CardCram vs FlashKeepers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CardCram
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CardCram: PDF to Flashcards Turn your PDFs, lecture notes, textbook chapters, study guides, and scanned pages into AI-made flashcards in seconds. CardCram makes studying simpler. Instead of spending hours creating cards by hand, import your study material and let AI turn the key concepts into clear question-and-answer flashcards you can actually study from. Import. Study. Review. Repeat. HOW CARDCRAM WORKS Upload any PDF — lecture notes, textbook excerpts, study guides, slides, or scanned pages. CardCram reads your material and automatically creates a deck of flashcards covering the important concepts. Have handwritten or printed notes? Snap a photo and import it. CardCram works with scanned and photographed pages too, making it easy to turn your existing study material into useful cards. Once your deck is ready, simply swipe through your flashcards, read each question, flip to reveal the answer, and track what you already know. AI FLASHCARDS IN SECONDS Skip the busywork of manually writing every question and answer. CardCram works as your AI study assistant, helping transform dense reading into focused flashcards for faster review. Whether you're preparing for an exam, reviewing a difficult textbook chapter, or working through lecture notes, your study material becomes an organized deck ready for practice. BUILT FOR HOW STUDENTS ACTUALLY STUDY No typing hundreds of flashcards. No re-reading a 40-page PDF the night before a test. Import your material, generate your cards, and start learning. Use CardCram for: • PDF and document study • Lecture notes and slides • Textbook chapters • Study guides • Scanned and photographed notes • Exam and test preparation • Revision and review • Recall and memorization practice SIMPLE, DISTRACTION-FREE STUDY CardCram keeps the learning experience clean and focused. Swipe through questions, flip cards for answers, review important concepts, and build your knowledge without unnecessary distractions. Your decks are saved and ready whenever you want to study, practice, or continue your revision. START FREE — NO SIGNUP REQUIRED Get started with 3 free PDF imports without creating an account or signing up. When you need more, additional imports are available as one-time credit packs — no subscription required. STUDY IN YOUR LANGUAGE CardCram is available in English, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese. Switch languages anytime from Settings, independent of your device language. MADE FOR BUSY STUDENTS CardCram is built for students juggling dense reading, lectures, textbooks, exams, and study guides who want useful flashcards without spending valuable study time making them by hand. Import your first PDF and turn your notes into a study-ready flashcard deck in under a minute.
FlashKeepers
Transform any content into interactive flashcards. Generate cards from PDFs, web links, notes, or videos, with AI-powered accuracy and source citation. Study pre-made decks or create your own with spaced repetition and various testing modes.
- Create flashcards from PDFs, links, and videos
- AI-generated cards with source citation
- Spaced repetition learning system
- Multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and written tests
- Import Anki and Quizlet decks
- Study on TV via AirPlay or web browser
- Teach-back feature for active recall
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Turn anything into flashcards. Paste a link, drop a PDF, Word or PowerPoint file, snap a photo, or point it at a YouTube video: ten cards in about a minute, and every card shows the line it came from and whether the source actually says it. Or pick one of 6,119 ready-made decks. Free, no account, no ads. THE LIBRARY 6,119 ready-made decks across 358 subjects: USMLE, NCLEX, MCAT, medical terminology, AP courses, SAT vocabulary, 20+ languages, licensing exams, geography, history and more. Search everything, browse by subject and level, and study a deck the moment you tap it. Adding a deck saves your own editable copy. CARDS FROM YOUR OWN MATERIAL - Paste notes, drop a PDF, Word or PowerPoint file, take a photo of a page, or paste a web link or YouTube video - Every AI card quotes its source and is checked against it before you see it - Question and answer, fill in the blank, both ways, and multiple choice with wrong answers that are actually plausible - 10 generations free; more come by the pack, never as a subscription HONEST SCHEDULING - Spaced repetition that brings each card back just before you would forget it - A daily limit: whatever is past it waits for tomorrow, so a day off never becomes a backlog - How much you remember, shown as a real percentage, not a streak - Ratings show their consequence: Again means the card comes back before the session ends PRACTICE AND TEST - Practice: go through every card and sort it into Know it or Still learning, round after round until you know them all - Test: multiple choice, written and true or false questions made from your deck, scored at the end or as you go - Practice the ones you missed in one tap - Neither one changes your review schedule TEACH-BACK (PRO) Say the answer out loud before the flip. Your speech is transcribed on your device, checked against the card, and a rating is suggested. Free recall beats silent self-grading. BRING YOUR DECKS - Anki .apkg import with cloze cards and images, up to 2000 cards at a time - Quizlet exports, spreadsheets, tab or comma paste - Export everything, always, for free THE BIG SCREEN Put the deck on a TV with AirPlay or HDMI, or open flashkeepers.com on any TV browser and type a code, while you control it from your phone. Quiz the room, run a two-team buzzer race, pick from four TV themes. People who join never need an account. FLASHKEEPERS PRO One purchase per person, no subscription. Your decks, progress and settings on every device with Apple or Google sign in, unlimited decks and cards, teach-back, exam date mode, unlimited players with team buzzer, and TV themes with your name on screen. PRIVACY No account required to study. Cards and scheduling live on your device unless you turn on Pro sync. Teach-back transcribes on device and stores nothing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: FlashKeepers at 3 against CardCram's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. CardCram sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and FlashKeepers sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CardCram | FlashKeepers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | thomas Perks | Joseph Ting |
In-app purchases
CardCram
- Buy 5 Credits$2.99
- Buy 10 Credits$5.99
- Buy 20 Credits$5.99
FlashKeepers
- 50 AI card generations$2.99
- FlashKeepers Pro$14.99









