Comparison

Stacks vs FlipUp

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

Head to head
About

Stacks

Create flashcards from your own experiences and conversations. This app uses spaced repetition to help you remember vocabulary longer with less study. It supports over 100 languages and offers offline study capabilities.

Highlights
  • Create cards from stories and conversations
  • Spaced repetition system (FSRS)
  • Offline study mode
  • Automatic translations
  • Supports over 100 languages
  • Romanization for select scripts
  • Clean, minimal interface
Features
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Your stories are better. Life's too short to cram from borrowed lists. Stacks turns trips and conversations into cards, then spaced-repetition (FSRS) handles the science. Episodic memory meets spaced repetition. Dream team. Benefits: • Keep momentum anywhere – Study offline on flights, trains, or dead zones. • Stay in sync across devices – Your progress follows you automatically. • Focus without distractions – No ads, just learning. • Create cards in seconds – Automatic translations speed up card creation. • Learn with clearer meanings – Premium DeepL translations offer high accuracy and context. • Remember longer with less study – FSRS schedules reviews at the right time. • Learn the language you care about – Supports over 100 languages. • Crack non-Latin scripts faster – Romanization for select languages like Japanese, Arabic, Russian, and Hindi. • Feel calm while you study – A clean, minimal interface that gets out of the way. Free and Plus Create up to 40 cards for free. Upgrade to Stacks Plus for unlimited cards, DeepL translations, spaced repetition customisation, and more. Perfect for language learners, students, and polyglots who want to study offline, master vocabulary, and remember more with flashcards. Privacy Policy: https://www.thestacksapp.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.thestacksapp.com/terms-of-service EUSA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/minterms/

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Stacks4 screens
FlipUp3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlipUp at none against Stacks's 2. FlipUp also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Stacks sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 3 months. FlipUp asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stacks ships an update every 3 months, FlipUp every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stacks versus FlipUp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStacksFlipUp
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLewis HoyDexis Development

Customer experience

Stacks

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

FlipUp

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stacks

Subscriptions2
  • Stacks+ Quarterly$9.993 Months
  • Stacks+ Yearly$27.991 Year
None

FlipUp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stacks free?
Stacks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlipUp free?
FlipUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stacks or FlipUp have ads?
Neither Stacks nor FlipUp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stacks or FlipUp?
Stacks ships an update every 3 months, and FlipUp every 4 days. Most recently, Stacks was updated on October 16, 2026 and FlipUp on October 7, 2026.

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