Comparison

Flashcards Maker vs Flashside

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

Head to head
About

Flashcards Maker

Create and customize digital flashcards to master any subject. This app offers rich media, text-to-speech in over 30 languages, and flexible study modes to enhance learning and retention. Share and sync your progress across devices.

Highlights
  • Unlimited cards and folders
  • Rich media (images) on cards
  • Text-to-speech for 30+ languages
  • Quiz and progress tracking
  • Smart organization and filtering
  • Share and sync across devices
  • Voice recordings on cards
Features
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Flashcards Maker: Create Flash Cards, Study Smarter, Remember More Trusted by over 1 million learners worldwide, Flashcards Maker helps you organize test prep, vocabulary, and course material into simple, effective flash cards. Whether you're studying for an exam, learning a new language, or memorizing key facts, this free, easy-to-use app lets you create unlimited flashcards, quiz yourself, and track your progress — all in one clean, distraction-free interface. Key Features: - Unlimited Cards & Folders: Create as many flashcards and organizational folders as you need. - Rich Media: Add images to your cards in just a few taps. - Intuitive Controls: Swipe and tap your way through cards effortlessly. - Text-to-Speech: Listen and learn with support for 30+ languages. - Quiz Feature: Test your knowledge and track your progress. - Smart Organization: Easily sort and filter cards, use colors, and create subfolders. - Bookmarks & Memos: Mark tough cards and add notes up to 1000 characters long. - Flexible Study Modes: Shuffle cards, auto-play with or without sound, and display card fronts, backs, or both. - Share & Sync: Share folders and cards with friends, and seamlessly sync your data across all your devices by creating an account. - Word List View: See all your cards in one convenient place. - Bulk Editing: Make changes to multiple cards or entire folders at once. - Add voice recordings to front and back faces of cards Flashcards Maker is designed with a clean, unobstructed interface, making studying a breeze. Our users love it, and we're sure you will too! Download Flashcards Maker now and start remembering the easy way! * Contact ben@ubacoda.com with questions and feedback. Subscriptions : Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payments cannot be reimbursed. Manage your subscription in Account Settings after purchase. Terms of Service : https://ubacoda.com/terms-of-service.html Privacy Policy : https://ubacoda.com/privacy-policy.html

About

Flashside

Create, study, and master any subject with this free flashcard application. It offers offline access, custom deck creation, and smart review features to enhance learning and retention for students and lifelong learners.

Highlights
  • Create custom flashcards
  • Study offline
  • Smart review modes
  • Multi-subject support
  • 100% free, no ads or subscriptions
Features
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Flashside is the flashcard app that plans your learning for you. Make cards for anything — vocabulary, kanji, anatomy, exam questions — and spaced repetition brings each one back at the moment you are about to forget it: after minutes while it is new, then days, then weeks. A few focused minutes a day beat hours of cramming. YOUR PLAN FROM ONE NUMBER Tell Flashside the minutes you have a day and, if you have one, the exam date. It sets the pace, says plainly whether the date is within reach, and every grade button shows when the card will come back. Free for everyone. EXAM PREPARATION • Exam mode: in the last weeks before the date, the deck is drilled until it holds • Quizzes from your own cards, written by hand or generated by AI; the result keeps your answer beside the right one • A memory chart for every collection: how much you would recall today, the last 30 days, and where it goes if you stop • Start a collection over for the next exam without losing its history PERSONALISED LEARNING AI A coach that plans your days, fixes the cards you keep failing and quizzes you before the exam — it never answers for you. • New words come back after a few minutes, and the pause adapts to how well they stick for you • Card doctor: when a card will not stick, it suggests better ways to write it. You pick the fix, or none • A coach card every Monday with what to change this week, and why you missed a card you were sure of • Reminders that move to the hour you actually study Remembering stays your job, because that is the part that makes you learn. EVERYTHING ON YOUR DEVICE Your cards, collections and progress live on your phone. Study on a plane, in the subway, off the grid — no account, no connection, no waiting. Sign in with one tap when you want sync, sharing or the web app at flashside.app, never before. CARDS THE WAY YOU THINK • Rich text, colours, images and audio on both sides, read aloud on request • Flip the direction, shuffle, hold the card to take back an answer • Import ready-made decks from CSV or Excel, paste a list with your own separators, or photograph a page (Plus) • Share whole collections with classmates and friends • Search every card and study from the one you found EARN IT Every session ends on a reward screen: your score, last time's, your streak, and now and then a badge sweeping in. Dozens of badges are hiding in Flashside — for showing up, flawless sessions, mastered collections and a few things you will have to discover. MAKE IT YOURS • Five colour themes, each in light and dark • Clean, fast, distraction-free design • Available in 18 languages LEARNING STAYS FREE Writing and studying cards, the plan, the memory chart, exam mode, syncing and sharing are free, and your cards always belong to you. Flashside Plus is an optional subscription for extras that cost us money to run: natural read-aloud voices, translation, quizzes, the card doctor, importing from a picture and the coach's explanations. Each one is clearly marked, and nothing is charged without your consent. Whether you are learning a language, prepping for med school, collecting kanji or just tired of forgetting names — start with one card today. Your future self will thank you at review time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://flashside.app/eula Privacy Policy: https://flashside.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Flashcards Maker4 screens
Flashside4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flashside at 5.0 against Flashcards Maker's 3.9. Flashside also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Flashcards Maker's advantage is ratings volume (264 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Flashcards Maker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Flashside asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flashside holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashcards Maker has 264 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Flashcards Maker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flashside's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flashcards Maker ships an update every 5 weeks, Flashside monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Flashcards Maker versus Flashside: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlashcards MakerFlashside
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (264 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings264 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBen WalkerCQUELLE GmbH

Customer experience

Flashcards Maker

All ratings262 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative22.1%
Written reviews199 reviews
Positive59.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative29.1%

Flashside

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Flashcards Maker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Keyboard issues with certain languages
  • Sync failures and connection errors
  • Unexpected app crashes

Requested features

6 requests
  • Landscape mode support
  • Copy/paste functionality
  • Alphabetize card lists
  • Option to disable audio
  • Improved sync reliability
Show 1 more
  • Dark mode theme

Flashside

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Flashcards Maker

Subscriptions1
  • フラッシュカードプレミアム$1.991 Month
None

Flashside

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flashcards Maker free?
Flashcards Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flashside free?
Flashside is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flashcards Maker or Flashside?
Flashside is rated higher. Flashcards Maker averages 3.9 out of 5 from 264 ratings, while Flashside averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Flashcards Maker or Flashside have ads?
Flashcards Maker shows ads; Flashside does not.
Which is updated more often, Flashcards Maker or Flashside?
Flashcards Maker ships an update every 5 weeks, and Flashside monthly. Most recently, Flashcards Maker was updated on October 24, 2026 and Flashside on October 24, 2026.

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