Klarrity vs Brainscape: Nine Rows, Sourced (2026)
Brainscape is a study site with its own scheduling idea and a catalogue of ready-made decks. Klarrity is a Chrome extension for the material nobody has made a deck for yet.
Brainscape suits someone who wants the deck, the scheduling and the app in one subscription, particularly for a standard exam that already has a certified deck. Klarrity suits someone whose material is a webpage, a paper or a video, and who already has somewhere to review. Free at 5 a day, $7 a month above that, and the Anki export costs nothing.
Klarrity and Brainscape, row by row.
Works on any webpage
KlarrityYes (Chrome extension)
BrainscapeNo — brainscape.com only
Card required to try
KlarrityNo
BrainscapeNo — Basic is free forever
Free generations
Klarrity5 a day
Brainscape"100s of flashcards" on Basic
AI included in price
KlarrityYes
BrainscapeYes, on Basic and Pro
Monthly price
Klarrity$7
Brainscape$7.99/mo, billed yearly
Export to Anki
KlarrityYes (.apkg)
Brainscapenot published*
Export to Quizlet
KlarrityPro
Export to Notion / Obsidian
KlarrityPro
Annual price
Klarrity$49
| Feature | Klarrity | Brainscape |
|---|---|---|
| Works on any webpage | Yes (Chrome extension) | No — brainscape.com only |
| Card required to try | No | No — Basic is free forever |
| Free generations | 5 a day | "100s of flashcards" on Basic |
| AI included in price | Yes | Yes, on Basic and Pro |
| Monthly price | $7 | $7.99/mo, billed yearly |
| Export to Anki | Yes (.apkg) | Not published by Brainscape* |
| Export to Quizlet | Pro | |
| Export to Notion / Obsidian | Pro | |
| Annual price | $49 |
Figures from brainscape.com/pricing, checked 2 September 2026. The page prints "Free forever" on Basic, "$7.99/mo" on Pro, and "Use AI to make 100s of flashcards" / "unlimited flashcards"; it names no export formats.
What each one is good at.
Klarrity
In its favour
- 5 generations a day, free, with no card asked for
- Anki .apkg, CSV and clipboard export on the free tier
- Works on the page you are on rather than inside one site
- Cards stay yours: the export formats are open ones
Against it
- No review scheduling of its own
- No catalogue of ready-made decks
- Chrome only, with no mobile app, and no classroom features
- Quizlet, Notion and Obsidian export are Pro, at $7 a month or $49 a year
Brainscape
In its favour
- Basic is free forever, and includes AI card making
- Confidence-based repetition built into the review flow
- A catalogue of decks made by educators for common exams
- Phone apps and classroom tooling
Against it
- Pro is printed as $7.99 a month, billed yearly; no separate monthly figure is shown
- Cards come from Brainscape's own editor, not from the page you are reading
- brainscape.com/pricing names no export formats
- The free plan's AI limit is described as "100s of flashcards" rather than a number
Questions
- What does Brainscape cost?
- brainscape.com/pricing printed Basic as free forever and Pro at $7.99 a month on yearly billing when it was read on 2026-09-02. No standalone monthly price was shown, so none is quoted here.
- Does Brainscape make cards with AI?
- Its pricing page says Basic can use AI to make 100s of flashcards and Pro lifts that to unlimited. It does not describe reading a webpage you are on, which is the part Klarrity does.
- Can I move cards from Klarrity into Brainscape?
- Klarrity exports CSV on the free tier, which is the usual way material moves between flashcard tools. Brainscape's own pricing page does not list its import formats, so check before you rely on it.
- What is confidence-based repetition?
- You rate how sure you were after each card, and lower ratings come back sooner. It is Brainscape's alternative to the interval algorithms used by Anki and others.
- Is Klarrity free?
- 5 generations a day, with no card, no expiry, and Anki, CSV and clipboard export included. Pro is $7 a month or $49 a year.