Comparison

FlipStudy Index Cards vs Qards

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Gesture-based card flipping
  • Freehand drawing and typing
  • Image and photo uploads
  • Organize by topic with colors
  • Portrait and landscape support
  • Apple Pencil compatible
Features
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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

About

Qards

Organize your thoughts and prepare for presentations with digital note cards. Create, edit, and arrange cards within decks, then swipe through them in full-screen. Your notes sync automatically across all your devices.

Highlights
  • Create and edit decks of note cards
  • Arrange note cards within decks
  • Full-screen card swiping
  • Automatic cross-device syncing
  • Organize everyday thoughts
  • Prepare for speeches and presentations
Features
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Create Note Cards for your everyday thoughts, or write down keywords and cues for your next speech. Structure your Note Cards in decks and swipe through them in full-screen. Qards is the perfect tool when you want to make notes for your next speech or presentation! With Qards you can: - Create and edit decks of Note Cards. - Edit and order a deck's Note Cards as you please. - Swipe through a deck of Note Cards in full-screen. And all your Note Cards are of course automatically synced and made available across your devices!

Screenshots

FlipStudy Index Cards4 screens
Qards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Qards at 100% against FlipStudy Index Cards's 52%. Qards also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). FlipStudy Index Cards's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. FlipStudy Index Cards sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Qards asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Qards holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of FlipStudy Index Cards's written reviews are positive against 100% of Qards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlipStudy Index Cards ships an update every 3 weeks, Qards every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 10, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
FlipStudy Index Cards versus Qards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlipStudy Index CardsQards
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (43 ratings)4.6 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43 — better14
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA2DWebsThomas Asheim Smedmann

Customer experience

FlipStudy Index Cards

All ratings43 ratings
Positive53.5%
Neutral7.0%
Negative39.5%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive52.3%
Neutral15.4%
Negative32.3%

Qards

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

FlipStudy Index Cards

One-time2
  • Get Ad Free Upgrade$0.99
  • Get All The Things$3.99
None

Qards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FlipStudy Index Cards free?
FlipStudy Index Cards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Qards free?
Qards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FlipStudy Index Cards or Qards?
Qards is rated higher. FlipStudy Index Cards averages 3.3 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Qards averages 4.6 from 14 ratings.
Do FlipStudy Index Cards or Qards have ads?
Neither FlipStudy Index Cards nor Qards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlipStudy Index Cards or Qards?
FlipStudy Index Cards ships an update every 3 weeks, and Qards every 4 months. Most recently, FlipStudy Index Cards was updated on August 10, 2026 and Qards on September 22, 2026.

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