Synap vs StudyMate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Synap
This app utilizes a Spaced Repetition System to deliver daily quizzes tailored to your learning needs. It helps build knowledge and memory over time by focusing on areas requiring the most practice.
- Spaced Repetition System
- Daily personalized quizzes
- On-the-go portal access
- Knowledge and memory building
- Focused practice
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The Synap companion App allows you to access your portal on the go, helping you to learn more in less time! Our Spaced Repetition System can send you daily quizzes that focus on what you most need to practice that day, so that over time your knowledge and memory builds up. Please find our Privacy Policy at https://synap.ac/privacy-policy and our Terms of Use here: https://synap.ac/terms.
StudyMate
This app syncs with your institution's licensed learning management system to provide access to your "My StudyMate" projects and instructor-provided activities. Study offline using various interactive learning tools like flashcards and quizzes.
- Syncs with LMS
- Offline study activities
- Fact Cards
- Flash Cards
- Fill in the Blank
- Matching
- Quizzes
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StudyMate is the companion app for “StudyMate Campus” (the enterprise version of StudyMate licensed by schools and universities). This app does NOT work with the free version of StudyMate.com. The setup is simple: login to StudyMate Campus with a web browser, locate the mobile code, and enter it into this app. The StudyMate app will then sync with your Learning Management System (like Canvas, Blackboard or Schoology). During the sync, it will locate your personal “My StudyMate” projects, as well as StudyMate activities provided in your online courses by instructors. The data is updated each time the app is started, or anytime you click the sync button. The StudyMate app lets you study offline using ten of the same activities available in the web version of StudyMate Campus, including: - Fact Cards - Fact Cards+ - Flash Cards - Fill in the Blank - Pick a Letter - Matching - Glossary - Quiz - Challenge - Show All Download it for FREE! There are NO advertisements and NO in-app purchases. This app is provided as part of your institution’s license of StudyMate Campus, which is why we don’t charge you twice. Just remember that the StudyMate app won’t be of any use if your university or school doesn’t license StudyMate Campus.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StudyMate at 83% against Synap's 47%. StudyMate also leads on iOS requirement (13.5 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Synap ships an update every 6 weeks, StudyMate every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and July 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Synap | StudyMate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Synap Learning Limited | Respondus |
Customer experience
Synap
StudyMate
In-app purchases
Synap
No in-app purchases
StudyMate
No in-app purchases
