Comparison

RecallKit vs Lumi Learning

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

Head to head
About

RecallKit

Features
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Flashcards that stick. Modern spaced repetition, seven curated language courses — nearly 20,000 cards — or bring your own decks via CSV / TSV / .apkg. No account, no tracking. iCloud sync. CURATED LANGUAGE COURSES Each course is structured around real proficiency frameworks. Cards include audio, example sentences, and grammatical gender / tone where relevant. • French (CEFR) — A1 to C2, 3,899 cards • Spanish (CEFR) — A1 to C2, 3,958 cards • Italian (CEFR) — A1 to C2, 4,237 cards • German (CEFR) — A1 to C2, 4,133 cards • Japanese (JLPT) — N5 to N1, 2,338 cards • Korean (TOPIK) — A1 to B1, 1,165 cards • French Street Speak — 274 cards of colloquial vocabulary native speakers actually use The French course also includes a listening-comprehension beta: audio-first cards born from the words you already know, so your ears catch up with your eyes. BRING YOUR OWN Already have a flashcard library? Import from: • CSV / TSV files — including tab-separated files like those exported from popular study tools, or anything you can paste from a spreadsheet. Map columns to Front, Back, Tags. Map a header row if you have one. • .apkg files — with media, sub-decks, and review history preserved. Drop the file from Files, iCloud Drive, or any document provider. Imports run on a background thread so a 5,000-card deck doesn't lock the app. Failed rows (malformed quoting, missing fields) are reported with a downloadable CSV you can fix and re-import. HOW STUDYING WORKS FSRS-5 is a modern spaced-repetition algorithm that schedules each card based on your actual recall, not arbitrary intervals. Forgetting curves shorten over time. The algorithm has 19 parameters that adapt to your specific learning history, and you can re-optimise them from your own reviews after a few weeks of use. Each language course pairs recognition (see the word, recall the meaning) with production (read the example sentence, produce the target word with full grammatical context). Production cards unlock once a word has been seen a few times — so you're not blindly guessing on day one. Native-quality TTS reads cards in the target language using your installed iOS voices. Settings includes a voice setup helper that links straight into the iOS pronunciation download for each language. OCR and voice dictation are built in for card authoring — point the camera at a textbook page or speak the word, and the recognised text drops into the field. SYNCS ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Decks, cards, review history, streak, achievements — everything syncs through your private iCloud account. Same Apple ID, same state on iPhone and iPad. No third-party servers see your study data. A pull-to-refresh on the home screen forces a sync if you ever need it. PRIVACY No account. No sign-up. No third-party login. No tracking pixels. No selling data. We never could even if we wanted to — there's nothing to sell. The aggregate product-health signals we do collect (app launch, import succeeded, review submitted) are bucketed, anonymous, and never include card content, deck names, or review ratings. You can turn them off entirely from Settings. Your decks, your reviews, your progress — they live on your device and in your private iCloud database. That's it. --- Open the App Store, install, study. Built by one person who wanted spaced repetition to feel less like a chore and more like a tool.

About

Lumi Learning

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Lumi Learning is the flashcard app that remembers what you forget. Instead of grinding through cards you already know, Lumi shows you the ones that still need work. With spaced repetition you review tricky cards more often and easy ones less — so you remember more in less time. LEARNING THAT STICKS • Spaced repetition schedules your reviews automatically • Flip a card, rate how hard it felt — that's it • Focus on what you don't know yet, not what you already do YOUR DECKS, YOUR RULES • Create your own decks in seconds • Import your existing Anki decks (.apkg) in one tap • Discover public community decks and make them yours OFFLINE-FIRST • Study with or without internet • Your progress syncs automatically the moment you're back online BETTER TOGETHER • Add friends and keep streaks going together • Share, fork and rate decks • Motivation that actually lasts START WITH ZERO FRICTION • Jump in instantly — no sign-up required • Sign in whenever you want (email, Google or Apple) Whether it's vocabulary, exam prep, medical terms or your favorite hobby: Lumi turns mindless memorization into a system that works. Download Lumi Learning and start learning smarter. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

RecallKit4 screens
Lumi Learning4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Lumi Learning at 15.0 against RecallKit's 17.0. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RecallKit ships an update fortnightly, Lumi Learning every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
RecallKit versus Lumi Learning: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRecallKitLumi Learning
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB50 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSami MandeelLumi Learning GbR

In-app purchases

None

RecallKit

No in-app purchases

None

Lumi Learning

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RecallKit free?
RecallKit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lumi Learning free?
Lumi Learning is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RecallKit or Lumi Learning have ads?
Neither RecallKit nor Lumi Learning shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RecallKit or Lumi Learning?
RecallKit ships an update fortnightly, and Lumi Learning every 3 weeks. Most recently, RecallKit was updated on September 28, 2026 and Lumi Learning on October 8, 2026.

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