Flashcards aren’t just for kids or high school students. They’re an underrated powerhouse for learning, proven by cognitive science to help you absorb material twice as fast and improve your long-term memory retention.
What's the best flashcard app? Brainscape! Our mission? To empower you to become a more efficient learner. And millions of college students have already used Brainscape to create and study flashcards for just about every subject you can imagine.
In our marketplace, you can typically find two different types of flashcards:
User-Generated flashcards
These flashcard collections are created by Brainscape users from around the world. They cover a wide variety of topics and are a great resource for niche or personalized study needs. While they’re often helpful, the accuracy and completeness of user-generated classes may vary since they aren’t formally reviewed by Brainscape. But if you have Pro, you can copy these flashcards to your own dashboard, edit them, add to them, and make them your own!
Brainscape Certified Flashcards
These are premium, expert-curated flashcard collections designed by the Brainscape team in collaboration with top educators and publishers. Certified flashcards follow official textbooks and industry standards, ensuring they are accurate, comprehensive, and optimized for learning efficiency. If you’re looking for a reliable, high-quality study resource, our certified flashcards are the gold standard.
(If you're already using Brainscape, you can find all of these subjects in the Brainscape Market by tapping the “+” icon on your dashboard, and browsing to your heart’s content.)
And now, let's take a look at some of our top college-level flashcard categories!
Grad School Entrance Exam Flashcards
- GRE Prep (Graduate Record Examinations)
- GRE Psychology (Graduate Record Examinations)
- MCAT (Medical College Admission Test)
- LSAT (Law School Admission Test)
College Science
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Humanities
- Foreign Languages including French, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, German, Portuguese, Latin, and more
- Social Sciences including Anthropology, Philosophy, History, Geography, US Government, British Literature, American Literature, and more
Math, Economics, and Business
Are you still looking for other subjects you don’t see in the list?
If so, you can search Brainscape’s Knowledge Genome—our expansive library of expert-created and user-generated flashcards—right from our website or the Brainscape mobile app. This ever-growing collection includes decks tailored to countless subjects and learning needs, so you might just find exactly what you’re looking for, created by other students or teachers.
And if you need something more specific or personalized, you can always create your own flashcards. With Brainscape, you have all the tools to study the way that works best for you!
See our complete guide to making & studying flashcards online to ace your college exams.