Do I have to pay to study other people's flashcards?

Not always. If you personally know the person who created the flashcards in question, and if they invite you to their Class, then you should be able to study those flashcards completely for free.

If you have joined the Class of someone you know, but the Decks appear "locked" for any reason, simply contact the Class's creator and ask them to give you Study access, which will remove the lock.

Otherwise -- if you'd like to study flashcards that other users have created -- then you can only "demo" the first Deck in their Class, and you will need to upgrade to Brainscape Pro in order to study the rest. This helps Brainscape pay the bills and also provides important compensation to the flashcards' creators who did all the hard work!

Still have questions and can't find the answer?  Be sure to email our Tech Support Team ([e-mail]). 

If you'd love to vote for a new Brainscape feature, see what others are requesting, or get a sneak peek at features in our pipeline, please check out Brainscape User Feature Requests Forum!  Please choose to Sign in with Brainscape (if you are commenting/requesting a new feature) so any feedback is tied to your account.  Or you can even access the tool from our web/mobile menus which won't require you to login separately. 

(Hint:  to save time, search first to see if your desired feature is already in the list so you can just vote/comment.)

And for more FREE study advice don't forget to check out the Brainscape Academy.