Comparison

AnkiMobile Flashcards vs Scrubfeed

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

Head to head
About

AnkiMobile Flashcards

This flashcard app offers a powerful spaced repetition system for efficient learning and memorization. Sync your decks across all your devices, including desktop and web, for seamless study anywhere. Supports large collections, custom card creation, and detailed progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Spaced repetition scheduling (SM-2 and FSRS)
  • Free sync with AnkiWeb across devices
  • Support for large card collections (100,000+)
  • Offline study with local media storage
  • Flexible interface for efficient study
  • Detailed progress graphs and statistics
  • MathJax and LaTeX rendering
Features
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Your decks, wherever you go! AnkiMobile is the official Anki app for iPhone and iPad, the flashcard app that more than 15 million learners worldwide have loved and trusted for over 20 years, made by the team behind Anki and AnkiWeb. Your purchase directly supports the open-source project that keeps Anki desktop free for everyone. Sync is included at no extra cost: no subscription, no sync fees. What you get: - Free sync with AnkiWeb. Keep your decks and study progress in sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Linux, and the web. Add cards on your computer, study them on your phone. - The same SM-2 and FSRS scheduling as desktop Anki, so you review material right as you're about to forget it. - A flexible interface designed for smooth and efficient study. - Detailed graphs and statistics about your progress. - Support for large collections, including 100,000+ cards. - Offline study. Media (images and audio) is stored on your device. - Powerful search for building filtered decks, e.g. "tagged high priority, answered in the last ten days, and not containing these words". - MathJax equations and LaTeX rendering. - Apple Pencil support for adding hand-drawn images to cards. Good to know: AnkiMobile works alongside the desktop version of Anki. Some tasks might require the desktop version, and add-ons are not supported on mobile yet. Sync is optional. You can also import and export data over USB or AirDrop. Buy once and use AnkiMobile on all your devices with the same Apple ID. Family Sharing is also supported. Educational institutions can find bulk discounts information through Apple's Volume Purchase Program. Need help? The manual and support resources are at https://docs.ankiweb.net/ankimobile/support. If you have questions or want to report an issue, contact us through our support site.

About

Scrubfeed

This app delivers daily summaries of new research papers from leading surgical journals, focusing on actionable clinical takeaways. It allows users to engage with a community, filter content by specialty, and save articles for later.

Highlights
  • Daily indexed research summaries
  • AI-extracted clinical takeaways
  • Community reactions and feedback
  • Filter by journal, subspecialty, topic
  • Personalized reading lists
  • Content discovery through colleagues
Features
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Scrubfeed is the daily intelligence feed built for plastic surgeons. Every day, new papers from the world's leading surgical journals are automatically indexed and summarized in the feed, one clear clinical takeaway per paper. Stop spending hours scanning abstracts, and get knowledge delivered efficiently and quickly to your phone in minutes. Every paper comes with an AI-extracted clinical takeaway, not a generic abstract, but the one finding that actually matters to your practice. Scrubfeed tells you what changed, what works, and what to watch for, with suggested articles, reactions and feedback from your community, and related findings. New papers are indexed and summarized automatically, so your feed is always fresh. See what colleagues are reading, saving, and reacting to. React to papers, leave comments, and discover what your medical community values most, before you even open the paper. You can filter by journal, subspecialty, and topic. No matter your specialty, your feed reflects what you actually care about. You can even bookmark any paper to your personal collection. Build your own reading list and return to it whenever you're ready. Content on Scrubfeed is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. AI-generated summaries may contain errors, so users must always verify against the original peer-reviewed publication before making clinical decisions.

Screenshots

AnkiMobile Flashcards4 screens
Scrubfeed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Scrubfeed at Free against AnkiMobile Flashcards's $24.99. Scrubfeed also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 weeks). AnkiMobile Flashcards's advantage is ratings volume (2.4K vs 7) and chart position (#1 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Scrubfeed is free to download; AnkiMobile Flashcards costs $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Scrubfeed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AnkiMobile Flashcards has 2.4K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AnkiMobile Flashcards ships an update every 6 weeks, Scrubfeed every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
AnkiMobile Flashcards versus Scrubfeed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnkiMobile FlashcardsScrubfeed
Price$24.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (2.4K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.4K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#1 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.2 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB12 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAnki Software, LLCMercuri Gaming, Inc.

Customer experience

AnkiMobile Flashcards

All ratings2,375 ratings
Positive73.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews1,589 reviews
Positive58.5%
Neutral12.9%
Negative28.6%

Scrubfeed

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Scrubfeed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

AnkiMobile Flashcards

No in-app purchases

None

Scrubfeed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AnkiMobile Flashcards free?
AnkiMobile Flashcards costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scrubfeed free?
Scrubfeed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AnkiMobile Flashcards or Scrubfeed?
Scrubfeed is rated higher. AnkiMobile Flashcards averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings, while Scrubfeed averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do AnkiMobile Flashcards or Scrubfeed have ads?
Neither AnkiMobile Flashcards nor Scrubfeed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AnkiMobile Flashcards or Scrubfeed?
AnkiMobile Flashcards ships an update every 6 weeks, and Scrubfeed every 2 days. Most recently, AnkiMobile Flashcards was updated on November 10, 2026 and Scrubfeed on October 31, 2026.

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