a public page that others can study online or copy into their own account. Public decks are listed at quizcard.org/explore.

Does it work offline and on my phone?

Yes. The Android app is on Google Play, the iPhone app is coming soon, and on any phone Quizcard also installs straight from the browser. Decks you have opened stay available offline and changes sync when you are back online.

Your decks and files are private unless you choose to share a deck. You can export or delete everything at any time, and you can bring your own Anthropic API key if you prefer.

Guides

Guides and how-tos

Practical ways to turn what you already have — PDFs, notes, slides, a textbook — into flashcards, practice quizzes and one-page study guides you will actually finish.

Turn your notes, a PDF or any subject into a practice quizPaste notes, upload a PDF or name a subject and get a multiple-choice practice quiz with an explanation for every answer. Score yourself, redo it with reshuffled questions, share it with your class. Free to start.
Turn a unit, your notes or a PDF into a one-page study guideName a unit, paste your notes or upload a PDF and get the whole unit on one page: a mindmap, the ideas in order, a worked exam-style question and the mistake students make most. Print it or turn it into flashcards and a quiz.
How to turn a PDF into a practice quizUpload a PDF, Word document or slides and get a multiple-choice practice quiz written from that material, with a score at the end and an explanation for every answer. Redo it reshuffled, share it with your class. Free to start.
How to turn a PDF into flashcardsTurn lecture notes, textbook chapters, or question banks in PDF form into a ready-to-study flashcard deck. Keeps the charts and diagrams. Free to start.
How to turn a Word document into flashcardsUpload a .docx of lecture notes, a study guide, or a summary and get a topic-grouped flashcard deck. No copy-pasting. Free to start.
How to turn PowerPoint slides into flashcardsUpload lecture slides as a .pptx and get flashcards grouped by topic, one slide at a time. Works with Google Slides and Keynote exports. Free to start.
CFA flashcards, built from the material you are actually tested onMake CFA Level 1, 2, and 3 flashcards from your curriculum PDFs and notes, with payoff diagrams and formulas kept on the cards. Free to start.
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How to make flashcards from a textbookA practical method for turning textbook chapters into flashcards you will actually finish: what to card, what to skip, and how to automate the typing.
A Quizlet alternative that starts from your own materialLooking for a Quizlet alternative? Quizcard turns your PDFs, notes, and slides into flashcards, keeps diagrams on the cards, and is free for your own decks.
Looking for a Brainscape alternative?A Brainscape alternative for students who want cards generated from their own PDFs and notes, with diagrams kept, offline study, and a free plan with no limits on your own decks.
Knowt vs Quizcard: which flashcard generator fits you?Comparing Knowt and Quizcard for turning notes and PDFs into flashcards: file types, diagrams, tutor, offline study, sharing, and what each plan includes.
How to turn lecture notes into flashcardsPaste or upload your lecture notes and get a flashcard deck grouped by topic. Works with typed notes, Word docs, PDFs, and slides. Free to start.
How to turn Google Slides into flashcardsExport your Google Slides deck as PowerPoint or PDF and turn it into flashcards grouped by topic, one slide per page. Free to start.
Nursing flashcards built from what your program actually teachesMake NCLEX-style and nursing school flashcards from your lecture PDFs, slides, and notes, with diagrams kept on the cards and a tutor that answers from your material.
Medical school flashcards from your own lecturesTurn med school lecture PDFs and slides into flashcards with the figures kept, organized by block, with a tutor that answers from your own material. Exports to Anki.

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