Studying alone works, but studying with people who are learning the same material works better — you catch each other's gaps, split up the work of building a deck, and stay accountable. That's the idea behind Study Groups, live now in StudyBudy.
You can now add friends, form a group around a class or exam, and share any deck you own directly with them — without giving up control over what happens to it.
Three levels of access
Every deck you share carries one of three roles, and you choose which one each person gets:
Viewer can study the deck, full stop. Contributor can add new cards, which is perfect for a group where everyone chips in material but you don't want your existing cards touched. Editor has full control — add, edit, and delete — for co-owners you trust completely.
You can change anyone's role at any time from the group's member list, and the owner always keeps full control no matter what.
Built for the way people actually study together
A study group isn't just a shared folder — it's a home base. Every group has its own set of shared decks and members, so a group for "Organic Chemistry" stays separate from your friend list for everything else.
Friend requests, QR-code connects for people standing next to each other, and invite links all feed into the same friends list, so getting a group started takes under a minute.
Keep reading
Curious how the scheduling behind every shared deck actually works? Read what FSRS is and why it schedules reviews better than 1980s algorithms.