Frequently Asked Questions

Free tier gives you 3 deck generations with 50 cards each, plus 5 AI tutor sessions and 12 uploads per month. For unlimited everything, grab a one-time pass: Finals Crunch ($9.99 / 2 weeks), Semester ($14.99 / 4 months), or School Year ($24.99 / 9 months). No subscriptions, no recurring charges.

Nope. We don't do recurring charges. Pick a pass, use it for the duration, and when it expires, it expires. No forgetting to cancel, no surprise charges in July.

Flashcard Buddy is an AI-powered flashcard app that helps you learn more effectively. Upload your study materials, and our AI will create perfectly tailored flashcards. Study with proven spaced repetition techniques to maximize retention.

Simply upload your PDF or JPEG study materials (PDFs up to 10MB, JPEGs up to 3MB). Our AI analyzes the content and creates effective question-answer pairs. You can then edit these cards or create your own manually.

Spaced repetition is a scientifically proven learning technique that shows you cards at optimal intervals. New cards start with short intervals (1 minute, 10 minutes, 1 day) and gradually increase based on your performance, up to 6 months for well-known material.

Yes! We offer a collection of free, community-shared flashcard decks. You can study these directly or copy them to your account to track your progress and customize them to your needs.

Each deck shows detailed statistics including cards due for review, cards in learning, and new cards available. You can also see your study history and track your daily learning streaks.

Yes! You can organize your decks by topic and archive completed decks to keep your dashboard clean. Archived decks preserve all your study progress and can be accessed when needed.

Yes. A 2025 randomized controlled trial at the University of Pennsylvania studied 770 students across 10 schools over five months. They found that combining an AI chatbot tutor with personalized learning sequencing improved exam performance by 0.15 standard deviations -- equivalent to roughly 6 to 9 months of additional schooling. The gains were driven by increased student engagement, not more study time. Flashcard Buddy's AI tutor Max Scholar and spaced repetition system are built on these same research-backed principles.

ChatGPT is designed to answer questions as quickly and completely as possible. Max Scholar is designed to teach. He uses the Socratic method -- asking leading questions, providing hints, and guiding you to discover the answer yourself. The UPenn study found that students who engaged in this kind of explanation-seeking behavior with an AI tutor had significantly better learning outcomes (p < 0.001) compared to students who just asked for answers.