Brainscape: Smarter Flashcards

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About this app

Delete your old flashcard apps! Brainscape has the SMARTEST AI-powered flashcard maker, the BEST marketplace of expert flashcards, and the MOST EFFECTIVE spaced repetition study algorithm on the planet.

How does it work? Brainscape’s intelligent study system has been designed in accordance with decades of proven cognitive science to help you learn faster and remember longer than with any other flashcard app. (And we don’t waste time on games. Our flashcards are for serious learners.)

Brainscape distills any subject down into bite-sized facts (neatly organized into decks and classes), which are posed as question-and-answer pairs, compelling you to actively recall information from scratch. You then rate how well you know each concept on a scale of 1 to 5, and Brainscape determines the perfect time interval at which to repeat that flashcard again.
If you know the answer well, you’ll see that flashcard less often; if you don’t know it well, you’ll see it again and again, at frequent intervals, until it’s deeply ingrained into your brain. And it’s this totally unique combination of active recall, self-assessment (metacognition), and spaced repetition that is scientifically proven to significantly slash your required study time!
Where do all of Brainscape’s awesome flashcards come from? Three places:

THE WORLD’S TOP EXPERTS. Brainscape partners with top publishers, schools, and educators to create comprehensive collections of certified flashcards for a diverse array of subjects, from foreign languages (we are the best language-learning tool in the world) to high-stakes exams like the AP series, MBE (bar exam), Series 7, NCLEX, MCAT, and more.

YOUR PEERS. Top students, professors, teachers, tutorpreneurs, and businesses around the world have created over 1 million subjects that are available to search on Brainscape’s Knowledge Genome.

YOU! You can easily create and organize thousands of multimedia flashcards featuring text, images, and even audio files, both on Brainscape’s website AND within the app itself. You can also share your decks with your classmates and collaboratively develop content together.

How much does it cost? Creating and sharing great flashcards is FREE. (Woohoo!) And for unlimited access to ALL of Brainscape's user-generated and premium, expert-curated content, as well as optional features, like bookmarks and card reversibility--or to me your content private, you can upgrade to Pro for $19.99 (monthly), $59.99 (every 6 months), or $95.99 (annually). Alternatively, you can unlock a LIFETIME of learning with Brainscape for a one-time cost of only $199.99 American dolla billz.

The fine print: The three recurring subscriptions (monthly, semiannual, and annual) will renew automatically within 24 hours before the end of the current period, unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can cancel auto-renewal any time by going to Account Settings, and the cancellation will apply after the active subscription period is complete. Go ahead and learn more about our Terms and Privacy Policy at brainscape.com/terms.

What’s on the horizon? It’s our vision to empower everyone, everywhere to rise to the challenge of personalized forever-learning. And for this reason, we love hearing from our community of users: it’s through your feedback that we can continue to innovate our learning platform to be more convenient, efficient, and even fun and social to use!
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Updated on
14 Oct 2026
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Ratings and reviews

12,7K reviews
Laeticia Malapote
12 September 2026
i've been using this since high school and now i'm in my third year of college. it's helped me passed many exams. brainscape has a premium version, but its free features are already enough to help me learn well. also, the free version doesn't have too many annoying restrictions like limiting the number of cards you can study. i highly recommend to anyone looking to make their own flashcards!
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Jasper Bennett
10 September 2026
I love the ability to learn things ahead of my course ,and seeing as I am going for level business, I didn't think I would find anything. this app was able to configure all the flashcard choices I need for my course and is a great way to revise. other than this, I believe it could be improved by slowly moving from the stuff you have already marked as not so well, to the new, yet to be seen stuff so I may learn the new things, while every now and then bringing up the older stuff.anyway,great work
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Brainscape
14 September 2026
Thanks for your feedback, Jasper! We’re also working on upcoming improvements that will give users more control over how cards are scheduled and make it clearer how many overdue cards remain. Stay tuned! Chuckee@Brainscape
Zizi Hollander
05 July 2026
The flashcards are a fantastic way to learn. It was quick and easy to upload the learning material and I'm loving being able to test myself and repeat the things that I wrong. The app was also really easy to upload and is synced between my laptop and mobile which means I can study anywhere at any time. I highly recommend this Brainscape and look forward to discovering what else it can do.
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What's new

Wondering if you must get this update of Brainscape? Well, there are some important new additions:
- Customize the Study Algorithm! Just tap the ⚙️ on your dashboard or the bottom of the Study screen to adjust your repetition intervals
- Cards Overdue. Previously rated cards not studied in time for their assigned repetition interval are now marked Overdue. The algorithm will always exhaust Overdue before resuming new cards to minimize cognitive overload.