Flashback
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveGenerates flashcards and quizzes from Notion pages, YouTube videos, PDFs or pasted text, with an AI chat partner for review.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $9/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free plan: 1 flashcard set, 4 generations, 2 multiple-choice and 2 free-response tests and 20 chats a month. Paid is $9/month billed annually or $14 month to month, both unlimited with soft hourly rate limits.
Use tool ↗About Flashback
Flashback, built by Flashback Study LLC, turns course material into flashcards, multiple-choice quizzes and AI-graded free-response questions. Content comes in from Notion pages, YouTube video links, PDF uploads or pasted text, and finished decks can be exported to Anki. Beyond static cards, it includes a conversational AI study partner to talk or type with, explaining concepts and rehearsing answers out loud, aiming at discussion-based recall rather than just card-flipping. The free plan is capped at one flashcard set and a handful of monthly generations; unlimited generation, quizzes and chats require a paid plan, billed either monthly or at a lower effective rate if paid annually.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: Free with 1 set and 4 generations per month; Annual $9/month billed annually; Monthly $14/month; unlimited use with soft hourly rate limits (15 October 2026)flashbackstudy.com ↗
- Home page: import from Notion, YouTube, PDF or pasted text, export to Anki, AI-checked quizzes and a conversational study partner (15 October 2026)flashbackstudy.com ↗
Is Flashback legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Mar 16, 2024 (2 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Porkbun LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by DigiCert Inc, valid until Apr 2, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Flashback Study, LLC, United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Flashback
Flashback's AI chat partner is the differentiator over a plain flashcard generator — talking through a concept instead of just flipping a card — and importing straight from Notion or a YouTube link saves the copy-paste step most competitors require. The free tier is thin enough that anyone studying seriously will hit its monthly caps fast.
Pros
- AI chat partner for spoken or typed active recall, not just card review
- Direct import from Notion, YouTube and PDF, plus export to Anki
- Both multiple-choice and AI-graded free-response quiz types
Cons
- Free plan allows only one flashcard set and a handful of generations per month
- No lifetime or one-time-purchase option, only monthly or annual billing
- Rate limits apply even on paid plans (described as soft hourly limits)
Best for
- Students who want to talk through material out loud rather than only read flashcards
- Anyone whose notes already live in Notion and wants to skip re-typing them
Not for
- Students who need more than one flashcard set on the free plan
- Users who want a one-time purchase instead of a subscription
Watch out: The $9/month price only applies with annual billing; month-to-month is $14.
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