Comparison

Flashcards vs CardFlip

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

Head to head
About

Flashcards

Create and study custom flashcards with rich media like images and audio. Organize them into folders and benefit from smart review sessions to track your progress. Import existing decks from CSV or Anki files for a seamless study routine.

Highlights
  • Custom flashcard creation with text, images, and audio
  • Folder organization for decks
  • Smart review sessions with spaced repetition
  • Progress tracking and statistics
  • Import from CSV/TSV and Anki (.apkg)
  • No sign-up or ads required
Features
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Flashcards: Learn Anything is a simple flashcards app that helps you remember words, exam questions and any facts with smart review sessions. No sign-up, no ads and no limits on cards or folders. Perfect for: • learning new languages (words, phrases, pronunciation) • preparing for exams or driving tests • creating quiz questions for students, friends or yourself • saving any facts you don’t want to forget Create rich flashcards in seconds Add everything you need into a single card: • text for questions, answers, hints or examples • your own images or pictures from a free image library • audio — record your voice or use existing audio files • masks (image occlusion) — hide parts of a picture and recall what is underneath Group cards into folders/decks to keep languages, exams and quizzes neatly separated. Stay consistent with smart review Reviews are built on spaced repetition: each card gets its own schedule based on how well you remember it. After every study session you see simple stats, so you always know how you’re progressing and what to review next. • smart intervals for every card • quick feedback after each session • clear sense of progress over time Your cards on all your devices Turn on iCloud Sync and your cards, pictures, recordings and study progress stay the same on all your devices — study on your iPhone, continue on your iPad. No sign-up. No ads. No limits. Flashcards is built to stay out of your way: • no account required — start studying right after install • no ads or distracting pop-ups • basic features are free and unlimited: cards, folders, text, audio, images • no servers of ours: your data lives on your device and in your own iCloud Power tools for heavy learners Need to bring your existing material? • import cards from CSV/TSV files with flexible column mapping • bring your decks over from Anki — open an .apkg package and its cards, media and tags come across • set reminders for specific decks or regular study time • use folders to organize languages, subjects and quiz sets Anki® is a registered trademark of Anki Software LLC (formerly Ankitects Pty Ltd). This app is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anki Software LLC. Flashcards: Learn Anything helps you turn scattered notes into a simple, reliable study routine — so you can finally remember what matters. Terms of Use: https://gleaming-zone-652.notion.site/Terms-of-Use-2b897e5ca73d8080b1d8e538b0a068f0 Privacy Policy: https://gleaming-zone-652.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-2b797e5ca73d801a9c4aeeb582b2738f

About

CardFlip

Create custom flashcards with spaced repetition to optimize your study schedule. Supports multiple study modes, including quizzes and typing answers, with options for adding images and audio. Study offline and track your progress with daily streaks and achievements.

Highlights
  • Custom flashcard creation
  • Spaced repetition study planning
  • Multiple study modes (flip, quiz, match, type)
  • Add images and audio to cards
  • Offline study functionality
  • Progress tracking and achievements
  • Import/export flashcard decks
Features
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Make your own flashcards and let spaced repetition plan what to review each day. CardFlip keeps everything on your phone: there is no account to make, and studying works offline. FOUR WAYS TO STUDY • Flip Cards: the card turns over; rate it from Again to Easy and see when it comes back • Quiz: multiple choice, built from your own cards • Match Game: pair each front with its back, against the clock • Type Answer: write the answer from memory; accents and capitals don't count against you SPACED REPETITION PLANS YOUR DAY • Each card comes back when it is time to review it, not before • A few minutes a day instead of a night of cramming • Every deck shows how many cards are due today PICTURES ON CARDS • Add a picture to either side, from the camera or your photo library • A map, a diagram, a face to put a name to: the picture shows in Flip Cards, Quiz and Type Answer LISTEN • Hear a side read aloud in the deck's language, with your phone's own voices • Have each card read aloud as you study, at the speed you like STUDY BOTH WAYS • Ask the front first, the back first, or both ways, deck by deck • Type Answer then has you write the front as well IMPORT YOUR CARDS • Paste a list exported from another flashcard app, or open a plain-text or CSV file • Check the preview, swap front and back if you need to, and choose the deck STARTER DECKS • Six ready-made decks to start right away: Spanish basics, German basics, Hiragana, English irregular verbs, world capitals and the first 20 elements • The answers come in your app's language WATCH YOUR PROGRESS • A daily streak, and your best one • XP for every card you study • Achievements as your decks grow • A weekly chart of the minutes you put in • A progress ring on every deck YOUR DECKS STAY YOURS • No account to make: your decks stay on your phone • Studying works offline, on a plane or on the subway • Export a deck as JSON or CSV, or back up all your decks in one file CARDFLIP PRO • One payment, yours for good • Stats: the next 30 days of reviews, how well each deck sticks, and your hardest cards • Linen, Chalk and Night card styles • Match Game and Type Answer right away • Pictures, Listen, both-ways study, import and the starter decks stay free for everyone Learning a language, preparing for an exam or memorizing terms for class? Make the cards, and CardFlip plans the review.

Screenshots

Flashcards4 screens
CardFlip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Flashcards at 5.0 against CardFlip's 3.5. Flashcards also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). CardFlip's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Flashcards sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and CardFlip 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

Flashcards holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Flashcards's written reviews are positive against 75% of CardFlip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flashcards ships an update weekly, CardFlip every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 9, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Flashcards versus CardFlip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlashcardsCardFlip
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better3.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitrii BelousovGunawan Santoso

Customer experience

Flashcards

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CardFlip

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flashcards

Subscriptions2
  • Plus7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Plus (Annual)$19.991 Year
1 purchases

CardFlip

One-time1
  • CardFlip Pro$6.99

Questions

Is Flashcards free?
Flashcards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CardFlip free?
CardFlip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Flashcards or CardFlip?
Flashcards is rated higher. Flashcards averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while CardFlip averages 3.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Flashcards or CardFlip have ads?
Neither Flashcards nor CardFlip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flashcards or CardFlip?
Flashcards ships an update weekly, and CardFlip every 3 weeks. Most recently, Flashcards was updated on November 9, 2026 and CardFlip on November 9, 2026.

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