Comparison

Cerebo vs LearnScroll

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

Head to head
About

Cerebo

Create rich flashcards with text, math, code, images, and audio. Utilize spaced repetition for effective memorization. Import existing decks and study across all your Apple devices, including Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Rich card editor with text, math, code, images, audio, PDFs
  • Spaced repetition algorithm (SM-2)
  • Import Anki decks (.apkg, .colpkg)
  • Offline functionality and iCloud sync
  • Apple Watch app and widgets
  • OCR for text extraction from images
  • Apple Intelligence for answer generation
Features
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Cerebo is a flashcard maker for subjects that don't fit on a plain index card. Build rich cards with LaTeX math, code, tables, graphs, images, audio and PDFs, then let spaced repetition decide what you see and when. BUILT FOR REAL SUBJECTS Most flashcard apps give you two text boxes. Cerebo gives you a block editor: stack text, math, code, tables and media in any order, on the front and the back of a card. • LaTeX math, rendered properly, inline or as display equations • Function graphs: plot curves, or a 3D surface you can rotate with a finger • Syntax-highlighted code, Markdown tables, headings and lists • Images, audio recordings and PDF attachments • Extract text from a photo or scanned page with OCR • Cloze deletions: hide any part of a card and reveal it as you go • Link related cards, read any card aloud, or translate it in place TEST YOURSELF Every deck has a Test button, and tests never change your review schedule. • Match: pair each front with its back against the clock, on any iPhone or iPad • Practice Test, with Apple Intelligence: true or false, multiple choice and written questions. Written answers are checked for meaning • Print a deck or export it as a PDF to study on paper MAKE CARDS, ASK AND QUIZ WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE On iPhones and iPads that support Apple Intelligence, Cerebo has a chat that runs entirely on your device: • Turn a PDF, Word document, photo, scan or web page into a deck, or record a lecture and make cards from the transcript • Make a study guide from the same document: an overview, the main points and key terms • Pictures come along: a PDF's figures appear on the cards about them, and on iOS 27 Apple Intelligence reads photos, handwriting and diagrams • Graphs, tables, equations and code are added where they help, and you review every card first • Ask questions about your own cards, and see which cards the answer came from • Get quizzed on a deck or a topic: answer in your own words, typed or out loud, and choose the rating yourself • Generate a card's answer, or fill in your own answer template (meaning, synonyms, example) • Share a page from Safari with "Make Cards in Cerebo" SPACED REPETITION THAT DOES THE WORK Cerebo schedules each card with the SM-2 algorithm. Cards you find easy move out to longer intervals; cards you struggle with come back soon. • A per-deck daily limit on new cards. Reviews are never capped • Browse mode to read through a deck without being tested • Statistics with a review heatmap, retention rate and a forecast for the days ahead BRING YOUR EXISTING DECKS • Import Anki .apkg and .colpkg files with media, cloze, reverse cards and nested decks • Paste a Quizlet export to bring a set across • Import into an existing deck, or copy cards between decks. Duplicates are skipped • Import and export CSV and JSON, and export back to .apkg any time EVERYWHERE YOU STUDY • Apple Watch app for reviewing on your wrist • Scan to Cards and Record a Lecture in Control Center, on the Lock Screen or the Action button, and a Quick Capture widget • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets showing what's due, and a Live Activity while you study • A library sidebar on iPad and iPhone Duo • Siri and Shortcuts, daily reminders, and study sessions added to your calendar • Full keyboard, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support • In English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Cerebo collects nothing: no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking, and the app makes no network calls of its own. The chat runs on your device, so what you write, attach or record is never sent to a server. Everything works offline. iCloud sync moves your decks between your own devices through your private iCloud account, and one switch turns it off. FREE: NO ADS, NO SUBSCRIPTION Cerebo is free. No subscription, no ads, and nothing to buy inside the app. Questions or feedback: satwikdev12@gmail.com

About

LearnScroll

Features
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LearnScroll turns any PDF, lecture slides, Word doc or photo of your notes into TikTok-style study videos. You swipe through short vertical videos made from your own material, quick quizzes check what stuck, and spaced repetition brings back what you're about to forget. You were going to study. You ended up on TikTok. Again. LearnScroll points that habit at your notes instead: same scroll, same dopamine, except everything in the feed is what's on your exam. HOW IT WORKS 1. Upload a PDF, PowerPoint (.pptx), Word (.docx) or text file, snap a photo of your notes, or just type a topic. 2. AI turns it into a feed of short study videos, usually in 1 to 3 minutes. You get a notification when it's ready. 3. Scroll. Every 10 videos a quick quiz checks what you remember. WHAT YOU CAN TURN INTO VIDEOS • Lecture slides and class notes • Textbook chapters and study guides • Research papers, articles and reading lists • Handwritten notes (take a photo) • Any topic you type in, even without a file WHY IT'S DIFFERENT • It replaces the scrolling you already do, instead of asking for more willpower. • The feed is made from YOUR material, not a generic summary. • Spaced repetition runs in the background. Old videos come back right before you forget them. Nothing to schedule. • Quick quizzes every few minutes turn passive watching into active recall. • Videos in English or Turkish, detected from your material. • No ads. We don't sell your data. PERFECT FOR • Students who doomscroll instead of studying • Exam crammers with 200 pages and 2 days • People with ADHD who can't sit with a textbook but can scroll for hours • Adults who want their feed to teach them something LEARNSCROLL PRO Try LearnScroll Pro free for 3 days on the yearly plan, cancel anytime. Turning your material into videos needs LearnScroll Pro, a monthly or yearly subscription. Pro gives you up to 12 uploads a month and up to 160 videos per upload with deep learning mode, plus spaced repetition and quizzes. No ads, ever. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Stop feeling guilty about the algorithm. Point it at your own notes instead. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://candizdar.github.io/learnscroll-legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

Cerebo4 screens
LearnScroll4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cerebo at none against LearnScroll's 2. Cerebo also leads on device support (3 vs 1). LearnScroll's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LearnScroll sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Cerebo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cerebo ships an update every 2 weeks, LearnScroll every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cerebo versus LearnScroll: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCereboLearnScroll
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatnuru Satwik PatroCan Dizdar

In-app purchases

None

Cerebo

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

LearnScroll

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Cerebo free?
Cerebo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LearnScroll free?
LearnScroll is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cerebo or LearnScroll have ads?
Neither Cerebo nor LearnScroll shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cerebo or LearnScroll?
Cerebo ships an update every 2 weeks, and LearnScroll every 3 days. Most recently, Cerebo was updated on October 24, 2026 and LearnScroll on October 24, 2026.

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