ComparisonOct 12, 2026
Quizlet Alternatives in 2026: 6 Free Options Compared
Quizlet's free plan limits Learn and Test. Here are six free study apps that make flashcards, what each one limits, and where Quizlet is still better.
Sohan Choudhury | Co-founder and CEO of Flint
Most people looking for a Quizlet alternative want one thing: free Learn mode back. Quizlet still lets you make sets and flip cards for free, but its help center says free accounts get Learn for "a limited number of rounds per flashcard set" and "one practice test per flashcard set." Everything past that needs Quizlet Plus.
This page compares six study apps you can use for free: Flint, Knowt, Anki, Brainscape, Gizmo and RemNote. It's for students studying on their own. If you're a teacher replacing Quizlet for a class, see the AI study guide maker and Quiz me pages, or our K-12 platform guide.
Is Quizlet free?
Partly. Here's what a free Quizlet account gets, from Quizlet's help center:
Quizlet's help center (help.quizlet.com), captured October 12, 2026.
- Making sets, flashcards and the website, iPhone and Android apps are free.
- Learn is free "for a limited number of rounds per flashcard set." Quizlet doesn't say how many. When the limit started in 2022, Quizlet's own blog said free users got "5 free rounds for each study set in Learn."
- Test gives free users "one practice test per flashcard set."
- Quizlet runs ads on free accounts and removes third-party ads for Plus subscribers.
- Spaced repetition, where Quizlet decides when each card comes back, is only on the website for now.
Quizlet's pricing page blocked our checks, so we can't quote web prices. In the iPhone app, Quizlet Plus is listed at $9.99 and $44.99, and Quizlet Teacher at $35.99. The App Store doesn't say which Plus price is monthly and which is yearly. Check Quizlet's upgrade page before you pay.
How we evaluated
I'm Flint's CEO, and Flint is listed first because it's our product. Read that entry knowing I'm biased. The other five aren't ranked.
We included apps a student can sign up for alone and use to study flashcards or quiz themselves. We left out Kahoot and Wayground (formerly Quizizz), because their games mostly run in a class a teacher sets up.
Every claim about the other apps comes from that company's own website, help center or app store listing, checked on October 12, 2026, and linked where it appears. Each entry shows a page from that company's website, captured the same day. Where a company's own pages disagree, we say so. We didn't test the other apps hands-on. For Flint, we used Flint's code and terms, and tested a new personal student account on October 12, 2026. Prices change often, and app store prices are sometimes higher than website prices, so check before you pay.
We compared them on five things:
- What the free plan limits.
- Whether AI can make cards from your notes or a PDF, and how often for free.
- Whether it has spaced repetition.
- Whether it imports your Quizlet sets.
- What it does that Quizlet doesn't.
Side-by-side
| App | Free plan limits | AI cards from notes or a PDF | Spaced repetition | Imports Quizlet sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint | No message cap; uploads up to about 100 pages | Yes, no stated limit | No | No |
| Knowt | 1 AI summary a month, 1 mock exam, 5 practice sessions | 1 a month free | Yes | Yes, Chrome extension or paste |
| Anki | None on desktop, AnkiWeb or Android; iPhone app is $24.99 | No | Yes (FSRS) | Through a text file |
| Brainscape | 2,500 pre-loaded cards; no ads | "100s" of cards free (its PDF guide says Pro) | Yes (confidence-based) | Yes, from a Quizlet export |
| Gizmo | Lose 15 Hearts and wait 10 minutes | Yes, with a 20-minute wait between imports | Yes | Yes, paste the set's link |
| RemNote | 3 annotated PDFs; 250 AI credits a month | 5 runs free | Yes (SM-2 or FSRS) | Its own pages disagree |
The apps
Flint
Flashcards Sparky made from an uploaded PDF, on a new personal student account. Captured October 12, 2026.
What it is: A learning platform schools use, with an AI tutor called Sparky. Students can also use it on their own. You can ask Sparky to make flashcards from pasted notes or an uploaded PDF, slide deck or Word document, or pick Flashcards in the wand menu next to the message box. You can also ask Sparky to quiz you in the chat. When you get a question wrong, Sparky says so and gives you a hint to try again, without telling you the answer.
