Free Sites Like Quizlet: 5 Genuinely Free Options (Plus One Paid Pick)
Removed a wrong line suggesting Imprimo has a free tier, corrected the Knowt ads, RemNote and Quizlet export details, and added sources checked on October 25, 2026.
TL;DR: The closest free site to Quizlet is Knowt, because it works a lot like Quizlet and imports your sets. If you care less about a familiar interface and more about actually remembering the material, Anki is free on desktop and Android and does far more. The catch with most "free" lists is that several picks are freemium trials, so below I am clear about what each free tier actually limits. I also include one paid option, Imprimo, which I built, clearly labelled, because the honest answer to "what should I use" is not always free.
Searching "sites like Quizlet but free" usually means one of two things. Either Quizlet started charging for something you used to get for nothing, or you never wanted to pay in the first place and you are looking for the same thing somewhere cheaper. Either way, the word that matters in your search is free, and that is exactly the word most comparison articles get slippery about.
Half the apps labelled free are freemium. You get a trial, or a tiny free tier, and the feature you actually need lives behind a subscription. So this list is built around one question: what does each option give you for nothing, and where does the free part stop. I have used most of these, and I will tell you where the wall is. I checked each free plan against the app's own site on October 25, 2026.
What "free" really means here
Before the list, a quick filter, because it saves a lot of frustration later.
Fully free means free forever with no meaningful cap on normal use. Anki on desktop is the clearest example. Freemium means a free tier exists but the part you want may be paid, which describes most modern study apps including Quizlet itself now. Free with ads means the price is your attention, which is Quizlet's current free tier.
None of these is dishonest. But "free site like Quizlet" returns all three mixed together, and picking the wrong type is how you end up rebuilding your deck twice. The best Quizlet alternatives guide compares the paid tiers in more depth if you decide you are open to spending a little.
The six options
| Site | Type of free | Closest to Quizlet? | Imports sets | Schedules across days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowt | Real free tier (ads on the web) | Yes, closest | Yes | Yes (algorithm not published) |
| Anki | Fully free (not iPhone) | No, different feel | Yes, via text | Yes (SM-2 by default, FSRS opt-in) |
| Imprimo (mine) | Paid, no free tier | Partly | No; regenerate from your notes or PDF | Yes (FSRS) |
| RemNote | Free tier | Partly | Via text | Yes (SM-2 by default, FSRS opt-in) |
| Quizlet free | Free with ads | It is Quizlet | N/A | Website only |
| Paper cards | Free, no screen | No | No | Manual |
Now the detail, including where each one stops being free.
1. Knowt
If you want a site that looks and feels like Quizlet without paying, Knowt is the answer, and I would not overthink it. It works a lot like Quizlet, keeps every study mode free, Learn included, and imports Quizlet sets so you are not retyping anything. It also has a free spaced repetition mode on the web and in its app, where you rate each card Again, Hard, Good, or Easy and Knowt schedules the next review.
Where free stops: AI and ads. The free plan includes one AI summary a month, and Knowt Ultra, at $149.99 a year or $24.99 a month on the web, adds unlimited AI summaries and removes ads. The core study experience that most people miss from Quizlet is free. For getting your sets back in a familiar interface, this is the pick.
2. Anki
Anki is fully free on desktop and Android, with no ads and no trial games. It is also the most effective tool on this list by a wide margin, because it is built entirely around spaced repetition rather than browsing sets.
Where free stops: the iPhone app, AnkiMobile, costs $24.99 once, which is the only paid piece. AnkiWeb works free in your phone's browser if you'd rather not pay.
The bigger cost is not money, it is the interface. Anki looks dated and assumes you will read some documentation. If you can stomach that, nothing here beats it on retention. If you cannot, that is exactly why the gentler apps exist.
3. Imprimo (the paid exception, included for honesty)
I built Imprimo, so weigh this accordingly, and I will be straight: it is not free. I am putting it on a free list anyway because people who search "free sites like Quizlet" are often really asking "what should I actually use," and pretending the paid option does not exist would be dishonest. It is $12.49 monthly or $74.99 a year, with a free trial and no free tier.
What the fee buys is a scheduler you can look up: FSRS, which plans reviews across weeks and adapts to your own review history, plus AI cards from your own PDFs and notes. Knowt and Quizlet both schedule reviews now, but neither names the algorithm behind it. It is iPhone and iPad only, with no shared-set library. If free is a hard line for you, skip it and use Knowt or Anki. If you have been burned by browsing sets that never stuck and you are willing to pay for a real scheduler, the honest head to head is in Quizlet vs Imprimo.
4. RemNote
RemNote suits you if your notes and your cards should live in one place. You write notes, turn lines into cards inline, and spaced repetition handles review, with Anki's SM-2 by default and FSRS as an opt-in beta. There is a real free tier with unlimited notes and flashcards.
