Comparison

FreezingBlue Flashcards! vs OutLearn

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

Head to head
About

FreezingBlue Flashcards!

Create and study digital flashcards with a powerful, customizable interface. Supports images, multiple study modes, and sharing with friends. Ideal for students on the go who want to master their subjects.

Highlights
  • Create and edit flashcards
  • Web interface for card creation with images
  • Tag and search card files
  • Mix and match card sets
  • Multiple study modes
  • Customizable study options
  • Share cards with friends
Features
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Create your flashcards and carry them around in convenient digital format. Perfect for studying on the go! This application has powerful features made for the student who's serious about studying. SHARE your cards and study with friends! Please visit https://freezingblue.com/flashcards/ for screenshots, tutorials, and more information before you buy! Easy card creation on the web, including colors, font styles, images and more! See the examples page for study ideas. Features- * Create and edit flashcards directly on your iPhone. * Create cards using the free web interface at https://freezingblue.com/flashcards/ and download directly to your phone. * Images supported through the web interface. * Landscape or portrait mode for viewing cards. * Full screen, easy to read layout. * Tag your card files with keywords. Then search cards according to keywords. * Mix and match your card sets. Eg: study all cards with the keyword 'french', or study all cards with the keyword 'vocab', or study all cards with the keywords 'french vocab'. * Unicode support for multiple languages. * Automatic multiple choice tests * 5 study modes: # Preview - preview all cards at once # Skim - flips through cards # Medium - repeats cards you get wrong # Thorough - repeats problem cards more often # Test - runs through the cards once and tells you how you did * 14 customizable options so you can study your cards the way you want # Swap Question/Answer # Question Font Size # Answer Font Size # Question Color # Answer Color # Question Font # Answer Font # Show Cards In Order # Card Stripes # Background color # Autoformat Cards # Right or Left Handed # Animation Speed # Center Cards

About

OutLearn

Create and study flashcards efficiently with AI-powered tools and spaced repetition. Supports various subjects with features like LaTeX, image occlusion, and multiple study modes. Syncs across devices and works offline.

Highlights
  • AI flashcard generation
  • Spaced repetition (FSRS)
  • LaTeX support for STEM
  • Image occlusion
  • Multiple study modes
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Offline access
Features
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OutLearn is the flashcard app made for students, by students. Make cards in seconds, study them the way that suits you, and remember them for good. SMART SPACED REPETITION OutLearn brings every card back right before you'd forget it, with FSRS, the same scheduling method Anki uses. After a few hundred reviews it personalizes itself to how you remember. CREATE CARDS FAST • Generate flashcards with AI from your notes • Import your Anki decks, or text exports from other flashcard apps • Paste or drag images straight into a card • Built-in translator for language learning • Text to speech to hear your cards MADE FOR REAL SUBJECTS • LaTeX for math, physics and chemistry • Image occlusion for anatomy, maps and diagrams • Cloze deletions and multiple choice cards • Colors and formatting STUDY YOUR WAY • Binge Learn when the exam is tomorrow • Long Term Learn with spaced repetition • Exam Mode to test yourself, then retest only the cards you missed • Search every card in every deck, and folders inside folders WORKS EVERYWHERE iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web, all synced. Works offline too. Home screen widgets, dark mode, printable flashcards and thousands of free decks shared by other students. FAIR PRICING OutLearn is free. Pro is a one-time purchase, never a subscription.

Screenshots

FreezingBlue Flashcards!4 screens
OutLearn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: OutLearn at every 4 days against FreezingBlue Flashcards!'s every 6 weeks. OutLearn also leads on ratings volume (129 vs 10). FreezingBlue Flashcards!'s advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. FreezingBlue Flashcards! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and OutLearn sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OutLearn holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OutLearn has 129 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of FreezingBlue Flashcards!'s written reviews are positive against 82% of OutLearn's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FreezingBlue Flashcards! ships an update every 6 weeks, OutLearn every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
FreezingBlue Flashcards! versus OutLearn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreezingBlue Flashcards!OutLearn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (10 ratings)4.6 (129 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews — better81.6% of reviews
Number of ratings10129 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid SkellyPaul Caubet

Customer experience

FreezingBlue Flashcards!

