Inkflow Visual Notebook vs FlipStudy Index Cards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inkflow Visual Notebook
This app offers a fluid digital writing and sketching experience, allowing users to easily capture, resize, and reorganize ideas. It supports high-resolution zooming for detailed work and integrates text, photos, and custom paper backgrounds. Users can share their creations in various formats.
- Fluid digital ink for writing and sketching
- Resize and reorganize content with touch gestures
- High-resolution zoom for precision detail
- Insert text, photos, and custom paper backgrounds
- Export to PDF, JPEG, and PNG
- Inkport for scanning real-world notes
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Inkflow is a note-taking and brainstorming experience unlike any other! Capture your ideas as easily as with pen and paper, then resize and reorganize them with your fingers. DIGITAL WRITING DONE RIGHT Inkflow's ink feels like a really smooth fountain pen. Great for expressive writing or sketching. Effortlessly scale or move anything you select. This will change the way you think about ink: Jot down a list of concepts then rearrange them to fit into the bigger picture. literally move your thoughts around the page, and assemble big ideas with your fingers. This works great for brainstorming and planning. It's also perfect for prototyping layouts, sketching, and drawing. FULL RESOLUTION ZOOM Zoom and pan with two fingers. Inkflow's ink stays sharp no matter how much you zoom in, so you can add fine details at full quality. It's also lightning fast and lag free. This allows writing and drawing with incredible precision, with or without a stylus. TEXT, PHOTOS, and PAPER BACKGROUNDS TOO Insert text boxes and photos anywhere on the page and resize them seamlessly with the ink. You can also choose from a selection of different stationery. EASILY CREATE and SHARE Inkflow let's you export your books to PDF, high-resolution JPEG, and share them via Twitter, Email, or with other Apps. TRY INKFLOW FOR FREE Rather than just read about Inkflow, go ahead and try it out: We've decided to make the Basic Edition of Inkflow completely FREE. The Basic Edition is a full featured note-taking and sketching app. It comes with the Fountain Pen with black ink, photos, and a standard set of 5 popular fonts for text. Books max out at 20 pages each, but you can create as many as you like. If you're looking for more, there is... INKFLOW PLUS Upgrade instantly at any time to the Plus Edition to get: - Inkport - Dozens of premium stationery designs - iCloud sync - A customizable, full color palette, - Pencil, Eraser, and Paint Brush tools, - The Write-Behind Highlighter tool, - Rotate, Cut, Copy, Paste Ink, and Page Management, - Export as PNG with transparent backgrounds, - Notebooks with unlimited pages, - Custom paper backgrounds, - An additional 50+ fonts, - And more! The Plus Edition lets you do even more things such as: Painting, cartooning, page layouts, and brainstorming in full color. Learn more in the in-App Quickstart Guide. INKPORT: COPY AND PASTE FROM THE REAL WORLD Only Inkflow Plus includes the revolutionary Inkport tool. Inkport uses your iPad's camera to instantly convert your written notes and sketches into Inkflow's native vector ink. Easily pull in materials from multiple sources and go from paper to iPad without missing a beat. Inkport is going to change the way you use paper in your workflow. Universal App for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch: Upgrade once and get Inkflow Plus on all your compatible devices connected to your iTunes account! EDUCATORS: Inkflow Plus is also available as a standalone App, and qualifies for Apple's Volume Purchase Program. A PLATFORM FOR CREATIVITY We strongly believe that the iPad is not just a consumption device. It's a creativity device. Check out our whole range of creativity Apps on our website. Keep on creating! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://www.qrayon.com/home/privacy/
FlipStudy Index Cards
Create and study digital flashcards with a simple, gesture-based interface. Add notes, drawings, and images to your cards, then flip through them quickly for effective memorization. Organize your study topics and access them easily on the go.
- Gesture-based card flipping
- Freehand drawing and typing
- Image and photo uploads
- Organize by topic with colors
- Portrait and landscape support
- Apple Pencil compatible
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Big exam tomorrow? Presentation on Monday? Quickly jot down all your notes on Flashcards then flip through them with your fingers on your way to the exam room. Have a friend flip through your cards before your elevator pitch. The Fastest, Cleanest, Simplest, pure gesture based Flashcard app. * Swipe left and right to flip through cards * Draw freely with your finger (or Apple Pencil) * Press and hold to Flip card over * Shake to see a random card * Swipe down to cancel * Swipe up to delete Features * Quickly add new flashcards on the fly with one tap * Freehand draw with your finger or type with your keyboard * Easily erase parts of your drawing with your finger * Swipe though multiple flashcards, press and hold to flip each card over * Supports both front and back side of flashcards * Store and organize multiple flashcard topics with different colors * Take photos, upload images * Use in both portrait and landscape * Apple Pencil Compatible
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Inkflow Visual Notebook at 4.6 against FlipStudy Index Cards's 3.3. Inkflow Visual Notebook also leads on ratings volume (1.9K vs 43) and review sentiment (71% vs 52%). FlipStudy Index Cards's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Inkflow Visual Notebook sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and FlipStudy Index Cards sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Inkflow Visual Notebook holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Inkflow Visual Notebook has 1.9K ratings behind it against 43, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Inkflow Visual Notebook's written reviews are positive against 52% of FlipStudy Index Cards's.
