Space vs Strophe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Space
This flashcard app uses spaced repetition to help you remember information effortlessly. It offers AI-powered card creation from various sources, offline access, and community-shared decks. Track your progress and sync across devices for a seamless learning experience.
- Spaced repetition algorithm
- AI flashcard generation
- Offline access
- Community decks
- Cross-device sync
- Rich card formatting
- Progress tracking
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Forgetting what you study? You're not alone. Space is the flashcard app that makes remembering effortless. Beautiful design. Zero setup. Just open and learn. Join 160,000+ learners who created over 6.9 million flashcards with Space. --- WHY LEARNERS CHOOSE SPACE SIMPLE & BEAUTIFUL No confusing settings. No cluttered interface. Just you and your cards. Open the app and start learning in seconds. REMEMBER FOREVER Our spaced repetition algorithm learns your memory patterns and shows cards right before you forget. Study less, remember more. The same science trusted by medical students worldwide. WORKS OFFLINE No Wi-Fi? No problem. Learn anywhere with full offline support. Your progress syncs automatically when you reconnect. AI CREATES CARDS FOR YOU Paste a URL, upload a PDF or EPUB, or snap a photo of your notes. Space transforms any source into perfect flashcards in seconds. MASTER ANY LANGUAGE Japanese (JLPT N5-N1), Spanish, German, Korean, Chinese, and 50+ more. Over 600,000 language cards from our community. BUILT FOR MED STUDENTS Anatomy, pathology, pharmacology, biochemistry. Trusted by medical and nursing students preparing for USMLE, NCLEX, and board exams. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Streaks, daily goals, and detailed statistics keep you motivated. Take rest days without breaking your streak. 10,000+ COMMUNITY DECKS Browse JLPT vocabulary, anatomy atlases, history timelines, and more. Start learning instantly. IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE Anki (with your learning progress intact), CSV, Excel, Google Sheets. Switch to Space in minutes, not hours. RICH CARD FORMATS Images, math formulas, drawings, code blocks, and GIFs. Create cards as detailed as your subject demands. SYNC ACROSS ALL DEVICES Start on iPhone, continue on iPad, finish on Mac. Your progress follows you everywhere. STUDY TOGETHER Share decks with classmates. Learn together, succeed together. --- HOW SPACE WORKS 1. Create or find flashcards - Build your own deck, generate with AI, or browse 10,000+ community decks 2. Study with spaced repetition - Our algorithm schedules reviews at the perfect time for your memory 3. Remember forever - Watch your knowledge grow as you study less and retain more --- WHAT'S INCLUDED FOR FREE - Unlimited flashcards and decks - Spaced repetition algorithm - Full offline support - Sync across all your devices - Streaks and daily goals - Rich formatting (images, math, code, drawings) - Text-to-speech in 40+ languages - Dark mode - Import from Anki, CSV, Excel, Google Sheets - 10,000+ community decks - Collaboration and sharing - 7 free AI generations per month --- SPACE PRO Unlock unlimited AI: - Generate flashcards from any URL, PDF, or EPUB - Space Explain: AI explanations while you learn - Unlimited photo-to-flashcard - Priority support --- WHAT LEARNERS SAY "Helped me crush USMLE Step 1 - the spaced repetition scheduling is perfect" "Finally an Anki alternative with a beautiful UI" "Might just be the best app for classes" "Absolutely vital to me becoming a doctor" --- LOOKING FOR AN ANKI ALTERNATIVE? Space gives you the power of spaced repetition without the complexity. No manual scheduling. No confusing add-ons. No ugly interface. Import your Anki decks with your learning progress intact and start studying with a beautiful, modern app. --- PERFECT FOR - Pre-med & med students (MCAT, USMLE, NCLEX prep) - Language learners (JLPT, DELE, HSK prep) - University & grad students (GRE, bar exam, CPA) - AP & SAT test prep - Anyone preparing for exams --- Don't let forgetting hold you back. Download Space. Questions? support@getspace.app
Strophe
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Learn a song, a poem, or a speech by heart — one line at a time. Strophe is a prompter for memorizing text word for word. Paste in the lyrics you're learning, or pick a piece from the built-in library, and practice it the way you'd actually perform it: line by line, in order, start to finish. RECALL BEFORE YOU SEE Strophe shows you nothing to begin with. You try to remember the first line, then tap to reveal it and check yourself. Tap again for the next. Nothing is on screen that you haven't already earned — a prompter that shows you the line first isn't an easier setting, it's no exercise at all. BE HONEST ABOUT THE HARD ONES Fumbled a line? Mark it shaky or missed. The walk doesn't rush on: you get a moment to work out what comes next, because the moment you admit you missed a line is the moment you've just read the correct one. IT DECIDES WHEN YOU PRACTICE At the end of a run, Strophe reads your line-by-line verdicts and schedules the next session — using FSRS, the same spaced-repetition algorithm serious memorizers use. Pieces you know come back rarely. Pieces you're still learning come back soon. You can always overrule it. BUILT FOR WHOLE PIECES A song is not a stack of flashcards. Strophe never shuffles your lines or drills them out of order, because the order is the thing you're learning. Verses, stanza breaks and section markers stay where they belong. Paste a long speech and it can split it into clause-length lines you can actually hold. NO STREAKS, NO BADGES, NO NAGGING One reminder a day at an hour you choose, and nothing else. No points, no congratulation, no pressure to come back. The session summary tells you what happened and what's next — that's all. FOUR PIECES TO START Kipling's If—, Henley's Invictus, Ehrmann's Desiderata, and Donne's "No man is an island." Every one taken from an archival source, word for word, and read in full before it shipped. Add your own by pasting them in. IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC Practice on your phone, or put your Mac on the music stand. Your pieces and your progress sync over iCloud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No tracking. No ads. Your texts stay on your devices and in your own iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Strophe at none against Space's 6. Space's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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. Space sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Strophe asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Space | Strophe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (34 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 77.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Till Friebe | Thorbjørn Throndsen Bonvik |
In-app purchases
Space
- Space Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Space Pro Annual$44.991 Year
- 1€ Donation$0.99
- 3€ Donation$2.99
- Premium Deck$3.99
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- 10€ Donation$8.99
Strophe
No in-app purchases









