Buffl vs Flashcards Made Simple
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Buffl
Create and study custom flashcards for any subject, from school to work. Collaborate with others, learn offline, and track your progress with an intuitive system. Supports images, multiple-choice questions, and various learning modes.
- Create custom flashcards
- Multiple choice questions
- Offline learning and creation
- Cloud synchronization
- Collaborative course sharing
- Progress tracking
- Speed learning mode
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Buffl is a free learning app that helps you achieve your learning goals quickly and efficiently. Whether it's for school, college, or work - law, biology, vocabulary, an employee training course, or a pilot's license: with Buffl you can create flashcards that fit your topic exactly. No time to create everything yourself? Share a course with friends or colleagues and share the work! Want to create an online course? Buffl is the perfect choice for that too. Specify who can view and edit your course - and share it publicly or privately. The Buffl platform offers intuitive apps for all your devices. You can learn or create content offline from anywhere - everything is automatically synced via the cloud. - Create courses with flashcards and multiple choice questions - Learn & create content on your smartphone, computer or tablet - Automatic synchronization & backup in the cloud - Learn and create content offline - Share and publish courses (rights management read and write access) - Overview of learning activities and progress - Fast learning mode, random order, favorites, swap question & answer - Organize courses, card stacks and cards (duplicate, move, archive) on the web You can create flashcards and multiple choice questions on all devices and they will be synced automatically. Our card format gives you all the freedom you know from other programs. Add unlimited images to your flashcards, highlight important parts in color, and always get appealing flashcards. In the web app, you can also import content, such as vocabulary lists from a CSV file. You want to restructure your courses? No problem, in the WebApp you can copy or move entire card stacks or individual cards. At Buffl we use a learning system that you probably already know: The learning box with 5 different boxes. The cards start in box 1 and move up one box each time you answer them correctly. If you answer a card incorrectly, it moves down one box. If you are in a hurry, Buffl also offers a speed mode, in which wrongly answered cards stay in the box and do not move down. If all flashcards and multiple choice questions are in box 5 you have reached the goal. The interface in learning mode is kept minimalistic so that you can fully concentrate on the content. With simple swipe gestures you mark whether you have answered a flashcard correctly or incorrectly. The entire app offers a light and dark mode. Learn languages Improve your vocabulary and learn words with Buffl. Add a picture and make your flashcards even more vivid. With multiple-choice cards you can also test your grammar and comprehension. Tip: In the web app, there is a list view in the editor, which is especially good for quickly entering a lot of vocabulary. If you already have a vocabulary list, you can simply import it. School & Study Buffl is the perfect helper for exam preparation at school or at university. Soon it's exam time and you don't know how to memorize everything? No problem: With Buffl you can bring order into your content and keep an eye on your learning progress. Learning flashcards is a proven method to quickly You're writing your final exams this year? Then make regular learning a habit and you will be well prepared! Questions? You have a question or suggestion about Buffl? Then drop us a line on Twitter @bufflapp or email us at captain@buffl.co. Privacy https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/78940925/full-legal General terms and conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Flashcards Made Simple
Create and study unlimited flashcard sets with images, custom fields, and links. Enjoy offline access, spaced repetition, and progress tracking. Study hands-free with autoplay and scheduled notifications.
- Unlimited free flashcard sets
- Add images, custom fields, and links
- Offline studying via Dropbox sync
- Spaced repetition learning
- Progress tracking with analytical charts
- Scheduled study notifications
- Hands-free autoplay and auto-pronounce
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Unlimited free sets and flashcards Add images, custom text fields, tags, stars, and links to other cards We don't track you or store any information about you Sync using your dropbox account, your cards and sets are always available for offline studying Spaced Repetition Quick add, and flexible import, and export options Schedule notifications of flashcards that you want to study so you can study without even opening the application or picking up your phone, if you have an Apple Watch Flashcard autoplay and auto-pronounce loops over your flashcards for times when you cannot use your hands Spell, listen, and multiple-choice practice quizzes Dark mode across the application for night-time studies Pronunciation using the operating system's built-in voices (the number of languages may vary between devices and operating system versions, pronunciation can be enabled by setting the term's and definition's language in the study set settings) Analytical charts to track your progress Global search by keywords in all sets Flashcard printing Set daily review goal, and stick to it
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Buffl at 5.0 against Flashcards Made Simple's 1.0. Buffl also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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. Buffl sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Flashcards Made Simple sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Buffl holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buffl has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Buffl ships an update monthly, Flashcards Made Simple every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 9, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Buffl | Flashcards Made Simple |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brain Factory | Dominik Gyecsek |
Customer experience
Buffl
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In-app purchases
Buffl
- Buffl Premium$3.991 Month
- Buffl Premium$28.991 Year
Flashcards Made Simple
- Lifetime Pro$49.99
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