Plain Flashcards vs Deck
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Deck
Learn intuitively with a flashcard app that rebuilds remembering habits using a smart algorithm. Add text, equations, photos, GIFs, or sketches to cards and manage them with tags and reminders. Track progress and utilize practice or test modes.
- Add text, equations, photos, GIFs, sketches
- Create and manage decks with tags
- Intuitive suggestion-based learning
- Progress tracking and test modes
- Import decks from cloud services
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Dark mode and adjustable text size
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"There's is always one more thing to learn why not start from a Deck" Deck is Flashcard based app which help you to learn in more intuitive way. It help to rebuild your remembering habits with its state of the art algorithm which carefully monitors your learning and provide situation based suggestion all these smart thing work inside the device, so you don't have to care for your privacy protection. KEY FEATURES : • Add Text, Mathematical Equation, Photos, GIFs, Sketch in a Flashcard. • Easy to create and manage Decks of Flashcard. • Create different color of cards. • Intuitive suggestion based learning. • Tags made easier to manage your Decks in more organized way. • Reminder never let you forget any deck. • Whole UI element support Dark more so your content appears better at night as well. • Modern UI with support for latest iOS and macOS devices. Native support for all Apple Devices. • Import Decks or Cards from Web, Google Drive, Dropbox Evernote, Box and more in CSV format. • Multi-window lets you open multiple Decks at once . • iCloud Sync makes using Deck across Mac and iOS devices seamless and easy. • Discover this section to know your progress at each and every step this includes progress of adding card, test scores, forget rate and test appeared. It also includes each and every details of the test. • Discover two new test mode include the Practice mode and Test mode. • Widgets support for iOS, iPadOS and macOS. • Increase the size of text when inside learning mode. You may purchase an auto-renewing subscription through an In-App Purchase. • Auto-renewable subscription • 3 month ($1.99), 1 year ($6.49) for Family and One time buy option ($24.99). • Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and will automatically renew (at the duration selected) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. • Current subscription may not be cancelled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase • Privacy policy and terms of use: https://haarisiqubal.github.io/app/privacy • Terms of use : https://haarisiqubal.github.io/app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Plain Flashcards at weekly against Deck's every 3 months. Plain Flashcards also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (281 vs 4). Deck's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Plain Flashcards sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Deck sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 3 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Plain Flashcards holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plain Flashcards has 281 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Plain Flashcards's written reviews are positive against 100% of Deck's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Plain Flashcards ships an update weekly, Deck every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plain Flashcards | Deck |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (281 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 281 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Going Merry LLC | Haaris Iqubal |
Customer experience
Plain Flashcards
Deck
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
Deck
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Plain Flashcards
- Plain Flashcards Plus - Monthly$3.991 Month
- Plain Flashcards Plus - Annual$17.991 Year
- Say Thanks$1.99
- Support the Mission$4.99
Deck
- Subscribe - 3 Month Family7 Days trial$1.993 Months
- Subscribe - Yearly Family$6.491 Year
- Buy - Lifetime$24.99
Questions
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