A Quizlet alternative, written by someone with an obvious interest.
So the figures are the point. Every Quizlet number below was read off a Quizlet page on the date printed beside it, and where the honest answer is “Quizlet is better at this”, the page says so in its own frame rather than burying it.
The short answer: if you use the shared set library, the classes or the games, stay. If what you resent is typing cards, paying to review offline, or not being able to take your cards with you, the alternatives below are worth the twenty minutes.
Two tiers, four figures, read on one day.
Quizlet Plus
or $35.99 a yearsource note 1
Metered: the page states 20 Learn rounds and 3 practice tests a month.
Quizlet Plus Unlimited
or $44.99 a yearsource note 1
A 7-day trial is offered on annual billing only.
For comparison, on the same rows: Klarrity for iPhone is $6.99 a month or $39.99 a year, and the Chrome extension is $7 a month or $49 a year. Both have a free tier that does not expire and neither asks for a payment card to start. Anki is free.
Twelve rows, two Klarritys, and Quizlet.
Where the cards come from
Klarrity for iPhoneA photo of the page, a PDF, the clipboard, the share sheet
Klarrity for ChromeThe webpage or video you have open
QuizletTyped, imported, or generated from text and filessource note 2
Account needed
Klarrity for iPhoneNo — there is no sign-in
Klarrity for ChromeNo
QuizletYes
Free every day
Klarrity for iPhone5 generations a day, unlimited review
Klarrity for Chrome5 generations a day
QuizletFlashcards, Match and set creation; Learn and Test are paidsource note 2
Review offline
Klarrity for iPhoneYes, always
Klarrity for ChromeNo — it reads a live tab
QuizletOn a subscriptionsource note 2
Ads
Klarrity for iPhoneNone, in any tier
Klarrity for ChromeNone
QuizletThe App Store listing carries the “Contains Advertising” labelsource note 3
Export to Anki
Klarrity for iPhoneYes, .apkg, on the free tier
Klarrity for ChromeYes, .apkg, on the free tier
QuizletNot a format Quizlet names
A library of other people's sets
Klarrity for iPhoneNo — four starter decks, then your own
Klarrity for ChromeNo
QuizletYes, and it is enormous
Classes, teachers, assignments
Klarrity for iPhoneNo
Klarrity for ChromeNo
QuizletYes
Games
Klarrity for iPhoneNo
Klarrity for ChromeNo
QuizletMatch, Blocks, Blast, and Charms on the websource note 2source note 4
Study lock over other apps
Klarrity for iPhoneYes, on Pro — one card opens an app for 15 minutes
Klarrity for ChromeNo
QuizletNo
Monthly price
Annual price
Klarrity for iPhone$39.99
Klarrity for Chrome$49
Quizlet$35.99 Plus · $44.99 Plus Unlimitedsource note 1
| Row | Klarrity for iPhone | Klarrity for Chrome | Quizlet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the cards come from | A photo of the page, a PDF, the clipboard, the share sheet | The webpage or video you have open | Typed, imported, or generated from text and filessource note 2 |
| Account needed | No — there is no sign-in | No | Yes |
| Free every day | 5 generations a day, unlimited review | 5 generations a day | Flashcards, Match and set creation; Learn and Test are paidsource note 2 |
| Review offline | Yes, always | No — it reads a live tab | On a subscriptionsource note 2 |
| Ads | None, in any tier | None | The App Store listing carries the “Contains Advertising” labelsource note 3 |
| Export to Anki | Yes, .apkg, on the free tier | Yes, .apkg, on the free tier | Not a format Quizlet names |
| A library of other people's sets | No — four starter decks, then your own | No | Yes, and it is enormous |
| Classes, teachers, assignments | No | No | Yes |
| Games | No | No | Match, Blocks, Blast, and Charms on the websource note 2source note 4 |
| Study lock over other apps | Yes, on Pro — one card opens an app for 15 minutes | No | No |
| Monthly price | $6.99 | $7 | $7.99 Plus · $9.99 Plus Unlimitedsource note 1 |
| Annual price | $39.99 | $49 | $35.99 Plus · $44.99 Plus Unlimitedsource note 1 |
The list a competitor would rather not print.
