RefCreate vs Recall Japanese Flashcards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RefCreate
Enhance your drawing abilities with this app, which offers a 3D reference model alongside a drawing canvas. Practice fundamental techniques with interactive drills that provide instant feedback and track your progress over time.
- Draw with a 3D reference model
- Layered canvas with brushes
- Line Control and Boxes drills
- Instant feedback and scoring
- Progress tracking with goals and badges
- Customizable brushes
- Import and export images
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Build your drawing skills with RefCreate for iPad and iPhone. Draw beside a 3D reference, practise the fundamentals with scored drills, and watch your progress grow. RefCreate works best on iPad with Apple Pencil, with more room to draw and keep your reference beside you. DRAW WITH A 3D REFERENCE BESIDE YOU • Keep a 3D model in a floating or docked reference view while you paint on a layered canvas. • Turn and zoom the model, then lock the view you want to study. Your reference view is saved with each drawing. • Light the model your way: a key light, a fill light and an optional rim light, each with its own colour and intensity. • One perspective grid shared by your canvas and the reference, with its horizon, vanishing points and bounding box. • Trace the model on your canvas with an overlay you can show, hide and fade. PRACTISE WITH INSTANT FEEDBACK • Line Control drills: steady parallel strokes, connecting two points in one confident line, and longer sets. • Boxes drills: one-, two- and three-point boxes and cubes, dead reckoning, the Y method, and free boxes and cubes. • Get score feedback as you practise, check a box yourself when you are ready, and review every line or box in the set. • Short animated guides demonstrate line and box techniques, with exercise-specific tips while you practise. • Optional help on the box drills, including a 3D reference posed like your box, corner marks and lines that snap to the box's directions. Help costs some XP. • Line Control drills are free. Boxes drills come with the Boxes Pack, and two free sets a day can be used on two rotating box exercises. Repeats count toward the two-set limit; cubes require the pack. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • A daily goal and streak, XP and levels. Harder drills earn more XP. • Mastery for every drill, and Progress for today, this week, this month and all time. • 31 badges for practice, accuracy, streaks and mastery. See your next goals or browse the full collection. • Open Progress for your level, streak and personal records. A FULL DRAWING WORKSPACE • A library of brushes organised by category, and a brush studio to make them your own. • Layers with opacity, blend modes and locks to protect finished work; freehand selection and transform; QuickShape and perspective guides. • Smoothing built into each brush for steadier lines. Edit any brush, and restore its defaults with one button. • Import images and export your drawings. Turn between portrait and landscape and your drawing stays where it was. BOXES PACK — EVERY BOXES DRILL, AND THE ONES TO COME Unlock every Boxes drill. New Boxes drills are on the way, and they are included in the Boxes Pack at no extra charge. A one-time in-app purchase, with no subscription. HEADS PACK — ONE PURCHASE, A GROWING COLLECTION Unlock the Heads 3D model collection, including Asaro, planes of the head, skulls and facial muscles. Future models added to this collection are included at no extra charge. The Heads drill is coming soon and will be included in the Heads Pack when released. It is not available in this version. The Heads Pack is a one-time in-app purchase, with no subscription. Other packs are sold separately. Existing RefCreate Heads Pack owners can restore their purchase with the same App Store account. The Loomis head remains free.
Recall Japanese Flashcards
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STUDY JLPT IN YOUR LANGUAGE — NOT JUST ENGLISH Most Japanese learning apps are built for English speakers. Recall is built for everyone. Choose your study language and learn Japanese — from hiragana all the way to N1 — in: • Korean • Chinese (Simplified) • Hindi • Tamil • Spanish • Vietnamese • Thai • Portuguese • Indonesian • Filipino • Nepali • Burmese • English Switch anytime in Settings. No English required. 7,700+ WORDS. 2,450+ KANJI. FULLY MAPPED TO JLPT. Every word and kanji you need for N5 through N1, organized into short, focused study chapters. • Foundation — Hiragana & Katakana (free) • N5 — Full vocabulary and kanji (free) • N4, N3, N2, N1 — Unlock everything with Premium Not sure where to start? Take the built-in placement quiz. 8,800+ WORD DICTIONARY Search any word by Japanese (kanji, hiragana, katakana) or English. Full JLPT coverage across all levels — available to Premium members. THREE WAYS TO STUDY • Flashcards — Classic flip-and-grade review • Multiple Choice — Test yourself with JLPT-accurate distractors • Writing — Trace hiragana and katakana with handwriting recognition SCIENCE-BACKED SPACED REPETITION Recall uses the SM-2 spaced repetition algorithm — the same method behind Anki — to show each card at the perfect moment, right before you would forget it. • Grade cards: Again / Good / Easy • See your next review interval before grading • Reviews always prioritized before new cards Study smarter, not longer. BUILD AN UNBREAKABLE STUDY HABIT • Daily streak with visual fire counter • Streak recovery — repair a missed day once per month, free • Daily goals: 5, 10, 20, 30, or 50 words per day • Home screen widget — see due cards and your streak at a glance • Smart reminders — notifications that show your streak and cards due JLPT EXAM COUNTDOWN Set your target exam date and JLPT level. Recall calculates exactly how many cards to study each day so you are ready in time — no last-minute cramming. FREE TO START — UPGRADE TO GO FURTHER Free includes: • Full N5 vocabulary + kanji • Hiragana and Katakana • N5 dictionary search • Placement quiz • Custom word lists (1 list, up to 30 cards) • Streak recovery Premium unlocks: • 7,700+ words across N4-N1 (111 chapters) • 2,450+ kanji cards across all JLPT levels • Full 8,800+ word dictionary — search every JLPT level • Unlimited custom word lists • Unlimited new cards per day Monthly, Annual, or Lifetime — one purchase, yours forever. BUILT FOR SERIOUS LEARNERS • Flag difficult cards and study them as a dedicated group • Weak word tracker — drill the words you miss most • Mastery progress per chapter and per JLPT level • Haptic feedback and auto-play audio Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
RefCreate and Recall Japanese Flashcards are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. RefCreate sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Recall Japanese Flashcards sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
RefCreate ships an update every 3 weeks, Recall Japanese Flashcards every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RefCreate | Recall Japanese Flashcards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 261 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lambda Code SL | Giftlin Shaju John bright Alice Merlin Sujatha |
In-app purchases
RefCreate
- Boxes Pack$5.99
- Head Construction Pack$5.99
Recall Japanese Flashcards
- Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
- Premium Annual$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$49.99
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