Haley Lee
Quizlet, unarguably the most prominent of all study websites, recently moved half of their features to their premium subscription, named Quizlet Plus. We’ve always known Quizlet Plus was the realistic way for Quizlet to earn a decent income. We’ve also dealt with the bright ads that, ever so often, avert our attention from the learning for the sake of keeping the features we have free. But Quizlet has gone too far in their recent update just last August of 2022, when they drastically limited access to two of their four total features: “Test” and “Learn.”
^ The test feature went from unlimited tests to only 1 test in a free plan. (left)
^ The Learn feature changed from unlimited rounds to only 5 rounds in a free plan. (right)
Fortunately, Quizlet is not the only flashcard application on the internet. While there is a plethora of money-grabbing sites infested with horrid restrictions and recurring ads, the select few in the following list can help compensate for Quizlet’s premium-only features.
Knowt (knowt.io)
| Pros | Cons |
| 100% FREE | No tests yet (will be added mid-October 2022) |
| Turn notes into personalized quizzes and flashcards within 10 seconds | No Learn yet (will be added mid-October 2022) |
| Upload/type notes into flashcards | Questions sometimes irrelevant |
| Add visuals to flashcards | |
| Find notes from other users | |
| Browse 50+ textbooks | |
| Spaced-repetition software | |
| Customized exam schedule | |
| Aesthetically pleasing |
Cram.com (cram.com)
| Pros | Cons |
| 100% FREE on website | Must pay to print/download flashcards |
| Upload/type notes into flashcards | Ads on the sides |
| “Hint side” feature | Not very aesthetic |
| TEST featurecustomizable with Matching, Written, Multiple Choice, True/False formats, customizable with leniency (difference in case, punctuation, spaces, parentheses) and limits | Can be slow |
| 2 games“Jewels of Wisdom”“Stellar Speller” | |
| Find notes from other users |
Anki
| Pros | Cons |
| FREE for desktop (AnkiWeb) | Paid for apps ($25 one-time payment) |
| Popular among medical students | |
| Intuitive, simple design | Requires daily commitment |
| Spaced repetition | Only card flipping, no “Learn” no games no tests |
| Different types of cardsBasic card: question on front, answer on backReverse card: Bidirectional flipping of cardCloze Deletion: Guess the word omitted from the sentenceEg: [Hint: Civil War] was the 16th president of the United States.Image occlusion: Identify blank labels on an image | More steps to create cards |
| Audio, image, and video files can be incorporated into flashcards | Must convert to .apkg format to import cards |
| Customize frequency of cards | |
| Pre-made Anki decks available online on https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/Tracks statistics |
| Feature | Quizlet | Knowt | Cram | Anki |
| 100% Free | ✅ | ✅ | on web | |
| Basic Flashcards | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Interactive Cards (cloze deletion, image occlusion) | ✅ | |||
| Browse other sets | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Spaced Repetition | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Test | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Games | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Upload notes to flashcards | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Aesthetic design | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | |
| Customized exam schedule | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| “Hint” in flashcards | ✅ | ✅ | ||
| Image in flashcards | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Audio/video in flashcard | ✅ |
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