AI Study Guide Maker
Build comprehensive, exam-ready study guides from any lecture, textbook, PDF, or set of notes — in seconds. Scholarly's AI organizes everything you need to know into clear sections, key terms, and review questions.
Step 1: Upload or Paste
Upload a PDF, paste your notes, or drop in a textbook chapter. Anything you're studying.
Step 2: AI Organizes
Scholarly identifies key concepts, definitions, and relationships, then structures them into a clean study guide.
Step 3: Study & Master
Edit, export to PDF, or convert to flashcards and practice tests for active recall.
Why AI study guides beat manual ones
Building a study guide manually takes hours. The AI does the structuring; you do the studying.
Comprehensive coverage
Every concept your lecture or textbook covers is captured — no gaps before exam day.
Cleanly structured
Headings, key terms, summaries, and review questions — laid out for fast review.
Every subject
STEM, med, law, history, languages, business — Scholarly handles them all.
Built for exams
Tuned to surface the testable material — definitions, formulas, dates, cause-effect chains.
How AI Picks What Goes in Your Study Guide
Scholarly reads your source material and identifies what shows up on exams: defined terms, key concepts, formulas with their conditions, named theorems, dated events, and the relationships between them. It groups related ideas, adds short summaries, and ends each section with review questions you can use to test yourself.
You stay in control. Edit any section, add material the AI missed, or remove things you've already mastered. The output is yours.
Study Guide vs Cheat Sheet vs Flashcards
A study guide is the full picture — every topic, organized for end-to-end review. A cheat sheet is a one-page condensed reference. Flashcards are for active recall. Use a study guide first to learn the material, drill flashcards to lock it in, and bring a cheat sheet to exam day.
Export to PDF or Convert to Flashcards
Every study guide is exportable as a PDF for offline review or printing. With one click you can also convert it into a flashcard deck or generate a practice test from the same material.
Frequently Asked Questions
Scholarly's AI study guide maker turns lecture notes, PDFs, textbook chapters, or any topic into a comprehensive, exam-ready study guide — organized into sections, key terms, summaries, and review questions.
Every major subject: STEM (math, physics, chemistry, calculus, statistics), life sciences and medical (USMLE/NBME, anatomy, microbiology), law (case names, statutes), history, languages, computer science, business, and economics.
Yes, the study guide maker is free with monthly limits. Paid plans unlock unlimited study guides and longer document uploads.
Yes, export to PDF for printing or offline review. You can also convert your study guide into a flashcard deck or generate a practice test with one click.
Yes, full editing — add sections, remove anything you already know, rearrange the order, or expand specific topics with more detail.
Length scales with your source material. A short lecture might produce a 2-3 page guide; a full textbook chapter can produce 10+ pages with multiple sections.
Study guides are comprehensive — full coverage of all the material. Cheat sheets are condensed — only the highest-density facts on a single page. Use a study guide for full review and a cheat sheet for the day of the exam.
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Study Help
All Scholarly study tools in one place.
Sign up to Scholarly to Generate Study Guides
Stop spending hours building study guides by hand. Sign up free and let AI do the heavy lifting.
Free
- 3 AI Chat messages per day
- 1 AI creation per day
- 1 file upload per day (8MB)
- 10 quiz questions per day
- 1 exam attempt per day
- 8-page PDF to flashcards
- 500 autocomplete words per day
Use it to generate flashcards, improve a deck, make a podcast, create a video lecture, build slides, or process a recording.
Ultimate
$144 billed yearly
Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited AI Chat messages & autocomplete
- Unlimited AI creations
- Unlimited file uploads (up to 300MB)
- Unlimited study sessions
- Unlimited exams & quizzes
- 1,000-page PDF to flashcards
- Export to Anki
- Priority support
Pricing in USD. Local currency available in app.
Compare plans
Feature
Free
Ultimate
AI Chat
3 messages/day
Unlimited
AI Creations
1/day total
Unlimited
Creation Tools
Flashcards, deck edits, podcasts, videos, slides, recordings
All unlimited
File Uploads
1/day (8MB)
Unlimited (300MB)
PDF to Flashcards
8 pages
1,000 pages
Practice Questions
10/day
Unlimited
Practice Exams
1/day
Unlimited
Autocomplete
500 words/day
Unlimited
Export to Anki
—
Included
Support
Standard
Priority
What students say
Scholarly has been a valuable tool for my studies. The AI-generated flashcards and intuitive features make organizing and retaining information much easier.
Briana
Student
This app is great for studying for big test. Drop your PDF's in the system and it'll do the trick. You can organize it specifically for your needs.
Kelvin
Student
I am currently preparing for a test that covers a substantial amount of material, and I've found that not having to physically write out my flashcards has been incredibly beneficia...
Isabelle
Student
Scholarly is great for students. I am enrolled in online university and my classes are all PDF based. All I do is upload the PDF and it creates flashcards decks for me. The greate...
Alexandra
Student
Your questions, answered
Is Scholarly free to use?
Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with daily limits: AI Chat messages, one AI creation per day, file uploads, quizzes, practice exams, and manual flashcard creation. Upgrade to Ultimate when you want unlimited AI creations and higher limits.
What uses my daily AI creation?
Generating flashcards, improving a flashcard deck, making a podcast, creating a video lecture, building slides, or processing a recording each use the same daily free creation. AI Chat messages, uploads, quizzes, and exams have their own separate daily limits.
Can I cancel anytime?
Absolutely. There are no contracts or commitments. You can cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings, and you'll keep access until the end of your billing period.
What payment methods do you accept?
We accept all major credit and debit cards through Stripe. Pricing is displayed in USD by default, but local currency is available in the app.
Do you offer discounts for educators?
Yes, we offer special pricing for educators and educational institutions. Contact us at hello@scholarly.so for details.
What happens when I hit a free plan limit?
You'll see a prompt to upgrade. Your existing work is never lost — limits only apply to new daily actions like AI Chat messages, uploads, quiz questions, and new AI creations. Limits reset every day.
For Educators or Schools
Contact us for special pricing at hello@scholarly.so.