FlashSnap vs Hirake

Snap your textbook. Hide what you want to learn. That's it. You don't have time to make flashcards from scratch. FlashSnap solves that. Take a photo of any page, brush over the key words with a marker, and your personal study sheet is ready in seconds. The familiar paper red-sheet method, now on your phone — with a little extra intelligence. What you can do 【Photo Sheet】 Photograph textbooks, notebooks, or any printed material. Cover important words with red, blue, or green markers. During study, the markers hide the answers — tap to reveal. 【Classic Cards】 Front-and-back cards with images or text. Perfect for vocabulary or matching pairs. 【Text Cards】 Simple Q&A format. Great for formulas, definitions, or quick facts. 【Spaced Repetition (SM-2)】 The cards you remember well come back later. The ones you struggle with come back soon. Backed by proven memory science. 【Exam Forecast】 Set your exam date and FlashSnap calculates whether you're on pace to finish. Warnings appear if you're falling behind, so you can adjust early. 【Weak Cards Highlight】 The cards you keep missing are surfaced automatically. Focus your review where it matters. 【Vertical Writing Support】 For Japanese classical texts, Chinese, or right-to-left content. Reading order follows the natural top-to-bottom, right-to-left flow. Who is this for? ・Students preparing for exams ・Nursing & medical students learning terminology ・Language learners (vocabulary, classical texts) ・Anyone using paper red-sheet study method ・People who want to know "will I finish in time?" ・Commuters making use of small pockets of time Privacy first ・No account required ・Your photos and study data stay on your device ・Nothing is uploaded to any server ・No tracking for ads (npa=1)

Hirake is a focus app that locks the apps you open out of habit—social media, games, anything—and only unlocks them once you answer a quiz correctly. It combines Screen Time limits with real study, turning the time you mindlessly scroll into time you spend learning. ■ Key features ・Lock the apps you choose. To unlock them you have to answer a set number of quiz questions correctly. ・Includes question banks for certification exams, organized by year. ・Question banks are cached on your device, so you can answer and unlock even with no connection. ・After unlocking, you can use the app for the time you set. When it runs out, it locks again automatically. ・Check your daily quiz count and accuracy in the Stats tab. Your progress is clear at a glance. ・A minimal black-and-white design built to keep you focused, not distracted. ■ Great for you if you want to ・Cut down the time you spend on social media and video apps. ・Keep studying for certifications in spare moments. ・Stick to app limits that willpower alone never kept. ・Use it as a kind of parental control. ■ How it works (privacy) The locking is powered by Apple's Screen Time / Family Controls. We never collect a history of which apps you open. Only downloading question banks and account features work online; everything else is completed offline. More question banks are on the way. Rebuild your study habit and a healthier relationship with your phone, with Hirake.