Comparison

Memoraid vs Etch

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

Head to head
About

Memoraid

Features
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Memoraid is a flashcard app for learning new things and remembering what you've already studied. Whether you're learning a language, preparing for an exam, or just trying to remember something important, you can create your own flashcards or choose from ready-made decks. Memoraid uses spaced repetition to help you review cards at the right time. After each review, you rate how well you remembered the answer, and the app schedules when you'll see that card again. Cards you struggle with come back sooner, while familiar ones appear less often. Five ways to study โ€ข Spaced Repetition: Review cards based on how well you remember them. Choose Again, Hard, Good, or Easy after each answer. โ€ข Quiz: Test yourself with multiple-choice questions. โ€ข Write: Type your answers instead of just recognizing the correct one. โ€ข Flip: Study with traditional two-sided flashcards. โ€ข Swipe: Go through cards with simple left and right swipes. Create your own flashcards Make decks for anything you're learning. Add text, include images, and organize your cards into groups. You can also browse ready-made packs covering languages, vocabulary, and other subjects. Made for everyday studying โ€ข Works offline. Your flashcards are stored on your device. โ€ข Dark Mode for studying at night. โ€ข Support for VoiceOver, Reduce Motion, and Increase Contrast. โ€ข A simple interface that keeps the focus on your cards. Start with a few cards, review them regularly, and build on what you remember.

About

Etch

Features
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Etch is a place for the things you want to remember. It sits somewhere between a notes app and flashcards: quick to capture, gentle to revisit, without the pressure of a study app. Capture in whatever way is fastest. Type a quick note, dictate it with your voice, or clip a passage while you read. In Safari, select the text and send it with the Share button in the toolbar, and Etch keeps both the passage and a tappable link back to its source. Every card is either a simple fact or a question with an answer. A question gives you a small moment of recall before you reveal the answer, which is what makes revisiting feel like reminiscing rather than testing. Revisit a handful at a time, whenever you feel like it. No streaks, no due dates, no counts piling up. You come back to what you saved because you want to, not because an app is nudging you. Optional on-device AI. On supported devices, Etch can help shape what you capture into a clean card. It is entirely optional, it runs on your device, and it only ever works on the text you enter. Nothing is sent away to do it. Made to travel. The interface is in English and French, and you can create cards in many supported languages, so your notes stay in whatever language you think in. Yours, and private. Your cards sync across your own devices with iCloud, and you can export a full backup any time. Etch collects no data about you.

Screenshots

Memoraid4 screens
Etch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Etch at none against Memoraid's 10. Memoraid's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Memoraid sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Etch asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Memoraid ships an update monthly, Etch every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Memoraid versus Etch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMemoraidEtch
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly โ€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size62 MB7 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperGrigorii KorepanovMaeva Liebling

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Memoraid

One-time10
  • Japanese Anime Phrases$1.99
  • GRE Vocabulary$1.99
  • IELTS Academic$1.99
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  • Cognitive Biases$1.99
  • Movie Quotes (EN)$1.99
  • Movie Quotes (ES)$1.99
  • Cartoon Quotes (EN)$1.99
  • Cartoon Quotes (ES)$1.99
  • Anime Quotes (EN)$1.99
  • Anime Quotes (ES)$1.99
None

Etch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Memoraid free?
Memoraid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Etch free?
Etch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Memoraid or Etch have ads?
Neither Memoraid nor Etch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Memoraid or Etch?
Memoraid ships an update monthly, and Etch every 2 months. Most recently, Memoraid was updated on October 24, 2026 and Etch on October 25, 2026.

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