Comparison

AlgoCards vs Syswise

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

Head to head
About

AlgoCards

Features
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Master coding interviews with 390 problems, company-specific prep lists, and spaced repetition — completely free. The only app with dedicated trading firm and quant interview prep. Practice the exact problems asked at Google, Meta, Amazon, Citadel, Jane Street, Two Sigma, Goldman Sachs, and 20+ more companies. WHAT'S INSIDE: - 390 curated problems with detailed Python solutions - Company-specific problem lists for 30+ companies - SM-2 spaced repetition for optimal review scheduling - Flashcard mode for on-the-go review - Algorithm pattern cheat sheets with code templates - Weakness detection that adapts to your performance COMPANY-SPECIFIC PREP: Filter problems by company and see what they actually ask. Coverage includes: Trading Firms: Citadel, Citadel Securities, Jane Street, Two Sigma, Jump Trading, Hudson River Trading, IMC, DE Shaw, SIG, Virtu, Point72, Millennium FAANG & Big Tech: Google, Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Uber, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Stripe, TikTok, Databricks, Nvidia, OpenAI, Palantir, and more ALGORITHM PATTERNS: - Arrays & Hashing - Two Pointers & Sliding Window - Binary Search - Stack & Queue - Linked Lists - Trees & Tries - Graphs & BFS/DFS - Dynamic Programming - Greedy - Heaps & Priority Queues - Backtracking SMART REVIEW SYSTEM: 1. Study problems in flashcard or detail mode 2. Rate your confidence after each problem 3. AlgoCards schedules your next review at the scientifically optimal interval 4. Weakness detection identifies your weak patterns and prioritizes them 5. Build lasting pattern recognition, not temporary memorization WHO IT'S FOR: - Software engineers prepping for FAANG and Big Tech - Quant developers targeting trading firms - CS students preparing for internship interviews - Career switchers learning algorithms and data structures 100% FREE. No paywall. No ads. No subscriptions. Every problem, every solution, every feature. Download AlgoCards and prep smarter.

About

Syswise

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Answer one system design question a day. Read why the answer is right. Close the app. Syswise is a question bank with a path running through it. You start on scalability basics and work forward: caching, queues, sharding, consistency. Each unit is a short session of multiple choice questions taken from real interview scenarios, and every question ends with a written explanation of the correct answer and of the ones you did not pick. Sessions run about ten minutes. That is deliberate. Nobody learns distributed systems in a weekend, but you can keep the concepts warm until the interview. WHAT IS INSIDE A path with sections and checkpoints, so you always know what comes next. Four practice modes: review your mistakes, drill your weakest topics, spaced cards that have come due, and a daily challenge. A readiness score built from your own practice, broken down by average mastery, weakest quarter and topic coverage. A streak, a daily goal and a league, if that is what gets you to open the app. WHO IT IS FOR Engineers with a system design round on the calendar. Also anyone who has been hand waving about caches and queues for years and would rather stop. PREMIUM Premium turns your weak areas into an ordered 7 day plan and lifts the session uptime limit. The path itself is free, and the uptime limit resets on its own if you would rather wait. Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, offered weekly and annually. Premium Weekly is 4.99 USD per week and Premium Annual is 39.99 USD per year. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy policy: https://syswise.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://syswise.app/terms-of-use

Screenshots

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Syswise4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AlgoCards at none against Syswise's 5. Syswise's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 9 days). On price, 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. Syswise sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. AlgoCards asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AlgoCards ships an update every 9 days, Syswise daily. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
AlgoCards versus Syswise: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlgoCardsSyswise
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB39 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRyan HambyCengizhan Hakan

In-app purchases

None

AlgoCards

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Syswise

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Premium Annual$39.991 Year
One-time3
  • 500 Gems$1.99
  • 1400 Gems$4.99
  • 3000 Gems$9.99

Questions

Is AlgoCards free?
AlgoCards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Syswise free?
Syswise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do AlgoCards or Syswise have ads?
AlgoCards shows ads; Syswise does not.
Which is updated more often, AlgoCards or Syswise?
AlgoCards ships an update every 9 days, and Syswise daily. Most recently, AlgoCards was updated on September 24, 2026 and Syswise on October 7, 2026.

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