Discito vs Truly Simple Flashcards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Discito
This app helps you study smarter for exams by planning your review schedule using an advanced algorithm. It allows you to create flashcards from various sources, including PDFs and lecture notes, with AI assistance, and syncs them across your devices.
- AI-powered flashcard generation
- FSRS-6 spaced repetition algorithm
- Day-by-day exam preparation planning
- iCloud sync across devices
- PDF and lecture note import
- iOS integration (widgets, Live Activity, Siri)
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Study smarter for your exams — and remember it long after. Discito plans your exam prep day by day and schedules every review with FSRS-6 — the latest open-source spaced-repetition algorithm — so you remember more while studying less. Turn PDFs, notes, and recorded lectures into flashcards with AI, synced across your devices with no account needed. ZERO-SETUP ONBOARDING Open the app. Tap "Continue" → "Start reviewing". Study a tutorial deck immediately. Under 30 seconds. No web account, no desktop install, no .apkg hoop-jumping. SMART EXAM PLAN Add your exam date and Discito builds a day-by-day plan that covers every card before exam day — weakest cards first — without disturbing your long-term FSRS schedule. Track several exams at once, each with its own countdown and on-track status. When every card is covered, it tells you you're ready. SYNC THAT JUST WORKS Your cards follow you across iPhone and iPad through your iCloud. Edit on one device, review on another. No passwords. No mystery errors. Your data stays yours. REAL iOS INTEGRATION • Review reminders on your schedule, per deck • Home Screen widget with due count + one-tap review • Live Activity during review sessions — progress on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Control Center widget — start a review in one tap • Shortcuts + Siri: "Start a Discito review" • Focus Mode integration — "Study" filter hides distractions MOBILE-FIRST CARD CREATION • Import .apkg files from existing collections (no desktop needed) • Share Sheet extension: select any text, send to Discito, get cards • CSV from Files app • Deck sharing via AirDrop + the iOS Share Sheet • Reliable image support — paste, drag, or pick inline AI CARD GENERATION Paste lecture text or a PDF and Discito writes Q&A flashcards for you to review before saving. Turn on cloud AI and it works on any iPhone: your text is sent to Anthropic's Claude (Google's Gemini as backup) and is never used to train their models. Recordings stay on your iPhone — only the transcript is sent. Pro includes 100 AI credits (one card generation uses one), and more come in one-time packs that never expire. Prefer to keep everything on your device? Leave cloud AI off and Discito uses Apple Intelligence (iPhone 15 Pro or later, or an M-series iPad, on iOS 26). Everything else works on any iPhone running iOS 18.6+. DISCITO LITE — FREE (NOT A TRIAL) • 200 cards free (unlimited with Pro) • iCloud sync across iPhone + iPad • Full FSRS-6 algorithm (not a crippled version) • Q&A + cloze + basic-reverse templates (image occlusion authoring is Pro) • .apkg import always free; export + re-sync are Pro (free trial included) • CSV import and export — always free • Markdown + LaTeX rendering • Audio playback • Classic flip-card review • Live Activity + Dynamic Island • Streak counter + full stats dashboard • 6 bundled starter decks (Tutorial + 5 content decks) • Try every Pro feature free — including 5 deck re-syncs • No ads, ever DISCITO PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Pro is a single one-time unlock — no subscription required. Extra AI credits come in optional one-time packs that never expire. Pro unlocks: Smart Exam Plan (a day-by-day plan to cover every card by exam day, tracked per exam), image occlusion authoring, FSRS-6 personalized optimizer, AI card generation from PDFs and notes (100 AI credits included), AI image generation, lecture audio capture → cards, smart AI quiz distractors, per-deck widget settings, notification micro-reviews, type-the-answer + MCQ + True-False quiz modes, .apkg export, non-destructive deck re-sync (update imported decks without losing progress), weekly report + shareable image, bulk Manage Suspended. With gratitude to the FSRS research community — the Open Spaced Repetition project (github.com/open-spaced-repetition). Start studying in 30 seconds. Download Discito today.
Truly Simple Flashcards
This app uses a smart algorithm to help you memorize information effectively. Create custom flashcards with text, images, and audio, and study them across all your Apple devices. Import existing decks or start fresh with a simple, one-time purchase for unlimited access.
- FSRS smart scheduling
- Front/back and cloze card types
- Text formatting and color-coding
- Audio recording and playback
- Deck grouping
- Anki and CSV import
- Two-way study mode
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Truly Simple Flashcards is a clean, no-subscription spaced-repetition app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Whether you're a student cramming for exams, a language learner building vocabulary, a professional studying for boards, or an Anki refugee looking for a modern alternative, this app does the core job exceptionally well and stops there. Make decks, add cards, and study. The app decides when to show each card again using FSRS, which is the same modern spaced-repetition algorithm power users trust. By asking you to grade how hard a card was to recall, the schedule adapts, so you spend your time on the cards you're about to forget. Format your cards with bold, italics, and colors, keep related decks together in groups, and add audio when hearing something matters as much as reading it. Bring in your existing decks from Anki or a spreadsheet, export your decks to use elsewhere, study seamlessly across all your Apple devices, and own your software forever. Features: • Smart scheduling: Uses the proven FSRS algorithm to adapt to your memory, with an adjustable "target retention" rate per deck. • Two card types: Create classic front-and-back cards, or use fill-in-the-blank (cloze) cards to memorize words in context. Images are fully supported on either side of the card. • Formatting and color-coding: Make words bold, italic, or underlined, and color-code your cards with five text colors and four highlights. Colors stay readable in light and dark mode. • Audio on your cards: Attach audio to the front, the back, or both. Add an existing audio file, or record it right in the app. • Deck groups: Keep related decks together, like every topic in a unit. Groups fold away when you don't need them and show what's due inside. • Simple imports: Bring your existing decks with you. Import Anki files (.apkg / .colpkg, including the newest formats) or CSV/TSV spreadsheets. Anki subdecks arrive as groups, with their formatting intact. • Two-way study: Turn on two-way review to test your recall back-to-front, which is especially effective for learning vocabulary words. • Paced learning: Set a daily limit for new cards so a huge imported deck doesn't overwhelm your study session. • Study ahead: Caught up for the day and want more? Study tomorrow's cards early. • Undo a grade: Tapped the wrong button? Undo brings the card back so you can answer it again. • Flip-through mode: Review a deck casually without affecting your spaced-repetition schedule. • Reliable device sync: Your decks sync privately and securely through your own personal iCloud account across your Mac, iPad, and iPhone. • Genuinely accessible: Built natively for Apple devices with full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type for comfortable reading, light/dark modes, and calm, minimal motion. • Pay once, keep forever: Use one deck for free with unlimited cards. Unlock unlimited decks with a one-time, lifetime in-app purchase. No subscriptions, no ads, no hidden fees or data-harvesting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Discito at daily against Truly Simple Flashcards's monthly. Discito also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Discito sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Truly Simple Flashcards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Discito against 5.0 for Truly Simple Flashcards. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Discito ships an update daily, Truly Simple Flashcards monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Discito | Truly Simple Flashcards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHRISTOPHER JAMES HINCKLEY | Colin Wright |
Customer experience
Discito
Truly Simple Flashcards
In-app purchases
Discito
- 50 AI Credits$2.99
- 150 AI Credits$7.99
- Discito Pro$14.99
Truly Simple Flashcards
- Pro$4.99









