Yes, Quizlet is free to use. You can make flashcard sets, share them and study them without paying. But several of the modes students lean on before a test are limited on a free account: Learn, practice tests and the AI study guides. The free version also shows ads. Here's exactly what you get, what Quizlet Plus costs, and how to study for free without running into the limits.
Everything below comes from Quizlet's own upgrade page and help center, checked on 7 November 2026. Quizlet changes its plans from time to time, so check its upgrade page before you pay for anything.
What's free on Quizlet
Free, with no limit mentioned:
- Making and sharing sets. Sets are public by default. You can limit one to certain classes, to people with a password, or to just you (Quizlet help).
- Flashcards and Match.
- Studying with friends. Study Groups hold up to 8 people and work with public sets. You can also share a session link that friends can join once without an account (Quizlet help).
- High-school textbook solutions.
Free, but limited:
- Learn. Free accounts get "a limited number of rounds per flashcard set" (Quizlet help). Quizlet doesn't publish the number. Write and Spell are now part of Learn, so the same limit applies.
- Test. One free practice test per set (Quizlet help).
- AI study guides. Upload or paste your notes to get a study guide and flashcards. Free accounts get "limited access" (Quizlet help).
- AI practice tests and audio notes. Both are limited on a free account, with no number given.
- College-level textbook solutions. A limited number.
Not free:
- Ad-free studying. Quizlet runs ads on its website and apps "to keep Quizlet free" (Quizlet help).
- Uploading your own images, recording your own audio, and diagram sets.
One exception helps a lot: if your teacher adds a set to a Quizlet class, students in that class get unlimited, ad-free Learn and Test on it (Quizlet help).
What Quizlet Plus costs
Quizlet has two paid plans for students. These are the prices on Quizlet's upgrade page as shown in the UK, in pounds. The same figures are reported in US dollars, and prices in the app stores can differ.
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly | What it adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 0 | 0 | Limited Learn rounds, 1 test per set, ads |
| Quizlet Plus | 7.99 | 35.99 | 20 rounds of Learn a month, 3 practice tests a month, 3 textbook solutions a month, no ads |
| Plus Unlimited | 9.99 | 44.99 | Unlimited Learn, full access to practice tests, textbook solutions, no ads |
There's also a Family plan at 83.99 a year, covering up to five accounts.
About the free trial: it's 7 days, and only on the yearly plans. Monthly plans don't get one. When the trial ends you're billed for the whole year automatically, so cancel at least 24 hours before it renews if you don't want to keep it (Quizlet help). If you cancel later, your sets and folders stay; your account just goes back to free.
Is Quizlet Plus worth it?
It depends on how you study.
- You mostly flip cards and play Match. The free plan covers that.
- Your teacher runs a Quizlet class. You already get unlimited Learn and Test on the class sets.
- You rely on Learn for every test. The free rounds will run out. Plus gives you 20 rounds a month in total; only Plus Unlimited has no limit, so look at that plan rather than Plus.
Before you pay, it's worth knowing that the methods behind Learn aren't Quizlet's secret. Learn is built on active recall, answering from memory instead of re-reading, and on repeating what you get wrong. You can do both for free.
Free ways to get the same studying done
- Anki. Free on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. Its spaced repetition is very configurable, but it looks dated and takes a while to learn. The iPhone app is paid.
- StudyPixi. Free, with no ads: flashcards and multiple-choice quizzes, AI that drafts a set from your notes, a PDF or photos, Anki-style spaced repetition, study games, and study groups with a shared timer. It's newer and has no Quizlet import yet.
- Knowt. Its free plan includes unlimited sets, with Learn, Match and spaced repetition on your own sets. It shows ads and allows one AI summary of a file a month. See our Knowt comparison for the details.
How to take your sets out of Quizlet
Quizlet lets you export sets you made yourself, on the website only: open the set, choose Export, pick how terms and definitions are separated, and copy the text (Quizlet help). Sets you copied from someone else can't be exported, and images don't come along.
To bring that text into StudyPixi, paste it into the AI study tools and ask for as many flashcards as your list has lines, up to 40 at a time. The AI may reword some cards, so check the draft against your list before you save.
The bottom line
Quizlet's free plan is fine for making sets and flipping through them. The limits show up when you lean on Learn and practice tests before an exam. If that's how you study, either budget for Plus Unlimited or use a free app that gives you spaced repetition and quizzes without a cap.