About the Flashcard Maker
This flashcard maker turns a plain list into a deck of digital flip cards. Paste one card per line with the term and its definition separated by a dash, colon, equals sign, comma or tab — exactly what you get when you copy a two-column table from a document or spreadsheet — and the cards are ready to study straight away. No account, no upload: the deck is saved only in your browser.
Study the way that works for active recall. Flip a card with a click or the space bar, mark it “Know it” or “Still learning”, and when you reach the end, go again with only the cards you missed. Shuffle to stop memorising the order, or reverse the deck to practise from definition back to term — useful for vocabulary in both directions.
It suits language learners, students revising for tests, and anyone memorising formulas, dates or key terms. The calculator view also tells you how many cards were recognised, which lines could not be split, and roughly how long a few review rounds will take, and gives a tab-separated export you can import into other flashcard apps.
With the default inputs, the flashcards created is 6. Change any value above to recalculate instantly.
How to use the flashcard maker
- 1Paste or type one card per line, with the term and definition separated by “ - ”, a colon or a tab.
- 2Check the card count — fix any lines reported as skipped.
- 3Click a card (or press Space) to flip it and test yourself.
- 4Mark each card “Know it” or “Still learning”.
- 5Repeat with only the missed cards, shuffling or reversing the deck as you go.
Formula and method
Each non-empty line becomes one card. The first separator on the line splits it: everything before is the term (front) and everything after is the definition (back), so definitions may themselves contain colons or commas when you pick a different separator. Auto-detect tries a tab first, then a spaced dash, colon, equals sign and comma.
The study-time estimate simply multiplies the number of cards by the seconds you expect to spend on each card and the number of review rounds. In practice later rounds are faster because you only repeat the cards you marked “Still learning”.
- cards
- Number of term/definition pairs recognised
- seconds per card
- Time to recall, flip and check one card
- rounds
- How many times you plan to go through the deck
Worked examples
Six biology terms with dashes
Each of the six lines splits at “ - ” into a term and a definition. Three rounds of six cards at 8 seconds per card is 6 × 8 × 3 = 144 seconds, or 2.4 minutes.
Spreadsheet paste with one bad line
Three lines are tab-separated, as when you copy two columns from a spreadsheet, so they become cards. “libro book” has no separator and is skipped. Three cards × 8 s × 3 rounds is 72 seconds, or 1.2 minutes.
Capitals with equals signs, quick review
Choosing the equals separator splits each line at “=”. Four cards at 5 seconds each, twice through, takes 40 seconds — about two-thirds of a minute.
Frequently asked questions
How do I make flashcards quickly?+
Write or paste one card per line in the form “term - definition”. If your terms are already in a two-column table in a document or spreadsheet, copy both columns and paste — the tab between columns is detected automatically.
Are flashcards an effective way to study?+
Yes, when used for active recall: trying to remember the answer before flipping strengthens memory far more than rereading notes. Spacing reviews over several days and repeating missed cards more often makes them even more effective.
Is my flashcard deck saved?+
Your deck and progress are saved in your browser’s local storage on this device, so they are still there when you come back. Nothing is uploaded to a server; use the export box to keep a copy or move the deck to another app.
Can I study definition-first?+
Yes. Turn on “Reverse” to show the definition on the front and the term on the back. Practising in both directions is especially useful for vocabulary, where you need to recognise and produce the word.
Can I import these cards into Anki or Quizlet?+
Yes. Copy the tab-separated export: Quizlet’s import accepts “tab between term and definition, new line between cards”, and Anki can import a plain text file with tab-separated fields.