Comparison

Plain Flashcards vs manabity

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

Head to head
About

Plain Flashcards

Create flashcards from text, PDFs, or images using AI. Supports spaced repetition, translation, and pronunciation for over 20 languages. Syncs across devices and offers customizable study sessions.

Highlights
  • AI flashcard generation from text, PDF, or image
  • Spaced repetition system (SRS)
  • Translation and pronunciation for 20+ languages
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Customizable study sessions and reminders
  • Import and export card data
Features
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Flashcards app is ideal for expanding vocabulary, foreign language learning, and training for exams with spaced repetition support. New: AI Flashcards Generation Generate complete study sets in seconds from a text prompt, a PDF document, or an image. Powered by advanced AI to help you skip the manual entry and start studying immediately. Key Features: - Create your own lists of cards using text and images. - Spaced repetition support (SRS) for long-term retention. - Translation and pronunciation support for 20+ languages. - iCloud Sync: Keep your cards safe and synced across all your devices - Set reminders to stay consistent with your goals. - Export and import cards to stay in control of your data. - Shuffle mode and customizable study sessions. Privacy Policy: https://goingmerry.xyz/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://goingmerry.xyz/terms-conditions/

About

manabity

Create, learn, and share digital flashcards with rich text, images, and audio. Organize your study materials with customizable options and share them with friends via URL. Ideal for students, professionals, and parents seeking an efficient and engaging way to memorize information.

Highlights
  • Create custom flashcards
  • Add rich text, images, and audio
  • Share flashcards via URL
  • Organize cards by various criteria
  • Multiple playback modes
  • Excel import/export
Features
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100 Flash cards in your pocket! manabity Flash cards is a super-efficient memorisation app that you can make, learn and share. Combining rich text, images and audio, you can concentrate on the questions you want to remember. Once you've created your own unique Flash cards, share it with your friends! Just send them the shared URL and they can study with the same Flash cards. Create your own original flush cards and study quickly with the app! ◆If you have manabity app.. - Collect the information you need and make your own original vocabulary book - You can set an icon image for each Flash cards, making it easy to manage! - Sort your Flash cards by played, edited date, or even by A to Z. - You can add images to your Flash cards to increase the amount of information you can memorize. - You can add comments to make it easier to understand the points that are easy to make mistakes. - Share your original Flash cards with your friends via URL! ▼Simple and functional design. The design is simple and easy to understand, with blue as the main color to help you concentrate! There are two types of Flash cards playback screens. A Wordcard type with menu icons, and a full-screen type for ultimate simplicity, which you can switch between with a single touch. Thanks to this, you can choose 1)When you want to play while editing 2)When you want to concentrate on your memorization If you connect it to a monitor or projector, it can also be used for company presentations! ▼manabity supports your motivation If you want to look at your word book casually, or if you want to check whether you have memorized it or not, we have prepared a playback method to suit your needs! Playback method 1: Swipe back and forth (standard) Playback 2: Swipe to see if you've remembered or not If you want to concentrate on the task at hand, we recommend the second method.The second way to play the cards is to swipe through them to see which ones you have memorized and which ones you haven't. ◆What can I do with manabity? manabity is free and you can use the following features right now ・Create Flash cards ・Play Flash cards ・Playback option ・Backup your Flash cards data ・Share your Flash cards data ・Share Flash cards data (LINE, Twitter, Email, URL, sharing) ・Add images to each cards ・Rich text (text decoration) ・Move/duplicate cards ・Show / Hide cards ・Excel import/export ◆Recommended for you! 【Students who are preparing for exams and examinations】 ・There is a school that you want to pass. ・I'm looking for a free app to help me study more efficiently. 【Workers aiming to take a qualification exam】 ・I want to get a qualification for my dream. ・I want to improve my language skills to work abroad. 【For parents who want to use it for childhood education】 ・I want to use free educational apps for my child. ・I want my child to learn words before they start school, but they get bored with just text, so I want to use pictures and illustrations. 【For teachers】 ・I want to share homework data easily. ・I want to make a word book in Excel. ◆What you can do with the Premium Plan manabity Flash cards offers a wide range of additional features to help you memorise. With the Premium Plan, you get all of the following features! ・No more ad banners! ・Unlimited syncing devices ・Automatic text-to-speech ・Voice recording and playback ・Background playback ・Create up to 100 Flash cardss ・Maximum number of cards per Flash cards (up to 200) ・Increased upload capacity to 2GB ・Change of font ・Auto-flip speed adjustment ・Batch text alignment settings Other exciting and useful features and services are under consideration! ◆Official website https://manabity.com/ Terms of service https://manabity.com/flashcard-kiyaku/ Privacy policy https://manabity.com/policy/

