Comparison

Flashcards vs Cerebo

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

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About

Flashcards

Features
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Are you tired of cramming that doesn't bring results? Do you want to learn foreign words quickly, effectively, and with pleasure? "Flashcards: learn words" is your personal trainer for expanding your vocabulary, always at your fingertips! Our app turns the boring process of memorization into an exciting game. Create your own word lists, use smart trainers, and track your progress to reach new heights in language learning. Key features to help you succeed: Create your own word lists: Complete freedom in creating thematic collections. Add words, translations, choose icons and colors for each card to visually separate topics. Flexible language settings: For each list, you can choose the original language and the translation language from dozens of available voices on your device, ensuring perfect pronunciation. 5 smart trainers: Listening: Relax and just listen as the app pronounces words and their translations. Perfect for studying on the go! Quiz: Test your knowledge by choosing the correct translation from four options. Reverse Quiz: Make it harder! Choose the correct word for its translation. Keyboard Input: Train not only your memory but also your spelling by typing the translation of the word manually. Reverse Input: Type the original word for its translation for maximum reinforcement. Automatic learning: The app determines when you've learned a word on its own! After a set number of correct answers (configurable in the menu), the word is automatically marked as "learned" and stops appearing in training sessions. Personalization for you: Light and dark themes: The app automatically adjusts to your phone's theme. Flexible settings: Adjust the listening speed and the number of correct answers needed to learn words. Import and Export: Import ready-made word lists from friends or the internet. Export your lists to a file to share them or create a backup. Full localization: The app interface is available in 8 languages: Russian, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, German, and Chinese. Who is this app for? For everyone learning a foreign language: schoolchildren, students, travelers, and polyglots. Regardless of your level, "Flashcards: learn words" will help you systematize your knowledge and make the learning process truly effective. Stop procrastinating! Start your journey to fluency in a foreign language today. Download "Flashcards: learn words" and see for yourself that memorizing new vocabulary can be easy and fun!

About

Cerebo

Create rich flashcards with text, math, code, images, and audio. Utilize spaced repetition for effective memorization. Import existing decks and study across all your Apple devices, including Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Rich card editor with text, math, code, images, audio, PDFs
  • Spaced repetition algorithm (SM-2)
  • Import Anki decks (.apkg, .colpkg)
  • Offline functionality and iCloud sync
  • Apple Watch app and widgets
  • OCR for text extraction from images
  • Apple Intelligence for answer generation
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Cerebo is a flashcard maker for subjects that don't fit on a plain index card. Build rich cards with LaTeX math, code, tables, graphs, images, audio and PDFs, then let spaced repetition decide what you see and when. BUILT FOR REAL SUBJECTS Most flashcard apps give you two text boxes. Cerebo gives you a block editor: stack text, math, code, tables and media in any order, on the front and the back of a card. • LaTeX math, rendered properly, inline or as display equations • Function graphs: plot curves, or a 3D surface you can rotate with a finger • Syntax-highlighted code, Markdown tables, headings and lists • Images, audio recordings and PDF attachments • Extract text from a photo or scanned page with OCR • Cloze deletions: hide any part of a card and reveal it as you go • Link related cards, read any card aloud, or translate it in place TEST YOURSELF Every deck has a Test button, and tests never change your review schedule. • Match: pair each front with its back against the clock, on any iPhone or iPad • Practice Test, with Apple Intelligence: true or false, multiple choice and written questions. Written answers are checked for meaning • Print a deck or export it as a PDF to study on paper MAKE CARDS, ASK AND QUIZ WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE On iPhones and iPads that support Apple Intelligence, Cerebo has a chat that runs entirely on your device: • Turn a PDF, Word document, photo, scan or web page into a deck, or record a lecture and make cards from the transcript • Make a study guide from the same document: an overview, the main points and key terms • Pictures come along: a PDF's figures appear on the cards about them, and on iOS 27 Apple Intelligence reads photos, handwriting and diagrams • Graphs, tables, equations and code are added where they help, and you review every card first • Ask questions about your own cards, and see which cards the answer came from • Get quizzed on a deck or a topic: answer in your own words, typed or out loud, and choose the rating yourself • Generate a card's answer, or fill in your own answer template (meaning, synonyms, example) • Share a page from Safari with "Make Cards in Cerebo" SPACED REPETITION THAT DOES THE WORK Cerebo schedules each card with the SM-2 algorithm. Cards you find easy move out to longer intervals; cards you struggle with come back soon. • A per-deck daily limit on new cards. Reviews are never capped • Browse mode to read through a deck without being tested • Statistics with a review heatmap, retention rate and a forecast for the days ahead BRING YOUR EXISTING DECKS • Import Anki .apkg and .colpkg files with media, cloze, reverse cards and nested decks • Paste a Quizlet export to bring a set across • Import into an existing deck, or copy cards between decks. Duplicates are skipped • Import and export CSV and JSON, and export back to .apkg any time EVERYWHERE YOU STUDY • Apple Watch app for reviewing on your wrist • Scan to Cards and Record a Lecture in Control Center, on the Lock Screen or the Action button, and a Quick Capture widget • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets showing what's due, and a Live Activity while you study • A library sidebar on iPad and iPhone Duo • Siri and Shortcuts, daily reminders, and study sessions added to your calendar • Full keyboard, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support • In English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Cerebo collects nothing: no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking, and the app makes no network calls of its own. The chat runs on your device, so what you write, attach or record is never sent to a server. Everything works offline. iCloud sync moves your decks between your own devices through your private iCloud account, and one switch turns it off. FREE: NO ADS, NO SUBSCRIPTION Cerebo is free. No subscription, no ads, and nothing to buy inside the app. Questions or feedback: satwikdev12@gmail.com

Screenshots

Flashcards4 screens
Cerebo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flashcards at every 5 days against Cerebo's every 2 weeks. Flashcards also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flashcards ships an update every 5 days, Cerebo every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Flashcards versus Cerebo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlashcardsCerebo
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—7 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB12 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperEvgenii EvsiukovPatnuru Satwik Patro

In-app purchases

None

Flashcards

No in-app purchases

None

Cerebo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flashcards free?
Flashcards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cerebo free?
Cerebo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flashcards or Cerebo have ads?
Neither Flashcards nor Cerebo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flashcards or Cerebo?
Flashcards ships an update every 5 days, and Cerebo every 2 weeks. Most recently, Flashcards was updated on October 30, 2026 and Cerebo on October 31, 2026.

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