Flashcard Max vs Flashcard Adder for Anki
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashcard Max
Create, study, and share digital flashcards with rich media like images and text. Features include OCR for text extraction, customizable study modes, and the ability to cover parts of images. Syncs with a desktop companion app for seamless workflow.
- Create flashcards with text and images
- Extract text from images (OCR)
- Customize study modes
- Listen to flashcards
- Share flashcard files
- Integrates with desktop app
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*INTEGRATES WITH COMPANION DESKTOP APP MAKE FLASHCARDS - Create flashcards with pictures, text, and hints - Create flashcards using lecture slides - Add hints with images & text - Edit + Cover Up key parts of a picture - Extract text from images (OCR) STUDY FLASHCARDS - 2 Study Mode options - Listen to flashcards - Easily customize how you want to study your flashcards - Wrong flashcards are reshuffled into deck during review session - Option to start review with a few flashcards and gradually add more SHARE FLASHCARDS - Share flashcard files with a friend
Flashcard Adder for Anki
This tool enhances flashcard creation for AnkiMobile, offering features like sticky fields, automatic note switching, and text clean-up. It allows for quick additions and saves work in progress, streamlining the study preparation process.
- Sticky fields for preserving input
- Action extension for quick additions
- Automatic note type detection
- Text clean-up for copied content
- Convenient cloze creation options
- Persistent reference space
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Flashcard Adder is a free tool for creating flashcards that works with the AnkiMobile Flashcards app. Flashcard Adder brings feature enhancements not found in the built-in add screen of AnkiMobile and is developed independently of AnkiMobile. Features include: Sticky Fields Easily preserve or clear fields after adding a card. Action Extension Use Flashcard Adder's action extension to quickly add flashcards or save work in progress flashcards into the main app. Automatic Note Switching Flashcard Adder automatically detects clozes and allows pain-free transition between normal and cloze note types. Text Clean-Up Flashcard Adder cleans errant new lines and spacing commonly present when copying text from pdf files. Cloze Options Convenience buttons and keyboard shortcuts to create different configurations of clozes. Persistent Reference Space Park useful reference material in a dedicated field separate from the flashcard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flashcard Adder for Anki at 5.0 against Flashcard Max's 4.4. Flashcard Adder for Anki also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Flashcard Max's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (28 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flashcard Adder for Anki holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashcard Max has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Flashcard Max's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flashcard Adder for Anki's.
Flashcard Max ships an update every 5 days, Flashcard Adder for Anki every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashcard Max | Flashcard Adder for Anki |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Max Myers | Technaplex |
Customer experience
Flashcard Max
Flashcard Adder for Anki
Bugs and requests
Flashcard Max
Reported bugs
13 issues- Flashcard text randomly deletes or disappears
- Edits on mobile version don't save properly
- Ctrl+Z undo function removes all formatting on card
- App crashes when switching keyboard languages
- App freezes on certain decks requiring force quit
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- Text from one card appears on another card
- Imported cards lose formatting on mobile
- Mobile app crashes when importing files
- Font changes revert unexpectedly
- Blank cards appear after closing and reopening app
- Performance issues with large decks
- Settings section missing on some devices
- Screenshot flashcards cut off in portrait mode
Requested features
18 requests- Automatic cloud syncing between devices (iCloud/Google Drive)
- Subfolder/nested folder organization
- Alphabetical card sorting and sequencing controls
- Batch text formatting for all cards at once
- Export to PDF or printable format
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- Search bar to find flashcards across decks
- Landscape mode support on mobile
- Audio and video support for language learning
- Study games (matching, fill-in-the-blank)
- Direct AirDrop sharing functionality
- Automatic slideshow/carousel study mode
- LaTeX support for mathematical equations
- Bulk import from lists or CSV files
- Italics text formatting option
- Progress tracking and statistics dashboard
- Copy-paste list functionality for quick card creation
- Full-screen study mode
- Keyboard shortcuts for text formatting
Flashcard Adder for Anki
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flashcard Max
No in-app purchases
Flashcard Adder for Anki
No in-app purchases
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