Flashcards by SwiftStudy vs Cogni
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashcards by SwiftStudy
This app helps you memorize and study information through interactive flashcards. It intelligently schedules reviews, allows custom card creation with images, and syncs progress across devices. Unlock unlimited features with a one-time purchase.
- Intelligent review scheduling
- Customizable double-sided cards
- Image and text support
- Progress tracking (New to Mastered)
- Cross-device iCloud sync
- CSV/TSV file import
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SwiftStudy is the flashcard app that tells you what to study today and helps it stick. Learn a language, prepare for an exam or memorize anything, one swipe at a time. KNOW WHAT TO STUDY TODAY • Due now reviews every card that's ready, across all your stacks • Tricky cards brings back the cards you missed this week • New today introduces new cards at your own pace • Keep your streak going with daily study reminders MAKE CARDS YOUR WAY • Double-sided cards with words, images, definitions or formulas • Organize them into colorful stacks on any topic • Import cards from CSV or TSV files • Follow every card from New to In Practice, Familiar and Mastered PRACTICE THAT STICKS • Swipe through your cards and get a scorecard at the end of every stack • Practice in random order or back side first • Study on iPhone and iPad, in portrait or landscape, synced with iCloud SWIFTSTUDY PRO SwiftStudy is free for up to 5 stacks with 40 cards each. One single purchase unlocks SwiftStudy Pro for life: unlimited stacks and cards, random order, back-first practice and file import. No subscription. Privacy policy: https://www.swiftstudyapp.com/privacy-policy
Cogni
This app uses AI to generate flashcards from various sources like PDFs, notes, or audio. It employs spaced repetition for efficient memorization and allows importing existing decks. Study notes can be generated alongside cards, and a library of pre-made decks is available.
- AI flashcard generation
- FSRS spaced repetition
- Anki deck import
- Notes alongside cards
- Offline study
- Pre-made deck library
- Cross-platform sync
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Cogni is a flashcard app with FSRS spaced repetition, AI flashcard generation and Anki deck import. Study on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web: your decks and progress sync through one account, and reviews work offline. MAKE FLASHCARDS WITH AI Upload a PDF, photograph your notes or textbook pages, upload a lecture recording, paste text or type a topic. Cogni drafts question-and-answer and cloze cards. You check the drafts and keep the ones you want. FSRS SPACED REPETITION Every card is scheduled with FSRS, the open-source algorithm that predicts when you are about to forget. After each answer, rate your recall (Again, Hard, Good or Easy) and see when the card comes back. Each day you review only what is due. IMPORT YOUR ANKI DECKS Save an .apkg file in Files, tap + in Cogni and choose “Import .apkg”. Cards, subdecks, cloze cards, images and audio come with it. Anki's review history stays in Anki: FSRS builds a new schedule from your answers in Cogni. NOTES NEXT TO YOUR CARDS Generate study notes together with your cards and read them in Cogni on the web, linked to the cards they produced. READY-MADE DECKS Browse a library of 5,000+ decks for languages, medicine, anatomy and more, add a deck and start studying. BUILT FOR - Medical, nursing and pre-med students - Language learners building vocabulary - Students preparing for exams - Anyone moving their decks from another flashcard app FREE TO START Create cards, import decks, sync and study up to 40 card reviews a day for free, and try one AI generation. Cogni Premium removes the daily review limit, adds text-to-speech and includes AI generation within your plan's allowance. Terms of Use: https://cogni.cards/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://cogni.cards/privacy/
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Verdict
Flashcards by SwiftStudy and Cogni both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of Flashcards by SwiftStudy's written reviews are positive against 36% of Cogni's. Flashcards by SwiftStudy also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). Cogni's advantage is ratings volume (1.7K vs 33) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Flashcards by SwiftStudy sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Cogni sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Flashcards by SwiftStudy against 4.7 for Cogni. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cogni has 1.7K ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Flashcards by SwiftStudy's written reviews are positive against 36% of Cogni's.
Flashcards by SwiftStudy ships an update every 3 days, Cogni every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashcards by SwiftStudy | Cogni |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (33 ratings) | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 35.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | KD incubator UG | COGNIFLY LTD |
Customer experience
Flashcards by SwiftStudy
Cogni
Bugs and requests
Flashcards by SwiftStudy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Cogni
Reported bugs
2 issues- App no longer available after paying for annual subscription
- Occasional crashes
Requested features
4 requests- Integrate ChatGPT or Claude for automatic card creation
- Add sub-decks for larger decks that need more review
- Improve algorithm for hard/again ratings to better target struggling cards
- Add subsections for decks to study different sections separately
In-app purchases
Flashcards by SwiftStudy
- Flashcards - Coffee tip$3.99
- SwiftStudy Lifetime$9.99
- Drink Tip$9.99
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- Lunch Tip$19.99
Cogni
- Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
- Premium Monthly$14.991 Month
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- Premium Annual$19.991 Year
- Premium Annual$24.991 Year
- Premium Annual$29.991 Year
- Premium Annual$49.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$69.99
- Premium Lifetime$99.99
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