Comparison

FlashStacks vs H1 Owl

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

Head to head
About

FlashStacks

Transform study materials into interactive Home Screen widgets. AI generates flashcards from PDFs, and spaced repetition optimizes learning. Visualize concepts with image occlusion and track progress with detailed stats.

Highlights
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • AI-powered PDF to flashcard generation
  • Spaced repetition learning
  • Image occlusion cards
  • Progress tracking and stats
  • Customizable widget themes
Features
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Your flashcards, on your Home Screen. FlashStacks turns your study cards into beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Glance at a question between classes. Tap to reveal the answer. Move to the next card — all without opening the app. Learning fits into the moments already filling your day. Always visible, always ready Your stacks live as widgets that rotate automatically throughout the day. Every time you check your phone, there's something new to learn. Tap to reveal, tap to advance. AI-powered deck generation Upload any PDF — lecture notes, textbook chapters, study guides — and AI instantly creates a complete flashcard deck. Choose high-yield mode for exam prep or comprehensive for full coverage. Every card is widget-ready from the start. Spaced repetition that works FlashStacks uses the same proven science behind Anki. Cards you struggle with come back sooner. Cards you've mastered fade into the background. Study smarter, not longer. Image occlusion cards Add any image — diagrams, anatomy, maps — and draw boxes over areas to hide. Tap to reveal what's underneath. Perfect for visual subjects. Beautiful by design Every stack gets its own colour palette — soft pastels or bold modern tones. Widgets match your stack's colours. Dark mode uses pure OLED black. Track your progress Per-stack stats show mastery level, difficulty breakdown, and 14-day activity. Build a streak. Hit your daily goal. FlashStacks Premium Create unlimited stacks, generate decks from PDF with AI, add image occlusion cards, and study from your Lock Screen. Monthly and annual plans available. 3-day free trial included with annual. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

H1 Owl

Features
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Leaving Cert Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics, Higher and Ordinary. All four subjects are free. Interactive lessons, over 3,700 original questions with an explanation for every answer, and mock exams that show your indicative grade. LESSONS YOU CAN TOUCH Drag a slider or tap a diagram and watch the maths, science or graph change in front of you. Each lesson is short, and a practice round after it makes it stick before the next one opens. FOUR SUBJECTS, EIGHT COURSES Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics, each at Higher and Ordinary Level. Every question is original, written from the published NCCA specifications. THE MAP Every strand broken into bite-size skills you clear one by one. Maths covers Algebra, Functions, Number, Geometry and Trigonometry, Statistics and Probability. The sciences follow the strands of the specifications for the 2027 exams. No more guessing what you have not covered. DRILLS THAT TEACH A clear explanation after every answer. The wrong options are the mistakes students actually make, and the explanation shows you why. Anything you get wrong comes back at the right moment until it sticks. MOCKS WITH AN INDICATIVE GRADE Full simulations, plus Paper 1 and Paper 2 mode for Maths. Finish a mock and see an indicative grade from H1 to H8, and how many percent you are from the next one. Higher Level students can watch how safe their H6 is, the grade that carries 25 bonus CAO points. BUILT FOR DAILY LIFE Streaks, XP and a daily session of about seven minutes. A countdown to Paper 1 keeps the goal in sight. FREE, WITH HEARTS All four subjects are free, Higher and Ordinary: every lesson, the glossary and every mock exam. Graded practice runs on Hearts: you have five, a wrong answer costs one, and one comes back on its own: every 30 minutes when you are signed in, every 3 hours without an account. The Exam tab has daily counts: two quick exams, one full-length exam and two practice runs a day, or as many as you like with Unlimited Hearts. Unlimited Hearts is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. A refill is there if you are in a hurry. H1 Owl is an independent study app. It is not affiliated with the State Examinations Commission, the NCCA, the CAO or any school. All questions are original material written from the published NCCA specifications. Grade estimates are indicative and no exam result is guaranteed. Privacy: no ads, no tracking, no selling of data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ H1 Owl Terms: https://h1owl.ie/terms Privacy Policy: https://h1owl.ie/privacy

Screenshots

FlashStacks4 screens
H1 Owl4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FlashStacks at weekly against H1 Owl's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. FlashStacks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and H1 Owl sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FlashStacks ships an update weekly, H1 Owl monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
FlashStacks versus H1 Owl: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlashStacksH1 Owl
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB65 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBailey SkewesElvis Barisic

In-app purchases

3 purchases

FlashStacks

Subscriptions3
  • FlashStacks Premium — Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Premium Special Offer$24.991 Year
  • FlashStacks Premium — Annual1 Month trial$39.991 Year
2 purchases

H1 Owl

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is FlashStacks free?
FlashStacks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is H1 Owl free?
H1 Owl is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FlashStacks or H1 Owl have ads?
Neither FlashStacks nor H1 Owl shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FlashStacks or H1 Owl?
FlashStacks ships an update weekly, and H1 Owl monthly. Most recently, FlashStacks was updated on October 12, 2026 and H1 Owl on October 4, 2026.

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