Comparison

Minimal Flashcards vs Flashy

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

Head to head
About

Minimal Flashcards

Create and study custom flashcard decks with spaced repetition. Review cards daily on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. Enjoy a focused, ad-free, and tracking-free learning experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable flashcard decks
  • Spaced repetition scheduling
  • Daily review feature
  • Statistics tracking
  • iPad and Apple Watch support
  • Ad-free and tracking-free
Features
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Minimal Flashcards is a focused study app for decks, cards, daily review, statistics, iPad layouts, widgets, and Apple Watch review. Build your own decks, answer with Again/Hard/Good/Easy, and let the local scheduler bring cards back when they matter. No account, no ads, no tracking. Designed for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and watchOS 26. Free to download. No subscription and no in-app purchase.

About

Flashy

This app uses a modern spaced repetition algorithm to help you memorize information efficiently. It offers a free tier with limited cards and a one-time purchase for unlimited access, with no subscriptions or ads. Study vocabulary, exam facts, and more with offline functionality and image support.

Highlights
  • FSRS spaced repetition algorithm
  • One-time purchase for unlimited cards
  • Offline functionality
  • Image support on cards
  • Import Anki and CSV decks
  • Tagging for organization
  • Four-grade review system
Features
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Flashy is the flashcard app that respects your time, your money, and your privacy. Free to download with every feature working. One tiny one-time unlock for unlimited cards — no subscription, no account, no ads. Built on FSRS, a modern spaced-repetition algorithm, Flashy schedules each card for the moment right before you'd forget it. Study a few minutes a day and remember what matters — vocabulary, exam facts, formulas, anything. WHY FLASHY • Honest pricing — free for up to 3 decks and 100 cards, then a single $4.99 purchase unlocks unlimited everything, forever. No subscriptions, no "premium" upsells, no ads. Ever. • Every feature is free — FSRS, imports, images, tags: nothing is locked behind the unlock, only how much you can store. • AI cards on your device — paste your notes and Flashy's built-in AI turns them into flashcards, free and offline. No cloud, no subscription. • Smarter reviews — FSRS spaced repetition plans your reviews so you study less and remember more. • Private by default — your cards live on your device. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking. The only data Flashy sends to us is an anonymous crash report when something breaks. • Works anywhere — fully offline, from airplanes to subways to mountaintops. • Backed up to your iCloud — your decks are copied to your own iCloud automatically and can be restored on a new iPhone. We never see them. EVERYTHING YOU NEED • AI card generation — paste notes or a textbook passage and get a full deck in seconds (on supported iPhones) • Beautiful decks — pick a name, color, and icon for every subject • Fast card entry — "Save + Add Another" keeps you in the flow • Images on cards — add photos to the front or back of any card • Tags — organize cards within a deck and study one topic at a time • Four-grade reviews — Again, Hard, Good, Easy, each with a live preview of when the card comes back • Session summaries — finish with a grade breakdown (and confetti, obviously) • Built-in rating guide — learn how spaced repetition works while you use it • Dark mode — automatic and gorgeous SWITCHING IS EASY Moving from another flashcard app? Import Anki decks (.apkg and .colpkg — images included), CSV spreadsheets, and Anki text exports, or simply copy your set from Quizlet's export screen and paste it in. Your cards come along in seconds. WHO IT'S FOR Students prepping for exams. Language learners drilling vocabulary. Med students memorizing anatomy. Trivia fans, certification chasers, lifelong learners — anyone who wants serious spaced repetition without the complexity, or simple flashcards without the subscription. Try it free. Unlock it once. Study forever.

Screenshots

Minimal Flashcards3 screens
Flashy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Minimal Flashcards at none against Flashy's 1. Minimal Flashcards also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). Flashy's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment 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. Flashy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Minimal Flashcards asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Minimal Flashcards ships an update every 4 days, Flashy monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Minimal Flashcards versus Flashy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimal FlashcardsFlashy
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLim SangjinArgon Labs LLC

Customer experience

Minimal Flashcards

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Flashy

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Minimal Flashcards

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Flashy

One-time1
  • Flashy Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Minimal Flashcards free?
Minimal Flashcards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flashy free?
Flashy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Minimal Flashcards or Flashy have ads?
Neither Minimal Flashcards nor Flashy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Minimal Flashcards or Flashy?
Minimal Flashcards ships an update every 4 days, and Flashy monthly. Most recently, Minimal Flashcards was updated on October 12, 2026 and Flashy on October 6, 2026.

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