Comparison

Studymini The Note X Flexcil vs Bubblegum

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

Head to head
About

Studymini The Note X Flexcil

This app combines digital learning tools with a robust note-taking experience. Access video lectures, highlight text, and jot down notes all in one place. It offers 13 languages, with Korean available for free.

Highlights
  • 13 languages offered
  • Free Korean language courses
  • Video lecture streaming
  • Digital textbook integration
  • Advanced note-taking tools
  • Split-view and side-view modes
  • Cross-device note syncing
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◼ A Game-Changing Collaboration: 'Flexcil' Meets 'Studymini' Say hello to Studymini The Note, where cutting-edge digital learning comes to life. This exciting partnership brings together Studymini, a specialized language-learning brand offering 13 languages through textbooks and online courses, and Flexcil, Apple’s pick for the best note-taking app. ◼ All Your Learning Tools in One Place Technology moves fast—why shouldn’t your studies? With Studymini The Note, you can watch video lectures, highlight key points, jot down notes, and keep everything organized in a single app. Spend less time copying and more time mastering your skills. ◼ 13 Languages, Including FREE Korean Dive into 13 languages: English, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Vietnamese, Arabic, Indonesian—and Korean, completely free for everyone. Whether you’re a beginner or brushing up, your language journey starts here! ◼ Special Benefits for Korean Learners • Learn Korean for Free: Korean courses? Totally on us. • Immersive Lessons: Video lectures taught entirely in Korean, with a fun, engaging vibe. • Subtitles Your Way: Follow along with subtitles in multiple languages, so you can learn comfortably in your native tongue. • Flexible Materials: Download as many Korean resources as you need, anytime. ◼ A Fresh Take on Language Learning • Daily Lessons, Done Right: One lesson a day keeps you on track. Perfect for busy pros, students, or anyone with a packed schedule, Studymini’s lessons take under 30 minutes. Unlock the thrill of speaking a new language, one day at a time. • Lectures That Pop: Forget dull classes. Our YouTube-style videos—around 10 minutes each—feature Korean and native-speaking teachers with great chemistry, relatable student moments, and slick edits that keep you hooked. • Speak Confidently, Fast: Built on the CEFR framework, our materials prioritize speaking. With smart speech patterns, you’ll feel at ease with your new language from day one. *Note: Course and textbook purchases are not available in the app. Please visit our website. ◼ Key Features • Access “My Classroom” and stream lectures via web-view • Get 1:1 Q&A help right in the classroom • Download digital textbooks and take notes on the fly • Switch between textbooks with handy tabs • Use split-view or side-view for textbooks and notes • Customize with pens, colors, shapes, and fonts • Back up your notes and sync them across devices * Watch linked lecture videos directly in the app with a single click. ◼ Standout Tools: • Smooth Note-Taking: Use gestures to highlight, underline, bookmark, or annotate conversations, vocab, and quizzes. Flip back to your notes anytime, effortlessly. • Drag & Drop Magic: Snag textbook snippets—text or PDFs—and drop them into your notes. Mix and match between PDFs and notes to craft your perfect study guide. • Find It Fast: Jump to highlights, annotations, or images with bookmarks and links. No more digging through pages—get to what matters, whether you’re in a lecture or reviewing later.

About

Bubblegum

This app uses AI to create personalized Korean reading materials with inline translations and audio. It features an AI tutor for explanations and practice, and a unique review system that resurfaces saved vocabulary within new content. Track your progress with encouraging statistics.

