Lucideck vs MyStudyDeck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Lucideck
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Turn your saved language screenshots into flashcards ā every word you almost learned, ready to review. Keep learning with the apps, classes, shows and trips you already enjoy. Lucideck turns screenshots, photos and spoken phrases into translated flashcards you can review with spaced repetition. You choose what to learn ā from a sentence in today's lesson to something you want to say tomorrow. HOW IT WORKS 1. Capture ā Scan text with your camera, pick screenshots from your photo library, auto-scan your camera roll, or speak a phrase. Lucideck detects the language and adds a translation. 2. Review ā Cards come back on a spaced repetition schedule. Easy cards appear less often. Hard ones return sooner. 3. Practice ā Active recall, not passive reading: flip cards, answer quizzes, or run a quick Lightning Round. WHAT'S INCLUDED ⢠Scan text from screenshots, photos, printed pages, menus and subtitles ⢠Auto-scan: find foreign-language text in photos you've already saved ⢠Dictation: speak a phrase to turn it into a card ⢠Translation across 60+ languages ⢠Spaced repetition schedules when to review each card ⢠Decks to keep languages and topics organized ⢠Pronunciation audio for your cards ⢠A simple interface for creating and reviewing cards FREE AND PRO Free includes scanning, card creation, one deck, Classic Flip and Lightning Round, and export, with ads. If you study one language in one deck, Free may be all you need. Pro is for learners who want more: unlimited decks for more than one language, class or trip; Type the Answer, to recall words from memory; Listen & Guess, to recognize them by sound; Multiple Choice, for quick checks; Lifelike Voices, clear HD audio from Google that sounds closer to real speech than the iPhone's built-in voices; re-translating your cards if you change your native language; and no ads. The annual plan starts with a 7-day free trial and works out to about $2.91 a month. WHO IT'S FOR ā The learner who pauses shows to look things up ā The student who wants real-world vocabulary alongside their lessons ā Anyone with a folder of "I'll study this later" screenshots that never gets studied SUPPORTED LANGUAGES Translation in 60+ languages, including French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Russian, Arabic, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Turkish, Hindi, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, Greek, Hebrew, and more. YOUR PRIVACY No account needed, and your flashcards stay on your iPhone. A resized copy of a scanned photo is sent to Google to read its text; auto-scan reads on your iPhone first and sends Google only the photos it can't read confidently. Text is sent to Google to translate it, and for Pro pronunciation audio. Photos are never stored on our servers. Anonymous usage data helps us improve the app, and it never includes your cards or photos. Details: https://lucideck.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
MyStudyDeck
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Turn any photo or PDF into Anki flashcards ā then study them right in the app. No typing, no desktop, no account. Everything runs on your iPhone, fully offline. MyStudyDeck is the fastest way to go from study material to memorized. Scan a page, let on-device OCR and smart filtering pick out the words that matter, auto-translate the backs, study with a swipe ā and export standard .apkg decks to Anki when you want. THREE TAPS. REAL CARDS. 1. Snap a photo (or import a PDF) of your study material 2. Tap the terms you want to learn 3. Study in-app ā or export a complete .apkg deck to AnkiMobile No typing kanji on your phone. No copy-pasting between apps. No desktop required. STUDY MODE ā RIGHT IN THE APP You no longer have to export to Anki just to review. ⢠Full study screen with a 3D card-flip animation ⢠Swipe right when you knew it, swipe left to review again ⢠Streak meter tracks your consecutive correct answers ⢠Self-assessment grading: "Didn't know" or "Knew it" ⢠Shuffle mode to mix up your deck ⢠Resume a session right where you left off (within 24h) ⢠Works with all four card types: plain, image, cloze, and multi-field SMART CARD CREATION ⢠On-device OCR extracts text from photos instantly ā works offline ⢠Smart word filtering uses Apple's NaturalLanguage engine to highlight the important words (nouns, verbs, adjectives, domain terms) and pre-select them ⢠Function words (the, is, a) are hidden by default ā tap "Show all words" to reveal everything ⢠Per-word confidence indicators so you can trust the selection ⢠Filtering supports English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian (other scripts use length-based filtering) ⢠Apple Translation fills in card backs automatically ⢠Edit any field before saving (front, back, reading, notes) IMPORT PDFs ⢠Import PDFs directly from Files, iCloud Drive, or any document provider ⢠Page viewer with thumbnails and range selection (All / This page / Range) ⢠Multi-page extraction with a live progress indicator ⢠Text flows straight into the same smart OCR review pipeline ⢠Up to 50 pages per session ANKI-COMPATIBLE EXPORT ⢠Generates standard .apkg files that import cleanly into Anki ⢠Works with AnkiMobile, Anki Desktop, AnkiDroid, and AnkiWeb ⢠Export via the iOS share sheet ā AnkiMobile, Files, AirDrop, iCloud Drive, or email ⢠Card images are embedded in the export BUILT FOR PRIVACY Your photos, cards, and study data never leave your device. The OCR and translation run on-device. No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. We never see your cards. ONE-TIME PURCHASE ā NOT A SUBSCRIPTION Try MyStudyDeck free with up to 3 cards. Unlock unlimited cards, PDF import, study, and .apkg export with a single $14.99 purchase ā yours forever. No subscription. No recurring charges. No surprise renewals. Built for self-taught language learners (Japanese, Korean, Chinese and more) and for students working from textbooks. MyStudyDeck solves the hardest part of mobile studying: turning real study material into cards you actually review ā without a desktop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MyStudyDeck at none against Lucideck's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Lucideck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and MyStudyDeck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Lucideck | MyStudyDeck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | ā |
| Ads | Yes | No ā better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 ā better | 17.4 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fifth Axis Labs | Sai Sharan Bhonagiri |
In-app purchases
Lucideck
- Lucideck Pro$5.991 Month
- Lucideck Pro7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Lucideck Pro ā Lifetime$79.99
MyStudyDeck
- MyStudyDeck Pro$14.99