Cost: Free for students. If you're 13 or older (16 in the EU), sign up at app.flintk12.com with a personal email, choose Student, then "I want to use Flint for learning." There's no daily message cap. Personal accounts run Sparky on a faster AI model than schools on a paid plan get, and take uploads up to about 100 pages long.
Does it give you the answer? No. Sparky follows the same coaching rules for a student on a personal account as for a student in a teacher's class. On October 12, 2026, we asked a new personal account's Sparky for a homework answer three times: an algebra problem, a multiplication problem and a thesis statement. Each time it asked what we'd tried and gave a hint or a sentence frame instead.
A new personal student account asking for a homework answer. Captured October 12, 2026.
Where it falls short: Flint's flashcards are simple flip cards. Flint doesn't track which cards you know, so there's no spaced repetition and no record of which cards you missed. There's no Quizlet import either. Flashcards are marked Experimental in the app. There's no library of ready-made sets to search.
Knowt
Knowt's homepage (knowt.com), captured October 12, 2026.
What it is: The closest copy of Quizlet. Knowt's App Store listing calls it the "#1 Flashcard App with Free Learn mode."
Cost: The free plan includes "every study mode on your own sets: Learn, Practice Test, Spaced Repetition, Match and Flashcards." Knowt Ultra costs $149.99 a year or $24.99 a month, comes with a free trial, and removes ads.
AI cards: Knowt's AI Summarizers turn a PDF, image, video, slides or a recording into notes or flashcards. On the free plan "you get 1 AI summary per month" (Knowt help).
Quizlet import: Through Knowt's Chrome extension or by pasting (Knowt help). The extension only imports the first 100 terms unless you click "See more" on the Quizlet set first.
Age: 13 and older.
Where it falls short: One free AI summary a month, and ads on the free plan.
Website: knowt.com
Anki
Anki's homepage (apps.ankiweb.net), captured October 12, 2026.
What it is: A free, open-source flashcard app built around spaced repetition. It uses the FSRS scheduler, and Anki says it handles "decks of 100,000+ cards with no problems."
Cost: The computer version, AnkiWeb in a browser, AnkiDroid on Android and syncing are free. AnkiMobile on iPhone and iPad costs $24.99.
AI cards: Anki has no built-in AI. Some add-ons do this, but you install and trust them yourself.
Quizlet import: Anki imports plain text files with fields separated by commas, semicolons or tabs. Quizlet's export gives you a text file like that, but only for sets you created.
Where it falls short: It takes setup to learn, the iPhone app costs money, and AnkiWeb deletes decks from accounts unused for 6 months.
Website: apps.ankiweb.net
Brainscape
Brainscape's pricing page (brainscape.com/pricing), captured October 12, 2026.
What it is: A flashcard app where you rate each card 1 to 5 by how well you knew it, and Brainscape schedules the next review from that.
Cost: "Creating, sharing, and studying your own content is always FREE" (Brainscape pricing), and Brainscape says it's "100% ad-free, even on free accounts." Pro is $19.99 a month, or $7.99 a month if you pay $95.88 for a year. The App Store and Google Play list about the same: $19.99 a month, $59.99 for 6 months or $95.99 a year.
AI cards: It makes flashcards from pasted text or an uploaded file. Brainscape's own pages disagree about the free plan. The pricing page says free accounts can "Use AI to make 100s of flashcards," but its PDF guide says "Brainscape Pro is required to use AI to generate flashcards from pasted PDF content." Pro is unlimited.
Quizlet import: Export your set from Quizlet and import it with Brainscape's import tools.
Where it falls short: On the free plan you can study 2,500 of other people's pre-loaded cards, and image creation is paid.
Website: brainscape.com
Gizmo
Gizmo's homepage (gizmo.ai), captured October 12, 2026.
What it is: An AI flashcard app that turns almost anything into a deck and quizzes you with spaced repetition.
