Comparison

Flashcard Hero vs DUNY Mobile

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

Head to head
About

Flashcard Hero

Create and study custom flashcards with rich content like images and text formatting. This app intelligently tracks your knowledge, allowing you to focus on difficult material and optimize your learning time. It supports various study methods, including spaced repetition, and is ideal for memorizing complex information.

Highlights
  • Create custom flashcards
  • Add images and text formatting
  • Group cards into topics
  • Study only difficult cards
  • Spaced Repetition System (Leitner Box)
  • Multiple Choice tests
Features
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Make your own flash cards and take the pressure out of test preparation. Flashcard Hero keeps track of what facts you already know so you can focus on what you don’t know and save a lot of time. We made Flashcard Hero for those of you who want to fit more than a few words on each card. You can add images, lists, and use text formatting to structure your content. - Write cards on your iPhone/iPad - Add images - Group cards into topics - Text formatting & lists - Find and study only difficult cards - iCloud Drive support (syncs with the Mac app, which is a separate purchase) Study Options: - Memorizing cards by covering the answer - Multiple Choice tests with randomly picked or predefined answers - Supports studying with the Spaced Repetition System (Leitner Box System) For Teachers and Educators: - Compatible with the Remote Control feature of the Mac app. You can use the iOS app as a remote to control the study mode on the Mac while you are projecting on a big screen. People use the Flashcard Hero Mac & iOS apps to study many different subjects. Here’s a short list of the most popular subjects based on the over 2 million cards that users have shared among each other so far: - Medicine (anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, genetics) - Psychology - Law & business administration (economics, marketing, international law) - History and politics - Languages (Latin, Chinese, Greek, Italian, Spanish, German) - Social sciences - Music and music theory - Space physiology (how cool is that?) - Many more… You see a lot of subjects in the top ranks where people have to memorize a lot of “structured” information. That’s because Flashcard Hero is designed specifically to go beyond language learning, offering more room on each card for facts, lists, and images. You can also organize cards into topics (to match chapters of a text book, for example). Note: This app is a single, one-time purchase. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads. The App Store might list the app as having in-app purchases, but those are only for backwards compatibility with an earlier version of the app. With this download, you get all features right away.

About

DUNY Mobile

Access essential university resources on the go. View your class schedule, important dates, and student account details. Stay connected with campus information.

Highlights
  • Class schedule access
  • Event calendar
  • Student account information
  • Campus resources
  • Mobile convenience
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DUNY Mobile (Dominican University New York) provides convenient mobile access to important resources for students. Example of mobile resources include class schedule, calendar of events, student account information, and much more.

Screenshots

Flashcard Hero4 screens
DUNY Mobile3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DUNY Mobile at Free against Flashcard Hero's $4.99. DUNY Mobile also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 92%). Flashcard Hero's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and update cadence (monthly vs every 22 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

DUNY Mobile is free to download; Flashcard Hero costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flashcard Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flashcard Hero has 885 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 92% of Flashcard Hero's written reviews are positive against 100% of DUNY Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flashcard Hero ships an update monthly, DUNY Mobile every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Flashcard Hero versus DUNY Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlashcard HeroDUNY Mobile
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (885 ratings) — better2.3 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews91.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings885 — better9
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 22 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB94 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKitestack SoftwareJenzabar, Inc.

Customer experience

Flashcard Hero

All ratings883 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews168 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.4%

DUNY Mobile

All ratings9 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Flashcard Hero

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • iCloud sync not working consistently
  • Crashes when opening large decks

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Ability to add audio recordings to flashcards
  • More detailed progress tracking and analytics

DUNY Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Flashcard Hero

No in-app purchases

None

DUNY Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flashcard Hero free?
Flashcard Hero costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DUNY Mobile free?
DUNY Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flashcard Hero or DUNY Mobile?
Flashcard Hero is rated higher. Flashcard Hero averages 4.8 out of 5 from 885 ratings, while DUNY Mobile averages 2.3 from 9 ratings.
Do Flashcard Hero or DUNY Mobile have ads?
Neither Flashcard Hero nor DUNY Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flashcard Hero or DUNY Mobile?
Flashcard Hero ships an update monthly, and DUNY Mobile every 22 months. Most recently, Flashcard Hero was updated on October 23, 2026 and DUNY Mobile on October 13, 2026.

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