SelfStudy vs Language Flashcards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SelfStudy
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The UPSC Learning APP, your one-stop platform for personalized, interactive learning experiences designed to help you gain a comprehensive understanding of any topic at your own pace.
Language Flashcards
Master new languages with AI-powered flashcards. Automatically create decks from your own lessons, with native audio and images. Track your progress and retention with science-based spaced repetition.
- Automatic deck creation from lessons
- Spaced repetition learning system
- Native audio pronunciation
- Image support for flashcards
- Offline review mode
- Visible retention and progress tracking
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Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Russian fast. Built for the trip, the move, the exam, or the partner's family that just gave you a real deadline to speak. Verbamor requires a paid auto-renewing subscription. A 7-day free trial is available on the annual plan. Verbamor is a memory system for serious learners. Spaced repetition is proven science, and Verbamor makes it work in the open. You can see exactly what you're keeping, watch it hold, and know what you'd still remember in 30, 60, and 90 days if you stopped today. The rigor runs for you, and the app shows you it's working. Then there's the part that usually turns into a second job. You record a real lesson, paste in something you're reading, or translate a phrase, and Verbamor builds the deck for you: an image on every card, native audio, and a review schedule that tunes itself to your memory. The words come back the moment you need to say them out loud. What you get: - Record a lesson, get a deck built for you automatically - Science-based spaced repetition that schedules each review for the moment you're about to forget - Native audio on every card - A clear image on every card - Offline review, so your commute counts - Retention and progress you can actually see This is the method done right with none of the labor. Manual flashcard apps hand you every card to build and every setting to tune yourself. Verbamor does that work for you and keeps the proof on screen, so the rigor stays legible and your time stays yours. Why it costs more than a free app: Verbamor does the work a manual flashcard app hands to you. Every card is built for you with audio and an image, the schedule tunes itself, and the app shows you what you're keeping. You pay for the hours you don't spend building cards, and for a deck made of your own words instead of a stranger's. Verbamor requires a subscription. The annual plan, Native, starts with a 7-day free trial. Your 650-card Essentials deck is ready the moment you subscribe, along with unlimited new cards, decks built from lessons you record, speaking practice, and the full review engine. We remind you before the trial ends, and you can cancel anytime. Prefer month to month? Explorer has you covered. Want it set up with you? Envoy adds a personal onboarding session and a hand-picked tutor matched to your goal, in any language we teach. Languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian, with more on the way. Verbamor works alongside your tutor, your class, or your own reading. It remembers, so you don't have to. Speak Spanish or Portuguese? Verbamor also comes in Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, for learning American English. Choose your language on the first screen. Subscriptions Verbamor Pro is available as three auto-renewing plans: - Explorer, billed monthly - Native, billed annually, starting with a 7-day free trial - Envoy, billed annually: everything in Native, plus a personal onboarding session and a hand-picked tutor Pricing is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://verbamor.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://verbamor.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Language Flashcards at every 4 days against SelfStudy's every 2 months. SelfStudy's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. SelfStudy sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Language Flashcards sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SelfStudy ships an update every 2 months, Language Flashcards every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | SelfStudy | Language Flashcards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Preppers Info Tech (OPC) Ptv. Ltd. | Colin Taylor |
In-app purchases
SelfStudy
- 7 Days Pro Access$4.997 Days
- 1 Month Pro Access$22.991 Month
- 3 Months Pro Access$39.993 Months
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- 6 Months Pro Access$59.996 Months
- 1 Year Pro Access$99.991 Year
- 1-Month UPSC Master Access$9.99
- 3 Month All Access Pro$19.99
- 6 Month All Access Pro$29.99
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- 12 Month All Access Pro$39.99
- Self Study$39.99
- Self Study$99.99
- Self Study$179.99
- Self Study$199.99
Language Flashcards
- Upkeep$5.991 Month
- Explorer$19.991 Month
- Native7 Days trial$129.991 Year
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- Envoy$399.991 Year
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