Comparison

Vocabulary Flashcard Maker vs Routine JLPT

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

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Vocabulary Flashcard Maker

Features
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PREMIUM โ€” PURCHASE REQUIRED: All features described below are part of Pro and require a purchase: a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Every word you have ever looked up and then forgotten deserved a card. WordWeek is a flashcard maker for building your own vocabulary deck: you write the word, its meaning in your own words, and a sentence that pins it down โ€” then flip through your cards until they stick. Most vocabulary apps hand you someone else's five thousand words. WordWeek starts from the opposite idea: the words worth memorizing are the ones YOU met โ€” in a novel, a lecture, a job posting, a subtitle. Writing your own definition is half the memorizing; the flip-and-swipe study sessions do the rest, and the words you miss come straight back until they don't. WHAT YOU GET โ€ข Cards you write yourself โ€” the word, a definition in your own words, and a sample sentence with the word highlighted when you flip โ€ข Tap to flip, swipe right for "I know", left for "don't know" โ€” a full session fits in the two minutes you're waiting for coffee โ€ข Light spaced repetition: every session puts the words you keep missing first and lets mastered ones drift to the back, so your weakest words get seen the most โ€ข A mastery ring that fills word by word, plus tiles for total words, mastered, still practising, and how many you added this calendar week โ€ข A searchable library โ€” find any card by word, definition or sentence, filter by known/practice, mark, edit or delete from the row โ€ข CSV import and export โ€” pull a whole deck in from a spreadsheet, or hand your deck to a classmate Seventeen starter words are included, so your first session works before you have typed anything. PERFECT FOR โ€ข Students building their own exam word list โ€” IELTS, GRE, SAT โ€” out of the words they actually get wrong โ€ข Language learners collecting vocabulary from books, shows and conversations โ€ข Readers who look a word up, nod, and never meet it again โ€ข Anyone who downloaded a big vocab app, saw someone else's word list, and quit WHY NOT JUST USE THE BIG FLASHCARD PLATFORMS? They come with accounts, classrooms, ads and endless community decks built for someone else's course. WordWeek is the other thing: no login, no feed, nothing to browse. Open it, flip your own cards, close it. Missed words will be waiting at the front of the next session. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No accounts, no analytics, no ads. Your words, your progress and your settings are stored only on this device โ€” the only network call the app makes is to the App Store to check your subscription. Exporting a deck writes a CSV file that goes exactly where you send it, nowhere else. PREMIUM (PURCHASE REQUIRED) WordWeek requires Full Access, which unlocks the entire app โ€” the card library, study sessions and stats. Choose a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Add the first word you had to look up today. It will be on a card, waiting, tomorrow. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

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Routine JLPT

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Studying can wait until later. But you check your phone every day, right? While you watch videos, check messages, or scroll through social media, Routine JLPT brings Japanese words to you. In other apps, on your home screen, and on your lock screen, too. Here's what a day could look like. Review 10 words on your lock screen while waiting for the elevator. Practice 20 words with example sentences playing in the background on your train ride to work. See 10 more in your home screen widget whenever you pick up your phone. And practice another 20 as words pop up between stretches of watching YouTube. Without setting aside a study session, you've had 60 moments of vocabulary practice in one day. โ–  Words come to you while you use other apps Choose the apps you often use and how often you'd like to practice. As you use your selected apps, a learning screen appears at the interval you've set. Take a moment to recall the meaning, check it, and get back to what you were doing. You can make time for a word without waiting to feel like studying. โ–  Practice right on your home screen Add a learning widget to your home screen. A word while you're looking for an app. Another when you return to your home screen. Check words and keep practicing in the widget without opening Routine JLPT. โ–  Meet Japanese words on your lock screen You pick up your phone to check the time, and there's a Japanese word, too. Look at a word and check its meaning on your lock screen. While waiting for the elevator or for a friend to arrive, you have another chance to practice. โ–  Listen to example sentences when you're not looking at the screen Keep learning on your commute, on a walk, or with your phone in your pocket. With example sentences playing in the background, you can hear how words are used in context. โ–  Make your routine fit your day Choose what to study and your daily learning amount. Set which apps will show you words and how often they'll appear. Move past words you know and revisit the ones you're unsure about. Continue the learning you started in the app through widgets and other learning features outside the app. Build your own JLPT vocabulary routine into your everyday life. Note: The daily learning amount above is an example. Actual practice counts depend on your settings and usage. Learning outside the app requires setup and permissions. Display behavior and available features may vary by operating system and device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Vocabulary Flashcard Maker4 screens
Routine JLPT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Vocabulary Flashcard Maker at none against Routine JLPT's shown. Routine JLPT's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Vocabulary Flashcard Maker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Routine JLPT sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.79 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vocabulary Flashcard Maker ships an update every 4 months, Routine JLPT every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Vocabulary Flashcard Maker versus Routine JLPT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVocabulary Flashcard MakerRoutine JLPT
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.016.4 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size3 MB508 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperLEAN ASIA CO., LTDSUNIL KIM

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vocabulary Flashcard Maker

Subscriptions2
  • Memory Recall Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Exam Prep Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Card Deck Lifetime$39.99
3 purchases

Routine JLPT

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plus$1.791 Month
  • Annual Plus$12.901 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plus$25.90

Questions

Is Vocabulary Flashcard Maker free?
Vocabulary Flashcard Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Routine JLPT free?
Routine JLPT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vocabulary Flashcard Maker or Routine JLPT have ads?
Routine JLPT shows ads; Vocabulary Flashcard Maker does not.
Which is updated more often, Vocabulary Flashcard Maker or Routine JLPT?
Vocabulary Flashcard Maker ships an update every 4 months, and Routine JLPT every 4 days. Most recently, Vocabulary Flashcard Maker was updated on November 5, 2026 and Routine JLPT on November 6, 2026.

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