Comparison

camFlashcards vs Memories

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Memories

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“Memories” is a simple app that just records your memory. - Recording memories Register a memory you want to record by dividing it into "Question" and "Answer". (e.g. Question: What is the name of this app?, Answer: Memories) - Displaying memories You can check recorded memories like the photos app. - Organizing memories You can combine multiple recorded memories into a book. You can also create "Smart Book” that automatically combines only memory containing specific keywords. In order to create a Smart Book, you need to register keywords in memory. - Searching memories You can search memories including search words in questions, answers or keywords. - Memorization This app has a simple memorization check feature. This software includes the work that is distributed in the Apache License 2.0.

Screenshots

camFlashcards4 screens
Memories4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: camFlashcards at none against Memories's shown. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. camFlashcards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Memories sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

camFlashcards ships an update every 5 months, Memories every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
camFlashcards versus Memories: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametercamFlashcardsMemories
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPrime System Laboratory Co.,Ltd.Masaru Kimura

In-app purchases

1 purchases

camFlashcards

One-time1
  • FlashCardUpgrade$2.99
1 purchases

Memories

One-time1
  • Disable ads$1.99

Questions

Is camFlashcards free?
camFlashcards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Memories free?
Memories is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do camFlashcards or Memories have ads?
Memories shows ads; camFlashcards does not.
Which is updated more often, camFlashcards or Memories?
camFlashcards ships an update every 5 months, and Memories every 3 months. Most recently, camFlashcards was updated on June 5, 2026 and Memories on September 10, 2026.

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