Accounting Flashcards vs eSMS Student
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Accounting Flashcards
Master financial accounting with interactive flashcards, engaging audio, video lessons, and fun games. Prepare for your CPA or bookkeeping exams anytime, anywhere. Supports multiple languages for global learners.
- Flashcard learning
- Audio and video lessons
- Interactive games
- Exam preparation (CPA, bookkeeping)
- Multi-lingual support (Chinese, Spanish)
- Visual learning design
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Learn financial accounting using flashcards, audio, video, and lessons. Use the games to test yourself. Study for your class or career in the car, bus, or beach. By Accounting Play - we teach accounting, only where you need it. Pass your CPA or bookkeeping class, just achieve your goal. Designed to teach accounting visually, Accounting Play also has the Debits & Credit Game and Quiz available in the App Store. Flashcards can also be switched to Chinese and Spanish mode - professional translations for multi-lingual MBAs, students, and aspiring world travelers. Looking for this? Accounting Play, CPA, flashcards, lessons, financial accounting, bookkeeping, free online course, learn accounting, study, ACCA, AICPA, management, distance, online, study, review, pass, exam, debits, equation, accounts, tutorial, audit, bank. More at: http://www.AccountingPlay.com
eSMS Student
This app allows University of Arizona students to manage academic and career appointments, reserve study rooms, and view college events. It integrates with learning management systems and requires prior web portal login.
- Book and manage advising appointments
- Schedule career coaching sessions
- Reserve collaborative team rooms
- View and RSVP to college events
- Connect with D2L and Blackboard
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eSMS/Student is the mobile form factor implementation of the student-centric interface of the Eller Student Management System, or eSMS. Please note: to use this app, students must be currently enrolled at the University of Arizona, and have logged into the web portal for eSMS at least once to validate their account. eSMS/Student will allow the user to do any/all of the following activities: book, reschedule or cancel an advising appointment with their designated advisor; book, reschedule or cancel a career coaching/professional development appointment with their major-affiliated career coach; reserve one of the five collaborative team rooms in the Professional Development Center for their group; review upcoming Eller College Events and RSVP to attend any that are of interest; connect with D2L and Blackboard. In order to use the Quick Advising check-in feature, eSMS/Student makes use of Location Background mode. When enabled, please be aware that continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Accounting Flashcards at 4.6 against eSMS Student's 1.9. Accounting Flashcards also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 50%) and ratings volume (103 vs 17). eSMS Student's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Accounting Flashcards sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. eSMS Student asks for nothing beyond the download.
Accounting Flashcards holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Accounting Flashcards has 103 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Accounting Flashcards's written reviews are positive against 50% of eSMS Student's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Accounting Flashcards | eSMS Student |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (103 ratings) — better | 1.9 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 161 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TSAPlay, LLC | University of Arizona |
Customer experience
Accounting Flashcards
eSMS Student
Bugs and requests
Accounting Flashcards
Reported bugs
3 issues- No access after purchase bundle
- Audio not working
- Cannot open PDF files
Requested features
2 requests- More games
- Another game option
eSMS Student
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Accounting Flashcards
- Unlock all cards$2.99
- Lesson Purchase$2.99
- Audio Purchase$2.99
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- Unlock all content$7.99
- Unlock Full Version$7.99
- Unlock all video$9.99
- PDF$9.99
eSMS Student
No in-app purchases
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