How to make flashcards and tests with MemorizeCard

1Signing in

There are two ways to sign in. Head to the homepage and click Sign in, then choose one:

• Continue with Google: no separate password to create. Your decks and tests are tied to your Google account.
• A username account: open Create account, pick a username and a password, and add an email if you want one (it's optional, and only used for password resets). You'll be shown a recovery code once. Save it somewhere safe: if you forget your password, it's how you get back in, and without a confirmed email it's the only way.

Either way, your decks and tests are there whenever you sign back in, on any device.

With a username account, we strongly suggest turning on two-step sign-in under Manage account, then Sign-in and security. Signing in then needs a code from an authenticator app on your phone as well as your password.

2Choosing where to start

After signing in, you'll land on your home screen, which asks where you want to start: Study flashcards, Take a test, or Study with mini games (arcade games that use your own decks, where right answers power you up). Decks and Tests are separate areas of the app, but you're never stuck in one. A ‹ Home link near the top of both screens brings you straight back here to switch.

3Creating a deck

Once you're signed in, you'll land on your Decks screen. If it's empty, click the dashed + Add deck tile and give it a name.

Each deck gets its own tile with a color. Click a deck's tile to open it and start studying; use the Personalize deck and Delete buttons in the corner of the tile to rename it, change its color, or remove it entirely.

4Adding cards

Open a deck and click Edit deck (next to the Study tab). The add card form sits there ready, with a collapsed panel above it for the other ways in.

Pick a card type first. There are four:

• Q & A: a question on the front, an answer on the back. The usual one.
• Statement: one piece of text to read and recall, with no separate answer. Good for definitions and facts you just need in front of you.
• Multiple choice: a question and up to four options, one marked correct.
• True/False: a statement to judge, and which answer is right.

Each field has its own alignment control. Left, center or right, set per card, which matters more than it sounds when one card is a single word and the next is a paragraph.

Writing cards with AI, or pasting your own

Open Write cards with AI, or paste your own above the form. It does two things:

• Build a prompt. Fill in what the deck is about and how many cards you want, and it writes the prompt for you. Copy it, paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or whichever you use, then paste what comes back into the box below.
• Paste your own. If you already have cards in the right format, paste them straight in. The format is shown on the page, and it is forgiving: if your AI wrapped the answer in a sentence or added code fences, it strips them rather than making you clean it up.

You can also drag a .json file onto the box. Anything you paste gets previewed before it imports, so you see what you are about to add.

Moving from Quizlet or Anki? Bring your cards with you. In Quizlet, open a set, choose Export, copy the text and paste it into the box. In Anki, choose File, Export, pick Notes in Plain Text, and drop the file onto the box. A spreadsheet saved as .csv works too, with the question in the first column and the answer in the second. Each line becomes one card.

5Putting a picture on a card

Any card and any test question can carry a picture. Open the Image panel at the bottom of the add or edit form and add one of four ways:

• Drag it in from your desktop or another window.
• Click the box to browse for a file.
• Paste an address. Right click a picture on the web, copy its image address, and paste it in. It fetches as soon as you paste, with nothing to press.
• Paste image data. If what you copied is the picture itself rather than a link to it, that works too.

The picture appears under the question while you study or take a test, on every card and question type. On a multiple choice card it sits between the question and the answer buttons.

To change or remove one later, edit the card and use the same panel. It opens already expanded when there is a picture there. Swapping or clearing a picture deletes the old file, so it stops counting against you straight away.

6Studying a deck

The Study tab shows one card at a time. Tap the card to flip between question and answer. Once you've seen the answer, mark it:

• Got it ✓: you knew it, move on
• Needs review: flags it for extra practice (more on this below)

Use Shuffle deck to study in a random order, or Previous to step back a card.

7The "Needs review" loop

Cards you mark "Needs review" don't just get a label. Click the Needs review tab (next to Study) to drill only those cards. Here's the part that makes it actually useful: inside that mode, a card you still don't know goes to the back of the line instead of just moving on. It'll keep circling back until you mark it "Got it," so a genuinely tricky card gets real repetition in the same session.

8Editing cards

Made a typo, or want to rewrite an answer? You can edit a card two ways:

• From Study: click the small Edit button next to the deck name to fix the card you're currently looking at.
• From Edit deck: find the card in the list below and click Edit next to it.

Either way you get the same form, including the Image panel, so this is also where you change or remove a card's picture.

There's also a + Add card button right in Study view, if you think of a new card mid-session. It drops you into Edit deck and scrolls you to the add card form.

9Backing up a deck

In Edit deck, click ⬇ Backup this deck (at the top or bottom of the page) to download that deck's cards as a .json file. It's in the exact format the Import feature expects, so it doubles as a way to restore a deck or move cards between decks.

To back up everything at once, open Manage account and choose Download all my decks and tests. You get one .zip file with a backup of every deck and test you made, each of which can be imported again on its own.

