FlashToPass vs Flashcards by NKO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FlashToPass
Master math facts with interactive flashcards. Reinforce concepts, practice addition for free, and unlock more operations and customization through in-app purchases. Supports dark mode and offers printable exports.
- Interactive math flashcards
- Addition practice (free)
- Customizable card sets
- Printable exports
- Modern design with dark mode
- Practice by number and difficulty
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Help your child master math facts and times tables. FlashToPass: Math Flash Cards is a simple, effective way for kids to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Version 3.0 is a complete rebuild with a fresh design, live races with friends, voice answers, camera grading for printed worksheets, and an Apple Watch app. The Mac app is now included too. Made for kids ages 6 to 8 and for anyone still building fact fluency, at home, in homeschool, or as a classroom supplement. No ads, no accounts, no tracking. Addition card sets are completely free, and so is printing. - Practice Their Way - - Type answers on a big, kid-friendly keypad. - Say answers out loud: turn on Listen and the card fills the screen. - Turn on Speak and the app reads each problem aloud. - Drill the times tables by number, 1 through 12, or practice by difficulty. - Build custom card sets for exactly the facts your child needs. - Pick up where you left off, and set practice reminders to build a daily habit. - Race Your Friends - Compete in live head-to-head races over local Wi-Fi: two kids at the kitchen table, or a whole classroom at once. Everyone gets the same cards, and the results screen shows who finished first. Joining a race is always free. - Paper, Too - Print practice sheets or cut-out flash cards for any operation and number range, on US Letter or A4, with an optional answer key and name and score lines on the page. Printing is free for everyone. When the finished sheet comes back, point your camera at it. FlashToPass reads the QR code, recognizes the handwriting, and marks each answer. Grading happens on your device, and nothing is uploaded. - iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch - One app runs on all of them, and your purchase covers every device. On Apple Watch, kids answer with the Digital Crown. - Key Features - - NEW! Live head-to-head races over local Wi-Fi. Joining is always free. (*) - NEW! Scan & Grade: camera grading for printed practice sheets. (*) - NEW! Voice answers in 12 languages, plus a read-aloud mode. - NEW! Apple Watch app with Digital Crown input. - NEW! The Mac app is now included. - NEW! Completely redesigned, with sidebar layouts on iPad. - NEW! Free printing for everyone: worksheets and flash card sheets for any set. Print with AirPrint®. - Practice addition math facts completely free. - Times tables practice to build multiplication speed. (*) - Subtraction, multiplication, and division card sets. (*) - Practice by number or by difficulty. (*) - Custom card sets. (*) - Practice reminders, dark mode, sound effects, and animations. Download FlashToPass: Math Flash Cards today and start building math fact mastery. - Support - Questions, comments, or bugs? Please contact us using the form at https://www.scybot.com/BugReport.php. - Miscellaneous - AirPrint® is a registered trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. - Privacy Policy - Please refer to https://www.scybot.com/flashtopass-privacy.pdf - Terms of Use - Please refer to https://www.scybot.com/terms.html - Plans - Choose Yearly, Monthly, or Lifetime. Each plan unlocks every flash card set, custom card sets for every operation, hosting races with any operation, Scan & Grade score totals, and watermark-free printing. Yearly and Monthly are subscriptions. Lifetime is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple Account settings. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. * Some features require an in-app purchase.
Flashcards by NKO
Create and share rich flashcards with images, or download millions from a vast library. Engage with study games and a Spaced Repetition System to enhance learning and track progress.
