Flashcard Maker vs Matric Ready
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashcard Maker
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Create your own flashcards, stay on track with reminders, keep a daily streak, and learn faster with spaced repetition. Free, full control, easy to use, built to help you study and remember more. Flashcards made simple Create your own flashcards for any subject and study at your own pace. Designed for students who want a straightforward, free way to revise and remember information. Core features: - Create unlimited custom flashcard decks - Add, edit, and organise cards easily - Study using spaced repetition to improve long-term memory - Daily reminders to help you stay consistent - Streak tracking to build a regular study habit How it helps you study: - Focus on what you don’t know yet - Review cards at the right time, not all at once - Turn short study sessions into steady progress - Reduce cramming before exams Who it’s for: - School and college students - Exam revision for any subject - Languages, facts, definitions, formulas, and more - Suitable for students in the UK, US, and other English-speaking countries Simple and free: - Free to use - No unnecessary complexity - No accounts required - No ads or tracking Master mode: - Practice cards until you truly know them - Cards only leave rotation once you’ve mastered them - Spend less time on what you already know - Focus your effort where it matters most
Matric Ready
Practice for South African matric exams with past papers tailored to your curriculum. Get instant marking, personalized feedback, and track your progress against peers. Engage in daily challenges and compete with friends for real rewards.
- Build custom exam papers
- Instant marking with feedback
- Curriculum-specific content (CAPS, DBE, IEB)
- Progress tracking and comparison
- Daily challenges and rewards
- Social study features
- Streak building and achievements
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Matric Ready is where South African matrics practise for the real thing. Build a full exam paper for any of your subjects in under a minute, write it under exam conditions, and get it marked the second you hand it in. Every question comes from real past papers, and every mark comes with the memo, so you always know why. CAPS / DBE AND IEB Pick your curriculum once and the whole app follows. Papers, topics, subjects and languages all change with it, so an IEB learner never ends up studying a DBE paper by mistake, and the other way round. PRACTICE THAT MATCHES YOUR YEAR Choose the subject, the paper and the stage: March test, mid-year, prelims and trials, or finals and supplementary. Write the full paper, a single section, or one topic at a time. MARKED IN SECONDS Hand in and every answer is marked against the memo, with feedback on what was missing. No waiting, no guessing, no answer sheet to mark yourself. FIX WHAT YOU GOT WRONG Rebuild a paper made only of your weak spots, so the next hour of studying goes exactly where the marks are. WRITE IT ON YOUR LAPTOP Scan a code with your phone and write the paper on a bigger screen. Type your answers and attach your working, while your phone keeps the clock and does the marking. SEE WHERE YOU STAND My progress tracks every subject: your average, your best paper, which way you are trending, and how you compare to other learners at your school or across the country. YOUR TIMETABLE AND YOUR RESULTS Your exam timetable, built from your own subjects, with the next paper counting down. Results day handled, so you know exactly when marks land. A DAILY CHALLENGE One paper a day, the same one for everyone, on the clock. Top the board and the prize is real: airtime and data, sent to your phone. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS Set a paper, send it to a friend, and watch the marks come in live while you both write. A COMMUNITY THAT STUDIES TOGETHER Ask a question and get help. Share a result. Post to the whole country or just to your school. Stories, replies, voice notes and reactions. KEEP THE STREAK Practise every day and build a streak. Earn Ready Points for the work you put in, climb from Bronze to Platinum, and unlock 45 achievements along the way. TURN POINTS INTO REAL THINGS Ready Points are not just a score. Reach Rewards Status and spend them on airtime, data, electricity and vouchers, delivered straight to your own number. Real rewards for real work. SAFE BY DESIGN Every post, comment, photo and profile picture is checked before anyone else can see it. Report or block anyone, and accounts that break the rules are suspended. Matric Ready is powered by Matric Live.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Matric Ready at 3 against Flashcard Maker's 1. Matric Ready also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Flashcard Maker | Matric Ready |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Advanced Research Works, Ltd | SAADC (Pty) Ltd |
In-app purchases
Flashcard Maker
No in-app purchases
Matric Ready
No in-app purchases