Where free stops: the free plan caps PDF annotation at 3 PDFs and limits image occlusion and AI, and Pro is $10 a month or $96 a year on the web. RemNote also does a lot more than flashcards, so there is more to learn before it feels simple. If you only want cards, it can feel like a big app for a small job.
5. Quizlet's own free tier
Worth saying plainly: you may not need to leave. If your only complaint is that one study mode went paid, the free tier still has flashcards and matching, and for cramming pre-made sets that can be enough.
Where free stops: without Quizlet Plus, Learn is limited to a few rounds per set and Test to one practice test per set (Quizlet's help page), and the free tier has ads. Flashcards does have a spaced repetition option, but only on the Quizlet website, not in the iOS or Android app. If you are cramming next week, that is tolerable. If you are trying to retain a whole semester and study mostly on your phone, it is a real gap.
6. Paper flashcards
Free, no screen, no account, no ads. For a small set you need this week, index cards force recall as well as any app, and there is zero setup.
Where free stops: spacing. My rule of thumb is that once you are tracking a few hundred cards across subjects, working out which card is due when becomes its own chore. That is the moment software earns its place, which I covered in whether you actually need a spaced repetition app.
Free is not the only thing that matters
I know the search was for free, so this is the uncomfortable part. The cheapest tool is worthless if you stop opening it, and I'd bet the most common reason people quit a Quizlet alternative is not the price. It is that browsing sets never moved the material into memory, so studying stayed stressful and they drifted back.
If you only need pre-made sets for a quiz, free Quizlet clones are genuinely fine, and Knowt is the best of them. But if the deeper problem is that things do not stick, the feature that fixes it is spaced repetition, and the good news is that the strongest version of it, Anki, is also free. The interface is the price, not the licence.
So weigh free against whether the tool does the one job you came for. The active recall vs spaced repetition guide explains why the scheduling, not the set library, is what decides whether you remember anything.
Moving your sets across
Most of these can take your existing Quizlet sets, so you are not starting from a blank deck.
If you made the set, export it from Quizlet as plain text, then import it into Knowt or Anki. Images don't export, so a diagram-heavy set will lose its diagrams, and you can't export a set you copied from someone else. Test one set before moving them all.
If you still have the source the set came from, the notes, the PDF, the chapter, regenerating cards from that is often cleaner than repairing a broken export. An app with AI generation drafts a fresh deck in a couple of minutes, which I walk through in how to make flashcards from a PDF. For the full Quizlet to Anki route with the export quirks, see the step-by-step conversion guide.
So which free site should you pick
If you want free Quizlet with your sets intact and a familiar layout, use Knowt.
If you want the most effective free tool and do not mind a dated interface, use Anki on desktop or Android.
If the real issue is that nothing sticks and you study on your phone, try my app, Imprimo, if you'll pay for FSRS after the free trial, or move to Anki for full control at no cost. Self-directed learners and language learners tend to outgrow set-browsing fastest, which is why there are dedicated guides for self-directed learners and language learners.
The best free site like Quizlet is the one whose daily review you do not avoid. Free gets you in the door. Whether you remember anything depends on what the tool does once you are inside.
Frequently asked questions
What is a free site like Quizlet?
Knowt is the closest free site to Quizlet. It works a lot like Quizlet, keeps every study mode free, including Learn and spaced repetition, and imports your Quizlet sets. If you care more about long-term retention than a familiar layout, Anki is free on desktop, Android and the web. Both are free plans, not free trials.
Is there a website like Quizlet but free with no ads?
Anki is the clearest one: free and ad-free on desktop, Android and AnkiWeb, though it looks dated and takes some learning. Knowt is far closer to Quizlet, but it lists an ad-free experience as a paid Ultra perk, so expect ads on the free web version. Quizlet's own free tier shows ads too.
Are free Quizlet alternatives actually free or just free trials?
Some are fully free and some are freemium. Anki is free on desktop, Android and the web, and Knowt has a real free plan. Others give you a free tier but keep the part you want, such as AI or unlimited Learn, behind a subscription. Check the limits before you commit a semester of cards.
Can I move my Quizlet sets to a free site?
Usually, if you made the set. Quizlet lets a set's creator export it as plain text, which Knowt and Anki can import as basic cards. Images don't export, and you can't export a set you copied from someone else. If you still have the original notes or PDF, regenerating cards from the source can be faster.
What is the best free site like Quizlet for remembering things long term?
A dedicated spaced repetition app. Anki is the free standard and schedules reviews with SM-2, or FSRS if you turn it on, both published algorithms. Knowt and Quizlet have spaced repetition modes too, but neither names its algorithm. If you'll pay, Imprimo, the iPhone app I build, uses FSRS by default ($12.49/mo or $74.99/yr after a free trial).
