FlipStudy Index Cards vs WinkNotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlipStudy Index Cards
Create and study digital flashcards with a simple, gesture-based interface. Add notes, drawings, and images to your cards, then flip through them quickly for effective memorization. Organize your study topics and access them easily on the go.
- Gesture-based card flipping
- Freehand drawing and typing
- Image and photo uploads
- Organize by topic with colors
- Portrait and landscape support
- Apple Pencil compatible
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Big exam tomorrow? Presentation on Monday? Quickly jot down all your notes on Flashcards then flip through them with your fingers on your way to the exam room. Have a friend flip through your cards before your elevator pitch. The Fastest, Cleanest, Simplest, pure gesture based Flashcard app. * Swipe left and right to flip through cards * Draw freely with your finger (or Apple Pencil) * Press and hold to Flip card over * Shake to see a random card * Swipe down to cancel * Swipe up to delete Features * Quickly add new flashcards on the fly with one tap * Freehand draw with your finger or type with your keyboard * Easily erase parts of your drawing with your finger * Swipe though multiple flashcards, press and hold to flip each card over * Supports both front and back side of flashcards * Store and organize multiple flashcard topics with different colors * Take photos, upload images * Use in both portrait and landscape * Apple Pencil Compatible
WinkNotes
This app combines note-taking with spaced repetition for effective learning. Organize your thoughts, create flashcards, and review material efficiently using memory curves and customizable study plans. Supports rich text, drawing, and offline voice reading.
- Columnar note-taking with key points
- Spaced repetition for memory learning
- Rich text formatting and drawing
- Ebbinghaus memory curve study plans
- Marker memory for fill-in-the-blanks
- Offline voice reading aloud
- iCloud sync across devices
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WinkNotes is an app for making flashcards and planning reviews. Use it for class notes, vocabulary, and practice questions, or import existing materials from PDF, Anki, or CSV files. Note cards have a front and back for questions and answers. Add text and images, or hide key text and parts of an image to test your recall before revealing the answer. You can also make vocabulary and multiple-choice cards and organize cards into categories. Sign in to WinkNotes AI with your Apple Account to use AI features. When creating a card, take or pick a photo (on Mac, choose an image from Photos or Files), and AI generates note cards automatically, with the original image attached to the back. On iPhone and iPad running iOS or iPadOS 26 or later, you can also use Shortcuts to turn screenshots or images into cards. If your iPhone has an Action button, you can set it up to start card creation. Premium Voice reads Chinese and English cards aloud in more natural voices, with several voices to choose from. More languages and voices are on the way. AI card creation and Premium Voice use credits, which you can buy in the app. PRO members can claim gift credits. On a Mac running macOS 15 or later, you can connect an AI assistant that supports MCP to help create and organize cards. The app schedules new cards and reviews using a review plan. Mark whether you remembered or forgot, and it uses that feedback to schedule later reviews. Choose a category or filter your cards when you want to review just part of a deck. Each deck has statistics showing new, studying, and memorized cards, review streaks, and upcoming reviews. PRO stats also show overdue and often-forgotten cards, retention, and recent review records. WinkNotes has previously appeared in App Store editorial selections for new apps and weekly editor recommendations. It was also included in features explaining what flashcards are and how to use them, and in a collection of study tools for Mac. Apple's official WeChat account has also covered WinkNotes' learning and note-taking features. WinkNotes runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Basic card creation, review, and stats are free, with limits on decks and some features. PRO includes iCloud sync, unlimited decks and cards, custom review plans, quick cloze tools, and advanced stats. See the app for current benefits. Subscriptions renew automatically and can be canceled through your Apple Account's subscription settings. Prices and subscription periods are shown before purchase. One-time purchase options are available as displayed in the app. Credits are consumable in-app purchases; prices are shown before purchase. Support and feedback: https://www.appnice.cn Privacy policy: https://www.appnice.cn/privacy.htm Terms of use: https://www.appnice.cn/useragreement.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WinkNotes at 4.8 against FlipStudy Index Cards's 3.3. WinkNotes also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 52%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). FlipStudy Index Cards's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. FlipStudy Index Cards sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and WinkNotes sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WinkNotes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 128 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of FlipStudy Index Cards's written reviews are positive against 78% of WinkNotes's.
FlipStudy Index Cards ships an update every 3 weeks, WinkNotes weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlipStudy Index Cards | WinkNotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (43 ratings) | 4.8 (128 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.3% of reviews | 78.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 | 128 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A2DWebs | Detailsoft Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
FlipStudy Index Cards
WinkNotes
Bugs and requests
FlipStudy Index Cards
Reported bugs
34 issues- Double card in a deck
- Link to second deck not working
- First or last card only displayed
- Cards not put in random order
- Missing new set of cards
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- Deleted all cards after update
- Cloud sync never worked
- Glitchy syncing
- Cards get deleted on iPad
- App deleted half of cards
- Backside of cards deleted
- Majority of backside cards deleted again
- Cards appear blank
- Text disappears from cards
- Information not saved
- Lose data
- Cloud sync doesn't work well
- Lost card stacks
- Information lost after update
- App stopped working after update
- No way to go back and change/correct written content
- No way to delete unwanted cards
- Cannot make a new topic
- Writing looks very angular
- Lag when using Pencil
- Eraser doesn't delete entire stroke
- Writing on back of card deleted when changing front
- Cannot adjust stack colors
- Cannot view all cards clearly
- Basic functionality doesn't save
- Copying text converts 'a' to '&'
- Erases the back of index cards
- Accidentally erased notes
- Lost new card after creating it
Requested features
45 requests- Audio playback for language learning
- Ability to insert audio playback
- Undo button for bin
- Ability to share flashcards
- Flashcards transfer to new phone
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- Default to keyboard for editing
- Change font type in Pro version
- Resize images
- Tagging system for cards
- Multi-colored tags
- Select and drag text/drawings
- Sync app between iPad and iPhone
- Random card picking without shaking
- Enlarge text size
- Folders for organization
- View all cards at once
- Go to beginning/end/middle by touching dot
- Eraser instead of cleaning entire card
- Import photos from library
- Scale and position photos
- Reposition text
- Blank template card
- Randomize button
- Button to flip flashcard
- Line width options for Apple Pencil
- Ability to import photos
- Resize and position photos and text manually
- Change writing color
- Push text to top of cue card
- Print cards
- Add photos to cards
- Check-mark mastered cards
- Star or bookmark difficult cards
- Write answer under question on front side
- Add an eraser
- Palm rejection
- Share created cards via email, Facebook, or other iPads
- Change order of topics
- More difficult to delete a topic
- More color choices
- Save button
- Delete part of a note with Apple Pencil
- Change Apple Pencil line width
- Copy and paste functionality
- Cloud sync functionality
WinkNotes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FlipStudy Index Cards
- Get Ad Free Upgrade$0.99
- Get All The Things$3.99
WinkNotes
- Monthly Subscription (Events)$1.991 Month
- Annual Full Access(Events)7 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Annual Full Access7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- 120 Credits$0.99
- 400 Credits$2.99
- 2000 Credits$9.99
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- Special edition$14.99
- Lifetime Full Access$19.99
Questions
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