Help & guides

From signup to your first review session in about five minutes — create an account, turn a PDF into flashcards, and study them with spaced repetition.

How GuruOwl turns documents into decks — Standard vs Expert tier, image occlusion, accuracy checks, credit costs, and how to get better cards.

How the Today plan decides what you study, how FSRS scheduling works, what the ratings mean, and how the goal switcher scopes your queue.

How GuruOwl organizes studying — goals with deadlines on top, materials and decks filed underneath, and what that means for your daily plan.

Link your GuruOwl account to the Guru iPhone app — what syncs, how conflicts are resolved, and what Unlink does.

Bring existing Anki decks into GuruOwl, export any deck as .apkg, or point the Anki desktop and mobile apps at GuruOwl's native sync server.

What costs credits, what's free forever, credit pack options, and how refunds for failed generations work.

Quick answers — stuck generations, missing decks, sync hiccups, scanned PDFs, account deletion, and how to reach a human.