Comparison

Memorii vs Decks!

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

Head to head
About

Memorii

This app aids in learning East Asian characters like Chinese hanzi, Japanese kanji, and Korean hangul. It offers customizable flashcard slideshows and a home screen widget for continuous practice. Manage your vocabulary with folders, checkmarks, and favorites, with iCloud sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Learn Chinese hanzi, Japanese kanji, Korean hangul
  • Customizable vocabulary slideshows
  • Home screen widget for constant visibility
  • Flashcard library management with folders
  • iCloud sync across all devices
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Memorii helps you study Chinese hanzi, Japanese kanji, and Korean hangul. Practice your vocabulary with customizable slideshows. Ordered or shuffled, based on characters, pronunciation, or meaning. The app also includes a widget to keep your favorites always visible on your Home Screen and help you memorize throughout the day. Manage your flashcards library with folders, checkmarks, and favorites. The app comes with basic vocabulary lists to get you started, and your library is available on all your devices with iCloud sync.

About

Decks!

This application helps you memorize foreign words using a scientifically proven algorithm. Add your own words and learn translations through interactive feedback, which adjusts repetition intervals for optimal recall.

Highlights
  • Foreign word memorization
  • Ebbinghaus algorithm
  • Custom word lists
  • Spaced repetition learning
  • Interactive feedback
Features
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Decks! is a program for memorizing foreign words. This app can improve your vocabulary boosting learning of any language through an incredibly clever algorithm. This algorithm was created by the German experimental psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus. You can add any word and start learning trying to remember the translation. By pressing the buttons "Excellent", "Good" and "Again" you give information about the quality of knowledge to the algorithm, which will add or decrease time for reminding the repetition.

Screenshots

Memorii4 screens
Decks!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Decks! at none against Memorii's 6. Decks! also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Memorii's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price 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. Memorii sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Decks! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memorii ships an update every 3 months, Decks! weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Memorii versus Decks!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoriiDecks!
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent TourraineNikolai Afansiev

Customer experience

Memorii

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Decks!

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Memorii

One-time6
  • Japanese Kanji Pack 1$0.99
  • Chinese Hanzi Pack 2$0.99
  • Japanese Kanji Pack 2$0.99
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  • Chinese Hanzi Pack 1$0.99
  • Chinese Hanzi Pack 3$0.99
  • Korean Hangul Pack 1$0.99
None

Decks!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memorii free?
Memorii is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Decks! free?
Decks! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Memorii or Decks! have ads?
Neither Memorii nor Decks! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memorii or Decks!?
Memorii ships an update every 3 months, and Decks! weekly. Most recently, Memorii was updated on November 1, 2026 and Decks! on November 13, 2026.

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