Luna vs StudyCog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Luna
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Luna is designed to help neurodivergent learners revise more effectively. It keeps things simple, clear and led by scientific studies of best practices in education. Create your flashcards your way: manual, automatic, and colour coding are all available. Review your collections flexibly: custom reviews give you full control or smart scheduling sets reviews based on your deadline and developing confidence with the material. Learn more revision and techniques through expert-written guides, audio, and videos.
StudyCog
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StudyCog turns university reading into something you can actually get through - listen to any document with natural voices, make sense of dense papers, and keep your highlights, notes and sources together in one accessible place. Built for students who think differently - including dyslexia, ADHD and visual stress - StudyCog is the same study space on iPhone, iPad, Mac and the web, always in sync. READ AND LISTEN - Upload PDFs, Word documents, screenshots or photos of handouts - An Easy-to-Read view rebuilds cluttered pages into clean, readable text - Natural read-aloud voices highlight each word as they speak - Fixation reading, dyslexia-friendly fonts, your own colour schemes and text sizes throughout UNDERSTAND FASTER - Ask questions about a document and get answers drawn from that document - Simplify or summarise long readings into plainer English - Turn readings into podcast-style audio for listening on the go CAPTURE FROM SAFARI - The included Safari extension saves selected text or a snapshot of any page straight into your library - On iPhone and iPad, share text or images to StudyCog from any app with the share sheet - Every capture keeps its source link for honest referencing KEEP TRACK - Highlights, text notes and voice notes attached to the exact sentence - Find academic sources and build citations in the style your course expects - Assignments, drafts and feedback in one place ACCESSIBLE FIRST Designed to WCAG 2.2 AA - works with VoiceOver and keyboard navigation, with fonts, spacing, colours and reading aids you can tune to suit you. GETTING IN Sign in with your StudyCog account. Many students receive StudyCog through their Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA) supplier or their university, and you can start a free trial in the app. There is nothing to buy inside the app. Support: https://studycog.co.uk/support Privacy: https://studycog.co.uk/privacy
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Verdict
Luna and StudyCog are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Luna | StudyCog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 โ better | 16.4 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Booost Education Ltd | Adam Pickard |
In-app purchases
Luna
No in-app purchases
StudyCog
No in-app purchases







