Comparison

ANCHOKO vs Interact

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

Head to head
About

ANCHOKO

Features
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ANCHOKO — hide any diagram, then learn it Image occlusion on your phone, free. Drop boxes over the labels on an anatomy plate, a circuit drawing or a map, and each box becomes its own card. IMAGE OCCLUSION THAT ACTUALLY WORKS ON A PHONE • Draw rectangles, ellipses or free-form shapes over any picture • Each shape becomes a separate card, so one diagram teaches you twenty things • Pinch to zoom while you place shapes — small labels stay reachable • Show the other boxes while you answer, or hide them • Works on photos, screenshots, textbook scans and imported PDF pages BRING YOUR ANKI DECKS • Import .apkg files and keep your cards, your images and your deck names • Cloze deletions come across as cloze deletions • Image occlusion notes keep their boxes, on the right part of the picture • Note types ANCHOKO does not know are still imported, front and back — nothing is lost • You are told what changed during the import. No silent edits PHOTOGRAPH A PAGE, GET CARDS • Photograph notes, a textbook or a handout and the text is read on your device • Cards follow the page layout — "term: meaning", "word translation", numbered lists • You see the recognised text before any card is made, so misreads never become cards RED AND COLOURED TEXT, FOUND FOR YOU • Anything written in red pen or pink highlighter is detected and covered automatically • Switch to green, blue or yellow when that is what you used • Popular with students in Japan, who use a red filter sheet for exactly this REVIEW AT THE RIGHT MOMENT • The SM-2 algorithm works out, card by card, when you are about to forget • Four ratings — Again, Hard, Good, Easy — reshape the interval • See your forgetting curve and how much is left • Cap how many new cards appear each day HANDS-FREE BROWSING Cards flip themselves at timings you choose, with read-aloud for commutes. Auto-advance never grades your cards, so your review schedule stays intact. • Also: cloze deletions, and annotations written straight onto a picture YOUR PHOTOS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Text recognition, red-text detection and PDF rendering all happen on your device. Photos and PDFs never reach an ANCHOKO server. MORE • XP, levels, 18 achievement badges, and a weekly ranking with friends • Publish your own decks, or download and try decks other people made PRICING Free, for as long as you like: • Up to 200 cards you make yourself — they stay yours even if you stop paying • Unlimited image occlusion boxes on the cards you make • The full spaced-repetition engine, and unlimited community decks • Photo-to-cards and red-text detection, 3 a day ANCHOKO Pro adds: • Unlimited cards • Unlimited photo-to-cards and red-text detection • PDF import • Auto-advance • Backup export • Your progress follows you across devices (below) Three plans: monthly, yearly, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Amounts are shown on the purchase screen in the app. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF, ON ANY DEVICE • iPhone, iPad, Android and the browser share the same cards, study record, streaks and XP once you sign in • Started without an account? Signing in later keeps everything you already made SAMPLE DECKS, ONLY IF YOU WANT THEM Nothing is added behind your back. You pick what you want, added cards never count toward the free limit, and you can delete them at any time. LANGUAGES English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Thai ALSO IN YOUR BROWSER Sign in with the same account and study without installing anything. ABOUT ANCHOKO PRO Monthly and yearly are auto-renewing subscriptions: they renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel them in your account settings. Lifetime is a single payment — nothing renews and there is nothing to cancel. ANCHOKO is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ankitects Pty Ltd. "Anki" names only the .apkg file format ANCHOKO can import. • Terms of Use: https://b19.co.jp/terms-of-service/ • Privacy Policy: https://b19.co.jp/privacy-policy/

About

Interact

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Interact is an educational app for turning the things you want to learn into interactive lessons. Bring all your favorite notes, links, and videos; and turn those into interactives. It's quick and easy to play through flashcards, quizzes, and other types of lessons. The spaced repetition system is built-in so you actually remember what you learn. The idea is to take the things you're already reading, watching, and studying and turn them into something you'll still know months from now. • Create lessons from notes, links, videos, PDFs, photos, and audio • Study with flashcards, fill-in-the-blank, quizzes, typed answers, and image occlusions • Review on a spaced repetition schedule that adapts as you learn • Track your progress across subjects • Continue on the web and your account stays in sync • Share subjects with friends Spaced repetition has been around a long time, but it usually means building all your flashcards by hand. Interact does that part for you, so you can spend your time learning instead of making cards. It's useful whether you're studying for something specific, picking up a new skill, or just trying to hold on to what you read. Interact is free for creating and playing interactives, with a monthly limit on AI-generated lessons. Interact Premium unlocks more capacity and features, available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Interact Terms of Service: https://interact.school/terms Privacy Policy: https://interact.school/privacy

Screenshots

ANCHOKO4 screens
Interact4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ANCHOKO at 13.0 against Interact's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. ANCHOKO sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Interact sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ANCHOKO ships an update every 2 weeks, Interact fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
ANCHOKO versus Interact: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterANCHOKOInteract
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB31 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBEAK,K.K.Bijan Boustani

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ANCHOKO

Subscriptions1
  • ANCHOKO Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
2 purchases

Interact

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$12.491 Month
  • Premium Annual7 Days trial$99.001 Year

Questions

Is ANCHOKO free?
ANCHOKO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Interact free?
Interact is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ANCHOKO or Interact have ads?
Neither ANCHOKO nor Interact shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ANCHOKO or Interact?
ANCHOKO ships an update every 2 weeks, and Interact fortnightly. Most recently, ANCHOKO was updated on October 19, 2026 and Interact on October 25, 2026.

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