Below: how to choose, how to word the cards, and how WeSolve+ can draft them from photos of the pages or a chapter PDF so your time goes into reviewing.
WeSolve+ reads the whole document and writes the questions for you
Upload your PDF, photograph your notebook, or point the camera. WeSolve+ writes questions from that material, explains why each answer is right, reads the chapter back to you as a podcast, and remembers every item you missed until you own it.
The tool below is a small browser-only tool and it is not WeSolve+: paste a few lines and text rules turn them into cards on the spot. The real app, the one that uses AI, is behind the link above.
Quiz maker
This tool runs only in your browser, and that is all it isIt splits the text you paste by rule, and nothing else. WeSolve+ is a different thing entirely: it reads your whole PDF with AI, writes the reasoning behind every question, speaks the chapter back to you, and remembers what you missed so it can return it. Try the real app now, free!
This tool uses text rules, not AI. It looks for lines written as "term: definition" or "term = definition" and makes a two sided item; for any other line it removes the longest word and asks you to supply it. Your text stays in the browser and is never sent anywhere. The copy button produces tab separated rows, the format Anki and Quizlet both accept.
Who it's for, and who it isn't
You are assigned a textbook chapter a week and need to hold on to it until the final. Photograph the pages you marked, or upload the chapter as a PDF, and you get cards and a quiz tied to the text. If photographing a printed book feels like a chore, the app will feel like extra work. Nor does it come with prebuilt decks for your edition: every card starts from pages you add. Free accounts get two PDF uploads a day, enough for a chapter. Premium is ₺299.99 a month on the web, charged in your currency on the App Store.
Let the book tell you what matters
Textbook authors mark the important parts on purpose. Chapter objectives at the start, headings, terms set in bold, boxed definitions and the review questions at the end together form a map of what you should be able to recall. Read the objectives and the end of chapter questions first, then read the chapter with those in mind. Whatever answers an objective or a review question gets a card. Examples and anecdotes usually do not; they are there to make the point stick while you read.
Word each card so it asks one thing
Turn a bold term into a question that needs the definition, and turn a process into several cards, one step each. Avoid copying a paragraph onto the back. If the answer takes more than a sentence, the card is asking two things and should be split. Ask for numbers and dates in context: not "1859?" but "When was On the Origin of Species published?". Our guide to making flashcards from notes has more on splitting and wording.
Letting WeSolve+ draft the deck
Upload the chapter PDF, or photograph the pages you marked while reading; a simple margin code makes that selection quick. WeSolve+ drafts cards and a quiz from the same pages, and every item quotes the sentence it came from, so a card that seems off can be checked against the book in seconds. Go through the draft once with the chapter objectives beside you. If an objective has no card, add those pages in your next upload.
The hard part is not making the cards
In our study data, 49.6% of the 790 wrong answers logged on WeSolve+ between 24 August and 29 September 2026 came from a misunderstood concept, and only 14.7% from weak memorization. A textbook deck is easy to build; understanding what is on it is the hard part, and so is coming back to it. A deck built in September and not touched until December is mostly a record of what you once knew, which is why the app brings missed cards back on a schedule instead of waiting for you to remember.
A pace that gets through a whole book
One chapter a week is a pace most courses can sustain. Card it in the days after it is assigned, answer the due cards for ten minutes a day, and let older chapters come back less often as you keep getting them right. By the end of term the whole book sits in the deck without a weekend of catching up. If your course jumps around the book, card chapters in the order the lectures reach them rather than the order they are printed.
Card a glossary in the box on this page
The glossary at the end of a chapter is the quickest part of a textbook to card, and the quiz maker above handles it without an upload. Type or paste the terms as "term: definition", one per line, and switch the output to flashcards. Each line becomes a two sided card. The tool uses text rules, runs only in your browser and stores nothing; the copy button produces tab separated rows you can keep in a file.
Sources used on this page
| What to look for | Why it matters for a textbook | WeSolve+ |
|---|---|---|
| Reads photographed pages | Many textbooks are printed | Yes, and chapter PDFs |
| Cards linked to the page | Lets you check a card against the book | Each card quotes its sentence |
| Quiz alongside cards | Chapters test understanding, not only terms | Quiz from the same upload |
| Review schedule | A chapter from week one returns in the final | Missed cards come back sooner |
| Ready decks for your edition | Saves making anything | None; you add the pages |
| Export to Anki or Quizlet | Keeps one deck in one place | Not available |
What is the fastest way to turn a textbook into flashcards?
Card only what the chapter objectives, bold terms and review questions point to, and let a tool draft the rest. With WeSolve+ you upload the chapter PDF or photograph the marked pages, then check the draft deck against the objectives instead of typing every card yourself.
Should I make flashcards for every chapter?
Only for chapters on your syllabus. Check the reading list first. A deck built from chapters your course skips costs review time every day for material the exam will not ask about, and that time is better spent on the chapters it will.
Is it better to make textbook flashcards by hand?
Writing a card yourself forces you to decide what matters, and that decision is useful. The typing is not. A good split is to let a tool draft the cards, then spend the saved time checking each one against the chapter and answering them on schedule.
Last updated: 2026-09-30 · Written with AI assistance and reviewed before publishing.