Highlights
  • AI-generated personalized reading content
  • Inline translations and grammar explanations
  • Synchronized audio narration
  • AI Korean tutor chatbot
  • Regenerative vocabulary review
  • Progress tracking and statistics
Features
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Bubblegum makes learning languages feel clear and personal. Generate lessons around what you love, explore translations without losing your place, hear natural audio, and revisit vocabulary exactly when you need it. Built by language learners for learners. Why learners choose Bubblegum: • Personalize every lesson: pick from thousands of ideas or create your own prompt, and our AI assembles level-appropriate reading with inline insights and natural audio in seconds. • Translate on demand: reveal word meanings, grammar notes, and cultural context right inside the text. No tool-juggling required. • Listen as you read: follow natural AI narration that highlights text in sync to train your ear. • Chat with Poppy, your AI language tutor: ask for deeper explanations or extra practice prompts tied to content. Or ask anything about the language you are learning! • Keep vocab fresh: Regenerative Review™ resurfaces the words you save inside future lessons, so you never have to grind through endless flashcard drills. • Track real momentum: friendly stats celebrate meaningful study time and recent wins. No streaks, no guilt. Every language is taught in its own right: • English, with American, British, and Australian journeys and natural voices. • Korean, with an animated course that teaches you to read Hangul. • Japanese, with guided courses for hiragana, katakana, and kanji, plus furigana whenever you want it. • Chinese, in Simplified or Traditional characters, with Pinyin whenever you want it. • Cantonese, in real Hong Kong speech, with a course on Jyutping and the six tones. • Vietnamese, with Northern, Central, and Southern journeys and natural regional voices. • Arabic, with Modern Standard, Egyptian, and Moroccan journeys for the variety you want. • Indonesian, with everyday Bahasa Indonesia and cultural context from across the archipelago. • Malay, with natural Malaysian Malay for daily life, food, travel, and conversation. • Filipino (Tagalog) and Cebuano, each with practical phrases for warm, respectful everyday conversations. • Spanish, with variants for Spain, Latin America, and the Río de la Plata. • French, with France and Canadian variants and Francophone cultural context. • Portuguese, with Brazilian and European variants and natural regional voices. • German, with compound-word help and grammar explained inside real sentences. • Italian, with natural audio, regional culture, and grammar in context. • Russian and Ukrainian, each with an animated course that teaches you to read Cyrillic. • Serbian, with practical reading and conversation practice in its own regional voice. • Turkish and Azerbaijani, with vowel harmony and word endings explained as you read. • Swedish, with compound-word help, natural audio, and Swedish culture. • Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch, with natural audio and grammar explained in context. • Finnish, with everyday spoken Finnish taught alongside the written language. • Hungarian, Polish, and Czech, with case endings explained right where you meet them. • Swahili, Haitian Creole, and Catalan, each with its own culture woven into every lesson. • Albanian, with source-attested noun and verb forms, natural audio, and Albanian culture. • Croatian and Romanian, with case and verb endings explained right where you meet them. Bubblegum stays proudly learner-first, learner-funded, and ad-free. Need a hand? Email support@bubblegum.la.

Screenshots

Studymini The Note X Flexcil4 screens
Bubblegum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Studymini The Note X Flexcil at none against Bubblegum's 10. Studymini The Note X Flexcil also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and device support (3 vs 1). Bubblegum's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (156 vs 1). On price, rating and ads 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. Bubblegum sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Studymini The Note X Flexcil asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Studymini The Note X Flexcil against 4.9 for Bubblegum. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bubblegum has 156 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Studymini The Note X Flexcil's written reviews are positive against 81% of Bubblegum's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Studymini The Note X Flexcil ships an update every 2 months, Bubblegum every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Studymini The Note X Flexcil versus Bubblegum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudymini The Note X FlexcilBubblegum
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (156 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better81.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1156 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB169 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFlexcil Inc.Bubblegum Languages

Customer experience

Studymini The Note X Flexcil

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bubblegum

All ratings156 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Studymini The Note X Flexcil

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Bubblegum

Subscriptions9
  • Bubblegum Pro Weekly Subscription$5.997 Days
  • Bubblegum Pro Monthly Subscription$13.991 Month
  • Bubblegum Plus Monthly Subscription$14.991 Month
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  • Bubblegum Pro Monthly Subscription$17.991 Month
  • Bubblegum Pro Annual Subscription3 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Bubblegum Pro Annual Subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Bubblegum Pro Annual Subscription$79.991 Year
  • Bubblegum Pro Annual Subscription1 Year trial$99.991 Year
  • Bubblegum Pro 6-Month Subscription7 Days trial$119.996 Months
One-time1
  • Founding Member$899.99

Questions

Is Studymini The Note X Flexcil free?
Studymini The Note X Flexcil is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bubblegum free?
Bubblegum is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Studymini The Note X Flexcil or Bubblegum?
Studymini The Note X Flexcil is rated higher. Studymini The Note X Flexcil averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Bubblegum averages 4.9 from 156 ratings.
Do Studymini The Note X Flexcil or Bubblegum have ads?
Neither Studymini The Note X Flexcil nor Bubblegum shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Studymini The Note X Flexcil or Bubblegum?
Studymini The Note X Flexcil ships an update every 2 months, and Bubblegum every 2 days. Most recently, Studymini The Note X Flexcil was updated on September 9, 2026 and Bubblegum on September 22, 2026.

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