Plain Flashcards vs Print Flashcards
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/
Print Flashcards
Easily create printable double-sided flashcards from various text sources, including documents and AI generation. Organize your study material into decks and export clean PDFs for offline learning. Ideal for exam prep, language learning, and memorization.
- Create double-sided flashcards
- Import from text, CSV, Excel, Word
- AI flashcard generation
- Organize into decks
- Export print-ready PDFs
- Offline study
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Create printable double-sided flashcards from text, notes, CSV, Excel, Word, documents, and AI. Print Flashcards helps you turn study material into clean, organized, print-ready flashcards for offline learning. Create cards from your own text, import content from files, organize everything into decks, and export PDFs designed for double-sided printing. Features: • Create printable double-sided flashcards • Import from text, CSV, Excel (.xlsx), Word (.docx), and other documents • Generate flashcards with AI on supported Apple Intelligence models • Organize flashcards into decks • Export clean, print-ready PDFs • Study offline with physical flashcards • Improved alignment for double-sided printing Great for: • Exam prep • Language learning • Vocabulary practice • Memorization • Revision • Classroom study
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Plain Flashcards at 4.4 against Print Flashcards's 2.6. Plain Flashcards also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (316 vs 5). Print Flashcards's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 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 Print Flashcards sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Plain Flashcards holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plain Flashcards has 316 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Plain Flashcards's written reviews are positive against 60% of Print Flashcards's.
Plain Flashcards ships an update weekly, Print Flashcards every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plain Flashcards | Print Flashcards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (316 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 316 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 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, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Going Merry LLC | Tevfik Asgin |
Customer experience
Plain Flashcards
Print Flashcards
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
Print Flashcards
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
Print Flashcards
- Plus$0.99
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