Comparison

Arete Flashcards vs Auris

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

Head to head
About

Arete Flashcards

Features
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Arete turns your notes into flashcards and helps you remember them for good. This is the iPhone companion to Arete for Mac — a free, open-source notes app with spaced-repetition flashcards. Open the same vault folder (kept in iCloud Drive) and practice anywhere; your reviews sync straight back to your Mac. • Spaced repetition (FSRS) schedules every card for the moment you're about to forget it • Full Markdown and beautiful KaTeX math on every card • Add cards on the go, with photos from your camera roll • Three card types: spaced, routine, and temporary • Insights into your streaks, due counts, and workload • Fast, offline, and private Your data stays yours. Everything lives in a folder you choose — on your device or in your own iCloud Drive. There is no account, no server, and no tracking of any kind. Arete cannot see your cards. Arete for Mac is free and open source.

About

Auris

Features
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Your flashcards, out loud. Auris reads your cards to you — question, a pause to think, then the answer. So you can study while running, commuting, cooking or walking the dog. Screen off, phone in your pocket, hands free. TWO WAYS TO STUDY • Audio Mode — your deck plays like a podcast. Question, pause, answer, next. • Standard Mode — the classic visual card stack for when you can actually look at your phone. BUILT FOR MOVING • Keeps playing with the screen off and the app in the background • Full lock screen and headphone controls — pause, skip, resume • Adjustable speaking speed, from slow drilling to fast review • Haptic feedback as you flick through a deck MADE FOR REAL DECKS • Import your existing Anki decks (.apkg), including cloze cards • Export your cards back to Anki whenever you want • Shuffle, reverse the order, or skip the cards you have parked • Blur the next card so you cannot peek ahead • Search across all your decks QUIETLY PRIVATE Auris works completely offline. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. Your cards never leave your phone — there is nothing to leak, because nothing is collected.

Screenshots

Arete Flashcards3 screens
Auris4 screens

Verdict

The call

Arete Flashcards and Auris are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Arete Flashcards versus Auris: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArete FlashcardsAuris
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJakub SmekalSeifert AviationSoftware

In-app purchases

None

Arete Flashcards

No in-app purchases

None

Auris

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arete Flashcards free?
Arete Flashcards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Auris free?
Auris is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arete Flashcards or Auris have ads?
Neither Arete Flashcards nor Auris shows ads.

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