Flashnote vs KanjiAI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Flashnote
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Flashnote helps you turn class materials, textbooks, and images into your own flashcards. โ 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. โ 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. โ Four card types โข Basic cards for text memorization โข Fill-in-the-blank cards for key terms โข Multiple-choice cards for quiz-style practice โข Image fill-in-the-blank cards for visual learning โ Find and organize Search cards across all your notes and filter them by folder to quickly find what you need. โ Track your learning Review your study history, accuracy, streaks, and strong and weak folders. Collect achievement badges as you keep learning. โ Share and collaborate Share notes with friends using a sharing key and collaborate on study materials. โ 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.
KanjiAI
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KanjiAI: Kanji & Japanese Reading Master kanji. Read real Japanese. Build toward JLPT N4 to N1 โ all from one free app. A flashcard loop that actually works Set your lesson range, choose your parts of speech, and study the exact vocabulary you've been taught. Type the reading in kana or romaji, hear natural audio on every card, and mark words you've truly mastered so they fade into the background. Go deeper with the Top 10,000 Words When you're ready to push further, turn on the Top 10K toggle to add high-frequency vocabulary up to approximately JLPT N1 โ but only words that use kanji you already know. No surprises, just natural expansion. Tap any kanji. Go deeper. Every kanji on every card is a link. Tap it to open its full detail page โ see how it breaks down into components, explore its on and kun readings, find the phonetic component that explains why it sounds the way it does, and read the mnemonic that makes it stick. Navigate recursively through every component. Read real Japanese โ at your level Every unit has three AI-generated reading passages built from vocabulary you already know. A focused unit passage, a daily life scene, and a short narrative. Each passage includes: Furigana toggle โ show or hide readings Colour-coded kanji so you instantly see what you know vs. what's new Tap any word or kanji for its meaning Grammar cards explaining the patterns used, with real sentence examples Read-aloud with word-by-word highlighting Everything is pre-generated and fully offline โ no API key, no internet required. A clear path to JLPT KanjiAI is structured around the JLPT progression from N4 to N1. As you advance through your lessons, you're building toward real exam readiness โ not just memorising isolated characters, but understanding how grammar and vocabulary work together in context. Fully offline. Free. Forever. No account. No subscription. No internet connection required. Your progress stays on your device. Everything in the app โ every flashcard, every reading passage, every kanji detail โ works completely offline. A companion app for Japanese learners studying with Duolingo. Not affiliated with Duolingo, Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: KanjiAI at none against Flashnote's shown. KanjiAI also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Flashnote's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flashnote ships an update every 2 weeks, KanjiAI every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashnote | KanjiAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 โ better | 26.2 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ATSUKI SUZUKI | Samir Patel |
In-app purchases
Flashnote
No in-app purchases
KanjiAI
No in-app purchases
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