Comparison

Hieratic Flash Cards vs Icelandic Declension Master

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

Head to head
About

Hieratic Flash Cards

Learn ancient Egyptian cursive handwriting with interactive flashcards. Explore character evolution and historical papyri samples. Designed for offline use, it offers a painless introduction to recognizing hieratic glyphs.

Highlights
  • 200 hieratic characters
  • Multiple historical versions
  • Flashcard matching (Hieratic/Hieroglyph/Phonetic)
  • Testing, manual, and auto learning modes
  • Glyph evolution view
  • Historic papyri samples with transliteration/translation
  • Offline use
Features
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Hieratic was the everyday script of ancient Egyptians, their form of cursive handwriting. This App is the first to help in learning Hieratic! 200 hieratic characters are contained in the set. The app has versions of these characters from the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom! Included are all the alphabetic glyphs as well as the most common biliterals and triliterals (double and triple consonants). For all who enjoys Ancient Egypt: Students, Enthusiasts, and Professionals! Hieratic is very challenging to learn and while this App is not, by any means a complete reference, it does offer a painless introduction to recognizing hieratic glyphs! The App has three sets of flash cards: - Match a Hieratic to a Hieroglyph - Match a Hieratic to a phonetic sound - Match a Hieroglyph to a Hieratic And three presentation modes: - Testing Mode with 3 choices - Manual Learning shows just correct answer, advance when you are ready - Auto Learning, just correct answer, timed advance to next card An "Evolution" view shows how common hieratic glyphs evolved over the millennia. The App also has several samples of well known, historic hieratic papyri with transliteration (convert to latin-style characters) and translation (to English) to show you how its done. Designed for off-line use, no internet required! Glyph shapes are based on Georg Möller’s "Hieratische Paläographie" and Joshua Aaron Roberson's "A Very Brief Introduction to Hieratic"

About

Icelandic Declension Master

Features
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Designed by an Icelandic learner for other Icelandic learners, Icelandic Declension Master is an engaging learning tool to help you master noun and adjective declensions in the language - one of the trickier points of Icelandic grammar that learners take time to get to grips with. With a bank of over a hundred nouns and fifty adjectives as reference and practice models, as well as a concise guide to declensions including both indefinite and definite forms, it's a one-stop shop to find the right ending or stem change for a given paradigm. Features: - Comprehensive noun and adjectival declension reference - Indefinite and definite declensions - Interactive multiple choice quizzes - Timed challenge modes - Progress tracking

Screenshots

Hieratic Flash Cards4 screens
Icelandic Declension Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Icelandic Declension Master at every 2 days against Hieratic Flash Cards's every 19 months. Icelandic Declension Master also leads on price ($0.99 vs $1.99). Hieratic Flash Cards's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Hieratic Flash Cards costs $1.99 and Icelandic Declension Master $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hieratic Flash Cards ships an update every 19 months, Icelandic Declension Master every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hieratic Flash Cards versus Icelandic Declension Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHieratic Flash CardsIcelandic Declension Master
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAviametrix, LLCRusMate.co.uk

In-app purchases

None

Hieratic Flash Cards

No in-app purchases

None

Icelandic Declension Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hieratic Flash Cards free?
Hieratic Flash Cards costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Icelandic Declension Master free?
Icelandic Declension Master costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hieratic Flash Cards or Icelandic Declension Master have ads?
Neither Hieratic Flash Cards nor Icelandic Declension Master shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hieratic Flash Cards or Icelandic Declension Master?
Hieratic Flash Cards ships an update every 19 months, and Icelandic Declension Master every 2 days. Most recently, Hieratic Flash Cards was updated on October 27, 2026 and Icelandic Declension Master on October 25, 2026.

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