Comparison

Swiftflip Flashcards vs Discito

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

Head to head
About

Swiftflip Flashcards

Create and review flashcards with rich media and spaced repetition. Sync across Apple devices and track your progress with detailed insights. Offers a free tier with optional premium features for enhanced learning.

Highlights
  • Spaced repetition learning
  • Rich flashcards (text, image, audio)
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Import/export Anki and CSV
  • Shortcuts and Siri integration
  • Detailed study insights
Features
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Unlimited flashcards with spaced repetition. No account. Import Anki, review on Apple Watch, and sync privately with iCloud. Helps you remember and learn. Unlimited decks and cards stay free. Spaced Repetition Swiftflip uses an FSRS scheduling model to bring back each card at the right time. Review what’s due, build momentum, and spend less time cramming. Rich Flashcards Make cards with text, images, and audio on both sides. Keep your material organized with decks and search, and edit quickly when you spot something to improve. Across Your Devices Pick up where you left off with iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Practice on Apple Watch for quick due-only sessions on the go. Focused Practice Tap to flip, then mark answers to keep moving. Helpful onboarding hints guide first-time users, and accessibility settings like Reduce Motion are respected. Review Both Ways Turn on Review Both Directions for a deck to keep separate Front → Back and Back → Front progress. Build Custom Practice sessions with the decks, first side, order, size, focus, and retries you choose. Pause Reviews Pause a card or a whole deck when you are not studying it. It stays in the library and comes back with its schedule when you resume. Import & Export • Import from Anki (.apkg / .colpkg) • Import and export CSV • Export as a Swiftflip archive for backup and sharing Shortcuts Use the Shortcuts app and Siri with App Intents to add a card, practice due cards, practice or open a deck, search your library, view decks, and view insights. Home Screen quick actions help you jump in faster. Insights Track streaks, accuracy, and study time in a redesigned insights space with clear charts and progress summaries. Unlimited decks and cards will always be free. Premium (Optional) • Smart Decks (dynamic decks based on filters) • Folders • Custom icons • More answer reveal styles • Full Insights: month, year, and custom timeframes, study activity, accuracy trends, and library mastery • AI card generation with Apple Intelligence on your device, or Cloud AI for better cards in more languages, with saved per-deck instructions for how cards should read Premium is available as monthly and yearly subscriptions, or a lifetime purchase. Made for Apple Devices Swiftflip feels at home on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch with smooth animations, clean typography, and an interface that stays out of your way. It supports iCloud sync, Shortcuts, and a companion Apple Watch app, plus Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, a Due Cards watch-face complication, optional study reminders, a due-count badge, Spotlight search, and a Share Extension for creating cards from any app. Privacy Swiftflip does not track you. Your flashcards sync through iCloud. Cloud AI is included with Premium on iPhone and iPad and asks before it is first used. When it runs, your topic, instructions, and relevant existing card text are sent to Swiftflip and an AI provider to generate cards. You can turn it off in Settings. No account is required. Great for • Students preparing for exams or tests • Language learners building vocabulary • Medical and nursing students memorizing terminology • Professionals reinforcing industry knowledge • Anyone building long-term memory Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://hksw.io/privacy/

About

Discito

This app helps you study smarter for exams by creating personalized daily plans and scheduling reviews using an advanced spaced repetition algorithm. It converts PDFs, notes, and lectures into flashcards on-device, syncing seamlessly across your Apple devices without an account.

