Comparison

MemoFlash vs Tapioca

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

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About

MemoFlash

Features
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MemoFlash turns your notes into flashcards with AI. Upload a PDF, paste your notes or snap a photo of the page, and your deck is ready to study in seconds. How it works - Paste text, upload a PDF (or just the pages you need), or take a photo of your notes - On supported iPhones, start from a recorded lecture - AI pulls out what's worth remembering: rules, pitfalls, vocabulary and comparisons. It doesn't just copy your text - Review and edit the cards before you save them - Flip each card and rate it: Wrong, Unsure or Correct Why MemoFlash - Smart review (SM2 spaced repetition): every day it brings back the cards you're about to forget and the ones you miss - See where you stand in every deck: due, new, learning and mastered cards - 5 card types: Rule, Pitfall, Vocabulary, Tip, Comparison - One deck per class or exam, with folders and an archive - Streaks and weekly stats keep you going - Works for any subject, from college courses to med school, nursing school and law school reading - Your notes stay yours: we don't sell them and we don't train models on them Who it's for College and high school students, anyone studying for a licensing exam, and anyone who likes learning something every day. Plans - Free: 3 decks, 100 cards per deck and 3 AI generations a month - Basic: unlimited decks and cards, 30 AI generations a month, cards from PDFs and photos, folders and archive - Plus: 80 AI generations a month, PDFs up to 120 pages, up to 20 photos at a time Subscriptions are billed through the App Store. Cancel anytime from your Apple ID settings. Contact Privacy: privacy@memoflash.app Support: support@memoflash.app Web: memoflash.app Made with care in Rome. SUBSCRIPTIONS MemoFlash Basic — €4.99 per month (first month €1.99) MemoFlash Plus — €7.99 per month (first month €4.99) Prices may vary by region; the exact amount is shown before you confirm. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage or turn off renewal in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://memoflash.app/terms Privacy: https://memoflash.app/privacy

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Tapioca

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Tapioca puts your flashcards on the Home Screen. Tap the widget to reveal the answer, tap again to grade it, and the next card appears without the app ever opening. Most spaced repetition fails because the app never gets opened. Tapioca brings the cards to you, and it can write them for you too. REVIEW WHERE YOU ALREADY LOOK • Add the Tapioca widget to your Home Screen in medium or large. It shows one card at a time, and you answer it right there. • A Lock Screen widget shows how many cards are due. • Grade each card Again, Hard, Good or Easy. Every button shows the interval it grants. • Tapioca schedules reviews with FSRS-6, the modern spaced-repetition algorithm, with learning steps for new and forgotten cards. With enough history it can refit the scheduler to your own memory, and it keeps the fit only when it beats the defaults. • Review in the app too, with undo and haptics. LET TAPIOCA WRITE THE CARDS • Name a topic and Tapioca writes a deck about it. • Paste your notes, a handout or a transcript and Tapioca writes one card per fact. • Photograph a page. The words are read on your phone; the picture never leaves it. • Choose a PDF. Each card notes the page it came from. • Cards appear as they are written. Drop the ones you don't want before anything is saved. Before anything is sent the first time, Tapioca asks. What you choose goes to the Tapioca server and on to Anthropic's Claude to write the cards; Tapioca keeps none of it. You can withdraw permission at any time. AI card writing needs an internet connection and is included in Tapioca Pro within a monthly fair-use allowance. 100 READY-MADE DECKS 2,500 cards across ten subjects: languages, geography, history, science, space, art and music, maths, technology, literature and everyday knowledge. Capitals, flags, hiragana, the periodic table, the human skeleton, constellations, Git commands and more. Add a deck in one tap. BRING YOUR DECKS WITH YOU Import from Anki (.apkg and .colpkg, with pictures, image occlusion and review history), Quizlet, Mochi, AlgoApp, Mnemosyne, SuperMemo, Obsidian and CSV. Tapioca shows you what it read before anything is added. FOUR KINDS OF CARD • Text: a prompt and an answer. • Cloze: a passage with words hidden in it. Anki's {{c1::…}} markers work too. • Picture: a photo with a caption, answered in words. • Blur: parts of a photo or diagram hidden until you reveal them. Write cards by hand with a live preview of exactly what the widget will draw, or turn any deck around so it is asked both ways. KEEP THE HABIT • Reminders built from your real due forecast, and an evening nudge only when a streak is at risk. Optional, and never asked for on first launch. • Stats for reps, recall, mature cards and the days ahead. • Add cards from Siri, Spotlight and Shortcuts. • Light and dark appearance, accent themes and tinted Home Screen support. YOUR LIBRARY STAYS YOURS • Your decks, cards and history are stored on your iPhone. There is no account to create. • A copy is kept in your own iCloud Drive automatically, so a new phone gets everything back. You can turn this off. • Export every card as CSV, or back up everything to a file, at any time. TAPIOCA PRO Tapioca Pro is the app: every deck and card, every kind of card, every widget, the full scheduler, AI card writing, reverse cards and iCloud backup. There is no free tier and no trial. If a subscription ends, everything you made stays on your phone and can be exported at any time. • Yearly: $49.99 per year • Monthly: $14.99 per month • Weekly: $7.99 per week Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Prices are US App Store prices; your storefront may differ. Terms of Use: https://tapiocaflashcards.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://tapiocaflashcards.com/privacy/ Tapioca requires iOS 26 or later and is designed for iPhone.

Screenshots

MemoFlash4 screens
Tapioca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tapioca at every 2 days against MemoFlash's weekly. MemoFlash's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, 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. MemoFlash sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Tapioca sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MemoFlash ships an update weekly, Tapioca every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
MemoFlash versus Tapioca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoFlashTapioca
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB14 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAndrea LibuttiAlexander Herdt

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MemoFlash

Subscriptions2
  • Basic1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Plus1 Month trial$6.991 Month
3 purchases

Tapioca

Subscriptions3
  • Tapioca Pro Weekly$7.997 Days
  • Tapioca Pro Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Tapioca Pro Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is MemoFlash free?
MemoFlash is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tapioca free?
Tapioca is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MemoFlash or Tapioca have ads?
Neither MemoFlash nor Tapioca shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MemoFlash or Tapioca?
MemoFlash ships an update weekly, and Tapioca every 2 days. Most recently, MemoFlash was updated on November 9, 2026 and Tapioca on October 31, 2026.

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