Inkflow Visual Notebook ships an update every 5 months, FlipStudy Index Cards every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Inkflow Visual Notebook | FlipStudy Index Cards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better | 3.3 (43 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews — better | 52.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 43 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qrayon, LLC | A2DWebs |
Customer experience
Inkflow Visual Notebook
FlipStudy Index Cards
User reviews
Inkflow Visual Notebook
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Intuitive interface
- 💡 Great for brainstorming and sketching
- 👍 Useful for note-taking and journaling
- 👍 Versatile for various purposes (work, school, art)
Room to improve
- 🔒 Limited features in free version
- 💰 Paid upgrade is expensive for some users
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and data loss issues
- 🔒 Lack of cloud sync and cross-device access
- 🔒 Difficult to organize and manage notebooks/pages
FlipStudy Index Cards
From 43 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- ✍️ Great for Apple Pencil
- 💡 Useful for language learning
- ✨ Visually appealing
- 📚 Good for studying
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches make it unusable
- 🐛 Accidental deletion of cards
- 🐛 Data loss after updates
- 🐛 Syncing issues
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate
Bugs and requests
Inkflow Visual Notebook
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes and data loss
- Unreliable auto-save and syncing
- Compatibility issues with newer devices/OS
- Pen/input lag and inconsistent responsiveness
Requested features
5 requests- Add more pen/brush options and customization
- Implement layers and advanced drawing tools
- Improve page management (insert, delete, reorder)
- Integrate cloud sync and cross-device access
- Add password protection and locking features
FlipStudy Index Cards
Reported bugs
34 issues- Double card in a deck
- Link to second deck not working
- First or last card only displayed
- Cards not put in random order
- Missing new set of cards
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- Deleted all cards after update
- Cloud sync never worked
- Glitchy syncing
- Cards get deleted on iPad
- App deleted half of cards
- Backside of cards deleted
- Majority of backside cards deleted again
- Cards appear blank
- Text disappears from cards
- Information not saved
- Lose data
- Cloud sync doesn't work well
- Lost card stacks
- Information lost after update
- App stopped working after update
- No way to go back and change/correct written content
- No way to delete unwanted cards
- Cannot make a new topic
- Writing looks very angular
- Lag when using Pencil
- Eraser doesn't delete entire stroke
- Writing on back of card deleted when changing front
- Cannot adjust stack colors
- Cannot view all cards clearly
- Basic functionality doesn't save
- Copying text converts 'a' to '&'
- Erases the back of index cards
- Accidentally erased notes
- Lost new card after creating it
Requested features
45 requests- Audio playback for language learning
- Ability to insert audio playback
- Undo button for bin
- Ability to share flashcards
- Flashcards transfer to new phone
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- Default to keyboard for editing
- Change font type in Pro version
- Resize images
- Tagging system for cards
- Multi-colored tags
- Select and drag text/drawings
- Sync app between iPad and iPhone
- Random card picking without shaking
- Enlarge text size
- Folders for organization
- View all cards at once
- Go to beginning/end/middle by touching dot
- Eraser instead of cleaning entire card
- Import photos from library
- Scale and position photos
- Reposition text
- Blank template card
- Randomize button
- Button to flip flashcard
- Line width options for Apple Pencil
- Ability to import photos
- Resize and position photos and text manually
- Change writing color
- Push text to top of cue card
- Print cards
- Add photos to cards
- Check-mark mastered cards
- Star or bookmark difficult cards
- Write answer under question on front side
- Add an eraser
- Palm rejection
- Share created cards via email, Facebook, or other iPads
- Change order of topics
- More difficult to delete a topic
- More color choices
- Save button
- Delete part of a note with Apple Pencil
- Change Apple Pencil line width
- Copy and paste functionality
- Cloud sync functionality
In-app purchases
Inkflow Visual Notebook
- Inkflow Plus Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Inkflow Plus Annual Subscription7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Inkflow Plus$19.99
FlipStudy Index Cards
- Get Ad Free Upgrade$0.99
- Get All The Things$3.99
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