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews114 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative12.3%

OutLearn

All ratings129 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.9%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral7.9%
Negative10.5%

User reviews

FreezingBlue Flashcards!

From 10 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
  • 🚀 Fast card creation and study modes
  • 💾 Ability to create cards on computer and sync to phone
  • 🎯 Spaced repetition of missed cards
  • 🆓 Free app with no paywall

Room to improve

  • 🎨 Outdated and unattractive UI design
  • 🐛 Frequent app crashes
  • 📱 Poor iPad compatibility and landscape support
  • ⚠️ Confusing navigation and card management
  • 💰 Ads are distracting during study

OutLearn

From 129 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Best alternative to Quizlet
  • 💡 ChatGPT generated flashcards
  • 👍 Free to use
  • 👍 One-time fee for Pro
  • 👍 Useful learning modes (binge, long term)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🐛 Non-existent tech support (for some)
  • 🐛 Issues during card creation/review on mobile
  • 🐛 Scrolling issues on iPad
  • 🐛 App won't load properly on iPhone

Bugs and requests

FreezingBlue Flashcards!

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App crashes on startup or during use
  • Cards deleted unexpectedly
  • Display glitches with text not fully visible
  • Keyboard won't rotate to landscape
  • App doesn't remember position after interruption
Show 4 more
  • Text input becomes unreadable when scrolling through screens
  • Login screen display issues
  • Incompatibility with iPhone 5 screen size
  • Settings revert to default after changes

Requested features

15 requests
  • Combine or merge card sets/decks
  • Add pictures to cards easily
  • Landscape mode support on iPad
  • Auto-save feature for card creation
  • Test multiple card sets simultaneously
Show 10 more
  • Ability to navigate forward and backward between cards
  • Sync cards between device and website automatically
  • Improved in-app card editor with scroll functionality
  • Picture import in in-app editor
  • Email card sets between devices
  • Organize cards into folders or groups
  • Type answers for spelling practice
  • Pinch-zoom for embedded images
  • Remember position when exiting app
  • Randomize card order option

OutLearn

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Scrolling issues on iPad
  • Card creation/review issues on mobile
  • App won't load properly on iPhone (app and web)
  • Images removed from cards, leaving blank cards with stickers
  • Frequent freezing on web version
Show 12 more
  • Card lost after force quitting
  • Long loading times
  • Offline mode not working
  • Saving issues, decks deleting themselves
  • App crashes when typing too many times in learn mode
  • App becomes laggy after a while
  • Does not recognize non-Latin characters (e.g., Korean)
  • Deck crashed while building, now shows unresponsive gray screen
  • Can't delete a card from Learn mode
  • Can't shuffle cards when doing Learn long term
  • Can't search for cards on mobile
  • Login screen doesn't allow password manager prompting

Requested features

7 requests
  • Command F when using the browser
  • Page scanner to scan images and insert text
  • Color coding
  • Built-in spelling and grammar checker
  • Easier way to share study sets
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  • Typing mode option (similar to Quizlet's Learn)
  • Face ID login option

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FreezingBlue Flashcards!

One-time1
  • Flashcards Pro$2.99
4 purchases

OutLearn

One-time4
  • A cookie for Paul$1.99
  • A pizza for Paul$5.99
  • Pro Offer$12.99
Show 1 more
  • Pro version of OutLearn$19.99

Questions

Is FreezingBlue Flashcards! free?
FreezingBlue Flashcards! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OutLearn free?
OutLearn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FreezingBlue Flashcards! or OutLearn?
OutLearn is rated higher. FreezingBlue Flashcards! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while OutLearn averages 4.6 from 129 ratings.
Do FreezingBlue Flashcards! or OutLearn have ads?
Neither FreezingBlue Flashcards! nor OutLearn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FreezingBlue Flashcards! or OutLearn?
FreezingBlue Flashcards! ships an update every 6 weeks, and OutLearn every 4 days. Most recently, FreezingBlue Flashcards! was updated on October 23, 2026 and OutLearn on October 29, 2026.

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