Comparison

StudyRank vs Cards

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

Head to head
About

StudyRank

This app helps students focus and track study hours with friends. It offers a timer, progress tracking, and friendly competition to boost motivation. Gamified elements like levels and achievements make studying more engaging.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro-style timer or stopwatch
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island integration
  • Detailed study stats and heatmap
  • Gamified leveling and achievements
  • Friend leaderboards and duels
  • Home Screen widgets
Features
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Studying is more fun with friends. StudyRank helps you focus, track every hour you study, and turn your progress into a friendly competition — so you actually want to sit down and get to work. Start a focus session, log your hours, and watch your stats, streaks and level climb. Add friends to see who studies more each week, and keep each other motivated. FOCUS TIMER - Pomodoro-style timer or an open stopwatch - Live Activity + Dynamic Island keep your session on your Lock Screen - A gentle notification when your focus session is done - Log past sessions manually anytime YOUR STATS - Study time for today, this week, this month and all time - Clean charts and a study heatmap - Build a daily streak and never break the chain - Earn XP and level up for every minute you focus COMPETE WITH FRIENDS - Add friends and climb the weekly leaderboard - Weekly 1-on-1 duels — whoever studies the most wins - Create or join study groups - See who's studying right now STAY MOTIVATED - Unlock achievements as you hit milestones - Home Screen widgets for your stats, leaderboard and duel - A daily study reminder to keep the habit going Sign in with Apple to back up your progress and sync across your devices. Your data stays private — we never sell it. Whether you're studying for exams, finals and midterms, or just building a better study habit, StudyRank keeps you focused and motivated. Download it, invite a friend, and see who comes out on top this week. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cards

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I'm learning a new language, and one day I thought: why carry paper flashcards around when my phone is always with me anyway? That's how the Cards app came to be. It's very simple. You add a word, the translation fills in on its own, and you can write the transcription the way you pronounce it. Every word becomes a card in your gallery. Open a card and tap it to flip it over: that's how you check yourself. What's inside: • A gallery of your cards in a clean grid • Tap to flip: the word on one side, the translation and transcription on the other • Shuffle mode, so you learn the words and not their order • Translations-first mode, to recall the word the other way around • Search by word or translation • A language filter, if you study more than one • A Learned section: mark words you know and bring them back whenever you want • Word pronunciation, for languages with a voice on your iPhone • Add words from any app with the Share button • A daily reminder with one word from the cards you are learning • iCloud sync: your cards come back when you switch phones or reinstall the app • A Home Screen widget: a new random card every hour, reveal the translation with one tap, or shuffle to the next word. Choose the languages and the color • A Lock Screen widget that opens Add Card in one tap Cards is minimal, calm and built in the style of iOS. Nothing extra, no sign-up, no ads, and completely free.

Screenshots

StudyRank4 screens
Cards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cards at none against StudyRank's 3. Cards also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). StudyRank's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. StudyRank sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Cards asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

StudyRank ships an update every 5 days, Cards every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
StudyRank versus Cards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudyRankCards
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarkus LoibnerTimur Tufatulin

In-app purchases

3 purchases

StudyRank

Subscriptions2
  • Pro$2.991 Month
  • Pro3 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro$39.99
None

Cards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is StudyRank free?
StudyRank is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cards free?
Cards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do StudyRank or Cards have ads?
Neither StudyRank nor Cards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, StudyRank or Cards?
StudyRank ships an update every 5 days, and Cards every 2 days. Most recently, StudyRank was updated on October 29, 2026 and Cards on October 29, 2026.

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