Where Quizlet wins
- Millions of sets already written, for almost any course you are taking
- Classes, teachers and assignments — a whole side of the product Klarrity does not attempt
- Study modes and games that make a set usable without exporting it anywhere
- A mature app: version 10.50, rated 4.78 across 1,108,775 ratings on the App Store
- It is where your classmates already are, which is worth more than any feature list
Where it costs you
- An account is required before anything happens
- Learn and Test are paid, and Plus is itself metered at 20 Learn rounds and 3 practice tests a month
- Offline study sits behind the subscription
- The App Store listing carries the “Contains Advertising” label
- Charms, the 2026 game, is a web feature
Two things this page deliberately does not claim. Quizlet’s August 2026 release added spaced repetition, so “nobody else schedules your reviews” is not an argument anyone can make any more. And where a figure could not be read off a Quizlet page on the date checked, it is absent rather than estimated.
Not a smaller Quizlet. A different loop.
Klarrity for iPhone has no library, no classes and no games, and is not going to grow them. What it has instead is the part of studying that happens with a physical book open in front of you: photograph the page, and the page becomes cards that still carry the sentence they came from.
Then two things Quizlet does not do. Give it your exam date and it prints one figure for how ready you are — built from what you have got right, not from how many cards you own. And on Pro it stands at the door of the apps you chose: one card from your own queue, answered honestly, opens one of them for fifteen minutes.
Free every day, no account. Pro $6.99/mo or $39.99/yr, no free trial.
- On the phone
- Klarrity for iPhone — the camera loop
- On a laptop
- The Chrome extension — the open tab
- Shared between them
- Nothing. They are two products
- Both export to
- Anki .apkg, free
Buying one does not buy the other, and there is no account linking them. It is worth saying plainly, because most companies in this position would let you assume otherwise.
The Chrome extension is the desktop half, free for five generations a day.
Questions
- What does Quizlet cost in 2026?
- quizlet.com/upgrade printed two paid tiers when it was read on 3 September 2026: Quizlet Plus at $7.99 a month or $35.99 a year, and Quizlet Plus Unlimited at $9.99 a month or $44.99 a year. A 7-day trial is offered on annual billing only.
- Is there a free Quizlet alternative?
- Several, and Anki is the one to know about first: it is free on desktop and Android, and it schedules reviews better than anything else. It will not write the cards for you. Klarrity's free tier writes five sets of cards a day with no account and no payment card, and exports them to Anki, which is how the two fit together.
- Should I leave Quizlet?
- Not if you use the set library, the classes, or the games: nothing here replaces those, and this page is not going to pretend otherwise. The reason to look elsewhere is narrower — you want to stop typing cards, you want review that works offline without paying, or you want your cards in a format you can take with you.
- Can I move my Quizlet sets into Anki?
- Not as an Anki .apkg — Quizlet does not offer one, which is the narrow claim the row above makes and the only one we have a record for. Whether other export routes exist is not something this page checked, so it does not say. Klarrity exports an Anki .apkg on the free tier, which is the closest thing the flashcard world has to a portable format.
- What does Klarrity do that Quizlet does not?
- Three things. It makes the cards from a photograph of the page rather than from typing. It prints one honest readiness figure against the date of your exam. And on Pro it stands at the door of the apps you chose, asking for one card from your own queue before it opens them for fifteen minutes.
Where every Quizlet figure came from.
- source note 1 quizlet.com/upgrade, read 3 September 2026. The two paid tiers and their four prices. The page refuses automated readers, so it was read in a browser.
- source note 2 help.quizlet.com — Subscribing to Quizlet, read 3 September 2026. What the free tier includes, and what a subscription adds: Learn beyond a taster, Test beyond one practice test per set, offline study, your own images, diagrams, rich text and smart grading.
- source note 3 App Store listing for Quizlet (id 546473125), read 3 September 2026. Version 10.50, 4.78 stars across 1,108,775 ratings, and the “Contains Advertising” label on the listing.
- source note 4 help.quizlet.com — Playing Charms, read 3 September 2026. Charms, the game launched 4 August 2026, is described as available on the web.
Prices change, and Quizlet’s pages are the only figures worth trusting. If a number here no longer matches the source link beside it, the source link is right and this page is stale.