QuizPaste is a free web-based study tool that turns pasted notes, PDFs, or lecture transcripts into a practice quiz and flashcards in seconds, with every question linked to the exact source line it came from.
What is QuizPaste?
QuizPaste is a web application that takes raw text — pasted notes, a .docx, PDF, or .txt file under 15 MB — and generates multiple-choice questions, flashcards, and a study guide from that material. It runs entirely in the browser, requires no account for the free tier, and is designed for students, teachers, and self-learners who want to test themselves on their own content. You can try it for free at quizpaste.com.
Key Features
- Source-line transparency — Every generated question opens to the exact sentence it came from, highlighted in your original text; a question that cannot point at your text is never shown.
- Multiple formats — The free tier generates multiple-choice questions, flashcards, and a study guide; Pro adds true/false and fill-in-the-blank.
- Instant generation — The first question appears in about a second after pasting, with the rest arriving as you answer on the page.
- Free Anki and CSV export — One click downloads a tab-separated file Anki imports directly, plus a CSV; this export stays free on the free tier and is not paywalled.
- No account needed — You can paste notes, generate a quiz, and export without ever signing up or sharing an email.
- PDF/Word/text upload — Drop in a .docx, PDF, or .txt up to 15 MB to generate questions from the file content.
- Daily free quota — Free users get two generations per day, each up to 25,000 characters; Pro raises this to 200 generations a month and 100,000 characters per generation.
Who is it for?
- Students — Paste lecture notes or a YouTube transcript (copy the transcript panel) to create a self-test quiz before an exam.
- Teachers — Draft multiple-choice questions from a handout or textbook chapter, then vet each question because it points back to its source line; export the deck to Anki for your class.
- Self-learners — Turn a dense textbook section into flashcards and review them with spaced repetition via Anki.
What can you do with QuizPaste?
- Revise from your own lecture notes: Paste the notes you already took and get questions that quiz you on them, with each question showing its source line.
- Turn a YouTube transcript into flashcards: Copy the transcript from YouTube's panel, paste it, and export an Anki deck.
- Do a quick self-test before an exam: Paste a chapter the night before and answer a short quiz on the page; first questions arrive in about five seconds.
- Work through a textbook chapter: Drop in a dense section and pull out the questions worth reviewing instead of rereading the whole chapter.
How does QuizPaste work?
Paste your notes or upload a file, and QuizPaste's generator creates questions directly from your text. Open any question to see the exact source line it came from. When you're done, export the deck to Anki or CSV with one click, or answer on the page with timed scoring and incorrect-answer retry. The workflow is: copy the transcript → paste it → read questions as they arrive → send them to Anki.
Pros and cons
- Pros: No account required; every question shows its source line; Anki export is free on the free tier; works with PDFs, Word docs, and plain text.
- Cons: Free tier limited to two generations per day and 25,000 characters; true/false and fill-in-the-blank question types require Pro; no classroom management features like rosters or auto-grading.
Pricing
QuizPaste is freemium. The free tier includes two quizzes a day, up to 25,000 characters per generation, on-page answering, timed scoring, incorrect-answer retry, source-line display, and free Anki/CSV export. Pro costs $5.99 per month (or $4.92 per month billed annually at $59 per year) and adds 200 generations a month, up to 100,000 characters per generation, true/false and fill-in-the-blank types, cross-device history, and priority queue skipping.
Alternatives
QuizPaste positions itself as a Quizlet alternative with free export. Other options include Quizlet, a flashcard and study app with a free tier but a paywall for some export features, and Anki, an open-source spaced repetition system that QuizPaste can export to directly.
FAQ
Do I really not need an account?
Really. Paste, generate, answer, export. The account is only there if you want more than two a day or your history on another device.
Can it make questions from a YouTube video?
Open the video, click the three dots, choose "Show transcript", select all and copy. Paste that here. QuizPaste does not scrape YouTube, so it keeps working even if YouTube changes its layout.
How do I know it did not make the answers up?
Every question carries the sentence it came from. Open the source line under any question and the exact phrase is highlighted in your own text. If a question cannot point at your text, it never gets shown to you.
Is the Anki export a real deck file?
You get a tab-separated file that Anki imports directly, plus a CSV if you prefer to handle it yourself. Both are free on the free tier, with no watermark. A packaged .apkg file is on the roadmap, but the developer chose to ship the honest tab-separated version first.
Can teachers use it to make classroom quizzes?
Yes, as a drafting shortcut. Paste a handout or chapter and get multiple-choice questions built from that material, each tied to its source line, so you can vet a set fast. It is not a classroom platform: no rosters, no assignments, no auto-grading.
