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Scholarcy

Summarizes research papers into interactive flashcards

Free plan · from $90/yrAI ResearchChecked Oct 5, 2026
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What is Scholarcy?

Scholarcy is a summarizer for research papers, book chapters and other long documents. It turns each one into an interactive summary flashcard with key concepts, highlights, a structured summary and a comparison with earlier research, and saves the flashcards to a searchable library. Browser extensions for Chrome, Edge and Firefox summarize articles as you browse, and flashcards export to Word, Excel, Markdown and reference managers.

Scholarcy has a free plan. Paid plans start at $90 per year, or $9.99 per month billed monthly. See every plan

Good for

  • Screening a stack of papers before deciding which to read in full
  • Students who want a paper explained at a simpler reading level
  • Building a literature matrix or bibliography from many papers

Worth knowing

  • Scholarcy's site turned automated readers away, so prices come from Internet Archive copies of its price data (April 2026) and pricing page (March 2026).
  • The free Article Summarizer is limited to 10 summaries on the pricing page and 1 summary per day in its FAQ.
  • Free accounts can import files of up to 11 MB; a subscription raises the limit to 50 MB.
  • The synopsis and enhanced summaries are written in English even when the source is in another language.

Key features

Summary flashcards
Each imported document becomes a structured flashcard with key concepts, highlights, a summary and a sidebar of important points that jump to the relevant section.
Enhance modes
A summary can be rewritten in seven styles, among them school level, general reader, undergrad level, researcher, a bulleted list, a one-liner or around your own question.
Research comparison
Shows how a study differs from, builds on, confirms or counters earlier research. References carry Scite data on how often a cited paper has been supported or disputed.
Tables, figures and references
Extracts figures with their captions, downloads a paper's tables as one Excel file, and exports the reference list as RIS or BibTeX for a reference manager.
Import and browser extensions
Takes PDF, Word, PowerPoint, HTML, XML, LaTeX and text files, article and YouTube URLs, and imports from Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and Zotero. Extensions summarize the page you have open.
Export and literature matrix
Flashcards export to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RIS and Markdown for Obsidian, Roam and Notion. Several flashcards can be combined into a literature matrix or one bibliography.

Scholarcy pricing

Starts at
$90 per year, or $9.99 per month billed monthly
Free plan
Free Article Summarizer: the pricing page lists a limit of 10 summaries with flashcards exported one at a time, and its FAQ gives the limit as 1 summary per day.
Free trial
7-day free trial of the paid plan; billing starts afterward unless you cancel first.
Free Article Summarizer$0Imports a range of file formats, with a limit of 10 summaries and flashcards exported one at a time.
Scholarcy Plus$9.99per month, billed monthly; $90 billed yearlyUnlimited and enhanced summaries, a saved flashcard library with notes and highlights, export of up to 100 flashcards at once and literature matrices.

Scholarcy’s own pricing page could not be read, so these figures come from web.archive.org, checked Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Scholarcy before you buy.

Pricing in detail

Ways to pay less

  • Annual discount25% off with yearly billing

    The archived pricing page labels the yearly Scholarcy Plus plan with a 25% discount: $90 a year against $9.99 a month.

    Stated on web.archive.org

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Common questions

Is Scholarcy free?

Scholarcy has a free plan. Free Article Summarizer: the pricing page lists a limit of 10 summaries with flashcards exported one at a time, and its FAQ gives the limit as 1 summary per day. Paid plans start at $90 per year, or $9.99 per month billed monthly.

How much does Scholarcy cost?

Scholarcy lists 2 plans. Free Article Summarizer: $0. Scholarcy Plus: $9.99 per month, billed monthly; $90 billed yearly. Prices were read from web.archive.org on Oct 5, 2026.

What platforms does Scholarcy work on?

Scholarcy is available on Web. It also has a browser extension.

Does Scholarcy offer any discounts?

Scholarcy publicly lists the following: 25% off with yearly billing.

Does Scholarcy have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Scholarcy is listed for Web.

Does Scholarcy have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Scholarcy is listed for Web.

Is Scholarcy open source?

Scholarcy is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.

What does Scholarcy integrate with?

Scholarcy's listing names Zotero, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Notion, Obsidian, Hypothes.is and Scite. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.

Does Scholarcy have a free trial?

Yes. 7-day free trial of the paid plan; billing starts afterward unless you cancel first.

Who makes Scholarcy?

Scholarcy is made by Scholarcy Limited.

What are the alternatives to Scholarcy?

The closest alternatives to Scholarcy in our directory are SciSpace, ChatPDF, Paperguide, Anara and Elicit. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Scholarcy.

Sources for this page

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026.