Brainscape - Smart Flashcards 4+

Revise More Efficiently

Brainscape

    • 4.7 • 6.1K Ratings
    • 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 4.20250731

This update fixes a bug you probably didn’t see. But we knew. Oh, we knew. And it made us so sad, because you deserve the best! We're not ashamed to say we cried a little. But then we dried our tears and fixed it. You’re welcome. Go crush your study goals.

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
6.1K Ratings

6.1K Ratings

Dr Alex Moseley ,

Excellent learning and teaching tool

This is excellent value for money - I have paid for the lifetime membership and use it frequently during the week, especially on my iphone to review language vocabulary while waiting for family etc. I have created my own cards for learning French and Spanish for the levels I'm working at. I love the 'knowledge rehab' section and have used it tutoring my sons (we home educate) and while there may be quibbles with the sets you can download, you're always free to do your own versions and include images to help learn quicker. I have also used it extensively for memorising the technical aspects of judo using images to help learn the various grades - I coach youngsters but have also used it to recently pass my dan grade theory. In the recent past I created a large deck of vocabulary for A-level psychology students of mine which was fantastic for checking their basics. After Babbel, this is my most used app - highly recommendable! Dr Alexander Moseley

Jia Ying Tan ,

Premium but desktop version is buggy, laggy and advanced editor cannot be undone

Im a med student using this app to get through my qualifying exams as a doctor and have paid premium to unlock certain features like being able to access others flashcard decks. Have enjoyed using this app as the interface is appealing and organisation of decks is well done. However, in the last few months ive noticed that the desktop version is extremely laggy and Im memorising a set of cards. It can take up to 30 seconds or so for the next card to come up which Is really annoying especially when you are in a timecrunch. Is there any way that the interface can be made less laggy, currently it feels as though every click is loading a completely new HTML/ webpage. Another disappointing feature is the inability to change back from advanced editor back to simple. Once you change to advanced editor, while youre able to add in images and format text, the original format is destroyed and i have to go over the whole deck again to re-format it (all the text becomes one paragraph if previously formatted bullet points). I pay for the premium Brainscape and I expect that the service provided should either remain the way it was half a year ago or improve not decline!

octopus-06 ,

I love Brainscape :)

I use this app for a variety of school subjects and it’s honestly so useful. Originally, I used a web version for science flashcards which our teachers made for us but now I use it for French, Spanish and Geography because it just works so well!

Revision with Brainscape seems so effortless because I have the app on my home screen and a reminder every morning to do it, which is really helpful as I can learn just before school starts. Some of the BEST features for revision are…

- AI flashcard creator: upload text or an image (can be of notes, textbook…) and within seconds you will have a summarised set of nice flashcards which include the key info and are formatted sometimes with footnotes or headers (nice feature). You can also edit of clean up the flashcards manually/with the AI tool. Saves me SO MUCH TIME.
- The obvious one, the 1-5 rating system: You can rate your understanding of each flashcard as you study, which helps the app to customise which ones appear next so it targets your weaker areas and consolidates what you already know rather than you pointlessly repeating something you know perfectly.
- Sleek design + easy to use: The app has a nice simple design and the flashcards are very easy to customise with the format (bold, italics) as well as media like audio and images.

It’s just so good. Thanks Brainscape!

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 based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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