Free Flashcard Maker and AI Flashcard Generator
Get a deck from your own lecture: a question on the front, the answer on the back and every card linked to its page.
- Labeled diagrams become cards with the labels hidden
Sample output
What does the mitochondrion produce?
ATP, the cell's main energy currency.
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A flashcard maker that builds the deck from your own material
StudyPDF writes the first draft of the deck, so you spend your time on the cards worth keeping instead of typing them. Because the cards come from your own lecture, they test what your course tests: a definition, a process, a distinction, a figure.
Flashcards fit material with facts to recall: definitions, formulas, vocabulary, steps, labeled diagrams. They fit less when you have to argue or interpret, as in an essay; a study guide or a quiz covers that better. The AI makes the cards, you decide what stays. Edit the deck, make another one like it, or ask Bo, the tutor in your course, why an answer is right. If the answer is still hidden, he gives you a hint first.
Examples of good flashcards
A good card tests one idea and has one clear answer. Here are four cards a flashcard generator should give you:
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What does the mitochondrion produce?
ATP, the cell's main energy currency.
Why does an animal cell swell in a hypotonic solution?
Water moves in by osmosis, because the solute is more concentrated inside the cell.
Name the four stages of mitosis in order.
Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase.
der Schmetterling
the butterfly
Print flashcards or export them to Anki
Every deck exports as a fold-over PDF on every plan, Free included: each question sits next to its answer, so you fold the page to hide the answer and quiz yourself. On Pro and up it also exports as an Anki .apkg file, which you import with File, Import to review the deck with Anki's own scheduling. Image-occlusion decks from labeled diagrams export to Anki's built-in Image Occlusion note type.
StudyPDF vs Quizlet vs Anki: flashcard maker comparison
Here is where each of the three fits.
| StudyPDF | Quizlet | Anki | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Builds cards from your files | Yes, from slides, notes, PDFs and YouTube lectures | Partly, with Magic Notes, capped on free | No, you write every card |
| Source on every card | Yes, a link to the page it came from | No, cards show no source | Only if you add it |
| Ready-made sets | No, built from your own course | Yes, millions of shared sets | Shared decks from the community |
| Review scheduling | Again, Hard, Good, Easy ratings with mastery per concept | Learn mode with progress per set | Mature FSRS and SM-2 scheduler |
| Free tier | Free account, about 4 materials a week | Free plan, some tools capped | Free on desktop, Android and web, iOS app is paid |
| Apps | iPhone, iPad, Android and web | iPhone, Android and web | Desktop, iPhone, Android and web |
For the full breakdown, read StudyPDF vs Quizlet and StudyPDF vs Anki.
What it can read
Notes to flashcards. Upload typed notes or photos of handwritten pages. The flashcard maker reads them and writes cards in the wording of your own notes, and each card cites the note it came from, so you can check it against what you wrote.
How it works
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Add your material
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Open New material and pick Flashcards
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Check the deck
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Study and rate the deck
Questions and answers
Is there a free flashcard generator?
Yes. StudyPDF is free to start. You need a free account, no credit card is asked for and there is no time limit. Free gives you about 4 materials a week, 2 courses, 3 files per upload and up to 200 pages per file. Pro raises that to about 35 materials a week and 10 courses. Every plan has a weekly cap.
How do I create flashcards online for free?
Make a free account and create a course. Upload your slides, notes, a PDF or a YouTube link. Open New material, pick Flashcards, choose the scope and how many cards you want, and press Create. Each card has a question, an answer and a link to the page it came from. Check the deck, edit what you need, then study it.
How does an AI flashcard maker work?
It reads your material, finds the concepts worth testing and writes a question and an answer for each one. StudyPDF works only from what you uploaded and cites the page, so you can check every card. Read the deck once before you rely on it.
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What types of flashcards can I make?
Question and answer cards on any topic, cards with a figure from your own slides on either side, and image-occlusion cards for labeled diagrams, where the labels are hidden and you recall each one. A vocabulary text gives you vocabulary cards, and every deck comes out in the language of your course or your request.
What features should a flashcard maker have?
A source for every card so you can check it, control over card count, difficulty and scope, a way to rate cards so weak ones come back, and an exit: print or export. StudyPDF has all of these: a citation on every card, Again, Hard, Good and Easy ratings, a print PDF on every plan and Anki export on Pro. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web.
What is the best flashcard app?
It depends on how you work. Anki has the most mature scheduler if you write your own cards. Quizlet has millions of ready-made sets from other students. StudyPDF fits when you want the first draft built from your own course material, with a citation on each card. You can combine them: build the deck here and export it to Anki on Pro.
Can I print flashcards for free?
Yes, on every plan, Free included. Export the deck as a PDF. It comes as a fold-over print sheet: each question sits next to its answer, so you fold the page to hide the answer and quiz yourself. In the viewer, Cmd or Ctrl+P downloads the same PDF.
Can I export flashcards to Anki?
Yes, on Pro and up. The deck exports as an Anki .apkg file that you import into Anki, with math and LaTeX kept intact. Diagram decks export to Anki's own Image Occlusion note type. Word export is on Pro and up too, and PDF is on every plan.
What makes a good flashcard?
One idea per card, a specific question and a short answer you could say out loud. Ask why or what is the difference instead of copying a whole paragraph. If a card breaks that rule, edit it or build the deck again on a narrower topic.
Can I make flashcards from my notes or a lecture?
Yes. Upload typed notes or photos of handwritten pages, lecture slides or a YouTube lecture. Pick one lecture, one topic or your weak concepts as the scope, and the deck covers only that. Cards from a video link back to the second in the player.
How is it different from Quizlet or Anki?
Quizlet and Anki are good when you write every card yourself or use sets other people made. StudyPDF builds the first draft from your own slides and notes, with a citation on each card, and you check and edit it. If you already use Anki, make the deck here and export the .apkg on Pro.
How does spaced repetition work here?
Spaced repetition shows hard cards more often and easy ones less often. In StudyPDF you rate each card Again, Hard, Good or Easy. Your ratings feed mastery tracking per concept, so the study plan and Bo point you to weak topics first. If you want Anki's own scheduler, export the deck on Pro.
Make flashcards from your own lecture.
Upload one lecture or chapter and flip through your first cards.