Stop spending hours creating flashcards by hand. Upload your lecture notes, textbook PDFs, or study guides and get AI-generated flashcards with spaced repetition built in.
Four steps from raw notes to study-ready flashcard deck
Drag and drop a PDF, paste text, or upload any study material. Lecture notes, textbook chapters, study guides — anything text-based.
StudyBuddy's AI reads your material and creates question-and-answer flashcards automatically. Key concepts, definitions, relationships — all extracted and formatted.
Browse the generated cards. Edit any that need tweaking, delete duplicates, add your own. The editing process itself reinforces learning.
The SM-2 algorithm schedules reviews at increasing intervals. Cards you struggle with appear more often. Cards you know well appear less. Memory optimized automatically.
The science behind note-to-flashcard conversion
Flashcards force you to retrieve information from memory rather than passively recognize it. This retrieval process strengthens neural connections far more than rereading.
Learn moreThe SM-2 algorithm schedules reviews at increasing intervals, targeting the exact moment before you forget. This fights the forgetting curve with minimal study time.
Learn moreStudy methods that feel slightly harder (like recall vs. rereading) produce stronger memories. The effort of answering a flashcard is the difficulty that makes it effective.
Learn moreGenerate cards from lecture slides and textbooks
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StudyBuddy accepts PDFs, text files, and pasted text. You can upload lecture slides, textbook chapters, handwritten notes (as photos converted to PDF), and any other text-based study material.
AI-generated flashcards capture about 85–90% of key concepts accurately. We recommend reviewing and editing the generated cards before studying — the editing process itself is a form of active recall that reinforces learning. You can delete, edit, or add cards at any time.
Yes. StudyBuddy uses the SM-2 spaced repetition algorithm to schedule flashcard reviews at optimal intervals. Cards you find easy are shown less often; cards you struggle with are shown more frequently. This is proven to improve long-term retention significantly.
Quizlet requires you to create each flashcard manually — typing the question and answer for every card. StudyBuddy generates the cards automatically from your uploaded notes. You also get spaced repetition scheduling (Quizlet's learn mode doesn't use a true SRS algorithm), plus AI summaries, quizzes, and study plans from the same material.
Premium users can export flashcards to Anki format and PDF. This is useful for offline studying or if you want to use your cards in another app alongside StudyBuddy.
Upload any study material and get flashcards with spaced repetition, practice quizzes, summaries, and a study plan. Free to start.