Alternatives to Quizlet

An online flashcard and study-set platform with practice games and tests built from your cards. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Quizlet

    An online flashcard and study-set platform with practice games and tests built from your cards.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Quizlet.

  • Anki

    Flashcards that schedule themselves, showing you a card just before you would have forgotten it.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWeb

    Anki is open source under AGPL-3.0, runs on desktop, mobile and web with recall-based scheduling, and has a denser interface and a paid iOS app.

  • Knowt

    A study app for flashcards, notes, quizzes and exam prep, with AI tools that summarize lectures.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Knowt is free with unlimited learn mode on web, Android and iOS, adds AI study material from PDFs and lectures, and sends your material to Knowt's servers.

  • Brainscape

    A flashcard app that uses confidence-based spaced repetition, on the web and mobile.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Brainscape uses confidence-based spaced repetition across web and mobile apps, with ready-made decks and AI card generation, and some features behind a paid upgrade.

  • Mnemosyne

    A free spaced-repetition flashcard program that schedules each card's review based on how well you remember it.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    Mnemosyne is a free, open-source desktop program for Windows, macOS and Linux with spaced repetition, but it has fewer shared decks and no games or tests.

  • KWordQuiz

    A KDE flashcard program for learning vocabulary and other subjects through several quiz modes.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    KWordQuiz is a free open-source KDE flashcard program for Windows and Linux with five quiz modes, storing cards locally in KVTML instead of on a hosted service.

  • AnkiDroid

    An open-source Android app for studying Anki spaced-repetition flashcards.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    AnkiDroid is a free GPL-3.0 Android app for Anki-compatible spaced-repetition decks, so moving to it means studying on Android rather than in a web browser.

  • SuperMemo

    Long-running spaced-repetition software for Windows that schedules reviews and supports incremental learning.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    SuperMemo is paid Windows-only software with advanced spaced repetition and incremental learning, and it has a steeper learning curve than Quizlet's web study sets.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Quizlet as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • Parley

    A KDE vocabulary trainer that uses spaced-repetition flashcards to help you memorise foreign words.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Quizlet moves your study sets to a hosted web service with games, tests and a large shared library, but sets live on its servers and some features are paid.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • Kahoot!

    A game-based quiz platform for classroom lessons, study sessions, meetings and family games.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

  • Notability

    A note app combining handwriting, audio recording and transcription with AI summaries, quizzes and flashcards.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

  • MarginNote

    A study app for Mac and iPad that links PDF highlights, mind maps and flashcards.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOSiOS

  • Scholarcy

    An AI summarizer that turns papers, articles and videos into interactive flashcard summaries.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

  • Memrise

    A language learning app with courses built around spaced repetition and videos of native speakers.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb