Comparison

FreezingBlue Flashcards! vs cardFlash

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

cardFlash

This free flashcard application offers two study modes: Flashcard Mode for traditional review and Adaptive Mode, which uses a smart algorithm to ensure mastery of terms. It allows for easy creation and import of study sets, including from Quizlet, and is completely ad-free.

Highlights
  • Adaptive Learn Mode
  • Flashcard Mode
  • Quizlet Import
  • 100% Ad Free
  • QR Code Set Sharing
  • Folders
Features
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No one likes paying for educational tools. Quizlet's paywalling harms thousands of students by taking away a valuable study resource. Hence, cardFlash is completely FREE! My mission with cardFlash is to provide everyone with equal access to the tools to be successful in whatever educational they pursue. A simple, clean flashcard app to help you learn what you need to learn. cardFlash will ALWAYS remain completely free and without ads (because ads suck). cardFlash makes studying for that French or Spanish test super easy! If your teacher has a set on Quizlet, you are able to quickly to import it in to cardFlash. Otherwise, you can also easily create a brand new set inside of cardFlash. Once you have your set, you can either choose to study with Flashcard Mode or Adaptive Mode. Flashcard mode allows you to go through the set just as if you had physical flashcards. Adaptive mode tests you with multiple choice and writing questions to help you learn the terms. Adaptive mode will guarantee that you know your stuff, the algorithm won't let you move past a term till you can get it right many times in a row. Adaptive mode is also super customizable, with its settings page that allows you to tweak everything about of the algorithm to best suit you. CURRENT FEATURES: - Adaptive Learn Mode - Flashcard Mode - Smart Flashcard Mode - Easily Edit Your Sets - 100% Ad Free - Quizlet Import - QR Code Set Sharing - Folders FEATURES TO COME: - Image Support - TTS Support - Online Sharing of Sets Request new features here: https://itsmichaelyu.github.io/cardFlashFeature Report bugs here: https://itsmichaelyu.github.io/cardFlashBug

Screenshots

FreezingBlue Flashcards!4 screens
cardFlash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: cardFlash at none against FreezingBlue Flashcards!'s 1. cardFlash also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (94% vs 85%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. cardFlash asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

cardFlash holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of FreezingBlue Flashcards!'s written reviews are positive against 94% of cardFlash's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FreezingBlue Flashcards! ships an update every 6 weeks, cardFlash every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FreezingBlue Flashcards! versus cardFlash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreezingBlue Flashcards!cardFlash
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (10 ratings)4.7 (26 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews94.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1026 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid SkellyMichael Yu

Customer experience

FreezingBlue Flashcards!

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

cardFlash

All ratings25 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%

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

cardFlash

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

FreezingBlue Flashcards!

One-time1
  • Flashcards Pro$2.99
None

cardFlash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FreezingBlue Flashcards! free?
FreezingBlue Flashcards! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is cardFlash free?
cardFlash is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FreezingBlue Flashcards! or cardFlash?
cardFlash is rated higher. FreezingBlue Flashcards! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while cardFlash averages 4.7 from 26 ratings.
Do FreezingBlue Flashcards! or cardFlash have ads?
Neither FreezingBlue Flashcards! nor cardFlash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FreezingBlue Flashcards! or cardFlash?
FreezingBlue Flashcards! ships an update every 6 weeks, and cardFlash every 3 weeks. Most recently, FreezingBlue Flashcards! was updated on November 6, 2026 and cardFlash on November 3, 2026.

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