KLAPPA VS QUIZLET

The free Quizlet alternative with FSRS-6 scheduling.

Klappa is a free flashcard app with no paid tier: every deck studies as Flashcards, Learn, Write and Test, on an FSRS-6 schedule, in any browser and in a Mac app that works offline. Bring your Quizlet sets over by pasting their exported text.

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THE SHORT ANSWER

Why Klappa is the better free choice.

Klappa is free, with no subscription, no in-app purchase and no ads, and that includes its AI, Klappa Cortex, and its classroom quizzes, Klappa Live. There is no premium tier to hit a monthly limit on.

Every Klappa deck studies four ways: Flashcards for recall, Learn for multiple choice, Write for typed answers and Test for a graded pass. Reviews are scheduled with FSRS-6, the open spaced repetition algorithm that current Anki versions also offer, on the website and in the Mac app alike.

You do not start from zero. A Quizlet set you created exports as text, and Klappa's Import tab turns that text into cards. Anki decks come across too, through the Anki Portal.

SIDE BY SIDE

Klappa and Quizlet, compared.

Every Klappa cell is checked against Klappa's own code. Every Quizlet cell is taken from Quizlet's own upgrade page and help center, as published in October 2026.

	Klappa	Quizlet
Price	Free, including Cortex and Live. No subscription, no in-app purchase, no ads.	Free plan. Quizlet Plus $35.99 a year; Plus Unlimited $44.99 a year (US, billed annually).
Learn and practice tests	Learn, Write and Test on every deck, no monthly quota	Plus includes 20 rounds of Learn and 3 practice tests a month; Plus Unlimited removes the monthly limits
Spaced repetition	FSRS-6 in Study and Learn, on the website and in the Mac app. In Study and Learn, Klappa's own FMSR-1 adjusts a review card's interval once it has enough history.	In Flashcards, with Repeat, Hard, Okay and Easy ratings. Available on the Quizlet website only.
Where it runs today	Any web browser, and a Mac app for macOS 11 or later (Apple Silicon and Intel). The iPhone and iPad app is submitted to Apple and not yet on the App Store.	Website, iOS and Android apps
Offline study	Mac app, after a deck is opened once online. Grades sync when you reconnect.	iOS and Android apps: Flashcards and Match for saved sets
Bringing cards in	Pasted text (tab, comma or a custom separator between term and definition), Anki .apkg files, and question papers through Cortex	Pasted text (comma, tab or dash between term and definition), on the website
Taking cards out	A .klappa deck file, tab-separated text, and .apkg from the Anki Portal	Text export of sets you created, on the website; images are not exported
AI with sources	Klappa Cortex, opt-in, answers from a curated medical library and marks the passages it used	AI study tools, including Study Guides and Ask Quizlet

WHAT YOU GET

What Klappa gives you that a paywall does not.

Four study modes, all free: Flashcards, Learn, Write and Test run on every Klappa deck. Test mixes multiple choice, true or false and written questions from the same cards, and none of it counts against a monthly allowance.
A schedule built for exams: Klappa decks schedule with FSRS-6 at 0.95 target retention and a 60-day maximum interval, so a card you got right once comes back within days. FMSR-1, Klappa's own model, then adjusts a review card's interval from that card's own history once it has three or more reviews. How the scheduler works.
An AI that shows its work: Turn on Klappa Cortex and, in Learn, it explains a card choice by choice, answering from a curated medical library and marking the passages it used, so you can check the source before you trust the answer. About Cortex.
Your Anki decks too: Klappa opens .apkg files with their note types, images and due dates, and exports them back to .apkg. If your classmates share Anki decks, you can study them in the same app as your own sets. Klappa vs Anki.
Live quizzes for a class: Klappa Live puts a question on the projector and takes answers from every phone or laptop in the room. Students can join without a Klappa account, and the host gets a report at the end. About Live.

MOVE A SET

Move a Quizlet set into Klappa in four steps.

Klappa moves a Quizlet set as text: terms and definitions come across, images do not, because Quizlet's export does not include them.

Export the set from Quizlet On the Quizlet website, open a set you created, open its more menu and choose Export. Quizlet only exports sets you made yourself, not copies of other people's sets.
Choose tab and new line Arrange the export with a tab between term and definition and a new line between rows, then copy the text. If a definition runs over several lines, use a semicolon between rows instead.
Paste into Klappa In Klappa, start a new deck and open the Import tab. Paste the text and keep Tab and New line selected, or pick Semicolon if that is what you exported with.
Check the preview, then import Klappa previews every parsed card as a term and a definition before anything is saved. Press Import and the cards are added to the deck, ready to study in all four modes.

FAQ

Questions about switching from Quizlet.

Is Klappa really free?

Yes. Klappa has no subscription, no in-app purchase and no ads, and that includes Learn, Write, Test, Klappa Cortex and Klappa Live.

Can I import my Quizlet sets into Klappa?

Yes, as text. Export a set you created from the Quizlet website with a tab between term and definition, copy the text, and paste it into the Import tab when you create a Klappa deck. Terms and definitions come across; images do not, because Quizlet does not export them.

Does Klappa have spaced repetition like Anki?

Yes. Klappa schedules with FSRS-6, an algorithm current Anki versions also offer, and runs it in Study and Learn on the website and in the Mac app. Klappa decks target 0.95 retention with a 60-day maximum interval.

Quizlet vs Anki: where does Klappa fit?

Klappa gives you Flashcards, Learn, Write and Test study modes on an FSRS-6 schedule, for free. It also imports Anki .apkg decks with their schedule, so you can keep both kinds of deck in one app.

Can I use Klappa offline?

Yes, in the Mac app. Open a deck once while online and it stays on your Mac; your grades save on the device and sync when you reconnect. The website needs a connection.

Is there a Klappa app for iPhone?

The native iPhone and iPad app is submitted to Apple and not yet on the App Store. Klappa's web app runs in Safari on iPhone today.