Screenshots

Plain Flashcards4 screens
manabity4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Plain Flashcards at none against manabity's shown. Plain Flashcards also leads on ratings volume (321 vs 3) and review sentiment (73% vs 48%). manabity's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Plain Flashcards sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and manabity sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $5.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

manabity holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plain Flashcards has 321 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Plain Flashcards's written reviews are positive against 48% of manabity's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plain Flashcards ships an update weekly, manabity every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Plain Flashcards versus manabity: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlain Flashcardsmanabity
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (321 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better48.0% of reviews
Number of ratings321 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoing Merry LLCar.inc

Customer experience

Plain Flashcards

All ratings281 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral7.5%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews198 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral12.6%
Negative14.6%

manabity

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative42.0%

Bugs and requests

Plain Flashcards

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Cannot turn off shuffle feature
  • Cards automatically shuffle and cannot be turned off
  • Cannot rename or move sets of cards and have them stay in order
  • Editing order is inconsistent
  • Swiping to move cards is finicky
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  • No search function within decks
  • Not optimized for iPad
  • Text-to-speech quality is poor
  • Daily study limits or lockout
  • Photo replacement bug after adding new photos
  • Translation feature is unreliable or stops working
  • App crashes when exporting decks
  • Cannot delete cards easily
  • Spaced repetition feature not working correctly
  • Audio sometimes doesn't play
  • Translation button not responding
  • Cards flip over when studying in reverse
  • Tutorial is confusing
  • Cards disappear after writing them
  • Scrolling issues after updates

Requested features

33 requests
  • Option to turn off shuffle
  • Ability to move multiple cards at once
  • Search function within decks
  • Folders for organizing decks
  • Ability to merge decks
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  • Ability to duplicate decks
  • Alphabetical sorting of cards
  • Option to edit individual cards easily
  • Improved iPad interface
  • Widget support
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Option to donate to developer
  • Ability to combine decks
  • More consistent translation functionality
  • Improve text-to-speech quality
  • Add a share feature for decks
  • Ability to see a list of all cards in a deck
  • Option to pin decks
  • Improve photo handling
  • Add drawing/annotation capabilities
  • Option to customize font size
  • Option to see how many cards are left
  • Back/front arrow for faster review
  • Increase photo size option
  • Option to manually arrange cards
  • Ability to move cards between decks in bulk
  • Rearrange order of decks
  • Improve spaced repetition functionality
  • Option to combine decks or select multiple cards at once
  • Option to add icons to decks
  • Option to change card colors or add icons for front/back
  • Ability to delete decks
  • Add a tutorial or better instructions

manabity

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Plain Flashcards

Subscriptions2
  • Plain Flashcards Plus - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Plain Flashcards Plus - Annual$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • Say Thanks$1.99
  • Support the Mission$4.99
1 purchases

manabity

Subscriptions1
  • プレミアムプラン・月プラン7 Days trial$5.491 Month

Questions

Is Plain Flashcards free?
Plain Flashcards is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is manabity free?
manabity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plain Flashcards or manabity?
manabity is rated higher. Plain Flashcards averages 4.4 out of 5 from 321 ratings, while manabity averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Plain Flashcards or manabity have ads?
manabity shows ads; Plain Flashcards does not.
Which is updated more often, Plain Flashcards or manabity?
Plain Flashcards ships an update weekly, and manabity every 2 weeks. Most recently, Plain Flashcards was updated on November 11, 2026 and manabity on November 3, 2026.

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