- Create rich text flashcards with images
- Download millions of pre-made flashcards
- Engaging study and testing games
- Spaced Repetition System (SRS)
- Class management tools for teachers
- Share decks via folders, email, or iTunes
- Offline text-to-speech support
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Flashcards by NKO is an engaging educational solution for students and teachers worldwide. Looking for a powerful and easy-to-use flashcards app to help you study? This app allows you to create rich text formatted flashcards with pictures and download millions of flashcards on hundreds of subjects created by both experts and novices. Matching, True/False, Memory, Spelling, Q-Battle, Word Search, Flow, Flappy Dog, Dig It Up, 2048, Ninja, Bingo, Q-Battle LMP, Blocks, and Letters games add more fun to your studying. Don't be surprised to find yourself playing games, getting badges and beating highscores of your friends or classmates rather than simply flipping flash cards... :) Not enough? Loci will turn your cards into a 3D Memory Palace that exploits a memory technique of ancient Greeks and memory champions. Moreover you will immerse ing an augment reality realm in Defender game All tools and games are connected to a sophisticated Spaced Repetition System (SRS) that tracks your progress and keep you organized. - 2.5 millions downloads - used in classrooms and schools worldwide. FROM TEACHERS: "I saw a big improvement in the most recent test scores which, I believe, can be partially attributed to their use of the Flashcards app." "everything you ever wanted to do with flashcards and then some. Supports individualized and differentiated learning in the classroom." "I'm a high school English teacher who loves your app! I kept seeing my students using it, and I checked the app store a couple of times looking for it. I finally took a good look, and I realized they were creating fabulous decks beyond what I was seeing in the bare apps available. The features of your app are rich and so intuitive!" APP FEATURES - Create your own flash cards with rich text formatting and images - Download millions of flashcards made by other users - Organize your cards into folders - Share your decks with friends using shared (automatically synchronized) folders, email or iTunes. - Keep track of your progress for each deck and each card - Spaced Repetition System - Manual and Slide show modes - Linear/Adaptive/Shuffle mode to enhance retention - 5 tools (Review, Explore, Quiz, Listen, and Collage). - 16 studying/testing games (Matching, Memory, True/False, Spelling, Words, Q-Battle, Flow, Flappy, Dig It Up, Ninja, 2048, Bingo, Q-Battle MP, Blocks, Letters, Loci) - 6 built-in keyboards (rich text formatting, fast edit, maths symbols, chemistry symbols, Fonts, and Greek letters) and support of custom keyboards. - Combine or split decks - Sorting flashcards - Import decks in txt, csv, or tsv formats - a drawing tool - 36 built-in text-to-speech voices that work offline + 40+ additional voices from iSpeech. - color coding - no distracting ads FOR TEACHERS: - the only flashcard app with a full-fledged class management system - classes, leaderboards, a lot of games! - students' folders for personalized learning - teacher's messages - statistics in detail: who reviewed what, when, for how long, what tools and games are used. Printable reports. - multiplayer games --------------------- In addition to the life-time Individual Edition, Teacher Pro, and Educational Editions, the application also offers Individual Edition auto-renewal Subscriptions for 1 month ($1.99/month in the U.S. App Store) and 1 year ($9.99/year in the U.S. App Store). Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Auto-renewal Subscriptions automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. The account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. You can read about our Privacy Policy (http://nkoapps.com/privacy) and Terms of Use (https://nkoapps.com/terms_of_use) on our website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flashcards by NKO at 4.9 against FlashToPass's 4.4. Flashcards by NKO also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. FlashToPass sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Flashcards by NKO sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flashcards by NKO holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 931 and 2.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of FlashToPass's written reviews are positive against 94% of Flashcards by NKO's.
FlashToPass ships an update every 4 months, Flashcards by NKO every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FlashToPass | Flashcards by NKO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (931 ratings) | 4.9 (2.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 931 | 2.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scybot Technologies, L.L.C. | NKO Ventures, LLC |
Customer experience
FlashToPass
Flashcards by NKO
Bugs and requests
FlashToPass
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when entering answers
- Timer not working as expected
- Compatibility issues with iOS updates
- Keyboard disappearing during use
Requested features
5 requests- Allow setting number of questions
- Add more difficulty levels
- Include doubles facts practice
- Provide detailed performance tracking
- Improve keyboard layout and functionality
Flashcards by NKO
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FlashToPass
- All Features, Monthly$1.991 Month
- Unlock All Features$4.991 Year
- Lifetime Unlock$9.99
Flashcards by NKO
- Individual Edition1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Individual Edition$14.991 Year
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- Winter$0.99
- Vintage$2.99
- Back to School$2.99
- Individual Edition$99.99
- Teacher Pro 100$99.99
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