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 text flashcards is FREE. (Woohoo! And sorry, we do have to charge for image creation for security reasons.) 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 3 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 user community: it’s through your feedback that we can continue to innovate our platform to be more convenient, efficient, and even fun and social to use!
Updated on
Jul 18, 2025
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Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
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

4.5
10.8K reviews
Youssef Yousry
July 18, 2025
The app is really a good idea, however I really suggest something that would be powerful in my opinion. I would like the developers could add this feature. What about a feature in the app that makes notes appear automatically when you just open your phone, after opening lock screen you see a note from the notes you have. I was really searching for such a feature, no apps out there have this one and it would be so amazing if it is a built-in feature. This makes it easier for me to revise notes.
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Chris Mueller
July 15, 2025
Very effective learning tool. Switched to this after Quizlet became junk. User interface can sometimes be frustrating, especially for editing or moving cards. Actual studying is fine, and I really like the rate your own answer way of evaluating right or wrong.
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Brainscape
July 16, 2025
Thanks for the feedback, Chris! Glad to hear Brainscape is helping with your studies. 😊 To move cards between decks, check out this article: https://brainscape.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001037691. If you need more help, feel free to email us at [email protected] anytime! Chuckee@Brainscape
Kat Cooper
June 17, 2025
Was perfect fo about half a semester, I even paid for the premium plan, but with this new update it is no longer possible to scroll down for the longer cards, which makes studying impossible. EDIT: I'm about sick and tired of your passive aggressive bull. I gave you almost $100, no small amount for a student, for an app that functions. You deliver promises of an app that may work soon ("the development team is working on it"). Would give 0 stars if I could. Like I said before, just get Quizlet!!
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Brainscape
June 17, 2025
Sorry for the inconvenience, Kat. Our engineers are working on it and we'll update you once it’s fixed. In the meantime, you can use the web browser. Also, our support team processed your request yesterday— please feel free to reply to the ticket with any questions. Thanks for your patience. Chuckee@Brainscape

What’s new

Oops! We did it again (made further improvements to the world's best study app):
- Pro users may now revive their streak up to 2 missed days per month
- a few other bug removals and performance improvements