Remnote

RemNote is a note-taking and study app that uniquely combines document-style notes with built-in spaced-repetition flashcards — as you write notes, you can instantly turn any line into a flashcard, so studying flows directly from your notes without recreating them elsewhere. It's especially popular with medical students, law students and anyone learning dense material, because it merges the "take notes" and "review with flashcards" steps that other setups keep separate (write in Notion, then rebuild in Anki).

You write notes in a flexible outliner that supports linking between concepts (like a personal wiki), and by typing a simple syntax you convert any note into a flashcard that RemNote schedules for spaced-repetition review — combining the connected-knowledge benefits of tools like Obsidian with the memory power of Anki, in one app. It also supports PDF annotation, references, and increasingly AI features for generating flashcards and summaries.

RemNote offers a free plan with core note-taking and flashcards, and paid tiers (Pro) that add unlimited PDF uploads, more AI features, offline access and advanced tools.

Strengths: uniquely merges notes and spaced-repetition flashcards (huge time saver for studiers), knowledge-linking like a personal wiki, PDF support, and a real free tier. Weaknesses: the note-plus-flashcard syntax has a learning curve, it's more complex than simple note apps, and power users of dedicated Anki may prefer its deeper customization.

For students learning heavy material — especially medicine, law and languages — who want their notes and their flashcards to be the same thing, RemNote is a standout, eliminating the duplicate work of note-taking then separately making flashcards. It's the tool of choice for those who found Notion and Anki powerful but hated maintaining both.