uFlash vs Shinun
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
uFlash
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uFlash: Modern flashcards made simple again. Make your cards. Flip through them. Set aside the ones you know and keep practicing the rest. uFlash brings that familiar way of studying to your iPhone and iPad. Create decks in the app or import them from a spreadsheet, then get straight to studying. Itβs easy to learn, whether youβre reviewing vocabulary, preparing for an exam, or brushing up on a subject you enjoy. STUDY AT YOUR OWN PACE Reveal an answer and mark it Known or Unknown. When you want to focus on the harder cards, review just the ones that need more practice. You decide what to study and when. YOUR DECKS BELONG TO YOU You put time into making your flashcards. You should be able to keep them, edit them, and share them wherever you like. Thatβs why uFlash uses standard CSV files. Open your decks in Apple Numbers, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, or any text editor. Make changes in a spreadsheet, back up a copy, or send a deck to a classmate. Your cards stay in a format you can use outside the app. FEATURES β’ Create unlimited study topics with custom decks β’ Create and edit flashcards in the app β’ Import and export standard CSV files β’ Reveal answers and mark cards Known or Unknown β’ Review only the cards that need more practice β’ Choose Light or Dark Mode β’ Enjoy a fast, lightweight app thatβs easy to learn NO ADS. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. uFlash is built around a simple idea: studying with flashcards should be easy. Open a deck and get started.
Shinun
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Shinun helps you remember what you study, with flashcards you make yourself and spaced repetition that schedules your reviews. Free: one deck, five cards in it, two study sessions a day. Pro removes those limits for a one-time purchase, with no subscription. Study offline, without an account and without ads. SEE WHERE YOUR ANSWER DIFFERS β’ Type the answer instead of guessing whether you were close β’ Each answer is marked correct, almost correct or wrong β’ Accents and small typos in longer words are forgiven. Letters that differ are underlined IMPORT AND EXPORT β’ Paste a list: Shinun detects the separators and shows a preview before anything is saved β’ CSV and TSV files from a spreadsheet or your files β’ Text decks from .apkg files, with a field mapping step β’ Export your decks β’ Share a deck as a read only link. Only that deck is uploaded, and only when you tap Share HEBREW AND MIXED TEXT β’ Each side of a card has its own text direction, so Hebrew on the front and English on the back both read correctly β’ Hebrew, Arabic and Latin script can share one card SPACED REPETITION β’ FSRS, a modern scheduling algorithm, runs on your phone β’ Four grades, each showing when the card will come back β’ Cards you miss come back in the same session β’ A forecast of what falls due over the next 30 days β’ Retention and review statistics STUDY OFFLINE β’ Everything works offline except sending or opening a shared link β’ No account. Your decks stay on your phone β’ A home screen widget with the number of cards due today β’ Siri and Shortcuts can start a review or tell you how many cards are due β’ Light and dark themes, 15 languages, and a card text size you set per deck WHAT PRO ADDS β’ All four study modes are free: flip, typed answers, multiple choice and match. So are FSRS scheduling, stats, every import option, export and the small widget β’ Pro: unlimited decks, cards and sessions, reverse cards, a custom retention target, and the medium and Lock Screen widgets β’ On an iPhone with Apple Intelligence and iOS 26 or later, Pro can also turn a paragraph of notes into cards on the device, in the languages Apple Intelligence supports β’ Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. Restore it on your other devices with the same store account Starter decks to begin with: 1,000 common Hebrew words, Hebrew example sentences, and 1,000 words each of Spanish, French and Arabic, all with English answers. The free version copies the first five cards of a starter deck; Pro copies the whole deck.
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Verdict
uFlash and Shinun are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. uFlash sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Shinun sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | uFlash | Shinun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aaron Fenker | Ben Basha |
In-app purchases
uFlash
- Donut Tip$1.99
- Beer Tip$4.99
- uFlash Pro$9.99
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- Burger Tip$9.99
Shinun
- Shinun Pro$9.99









