Turn your own notes into flashcards you can print
DeckOwl builds flashcards from PDFs, slides, notes or photos of pages. Study them with spaced repetition, then export a PDF to print on Plus.
Why print flashcards made from your own course material
If you want to print your flashcards for a quiz or a commute, the most useful set is one built from your own course material rather than a generic deck.
- Upload lecture slides, textbook chapters or typed notes as the source
- Keep one fact per card with a specific question or term on the front
- Review the cards you miss more often using spaced repetition
- Export a PDF on Plus when you are ready to print
Built from your own material
Upload PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, plain text or photos of pages and get flashcards drawn from them.
Spaced repetition
Review cards at the intervals your memory needs, so you spend less time rereading the whole set.
PDF export on Plus
Plus ($39/year or $7.99/month) exports PDF, DOCX, Anki and CSV files you can print.
How it works
Upload your material
Add a PDF, slide deck, document, text file or a photo of a page.
Generate the cards
DeckOwl writes flashcards from the material you provided, ready to review.
Study or print
Study in the browser on the free plan, or export a PDF to print on Plus.
A copied set may not match your syllabus, and a printed page cannot show which cards you keep missing. Generating cards from your lecture slides or textbook chapter keeps the wording close to what your instructor tests, and spaced repetition in the app schedules the hard cards more often.
Printing is a Plus feature: generate your set, then export a PDF. On the free plan you get 3 generations a month and can study in the browser without exports.
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Frequently asked questions
How many flashcards should I make for a single exam?
A focused set of 20 to 40 cards per chapter is a common starting point. Add cards for anything you keep missing, and trim the ones you know well.
What should a good flashcard front and back look like?
Keep one fact on each card, put a specific question or term on the front, and write a short answer on the back that you could say aloud from memory.
Can I print flashcards for free?
The free plan includes 3 generations per month and study in the browser, but no exports. Exporting a PDF to print requires Plus at $39/year or $7.99/month.
Can DeckOwl make flashcards from photos of pages?
Yes. Photos of pages are read with text recognition, so you can generate flashcards from a snapshot of printed notes.
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