Highlights
  • Day-by-day exam prep planning
  • FSRS-6 spaced repetition algorithm
  • On-device flashcard creation from PDFs/lectures
  • iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad
  • iOS integration (widgets, shortcuts, Siri)
  • Import .apkg and CSV files
  • Apple Intelligence for AI-powered card generation
Features
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Study smarter for your exams — and remember it long after. Discito plans your exam prep day by day and schedules every review with FSRS-6 — the latest open-source spaced-repetition algorithm — so you remember more while studying less. Turn PDFs, notes, and recorded lectures into flashcards on-device with Apple Intelligence, synced across your devices with no account needed. ZERO-SETUP ONBOARDING Open the app. Tap "Continue" → "Start reviewing". Study a tutorial deck immediately. Under 30 seconds. No web account, no desktop install, no .apkg hoop-jumping. SMART EXAM PLAN Add your exam date and Discito builds a day-by-day plan that covers every card before exam day — weakest cards first — without disturbing your long-term FSRS schedule. Track several exams at once, each with its own countdown and on-track status. When every card is covered, it tells you you're ready. SYNC THAT JUST WORKS Your cards follow you across iPhone and iPad through your iCloud. Edit on one device, review on another. No passwords. No mystery errors. Your data stays yours. REAL iOS INTEGRATION • Review reminders on your schedule, per deck • Home Screen widget with due count + one-tap review • Live Activity during review sessions — progress on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Control Center widget — start a review in one tap • Shortcuts + Siri: "Quiz me on Pharmacology" • Focus Mode integration — "Study" filter hides distractions MOBILE-FIRST CARD CREATION • Import .apkg files from existing collections (no desktop needed) • Share Sheet extension: select any text, send to Discito, get cards • CSV from Files app • Deck sharing via AirDrop + the iOS Share Sheet • Reliable image support — paste, drag, or pick inline APPLE INTELLIGENCE (iPhone 15 Pro or later) Paste lecture text or a PDF. Discito generates Q&A flashcards on-device, privately. No servers, no fees, no data sent anywhere. AI features require Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or later, or an M-series iPad, on iOS 26). Everything else works on any iPhone running iOS 18.6+. FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS AND LANGUAGE LEARNERS Built for the people already keeping long study streaks across thousands of cards. Cloze deletion, basic Q&A, reverse cards, stats dashboard with streak / retention % / projected completion date, and dark mode with a matching dark app icon. FSRS-6 — THE LATEST OPEN-SOURCE SCHEDULER Discito implements FSRS-6 to spec, tested bit-exact against the reference fixtures. The same algorithm spaced-repetition researchers use today, native on iPhone. DISCITO LITE — FREE (NOT A TRIAL) • 200 cards free (unlimited with Pro) • iCloud sync across iPhone + iPad • Full FSRS-6 algorithm (not a crippled version) • Q&A + cloze + basic-reverse templates (image occlusion authoring is Pro) • .apkg import always free; export + re-sync are Pro (free trial included) • CSV import and export — always free • Markdown + LaTeX rendering • Audio playback • Classic flip-card review • Basic streak counter + 30-day stats • 6 bundled starter decks (Tutorial + 5 content decks) • Try every Pro feature free — including 1 deck re-sync • No ads, ever DISCITO PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Pro is a single one-time unlock — no subscription required. Pro unlocks: Smart Exam Plan (a day-by-day plan to cover every card by exam day, tracked per exam), image occlusion authoring, FSRS-6 personalized optimizer, on-device AI card generation from PDFs (iOS 26 Apple Intelligence), AI image generation, lecture audio capture → cards, smart AI quiz distractors, Live Activity + Dynamic Island + Control Center + widgets, notification micro-reviews, type-the-answer + MCQ + True-False quiz modes, .apkg export, non-destructive deck re-sync (update imported decks without losing progress), weekly report + shareable image, bulk Manage Suspended. With gratitude to the FSRS research community — the Open Spaced Repetition project (github.com/open-spaced-repetition). Start studying in 30 seconds. Download Discito today.

Screenshots

Swiftflip Flashcards4 screens
Discito4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Swiftflip Flashcards at 4 against Discito's 2. Discito's advantage is iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Swiftflip Flashcards sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Discito sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Swiftflip Flashcards against 5.0 for Discito. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Swiftflip Flashcards versus Discito: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwiftflip FlashcardsDiscito
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHK Softworks ABCHRISTOPHER JAMES HINCKLEY

Customer experience

Swiftflip Flashcards

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Discito

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Swiftflip Flashcards

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$59.99
1 purchases

Discito

One-time1
  • Discito Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Swiftflip Flashcards free?
Swiftflip Flashcards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Discito free?
Discito is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Swiftflip Flashcards or Discito?
Swiftflip Flashcards and Discito are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Swiftflip Flashcards or Discito have ads?
Neither Swiftflip Flashcards nor Discito shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swiftflip Flashcards or Discito?
Swiftflip Flashcards ships an update every 3 days, and Discito every 3 days. Most recently, Swiftflip Flashcards was updated on September 20, 2026 and Discito on September 23, 2026.

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