Jottable Flash Cards vs camFlashcards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jottable Flash Cards
Create and study custom flashcards with advanced features like multiple memos per card, automatic flipping, and import/export options. Organize your study materials efficiently with this versatile educational tool.
- Customizable flashcards with multiple memos
- Automatic card flipping
- Import/export text files
- Search and reorder cards
- Hide cards by dragging
- Supports Retina displays
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This is a flash cards app, you can take a note with color marker other than main word. It also has the following functions. Automatic flipping, searching word, reordering cards, skipping cards with slider, importing and exporting text files. (There is an free version "Jottable Flash Cards Free". We recommend you to try it first. It has almost same functions.) ==Function which in only paid-for version== 1. Adjusts font size if it's too large to write all characters in a card. ==Principal Functions== 1. Uses animation for flipping cards. 2. Can have up to 3 memos on each card. 3. Can import or export text file using iTunes' "File Sharing". 4. Can have plural sheaves. 5. Can flip card automatically. 6. Can shuffle order of cards. 7. Can search keyword. 8. Can skip cards using slider. 9. Can hide cards by pressing and dragging card. 10. Supports both 3.5 and 4 inch Retina displays. 11. Can change card size on 4 inch display. ==To import or export text files== 1. Use iTunes' "File Sharing", if you want to import or export text files. 2. The importing file needs to be Tab separated text or Comma separated text with UTF8 encoding. The extension for Tab separated text is ".txt", for Comma separated text is ".csv". 3. If you want to import text file with line feed code, you need to separate cards using semicolon(;). 4. The exporting file is always Tab separated text with UTF8 encoding. ==To import or export text files using clip board == 1. You can import or export text files using clipboard. 2. The importing file needs to be Tab separated text with UTF8 encoding. 3. If you want to import text file with line feed code, you need to separate cards using semicolon(;). 4. The exporting file is always Tab separated text with UTF8 encoding.
camFlashcards
Capture words from images to create digital flashcards for language learning. Supports text input, photos, and image recognition for creating study materials. Practice vocabulary with spaced repetition and share sets with friends.
- Create flashcards from photos
- Image recognition for word translation
- Text input for questions and answers
- Practice modes with spaced repetition
- Share flashcards with friends
- Add new cards and edit existing ones
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Just take a photo of unknown word in textbooks, newspapers or magazines, you can make flashcards of a word and the translation to Japanese/ Chinese. These question and answer can be entered by text input methods. And you can use photos as question and answer instead of texts. It’s good for preschool education to learn word by showing photo and asking the meaning of the photo. You can share the flashcards with your friend by using nearby communication or Dropbox. Functions: 1.Practices Flashcards are listed on a "Flashcards screen". Please select one Flashcards and choose " Practice" and options". (1)Practice After you imagine your answer, please push " Check" button. Then the correct answer will be shown. After comparing your imagined answer and correct answer, Please touch "OK" button or "NG" button based on the comparison. You would like to confirm an answer of the question before going to next question, you should touch "Check" button. Then the answer can be seen & confirmed. -Weakpoints only If you can not answer a question as "OK" three times in a row, the question is recorded as weak points question. -Random The order of questions are shuffled. 2. Edit (1)Add new flashcards in a flashcards list By touching "+" button on the upper-right corner on "flashcards screen", new flashcards are added. (2)Add a new card By touching “+” button on the “Edit screen”, you can add a new card which holds a pair of a question and an answer. If you touch a question field, you can select question input methods as follow; “Input text”, “Photo Library”, “Camera Roll”, Camera” and “ Image Recognition”. As same above, you can select answer input methods by touching an answer field. By touching the reverse button, you can exchange question and answer. (3)Image Recognition By selecting “Image Recognition”, video from iPhone camera will be displayed. The video screen has a recognition frame. Please set the word in this recognition frame, then the word( English) and translated word (Japanese/Chinese) are displayed near the frame. By touching the button labeled the word, the English word and translated word are recorded as a new flashcard. (4)Quick Input Mode from Photo You touch magic baton button in the bottom of the edit screen, you can make multiple cards from photo you choose. Please select photo source from Camera, Photo Album, Camera roll. You make double tapping on the word you want to know, the frame with text and its meanings is displayed on the word. If you returned to previous page (edit page), the words you tapped are entered as cards. 3. Other functions (a)remove flashcards By touching a trash button on the bottom of " Edit", the selecting flashcards will be deleted. (b)Set name for the new flashcards By touching an action button on the bottom of " Edit" and choosing edit the text name, you can change the name of the text. (c)change the order of the question By touching "Edit" button of "Edit" and dragging a question, you can change the order. (d)remove a question By touching "Edit" button of "Edit screen" and selecting a question, you can delete the question. 4. Upgrading functions (a)No page & flashcards limitation Free version is limited less than 5 and each flashcards can hold less than 10 pages. Once you buy the upgrade, these limitation will be deactivated. (b)Flashcards can be shared through nearby communication Two iPhones which already installed " camFlashcards" can share flashcards via nearby communication. (Bluetooth required) On the sending iPhone, select one flashcards which you want to send on "flashcards screen", push an action button of the "Edit screen", and choose "Send to nearby". On the receiving iPhone, push a "+" button on the upper-right corner of the "flashcards screen ", and choose "Receive From Nearby". (c)Dropbox communication You can save and load your flashcard data to/ from dropbox folder.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jottable Flash Cards at 55% against camFlashcards's 0%. Jottable Flash Cards also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). camFlashcards's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, ads 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
camFlashcards is free to download; Jottable Flash Cards costs $0.99 up front. camFlashcards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Jottable Flash Cards asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on August 15, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jottable Flash Cards | camFlashcards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Satoshi Horiguchi | Prime System Laboratory Co.,Ltd. |
Customer experience
Jottable Flash Cards
camFlashcards
In-app purchases
Jottable Flash Cards
No in-app purchases
camFlashcards
- FlashCardUpgrade$2.99
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