Comparison

A vs CS Wizard

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

Head to head
About

A

Features
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Kik flashcards offers A-Level Computer revision to learn all topics covered by many exam boards. These will help you learn faster by either topic wise or whole.

About

CS Wizard

Master A-Level Computer Science concepts with interactive flashcards and helpful tools. This app aids revision, reinforces key ideas, and tracks your progress to help you ace your exams.

Highlights
  • Interactive flashcards for key terms
  • Tools for binary conversion
  • Data structure visualisers
  • Sorting algorithm visualisers
  • FDE visualiser
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Everything for OCR A-Level Computer Science (H446) in one app: notes, flashcards, exam questions, timed mock exams, revision games and step-by-step tools. Written by an A-Level Computer Science teacher, and all of it works offline. REVISE • Clear notes for all 24 specification topics, from processors to algorithms • 378 flashcards, with definitions written around what the mark schemes credit • Search every topic, term and question in one place REMEMBER • Daily Deck: a short set of cards each day, chosen by spaced repetition so each term comes back just before you would forget it • Rate your confidence and watch every topic move from Unfamiliar to Mastered • Quick Review goes straight to your weakest terms • Flashcards can be read aloud, and an optional daily reminder keeps your streak going PRACTISE FOR THE EXAM • Nearly 300 past-paper and practice questions, each with its mark scheme • Mark your own answers and see which topics are costing you marks • Mock Exam: a timed paper of 20, 70 or 140 marks built from your weaker topics, then marked question by question with a breakdown by topic SIX GAMES THAT MAKE IT STICK • Binary Blitz: convert between binary, denary and hexadecimal against the clock • Memory Pairs and Match: pair each term with its definition • Speed Round: does this definition match this term? Sixty seconds • Order It: put the steps of a process in the right order • Sort It: drop each item into the group it belongs to 19 TOOLS THAT SHOW THE WORKING Step through the methods the exam asks you to trace, one line at a time: • Processor: the fetch-decode-execute cycle and scheduling • Binary: denary, binary and hexadecimal conversion, two's complement, addition and subtraction, floating point, shifts and masks • Data structures: stacks and queues, binary search trees, hash tables • Algorithms: linear and binary search, bubble, insertion, merge and quick sort, Dijkstra's shortest path • Logic: Karnaugh maps and truth tables • Compression: run length encoding and dictionary coding TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Confidence for every topic and across both papers • Streaks, activity and your exam question scores • A countdown to Paper 1 and Paper 2 MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD • Real iPad layouts: sidebar, two columns, keyboard shortcuts and pointer support • Portrait and landscape • Find any term from Home Screen search, start your Daily Deck with Siri, or press and hold the app icon for shortcuts NO SUBSCRIPTION, NO ADS, NO ACCOUNT Buy it once. There is nothing to sign up for, and your progress stays on your device. The companion app to compsciwizard.com. CS Wizard is an independent revision app. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by OCR.

Screenshots

A4 screens
CS Wizard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: CS Wizard at every 2 days against A's every 39 months. A's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

A costs $0.99 and CS Wizard $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

A ships an update every 39 months, CS Wizard every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
A versus CS Wizard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterACS Wizard
Price$0.99$0.99
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 39 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSaman WijenayakeMacauley Treleaven

In-app purchases

None

A

No in-app purchases

None

CS Wizard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is A free?
A costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CS Wizard free?
CS Wizard costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do A or CS Wizard have ads?
Neither A nor CS Wizard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, A or CS Wizard?
A ships an update every 39 months, and CS Wizard every 2 days. Most recently, A was updated on October 27, 2026 and CS Wizard on November 4, 2026.

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