Brainscape: Smarter Flashcards

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4.7
11.4K reviews
500K+
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Content rating
Everyone
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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
17 June 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

4.7
10.5K reviews
Kat Cooper
17 June 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
17 June 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
Cami
16 December 2024
I really like the app, it does its job and has a sleek design. There's only a minor inconvenience throwing me off. I'm not sure if it's just my device, but when I write something in the "answer" section of the notecard, I see the text in the textbox jitter a bit. It's barely noticeable but the blurry text messes with my eyes a bit. Aside from that minor nitpick, again, it's a great app!
15 people found this review helpful
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Brainscape
17 December 2024
Hi Cami, sorry to hear you're experiencing this known issue. Our engineers are aware of it, and a fix is coming soon. In the meantime, you can try slightly resizing your web browser, which may stop the shaking. We hope this workaround helps minimize distractions during your study sessions. Thank you for your understanding! Chuckee@Brainscape
Don Alan
13 September 2024
I discovered Brainscape by watching YouTube reviews of Flashcards APPs. I used a different flashcards app when I was getting my Bachelor's degree, but it no longer exists. I am loving the web interface and how it syncs to my phone. I can use text, images and sound! And of course formatting of text. The algorithm learns from my input and reduces the display of items that I get right, and increases the frequency of things that I need to become more proficient on. Totally five stars!
19 people found this review helpful
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Brainscape
15 September 2024
Hey Don, we appreciate the five-star shout-out! Glad you’ve found your study soulmate in Brainscape—compatible, versatile, and always syncing up just right. Keep up the great work, and happy learning! Chuckee@Brainscape

What's new

There’s nothing groundbreaking in this update, unless you count the emotional breakthrough we had while fixing a typo in the code. (We cried. Then we grew.) Anyway, back to you: keep learning. You’re incredible.