Flashcards! vs FlipUp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashcards!
Create and study custom flashcards to master new skills. Organize your learning into decks with flexible study modes, voice synthesis, and smart duplicate detection. Easily import and export cards for sharing and archiving.
- Custom flashcard creation
- Categorized decks
- Flexible study modes
- Voice synthesis
- Smart duplicate detection
- Card export/import
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Flashcards is a powerful learning and revision tool designed to help you master new skills. Design your own flashcards categorised in decks of your choice, making learning simple, fun and mobile. Key features: Flexible game / study modes Support for multiple languages Enhanced voice synthesis Smart duplicate detection Manual / automatic card flip with configurable timing Card export / import - archive decks, revisit / refresh, share with family and friends Example uses: Revision; exam preparation; travel vocabulary; general knowledge; quizzing; history; geography; music and much more.
FlipUp
Learn new material directly from your phone's lock screen using interactive widgets. Practice flashcards with simple swipes and track your mastery progress. AI can help generate focused study lists for efficient memorization.
- Lock screen flashcard widget
- Interactive practice and answer reveal
- AI-generated study lists
- 5-dot mastery tracking system
- Fast swipe memorization
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FlipUp lets you learn from your Lock Screen. The interactive widget brings your next card to the front—practice, reveal the answer, and track mastery without unlocking. Generate focused lists with AI, then memorize with fast swipes and a clear 5-dot system (0–5). At 5/5 the card becomes Learned.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: FlipUp at free against Flashcards!'s paid. FlipUp also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flashcards! ships an update every 3 months, FlipUp every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashcards! | FlipUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Grant Strickland | Dexis Development |
Customer experience
Flashcards!
FlipUp
In-app purchases
Flashcards!
No in-app purchases
FlipUp
No in-app purchases
