Flashcards by HS vs WordMasking Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashcards by HS
Create custom flashcards with images and sounds to aid learning. Supports multiple languages and offers flexible card and list formats. Organize your study sessions with adjustable question order and answer flipping.
- Image and sound integration
- Speech synthesizer
- Customizable card formats
- Adjustable question order
- Flip question and answer
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Create custom flashcards with images, voice recordings, and multi-language text-to-speech support. Images and audio can be added to both the question and answer sides of your cards. Easily create questions by snapping photos of reference materials, textbook pages, complex math formulas, symbols, or diagrams that are tedious to type. # Study Modes & Features: - Flexible Display Formats: Standard flashcard mode and a list view for quick reviewing. - Customizable Study Options: Cards can be shuffled, in order or reverse order, or flipped (swap questions and answers). - Landscape Support: Fully supports horizontal orientation for comfortable viewing. [Note on Text-to-Speech Settings] The app cannot read aloud text that is in a different language from the selected setting. (For example, if the language is set to "English," any Japanese text on the card will not be read.)
WordMasking Lite
This app helps you memorize words and sentences by masking them with drawing lines. It supports various file imports, including images and PDFs, and offers features like automatic adjustment and batch masking. Results are recorded and editable, with support for both iPhone and iPad.
- Masking words/sentences with drawing lines
- Image and PDF file import
- Color-coded masking line based on accuracy
- Automatic adjustment for PDF masking
- Batch masking via search function
- Result recording and editing
- Folder-based book management
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You can study to memorize words or sentences by masking them with drawing line. √ Image file, pdf available √ Color of masking line changes basing correct answer percentage √ Assist to draw for masking by automatic adjustment (when use pdf) and angle fixing √ Can execute batch masking using searching function (when use pdf) ◉File Import *From cloud storage (using iOS File app) *From iOS Photos app or camera in device ◉Result *Result is recorded per the masking *Editable results ◉Other *Support iPhone and iPad *Support portrait and landscape mode *Can manage books (created in this app) using folder ◉Attention *Cannot synchronize between devices using iCloud (Can restore backup data using Dropbox)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flashcards by HS at none against WordMasking Lite's 1. Flashcards by HS also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 72%). WordMasking Lite's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. WordMasking Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Flashcards by HS asks for nothing beyond the download.
WordMasking Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Flashcards by HS's written reviews are positive against 72% of WordMasking Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flashcards by HS ships an update every 4 months, WordMasking Lite fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashcards by HS | WordMasking Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.4% of reviews — better | 72.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KAZUTERU YOKOI | Akira Takahashi |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Flashcards by HS
No in-app purchases
WordMasking Lite
- Remove advertisements$1.99
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