FlashCards vs Flippy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlashCards
Create, learn, and share digital flashcards for effective studying. Optimize your learning with spaced repetition based on the forgetting curve. Ideal for subjects like languages, history, and science, from school tests to standardized exams.
- Create unlimited flashcards and learning sets
- Spaced repetition based on forgetting curve
- Share learning sets with other users
- Import learning sets from text files
- Test modes with swiping and random order
- Supplementary memos on cards
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Easy to use yet powerful. Best for learning language, history, science etc. ・Just swiping card right or left ・Optimized studying based on the forgetting curve ・Create and Share flashcards ・Helpful for from test in school to big exams like the SAT or ACT ・Learn language, science, social studies, and so on ▶MAIN FUNCTION ・ Create flashcards freely ・ Because you can create multiple learning sets, it can be used for various memorization, study and learning ・ You can create an unlimited number of learning sets and cards in them ・ Supplementary memos can be written on each card, so it is possible to add example sentences etc. ・ The created learning set can be uploaded and shared with other users ・ In the test of learning achievement, you can learn easily by swiping left and right with "understand" and "not understand" ・ Because you can choose “random according to correct answer rate” as well as “in order” in the test questions, you can memorize according to the degree of achievement ・ You can be in the homestretch before the test by setting the narrowing mode so that you do not ask questions that you have answered correctly ▶OPTIMAL LEARNING BASED ON FORGETTING CURVE Based on Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve theory, efficient learning with emphasis on review is possible. Repeat review at appropriate timing along the forgetting curve, memorizing retention rate is also up! ▶IMPORT LEARNING SET Learning set can be imported from text file (.txt tab-delimited UTF-8 is recommended)
Flippy
This app uses smart algorithms and ARKit to help you learn languages and facts more effectively. It offers personalized learning sessions, intuitive flashcard interaction, and smart reminders to reinforce your knowledge.
- Generated personalized learning sessions
- Intuitive swipe-based flashcard interface
- ARKit eye-tracking for focus (select devices)
- Import or create custom flashcards
- Smart spaced repetition reminders
- Leitner system algorithm
- Detailed progress statistics
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Flippy is the flashcard app that brings cards back exactly when you're about to forget them. Learn less. Remember more. A STAGE, NOT A FORM Your decks live on a wallet of passes in front of a photo stage — chalkboard, water, sunset, chemistry, space, or your own photo. Glass navigation, paper cards, serif type. Dark, calm, focused. SPACED REPETITION THAT ACTUALLY THINKS Grade every card Again, Hard, Good or Easy. Each card keeps its own ease, its interval stretches as you remember, and a daily session picks what's due plus a few new cards. Memory-strength rings show what's fading. Leeches are flagged before they eat your time. Undo any answer. EIGHT WAYS TO LEARN Today's session · Quick 10 · New cards · Hardest cards · Reverse · Quiz · Write · Match · Cram. Deselect topics you don't want right now. Every session starts with a 3-2-1 countdown and your settings right there. QUIZ — POWERED BY APPLE INTELLIGENCE Multiple-choice distractors are written on device: plausible, same style, same topic, never the correct answer paraphrased. Match spreads pairs across the whole screen and races the clock. Write forgives typos. SCAN DOCUMENTS & SLIDES INTO CARDS Photograph pages with the document camera or drop in PDF slides and images. Text is recognized on device, then Apple Intelligence drafts your cards — long slide decks are split into chunks automatically. BRING YOUR CARDS Import Anki decks (.apkg, with images and subdecks), Anki text, Quizlet and Flashcard Hero exports (.flashcards, with images and topics), CSV and TSV. Export any deck or topic as a .flippy file with everything inside — text, photos, drawings, LaTeX and your learning progress. RICH CARDS Photos, PencilKit drawings, LaTeX formulas, cloze deletions, read-aloud in the card's language, scrollable long content. WIDGETS EVERYWHERE Today pass with goal ring and streak · interactive flashcard widget (flip and grade on the Home Screen) · streak & week · 14-day forecast · deck passes · learning modes · Lock Screen and Apple Watch complications · Control Center: start a session or mute today's reminder · a Live Activity keeps your session on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. STATISTICS THAT MOTIVATE Learning score, accuracy and volume trends, activity heatmap, hour × weekday grid, Leitner boxes, memory-strength buckets, forecast, deck health, records and insights — for the week, month, 90 days or the year. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No server, no account. Sync through your own iCloud. A trash keeps deleted decks, topics and cards for 30 days. FREE VS. PREMIUM Free: 2 decks with 2 topics and 40 cards each, every learning mode, statistics, import and export. Premium: unlimited decks, topics and cards, Apple Intelligence card sets, iCloud sync across your devices, every wallpaper and tint — and you support an independent developer. Family Sharing for up to five people. Privacy: https://kevinreutter.online/privacy-flippy Terms: https://kevinreutter.online/terms-and-conditions/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Flippy at none against FlashCards's shown. Flippy also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). FlashCards's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 61%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. FlashCards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Flippy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flippy holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 19 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of FlashCards's written reviews are positive against 61% of Flippy's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FlashCards ships an update fortnightly, Flippy weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlashCards | Flippy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (48 ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.8% of reviews — better | 61.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Toshiki Motomura | Kevin Reutter |
Customer experience
FlashCards
Flippy
In-app purchases
FlashCards
- Premium Upgrade Flashcards$3.99
Flippy
- Premium - 3 Months$2.993 Months
- Flippy+ 3 Months$3.993 Months
- Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
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- Family Flippy+ 3 Months$6.993 Months
- Premium - Annual7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- PremiumAnnualOffering$9.991 Year
- Flippy+ Annual$24.991 Year
- Family Flippy+ (Annual)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Flippy+ Lifetime$59.99
- Family Flippy+ Lifetime$99.99