Cost: "You can create unlimited cards and decks and do unlimited quizzing for free," but if you "lose 15 lives (known as Hearts)," you wait 10 minutes (Gizmo help). Gizmo Unlimited has a yearly and a weekly plan. Gizmo doesn't publish a price on its website, and its help center says prices depend on your device and country.
AI cards: Magic Import takes a PDF, a recording, notes, photos, slides, a spreadsheet or a website (Gizmo help). Gizmo's help pages disagree about the free limit: one says "only 2 using Magic Import per day," and another lists only a 20-minute wait between imports.
Quizlet import: Paste the link to a Quizlet set (Gizmo help). It also imports Anki decks.
Age: Gizmo's help center says the minimum age is 13 and may ask for a selfie and ID to check. Its terms say users under 18 need a parent to agree.
Where it falls short: Hearts limit how long you can quiz for free, and you can't see the price before you open the app.
Website: gizmo.ai
RemNote
RemNote's pricing page (remnote.com/pricing), captured October 12, 2026.
What it is: A note-taking app with flashcards built into your notes. You write notes and mark lines as cards.
Cost: Free includes unlimited notes and flashcards, 3 annotated PDFs and 250 AI credits a month. Pro is $96 a year ($8 a month), and Pro with AI is $216 a year ($18 a month). The App Store lists higher prices.
AI cards: RemNote's comparison table lists AI cards from text, PDFs and slides at 5 runs free, 50 on Pro and 1,000 on Pro with AI. Pro also comes with 1,000 AI credits and Pro with AI with 20,000.
Spaced repetition: SM-2 by default, with FSRS available.
Quizlet import: RemNote's blog says you can import from Quizlet, but its help center's list of importers doesn't include Quizlet.
Where it falls short: The free plan's AI card runs are few, and you need to like taking notes in RemNote for it to be worth switching.
Website: remnote.com
Where Quizlet is still better
- Ready-made sets. Quizlet's library of sets other students made is the main reason people stay. Knowt and Brainscape have libraries too, and Anki has shared decks on AnkiWeb. Flint has no library of flashcard sets.
- Class games and teacher tools. Quizlet's Student Pass gives a class "unlimited access to Learn and Test –– no student accounts necessary" for a session.
- One app for everything. Free Quizlet is limited, but you can still make, share and flip sets in one place on any device.
How to pick
- If you want Quizlet with Learn mode free again, try Knowt, and import your sets with its Chrome extension.
- If you'll study daily for a big exam and can spend an hour setting up, use Anki on a computer or Android phone.
- If ads bother you, Brainscape has none on the free plan.
- If you want to turn a pile of PDFs and slides into decks fast, try Gizmo or Knowt, and watch the free limits.
- If you take notes and want cards to come out of them, try RemNote.
- If you want a tutor that quizzes you on your own notes and helps you find each answer yourself, sign up for Flint at app.flintk12.com and ask Sparky to quiz you. See the Quiz me and AI study guide maker pages for examples. If you need spaced repetition, pair it with one of the apps above.
FAQ
Is Quizlet free?
Partly. Making sets and flipping flashcards is free, with ads. Quizlet's help center says free accounts get Learn for a limited number of rounds per set and one practice test per set. Unlimited Learn and Test, and no ads, need Quizlet Plus.
What is the best free Quizlet alternative?
For the closest copy of Quizlet with free Learn mode, Knowt. For unlimited free spaced repetition on a computer or Android phone, Anki. For no ads on the free plan, Brainscape. For a tutor that quizzes you on your own notes and gives you a hint when you get one wrong, Flint.
Which Quizlet alternatives can import my Quizlet sets?
Gizmo imports a Quizlet set from its link. Knowt imports through its Chrome extension or by pasting. Brainscape imports a set you export from Quizlet. Quizlet only lets you export sets you created yourself.
Can I use Flint without a school account?
Yes. If you're 13 or older (16 in the EU), sign up free at app.flintk12.com with a personal email, choose Student, then choose "I want to use Flint for learning."
Last updated: October 2026
