Comparison

YAFCA vs MemU

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

Head to head
About

YAFCA

Features
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YAFCA is a flashcard application designed to supercharge your memorization and learning experience. The app allows you to create flashcards complete with text and images. Whether you're a student tackling a new language, a professional brushing up on technical terminology, or simply someone who enjoys absorbing new trivia, sAnki's user-friendly interface makes it easy to compile and review decks tailored to your specific needs.

About

MemU

This app allows users to import, study, and edit Anki flashcard decks offline on their iPhone and iPad. It supports various note types and offers a distraction-free interface for efficient learning.

Highlights
  • Import .apkg flashcard decks
  • Study with spaced repetition
  • Edit cards directly on device
  • Supports various note types (cloze, image occlusion, MathJax)
  • 100% offline functionality
  • Export decks anytime
  • Modern, distraction-free UI
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MemU is the creator of Flashcard 2.0 — a new model of networked flashcards built around two dimensions of memory: time and connection. Flashcard 1.0 asks: “When should I see this again?” Flashcard 2.0 also asks: “What is this connected to?” MemU keeps spaced repetition at the center of learning, then adds another dimension: connect a card to the dictionaries, books, movies, notes, and other knowledge around it. - BRING YOUR EXISTING CARDS: Import Anki-compatible .apkg decks and start studying them directly in MemU. Create and study rich flashcards with text, cloze deletion, image occlusion, MathJax, images, audio, TTS, custom templates, and more. Compatible decks can also be exported to .apkg when needed. - MOVIES AS SOURCES: Import movie subtitles, search for text, and connect matching subtitles and movie clips directly to a card. Keep the dialogue and scene around what you are learning instead of remembering an isolated word or sentence. - =BOOKS AS SOURCES: Import ebooks and search their chapters and text. Connect a relevant passage to a card while keeping the book itself as the source of truth. - DICTIONARIES AS SOURCES: Import electronic dictionaries and search them directly inside MemU. Connect definitions, pronunciations, examples, and reference information to the card you are learning while keeping the original dictionary entry as the source. - YOUR OWN CARDS AS SOURCES: Your existing knowledge can become reusable context. Add a dictionary card template to a deck to make its notes searchable. Find useful content from the same deck or other collections and connect it to another card without copying or duplicating the original content. Your cards don't just store knowledge. They can become sources for other cards. - PRONUNCIATION INSIDE YOUR FLASHCARDS: Don't just recognize an answer. Say it. Add pronunciation practice to a flashcard, speak during review, and receive pronunciation feedback at word and phoneme level. Turn passive recognition into active production without leaving your review session. - NATURAL ONLINE TTS: Give your flashcards a voice with online text-to-speech. Listen to words, sentences, definitions, and examples directly while reviewing. FLASHCARD 1.0 + FLASHCARD 2.0 Spaced repetition helps answer: “When should I review this again?” Networked flashcards add: “What is this connected to?” MemU does both. MemU created Flashcard 2.0 to move flashcards beyond isolated question-and-answer pairs — while keeping the speed, flexibility, and spaced repetition that make flashcards powerful. **Anki is a registered trademark of Ankitects Pty Ltd. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ankitects Pty Ltd.

Screenshots

YAFCA3 screens
MemU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MemU at weekly against YAFCA's every 4 months. MemU also leads on iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YAFCA ships an update every 4 months, MemU weekly. The most recent releases landed on February 7, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
YAFCA versus MemU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYAFCAMemU
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.012.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB319 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnzhela BaroyanBeijing Daoyehuo Technology Co.Ltd

In-app purchases

None

YAFCA

No in-app purchases

None

MemU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YAFCA free?
YAFCA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MemU free?
MemU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do YAFCA or MemU have ads?
Neither YAFCA nor MemU shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YAFCA or MemU?
YAFCA ships an update every 4 months, and MemU weekly. Most recently, YAFCA was updated on February 7, 2026 and MemU on September 18, 2026.

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