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Apps and Websites for Making Flash Cards and Quizzes

Flash card and quiz apps help students get familiar with and memorize information as well as test their factual knowledge. This list of apps, games, and websites gives students a lot of flexibility for memorization and quizzing, offering a range of premade content as well as quick custom list building, adaptive learning, game-making, progress analytics, and basic feedback. While there's a healthy dose of spelling, vocabulary, and math tools, many of these resources can be used creatively for any content or grade level.

To find out our top choice on this list, check out our article The Best Quiz and Game Show Apps for Classrooms.

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TinyTap - Educational Games

Book-and-game builder empowers creativity, boasts vast content library

Bottom line: With some patience and planning, this game maker can be a classroom game changer.

Grades: Pre-K–5 Price: Free to try

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MathBoard

Drill math skills with basic, customizable chalkboard-style app

Bottom line: It's a solid practice tool for kids who don't need fancy visuals.

Grades: K–8 Price: $4.99

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SpellBoard

Well-designed, kid-empowering spelling list creator

Bottom line: It's a quality app but needs some oversight; it would be nice if you could track multiple students' scores at once.

Grades: 1–5 Price: $4.99

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PaGamO

Online game offers unique but limited spin on studying

Bottom line: A super-cool concept for studying, but the learning is very traditional, and there's labor-intensive setup.

Grades: 1–6 Price: Free to try, Paid Limited content available for free. Paid accounts are $7.99/month. Potential discounts available for schools or long-term subscriptions.

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Kahoot!

Game-like student-response tool can spark competitive fun

Bottom line: Effortlessly fun quizzing that can lead to productive formative assessment and student reflection if implemented effectively.

Grades: 3–12 Price: Free, Paid While Kahoot! is free, there's a Plus version for teachers priced at $1 per teacher per month, which includes a shared folder for quizzes, co-creation and co-editing of quizzes, and advanced reporting. A $3 per month Pro version adds an image library.

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Knowledgehook

Math-assessment tool focuses on rewards, lacks constructive feedback

Bottom line: An easy-to-use tool for quick practice and assessment, but don't expect a lot of content coverage or instructional support.

Grades: 3–12 Price: Free Paid features are available.

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Quizizz

Quizzing tool balances meme-fueled fun with useful features

Bottom line: This is a good multiple-choice-style quiz tool with some handy customization options for teachers and fun extras for students.

Grades: 3–12 Price: Free

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Socrative

Formative and summative assessment merge in snapshot polls and quizzes

Bottom line: Powerful and easy-to-use student-response system has the potential to support responsive teaching.

Grades: 3–12 Price: Free, Paid The free version includes up to 50 students per session and one public room. The paid Pro version is $59.99 per year and includes up to 20 public rooms and up to 20 activities launched at once.

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Tinycards - Fun Flashcards

Gamified flash cards feature great built-in content, spaced repetition

Bottom line: A smart, easy-to-use, and surprisingly fun way to study and review.

Grades: 3–12 Price: Free

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Trading Cards

Guided flashcards try to break out of the drill and memorization mold

Bottom line: Easy, free way to help kids think about, organize, and study people, places, vocabulary, book characters, and more.

Grades: 3–12 Price: Free

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Math Pack Flash Cards

Quality but dry quizzes enhance speed and efficiency

Bottom line: Offers good learning potential for pre-algebra concepts, despite a few rough edges.

Grades: 4–8 Price: Free, Paid

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Gimkit

Game-show group fun and independent study in one engaging tool

Bottom line: Put students in the driver's seat with collaborative setup and gameplay features.

Grades: 4–12 Price: Free to try, Paid Gimkit Pro is billed annually at $59.88 or month-to-month at $7.99. There's a group discount for 6+ teachers.

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Quizalize

Familiar game show-like quizzes with a few new features

Bottom line: Easy-to-set-up and mostly free way to assign quizzes and check for understanding with a handy but paid option for progress tracking.

Grades: 4–12 Price: Free, Paid The free version supports three classes and five activities. The $5.75 per month premium version offers unlimited classes and activities, mastery dashboards, bubble assessments, and exporting. Team as well as school/district versions also available.

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Brainscape - Smart Flashcards

Flexible flash cards prompt students to reflect

Bottom line: An exceptionally flexible tool with great potential for creating and sharing custom flash cards, but many of the features that make it unique will cost you.

Grades: 5–12 Price: Free, Paid Free accounts allow you to make and share as many cards as you like; paid accounts ($4.99 to $9.99 per month) provide access to more content, private classrooms, images and sound for cards, and data on your students. School licenses are also available.

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Quizlet

Flexible study aid supports learning at home, at school, and on the go

Bottom line: A quality study tool for learning and memorizing facts; extensions to support higher-level thinking would be a nice addition.

Grades: 6–12 Price: Free, Paid $35.99 per year for Quizlet Teacher, which includes progress tracking, advanced creation options, and more. Purchase two or more teacher subscriptions at a time for 20% discount.

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Albert

Flexible, interactive test-prep practice for high school and beyond

Bottom line: A variety of question types and on-the-spot analytics help teachers individualize test-prep practice.

Grades: 7–12 Price: Free to try, Paid $11-$59 per subject for individuals; $325-$500 for classrooms with 40-100 students; $1,250-$1,750 plus $5 per seat for schools.

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