10Creating a test

From the Tests screen, click + New test, give it a name, and optionally set a timer. Then open it to add questions. There are two ways in:

• Import questions: a collapsed panel with two methods. Pull questions from a deck you already have, picking which cards to bring across, or write them with AI or paste your own, the same way you would for a deck.
• Add a question to this test: write one from scratch, choosing its type as you go.

There are eight question types:

• Q & A: you type the answer and grade yourself afterwards.
• Multiple choice: one right answer out of several.
• True/False: a statement to judge.
• Multi-select: several right answers, tick all that apply.
• Fill in the blank: write a sentence, highlight the word you want removed, and mark it as the blank. You can accept more than one spelling.
• Numeric: a number, with a tolerance you set. Answer within the tolerance and it counts.
• Matching: pairs to join up, like a term and its definition.
• Ordering: items to put in the right sequence.

11Taking a test

Click Start test to begin. You'll see one question at a time, with no right/wrong feedback shown until the whole test is done. A few things to know while taking one:

• Skip for now: moves the current question to the back of the queue instead of answering it. A counter shows how many you've skipped and still need to come back to.
• Q&A questions: you type your answer and press Enter (or Submit). An answer that matches, apart from capitals, accents and punctuation, is marked right straight away. Anything else shows up on a self-grading screen at the end, next to the real answer, and you mark yourself right or wrong.
• Matching questions: tap an item on either side, then its partner on the other. Matched pairs share a color and a number so you can see what is joined to what. Tap a matched item again to undo it.
• Ordering questions: drag a row with a mouse, or use the arrows. The arrows are what make it work on a phone, where dragging fights with scrolling.
• If the test has a timer, answering nothing when time runs out counts the same as answering incorrectly.

12Results and grading

After finishing (and self-grading any Q&A questions), you'll see a letter grade as the headline result, with the percentage and your correct/total count just below it.

Matching and ordering give partial credit. A matching question is worth a point per pair, so getting three of four right earns three of four points rather than nothing. Ordering works the same way, a point per item in the right place, unless you ticked All or nothing when you wrote it, which is there for sequences where close is not good enough.

Underneath that, every question is sorted into three columns, Right, Wrong, and Unanswered, each showing the full question, what you answered, and the correct answer, so you can see exactly what to review. An Edit test button takes you straight back into the editor from the results screen.

Retake the missed questions: if you got any wrong, part right or skipped, this button asks you just those again, and the results count only them. Repeat until there's nothing left, or use Retake this test to start the whole thing over.

13Personalizing the look

Click Personalize in the header to open the appearance panel:

• Page background: pick from the preset swatches or use the color wheel for any custom color. This one applies everywhere. Change it on the Decks screen or the Tests screen, and it updates on the other too.
• Card style: choose Dark or White for how your flashcards look while studying

Each deck also has its own color, set from its Personalize deck panel back on the Decks screen.

14Installing it as an app

MemorizeCard can be installed like a real app on your phone, tablet, or computer. If your browser supports it, an ⤓ Install app button appears in the header, on Home, Decks or Tests, whichever you have open when your browser offers it. Click it and follow the prompt.

On iPhone, Safari doesn't show that automatic prompt (an Apple restriction, not something we control). Instead, tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen.

15Managing your account

Click Manage account next to your name in the header (on a phone, it's under Menu at the top) to:

• Set a custom display name (shown instead of your Google account name or username)
• Open Sign-in and security (username accounts): change your password, add or confirm an email, turn two-step sign-in on or off, and make a new recovery code
• Download all my decks and tests as one .zip backup
• See your image usage, decks and tests counted separately, out of 50 each
• Remove unused images: clears any picture that no card or question points at any more, across your whole account, and gives that space back
• Delete your account: permanently removes every deck, card, test, and setting. This requires typing "DELETE" to confirm, since it can't be undone.

16Sending feedback

Found a bug, or have an idea? Click Suggestions in the header. It goes straight to the person building this. No account or reply required, though you can leave your email if you'd like a response.

Common questions

Is MemorizeCard free?

Yes. Building decks, taking tests and adding pictures to cards are all free. No ads, and your data is never sold.

Can I try it without an account?

Yes. The free decks (US state capitals, world capitals, network ports, Spanish basics and the first 20 elements) can be studied right away, no sign-in needed.

Can I put pictures on flashcards?

Yes. Any card or test question can carry a picture, and it appears under the question. Drag an image in, browse for it, or paste an address.

What question types can a test have?

Eight: written answer, multiple choice, true or false, multi-select, fill in the blank, numeric, matching and ordering. Matching and ordering award partial credit.

Can I use AI to write my flashcards?

Yes. Fill in what the deck is about and how many cards you want, copy the prompt it builds, paste it into whichever AI you use, then paste the result back in.

Do I need to install anything?

No. It runs in a browser. You can add it to your home screen or desktop and it will run in its own window with its own icon, and you install it straight from the browser, no app store needed.

What happens when I get a card wrong?

It goes to the back of the line and comes back around in the same session, rather than waiting until tomorrow.