Flashnote vs ANCHOKO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Flashnote
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Flashnote helps you turn class materials, textbooks, and images into your own flashcards. β Create cards while you study View your materials while creating cards. Import a PDF page as an image and use it for image fill-in-the-blank cards for diagrams, anatomy, maps, and more. β Create cards with AI Use AI to help create cards from PDFs and images, so you can spend less time copying and more time learning. β Four card types β’ Basic cards for text memorization β’ Fill-in-the-blank cards for key terms β’ Multiple-choice cards for quiz-style practice β’ Image fill-in-the-blank cards for visual learning β Find and organize Search cards across all your notes and filter them by folder to quickly find what you need. β Track your learning Review your study history, accuracy, streaks, and strong and weak folders. Collect achievement badges as you keep learning. β Share and collaborate Share notes with friends using a sharing key and collaborate on study materials. β Simple, focused design Use bold text and colors to organize your cards and stay focused on memorization. Use Flashnote for exam prep, certification study, language learning, and reviewing class materials.
ANCHOKO
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ANCHOKO β hide any diagram, then learn it Image occlusion on your phone, free. Drop boxes over the labels on an anatomy plate, a circuit drawing or a map, and each box becomes its own card. IMAGE OCCLUSION THAT ACTUALLY WORKS ON A PHONE β’ Draw rectangles, ellipses or free-form shapes over any picture β’ Each shape becomes a separate card, so one diagram teaches you twenty things β’ Pinch to zoom while you place shapes β small labels stay reachable β’ Show the other boxes while you answer, or hide them β’ Works on photos, screenshots, textbook scans and imported PDF pages BRING YOUR ANKI DECKS β’ Import .apkg files and keep your cards, your images and your deck names β’ Cloze deletions come across as cloze deletions β’ Image occlusion notes keep their boxes, on the right part of the picture β’ Note types ANCHOKO does not know are still imported, front and back β nothing is lost β’ You are told what changed during the import. No silent edits PHOTOGRAPH A PAGE, GET CARDS β’ Photograph notes, a textbook or a handout and the text is read on your device β’ Cards follow the page layout β "term: meaning", "word translation", numbered lists β’ You see the recognised text before any card is made, so misreads never become cards RED AND COLOURED TEXT, FOUND FOR YOU β’ Anything written in red pen or pink highlighter is detected and covered automatically β’ Switch to green, blue or yellow when that is what you used β’ Popular with students in Japan, who use a red filter sheet for exactly this REVIEW AT THE RIGHT MOMENT β’ The SM-2 algorithm works out, card by card, when you are about to forget β’ Four ratings β Again, Hard, Good, Easy β reshape the interval β’ See your forgetting curve and how much is left β’ Cap how many new cards appear each day HANDS-FREE BROWSING Cards flip themselves at timings you choose, with read-aloud for commutes. Auto-advance never grades your cards, so your review schedule stays intact. β’ Also: cloze deletions, and annotations written straight onto a picture YOUR PHOTOS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Text recognition, red-text detection and PDF rendering all happen on your device. Photos and PDFs never reach an ANCHOKO server. MORE β’ XP, levels, 18 achievement badges, and a weekly ranking with friends β’ Publish your own decks, or download and try decks other people made PRICING Free, for as long as you like: β’ Up to 200 cards you make yourself β they stay yours even if you stop paying β’ Unlimited image occlusion boxes on the cards you make β’ The full spaced-repetition engine, and unlimited community decks β’ Photo-to-cards and red-text detection, 3 a day ANCHOKO Pro adds: β’ Unlimited cards β’ Unlimited photo-to-cards and red-text detection β’ PDF import β’ Auto-advance β’ Backup export β’ Your progress follows you across devices (below) Three plans: monthly, yearly, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Amounts are shown on the purchase screen in the app. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF, ON ANY DEVICE β’ iPhone, iPad, Android and the browser share the same cards, study record, streaks and XP once you sign in β’ Started without an account? Signing in later keeps everything you already made SAMPLE DECKS, ONLY IF YOU WANT THEM Nothing is added behind your back. You pick what you want, added cards never count toward the free limit, and you can delete them at any time. LANGUAGES English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Thai ALSO IN YOUR BROWSER Sign in with the same account and study without installing anything. ABOUT ANCHOKO PRO Monthly and yearly are auto-renewing subscriptions: they renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel them in your account settings. Lifetime is a single payment β nothing renews and there is nothing to cancel. ANCHOKO is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ankitects Pty Ltd. "Anki" names only the .apkg file format ANCHOKO can import. β’ Terms of Use: https://b19.co.jp/terms-of-service/ β’ Privacy Policy: https://b19.co.jp/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flashnote at none against ANCHOKO's 1. ANCHOKO's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. ANCHOKO sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Flashnote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashnote | ANCHOKO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ATSUKI SUZUKI | BEAK,K.K. |
In-app purchases
Flashnote
No in-app purchases
ANCHOKO
- ANCHOKO Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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