Flashable vs Open Flashcards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flashable
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Simple, modern flashcards built for kids and parents. Flashable makes studying fast, focused, and frustration-free. Designed by a parent, it removes clutter and keeps kids engaged with an intuitive tap-and-swipe experience. How it works - Tap a card to reveal the answer - Swipe right if correct - Swipe left if incorrect - Automatically review missed cards Features - Clean, modern interface designed for kids ages 3+ - Smart review: optionally repeat missed cards during a session - Built-in deck generation for math, reading, and spelling - Includes 17 word lists (Dolch, Fry, and more) - Text-to-speech for reading and spelling practice - Track progress with per-card and per-deck metrics - Works fully offline - Syncs across devices with iCloud - Import and export decks via text Why parents love it - No ads - No external content - No distractions - Built by a parent for real learning Use cases Perfect for: - Early reading - Sight words - Spelling practice - Math drills - General study Focused learning. Simple design. Better results.
Open Flashcards
This free flashcard app prioritizes your privacy by keeping all your study data locally on your device. Create, organize, and study flashcards without needing an account, ads, or subscriptions. It offers features like automatic saving, session resumption, and deck import/export.
- Local data storage
- Automatic saving of edits
- Study session resumption
- Card reordering and duplication
- Deck import/export via CSV
- Offline core functionality
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Open Flashcards is a free, private flashcard app that keeps your cards on your iPhone and your words exactly as you wrote them. Create a card immediately, organize cards into decks, and study without an account, ads, subscriptions, or session limits. • Saves every edit locally as you type • Keeps a previous-good snapshot for recovery • Studies cards in original or shuffled order • Prompts with fronts or backs first • Resumes an interrupted study session exactly where you stopped • Marks cards Again or Know during a session • Reorders and duplicates cards • Imports and exports complete decks as CSV No account. No ads. No subscription. Core features work offline. Support and Privacy links open your browser.
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Verdict
Flashable and Open 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Flashable ships an update fortnightly, Open Flashcards every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flashable | Open Flashcards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cynigo | Paul Jump |
In-app purchases
Flashable
No in-app purchases
Open Flashcards
No in-app purchases





