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!
Find, create, and study "smart flashcards" on any device.
Updated on
14 Oct 2026

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  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    Photos and videos, Audio and App activity
  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, Photos and videos and 4 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

12.8K reviews
Michael Joel
19 February 2022
useful and easy to use. the only issue I keep running in to is that I'm often trying to edit and add more cards but instead it goes to study mode. I think it would be nice to have a toggle that allows us to default to edit or study, so that when we click the deck it goes to what we need, instead of having to go in to the deck settings every time to edit.
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Brainscape
4 March 2022
Great idea for something we may be able to incorporate in the future, Michael. A lot of users want to just go straight into studying but I could see how having your own default result if you didn't want to automatically go into study mode. Hopefully, we can add something like this to the app. Thanks for your patience. -- Courtney@Brainscape
A Google user
3 November 2018
Font rendering is poor. Fonts that are clearly italic on the website are nearly imperceptible as italic in the app. Images attached cards are so small that they become illegible, and there is no way to zoom in. This product just isn't suitable for my needs. I'm going back to Anki flashcards. Creating flashcards maybe more difficult, but the end result is what I need.
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Brainscape
26 November 2018
So sorry to hear of your struggle with Brainscape, Charles. I know we've discussed this before and hopefully a coming update will address your frustrations and you'll be studying with us happily again. Again, so sorry for any trouble caused in the meantime. -- CH
Kristin Johnston
31 August 2020
I've been using Brainscape for a little over three years now and it has gotten me through SO many tests and subjects. The algorithm really helps make sure I can focus on cards that I'm struggling with and I like being able to monitor my progress both within the deck and in the overviews of each class. I also love that I can create my cards on the computer which is much quicker but then always have them in my pocket so I can study while I'm on the go. I've mostly used the free version but I temporarily upgraded to pro for a semester when I wanted more advanced functions for a few of my subjects. One thing I would have liked to see in pro version would be the ability to make tables and graphs directly on the cards rather than having to just paste in photos. The other BIG thing thing I would like to see in both free and pro version is the ability to flip the question and answer card within each deck. I use the app a lot my Spanish and it really frustrates me that I can't reverse the order to see the Spanish vocab first if I've originally written out the English on the question question. This seems like a very simple function to have for a flashcard app and it's the one area where I prefer other programs
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Brainscape
11 September 2020
Thanks so much for your detailed feedback and suggestions, Kristin! Wow, 3 years it's like you're already a part of our team 🤗 We hear you on the ideas you've brought up and hopefully can incorporate them in future updates. Stay tuned, Courtney@Brainscape

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.