Launched 2018 · Verified Oct 25, 2026

Scholarcy

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Breaks research papers into summary flashcards with extracted references

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Listed on EffectHub · Aug 16, 2026

Web · Chrome extension · API

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Pricing

Pricing model: Freemium

The pricing page sits behind a Cloudflare challenge and could not be read on 15 October 2026, so no price is confirmed. Third-party listings report a free summarizer with daily limits and a paid personal plan around $9.99 a month, with institutional licences sold separately.

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Overview

About Scholarcy

Scholarcy reads a PDF, Word file or web article and returns a structured flashcard covering the paper's claims, methods, findings and limitations, with key figures and tables pulled out. It links each cited work to an open-access copy where one exists, builds a background reading list, and exports to Word, Excel and reference managers. Imports run from Dropbox, Google Drive and RSS, and a browser extension summarises whatever article is open.

Platforms: Web · Chrome extension · API
API: Yes
Last verified: Oct 25, 2026

Verified sources

Help centre footer: Scholarcy Limited, company number 11779938, registered in England & Wales; links to Chrome, Edge and Firefox extensions and to the pricing page (15 October 2026)help.scholarcy.com ↗
Chrome Web Store: Scholarcy browser extension by Scholarcy Limited, version 5.4.0 updated 14 March 2026, about 80,000 users (15 October 2026)chromewebstore.google.com ↗
Deal listing: Texthelp Group acquired Scholarcy Limited; Scholarcy sells mainly to the UK assistive-technology market and directly to consumersoaklins.com ↗

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Is Scholarcy 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: Dec 5, 2017 (8 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Amazon Registrar, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
TLS certificate: Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Dec 17, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 25, 2026
Last checked: Oct 25, 2026The site answered
On the market since: 2018The vendor's own material, read by us
Operated by: Scholarcy Limited, United KingdomOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026

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Editorial verdict

Pros & cons of Scholarcy

medium confidence

The strongest option when you need a consistent structured breakdown of a specific paper you already have. It is a summariser, not a discovery engine, so it does not replace Elicit or Consensus for finding what to read.

Pros

Flashcard structure (claims, methods, limitations) is consistent enough to compare papers side by side
Citation links resolve to open-access copies, saving a separate hunt
Exports to Word, Excel and reference managers rather than trapping output in the app

Cons

Extraction quality drops on badly formatted or scanned PDFs
Free tier's roughly 10 summaries a month runs out within one review session
Site is behind aggressive bot protection, which makes automated or scripted use awkward

Best for

Postgraduates screening a pile of PDFs before deciding what to read fully
Building a literature matrix across a set of papers
Librarians and study-skills teams wanting an institutional licence

Not for

Searching the literature or answering a research question from scratch
Papers behind a login or paywall, which the extension cannot process
Anyone who needs the summary to be quotable without checking the source

Watch out: Texthelp acquired Scholarcy in November 2024, so the roadmap now sits inside an accessibility and edtech parent rather than an independent research startup.

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