Brainscape - Smart Flashcards 4+
Learn Faster & Remember Longer
Brainscape
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Brainscape’s SMART FLASHCARDS foster hyper-efficient studying and strong habits to DOUBLE your learning speed, with the strongest implementation of spaced repetition and active recall of any flashcard app on the planet! (And probably in the universe, assuming some super intelligent alien species out there hasn’t beaten us to it.)
With a knowledge bank created by millions of global users and experts, you can FIND, MAKE, and SHARE flashcards anytime, anywhere, and on any device, while keeping all your content meticulously ORGANIZED and seamlessly IN SYNC across web, mobile, and all your devices.
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, 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!
What’s New
Version 4.20241009
Time to try out the new AI card-creation powers in Brainscape:
- New AI-powered “Summarize from Content” allows you to create hundreds of flashcards in SECONDS from your lesson or notes
- You can either paste, upload, or take a picture of long-form text, and BAM — flashcards!
Ratings and Reviews
Has helped me immensely on my French
As a basic Flash Card app (free version) this works very well. You are able to create your own flash cards and the usage is quite simple and efficient.
If you are learning a language you can get access to the curated flash cards they have created in French (and other languages) which contain heaps of cards *with pronunciations*. When I walk the dog, I use Brainscape, when I am having lunch, I use Brainscape, and before going to bed, I use Brainscape.
The CSV import on the website was not perfect but not a feature that I really needed, so overall I am extremely satisfied with this version and am a happy paying customer.
Needs improving
Upgraded to pro (begrudgingly) a few years back and I don't understand why it is so expensive. I assume students are the primary market, so the cost for me is less than ideal. The actual layout of the app is good, and I like the progress data and the way that the cards are presented to maximise retention. I'm a medical student and have found flashcards the most effective study method. However, I have written all of my own decks (thousands of cards) and only want to use the app to access my own material that's I've written myself. I still have to pay full price for the Pro version even though I'm only accessing my own work, and although I can access my cards offline, the data won't save until I have an internet connection. Because the cards will always appear in the same order when they haven't been saved, it means that you have to see the same 10-20 cards over and over again even if you are trying to study a deck of 500 cards. I've also found the app to be buggy at times, deleting my data, decks going missing for periods of time, and customer service has always been always unhelpful. I'd recommend this app if it were free, but at the moment the only reason keeping me as a user is because I have so many cards saved in the program.
Good functionality
I’ve been creating my cards on my computer cause it’s faster to type on a real keyboard - and then just syncing updates to my phone. It all works super well so far. I like how quick everything loads and it makes going through Flashcards really painless. Even the data entry part of making cards is easier since you can just hit the Tab key to make a new one - so it’s little efficient choices like that I appreciate
App Privacy
The developer, Brainscape, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Bold Learning Solutions, Inc.
- Size
- 43.3 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.4 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.4 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.4 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2023 Bold Learning Solutions, Inc.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Brainscape Pro $29.49
- Brainscape Pro $87.99
- Brainscape Pro $139.99
- Brainscape Pro Lifetime $299.99