AnkiMobile Flashcards vs Open eClass Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AnkiMobile Flashcards
This app is a powerful and intelligent flashcard companion for a popular desktop program. It offers smart scheduling algorithms, flexible study interfaces, and comprehensive statistics to aid learning. Sync your progress across devices and study offline with media-rich cards.
- Cloud synchronization across devices
- SM2 and FSRS scheduling algorithms
- Flexible and efficient study interface
- Comprehensive study graphs and statistics
- Support for large card decks
- Offline study with media
- Advanced card search functionality
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AnkiMobile is a mobile companion to Anki®, a powerful, intelligent flashcard program that is free, multi-platform, and open-source. Sales of this app support the development of both the computer and mobile version, which is why the app is priced as a computer application. AnkiMobile was written by the lead developer of Anki and AnkiWeb, and it has been around since 2010. Beware other apps using "Anki" in their name that have sprung up recently - they are not compatible with the rest of the Anki ecosystem, and they offer far fewer features, despite charging expensive subscriptions. Some of AnkiMobile's features include: - A free cloud synchronization service that lets you keep your card content synchronized across multiple mobile and computer devices. This makes it easy to add content on a computer and then study it on your mobile, easily keep your study progress current between an iPhone and iPad, and so on. - The same SM2 and FSRS scheduling algorithms that the computer version of Anki uses, which remind you of material as you're about to forget it. - A flexible interface designed for smooth and efficient study. You can set up AnkiMobile to perform different actions when you tap or swipe on various parts of the screen, and control which actions appear on the tool buttons. - Comprehensive graphs and statistics about your studies. - Support for large card decks - even 100,000+ cards. - If your cards use images or audio clips, the media is stored on your device, so you can study without an internet connection. - A powerful search facility that allows you to find cards that match criteria such as 'tagged high priority, answered in the last ten days and not containing the following words', and automatically place them into a deck to study. - Support for displaying mathematical equations with MathJax, and rendering LaTeX created with the computer version. - Support for adding images drawn with the Apple Pencil to your cards. Please note that AnkiMobile is currently intended as a companion to the computer version of Anki, rather than a complete replacement for it. While AnkiMobile is able to display and schedule your cards in the same way the computer version does, certain changes like modifying note types need to be done with the computer software. Add-ons are not supported, so while you can study image occlusion cards created with the computer version, they can not be created within AnkiMobile. For this reason, please start with the computer version of Anki before you think about buying this app. The cloud synchronization service is optional, and data can also be imported/exported from the app via a USB cable or AirDrop. Like all apps, AnkiMobile can be purchased once and then used on multiple devices in a household using the same Apple ID. Family sharing is also supported (apart from in India). For information on bulk discounts for educational institutions, please see Apple's Volume Purchase Program. For more information on AnkiMobile, including a link to the online manual, please have a look at the support page: https://docs.ankimobile.net/support.html. If you have any questions or want to report an issue, please let us know on our support site and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Open eClass Mobile
Access your Open eClass courses and stay updated with the official mobile application. This app provides an alternative way to interact with your educational content, designed to complement the web experience.
- Access Open eClass courses
- Stay updated on course content
- Alternative to web-app access
- Requires active user account
- Works with enabled Open eClass sites
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Redesigned official Open eClass Mobile app! This application requires an active user account and works only with Open eClass sites that have enabled the mobile API. Please contact your Open eClass administrator if you encounter connection problems. It works best with Open eClass versions 4.4 or later This new mobile-app does not try to be everything that the web-app is but offers an alternative means for accessing courses and stay up-to-date. We’d really appreciate your feedback!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AnkiMobile Flashcards at 59% against Open eClass Mobile's 2%. AnkiMobile Flashcards also leads on chart position (#1 vs unranked). Open eClass Mobile's advantage is price (Free vs $24.99). On update cadence, 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
Open eClass Mobile is free to download; AnkiMobile Flashcards costs $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AnkiMobile Flashcards ships an update every 6 weeks, Open eClass Mobile every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AnkiMobile Flashcards | Open eClass Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (2.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 58.7% of reviews — better | 2.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #1 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 15.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Anki Software, LLC | Greek Universities Network |
Customer experience
AnkiMobile Flashcards
Open eClass Mobile
Bugs and requests
AnkiMobile Flashcards
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cards disappearing after updates
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between apps
- Inability to delete decks on mobile
- Sync issues causing data loss
- Compatibility problems with older iOS versions
Requested features
6 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve card browsing and management features
- Integrate with Apple Pencil for better note-taking
- Add support for more file formats (e.g., Opus audio)
- Enhance mobile-specific features and UI
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- Provide better onboarding and tutorials
Open eClass Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
AnkiMobile Flashcards
No in-app purchases
Open eClass Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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