MyTextMate vs OCTO Flashcards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyTextMate
This app sends you daily text message reminders for your upcoming events and deadlines. Connect to your school or manually add appointments to stay organized. Customize your message preferences and preview your texts before they are sent.
- School integration
- Manual event scheduling
- Customizable text messages
- Message preview
- Daily reminder texts
- Canvas connection
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CONNECT Select your school or connect to Canvas manually. CUSTOMIZE Choose when you want your daily text messages, how you want to be greeted, and more. SCHEDULE Add events like meetings and doctor's appointments. PREVIEW See what your upcoming text message will look like. RELAX Get daily text messages showing everything you have coming up! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
OCTO Flashcards
This app offers a digital solution for studying with flashcards, allowing users to write and draw using an Apple Pencil. It provides organizational tools like folders and color-coding, along with study features to track mastered cards and facilitate quick review sessions. Go paperless and create unlimited study materials without cost.
- Apple Pencil support for writing and drawing
- Cloud-backed database for card storage
- Folder organization and color-coding
- Mastered card tracking
- Quick study sessions with swipe/tap gestures
- Unlimited card creation
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Let OCTO solve the tradeoff between modern technology and traditional flashcard studying! Utilize your Apple Pencil to write or draw anything you need to memorize- no more constraints from text-only flashcards. STAY ORGANIZED * OCTO's cloud-backed database ensures you never lose your flashcards * Keep all your study materials in one place * Group together flashcard sets into folders * Color code your flashcard sets and folders STUDY EFFECTIVELY * Memorize as you create your flashcards by writing out your material * Keep track of cards you have mastered * Choose to study only mastered cards for a challenge or all flashcards for a refresh * Have quick study sessions with our simple swipe or tap gestures GO PAPERLESS * Create unlimited cards without worrying about the costs * Reduce paper waste and your carbon footprint
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MyTextMate at 100% against OCTO Flashcards's 54%. MyTextMate also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.6) and ads (none vs shown). OCTO Flashcards's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 months). On price 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. MyTextMate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.00 per month. OCTO Flashcards asks for nothing beyond the download.
MyTextMate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of MyTextMate's written reviews are positive against 54% of OCTO Flashcards's.
MyTextMate ships an update every 5 months, OCTO Flashcards every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on June 8, 2026 and August 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyTextMate | OCTO Flashcards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 2.6 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 53.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 16 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lazy Texts, LLC | Elaine Kodama |
Customer experience
MyTextMate
OCTO Flashcards
In-app purchases
MyTextMate
- Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.001 Month
- Annual Subscription1 Month trial$20.001 Year
OCTO Flashcards
No in-app purchases
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