Quizlet helps you cram. Cogni helps you remember.
Flip through a set tonight and half of it is gone by next month. Cogni schedules every card with FSRS spaced repetition, keeps your notes next to your cards and turns any PDF into a deck, with no ads and no study modes locked behind a daily cap.
- Real spaced repetition
- Notes + AI cards
- No ads, no capped modes
- $0to start, with spaced repetition, notes and sync included
- 2 minto move a Quizlet set
- 0ads between you and your cards
- 4.7★App Store rating, 1,700+ ratings
Why a night of Quizlet feels productive and fades by Monday
Memory decays on a curve, and re-reading a set flattens it for a day at most. Quizlet's modes are built around finishing a round; Cogni's schedule is built around the moment you are about to forget. FSRS tracks the memory strength of every card and brings each one back right before it slips, so ten minutes a day replaces the all-nighter.
It is the same method medical students and language learners rely on for material they must know months later, not just for tomorrow's quiz.
What changes when you switch
- Every card gets a schedule, not just the ones in Learn mode: rate it Again, Hard, Medium or Easy and FSRS sets the next date.
- Your notes live next to your cards: paste lecture notes, highlight a passage, generate cards from it. The card stays linked to the note.
- AI writes the deck from a PDF, slides, a photo of your notes or a topic, and you approve every card before it is saved.
- Study offline on iPhone and Android; everything syncs to the web app in real time.
- 50,000+ ready-made decks inside the app, and your Anki decks import too.
- No ads, and no study mode that stops after a few rounds.
Moving your sets takes a couple of minutes
Open a set on Quizlet, choose Export, and copy the terms with a tab or comma between term and definition. Paste the text into Cogni's generator or into a new note, let it write the cards, and edit anything you like before saving. A whole library moves in one sitting.
Built for the long exam, not just the next quiz
Finals, boards, a language you want to keep: Cogni is for material you need in May that you learned in September. If that is your kind of studying, the schedule matters more than the size of the library.
Cogni vs Quizlet, side by side
| Cogni vs Quizlet, side by side | Cogni | Quizlet |
|---|---|---|
| Spaced repetition | Yes FSRS on every card, by default | Tied to Learn mode, capped on the free plan |
| Study on the free plan | Yes No locked modes; the daily review limit covers a full session | Learn and Test stop after a few rounds a day |
| Ads | Yes None | No Ads on the free plan |
| Notes and flashcards together | Yes Editor with cards linked to notes | Separate AI notes |
| AI cards from PDF, photos, text | Yes Built in, edit before saving | Limited on the free plan |
| Offline study on mobile | Yes iPhone and Android | No Paid plans only |
| Import from Anki | Yes .apkg with media and cloze | No No |
| Ready-made decks | Yes 50,000+ curated in the app | User-made sets, quality varies |
See it on your own material
Free to start, no card details, nothing to configure: paste your notes or import a deck and review today.
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Questions, answered.
FSRS spaced repetition, notes, cross-device sync, Anki import and the deck library, with a daily review limit that covers a typical session. Cogni Pro removes the limit and adds unlimited AI generation and text-to-speech.
Stop re-learning the same cards.
Move your sets in minutes and let FSRS keep them learned. Free to start.