Brainscape: Smarter Flashcards

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4.5
11.2K reviews
500K+
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Content rating
Rated for 3+
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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!
Updated on
22 May 2025

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
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
10.4K reviews
Ivan Ermakov
20 September 2022
Just started using this app, but I can already tell that it's actually working and working way better than how I studied before. I'm planning to use this for my own high school flash-cards, this should be of great help. The thing that I love about this app - you get the full experience without a costly subscription, while many companies could've put 99% of it behind a huge paywall, and as a high school student I wouldn't be able to afford this.
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Brainscape
26 September 2022
Hey Ivan, Thanks so much for choosing to learn with us! We wish you nothing but the best through out your highschool years & beyond. If there are any features or suggestions you'd love to see please share via email support@brainscape.zendesk.com we'd love to hear them! Courtney@Brainscape
Lou-Ann
2 May 2025
I'd give the app 5/5 in general, but it's pretty annoying on your phone... as soon as I have the misfortune to click somewhere, it selects text that I can't deselect and I have to close the app completely every time... and every time I click again to get just the question, they write TIP RATE YOUR CONFIDENCE in big letters... I DON'T WANT TO I WANT TO REWRITE MY QUESTION but somehow I just can't??? anyway great app to learn!
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Brainscape
4 May 2025
Oh yikes! Sorry to hear that, Lou-Ann. 😔 To help us investigate and resolve this for you, could you please email support@brainscape.com with the details? In the meantime, you can use the web version for a smoother experience. Thanks for the 3 stars despite the issues! 🙏 Chuckee@Brainscape
Vinay Rajan
4 June 2025
I've tried so many apps for making flashcards for my courses but nothing is like this. there is option of AI if u want AI to make flashcards for you of a topic. Otherwise ,u can do manually and delete or add cards accordingly. It's def a 5 star app
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What's new

Hi. Just us, sneaking into your update feed with a handful of bug fixes and a gentle reminder that you are the main character in this study journey. And we’re the quirky best friend who believes in you unconditionally.