Scholarcy

What it is for

Scholarcy is a paper-to-flashcard summarizer: import a PDF or URL and get a Summary Flashcard you can highlight, annotate, and export. Use it when the job is skim a paper into a reusable card, not when you need a citation graph.

What makes it unique: the official Getting started walkthrough (cover) is the flashcard + library chrome — import, highlights, literature matrix.

Key features

• Import formats — PDF and other files named on the Free card.
• Summary Flashcard — navigate, highlight, and annotate (Help).
• Literature Matrix — paid-card row for synthesis across papers.
• Flashcard export — up to 100 cards at once on the paid column.
• Chrome extension — import from the page you are reading.

Who it's for

Best fit: students who want a flashcard library of papers and will pay when the Free 10-summary cap is gone.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from the official scholarcy.com/pricing table as captured on the Internet Archive snapshot 2025-12-18 (live page was JS / bot-walled here). Re-check the live cards before you buy.

• Free Article Summarizer — $0. Import a range of file formats; limit of 10 summaries; export flashcards one at a time.
• Monthly plan — $9.99/month. 1-week free trial, then billed each month; cancel anytime. Unlimited summarization, enhanced summaries, save/edit flashcards, collections, export up to 100 flashcards at once, literature matrix, one-click bibliographies.

The archive snapshot we copied is the official pricing URL, Monthly toggle.

Limitations / costs

• Free is 10 summaries on the card we copied.
• $9.99 is the official Monthly card on that snapshot. Confirm the live checkout dollar.
• Flashcards, not a map. For citation neighborhoods, see Litmaps.

Alternatives

• Elicit — research-agent composer over papers.
• Anara — chat + folders over your PDF library.
• SciSpace — signed-out research composer with yearly cards.

Official tutorial

Official Scholarcy channel video: Scholarcy quickstart guide.

Written path: Getting started guide plus How do I use Scholarcy?.

Website

https://www.scholarcy.com

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Scholarcy’s official Help import / library still (drop files + paper rows). Dollars checked on the official pricing URL via Wayback 2025-12-18 (Free $0; Monthly $9.99). Tutorial oEmbed author: Scholarcy.

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.