Turn your MCAT notes into an Anki deck you built yourself
Prebuilt decks can drift from your course and your sources. Upload your own PDFs, slides, notes or photos of pages and get flashcards with spaced repetition.
Why a custom deck beats a generic download
Prebuilt decks are a reasonable starting point, but the strongest MCAT Anki deck is the one built from the sources you actually study. Your professor's slides, your review book chapters and your own notes cover different content, and a generic deck rarely matches all of it.
- Cards follow your own sources, not someone else's outline
- Spaced repetition schedules reviews around what you miss
- Flashcards can be exported to Anki on the Plus plan
- Start on the free plan with 3 generations per month and no credit card
Built from your sources
Upload the PDFs, slides, notes or page photos you actually study from, and the flashcards come from that material.
Spaced repetition built in
Cards are scheduled so the ones you miss come back sooner, without you sorting a deck by hand.
Export to Anki
On Plus, export your flashcards to Anki as a deck you can keep studying on any device Anki supports.
How it works
Upload your material
Add a PDF, DOCX, PPTX, text file or photos of pages. Text in images is read with text recognition.
Generate and review cards
Get flashcards from your content, then edit or remove any card that does not match your course.
Study, then export
Study in the browser on the free plan, or export to Anki on Plus once you want the deck in Anki.
Making one by hand takes hours, and most students stop after a few chapters. DeckOwl turns your own files into flashcards, so you can spend that time on practice questions and review instead of typing cards.
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Make Your Own Anki Deck
Turn your notes or slides into an Anki-ready deck, with a free plan to start.
Get an Anki Deck on Your Phone
Turn your notes into flashcards, then export to Anki and load them on your phone app.
Get an Anki Deck on Your Phone
Export flashcards to Anki or study them on your phone, step by step.
AnkiHub decks: get them or make your own
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Getting AnKing Deck Into Anki
Shared deck or your own notes: how to get cards into Anki and study them with spacing.
AnKing Deck on Anki: Get It or Make Your Own
Import the AnKing deck into Anki, or make custom flashcards from your own lecture notes.
Quizlet deck to Anki guide
Copy your Quizlet terms, generate spaced-repetition flashcards, and export them to Anki on Plus.
Make a custom MCAT deck from your notes
Make a custom MCAT deck from your notes with spaced repetition and Anki export.
Frequently asked questions
How many flashcards should I make for MCAT biology?
Aim for one card per distinct fact or process, so a dense pathway may need several cards. Most students find a few hundred focused cards more useful than a large deck they cannot review daily.
Which MCAT topics work best as flashcards?
Definitions, equations, enzyme and pathway details, cranial nerves and drug mechanisms all suit flashcards well. Passage-based reasoning and experimental design are better practiced with full questions.
Can I export flashcards to Anki on the free plan?
No. The free plan lets you study in the browser with 3 generations per month, and exports to Anki, PDF, DOCX and CSV are included with Plus.
How much does DeckOwl cost for students?
Plus is $39 per year or $7.99 per month, and students with a school email get 40% off. You can start without a credit card.
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