Features
Everything the Flashcards app can do
Flashcards, the Leitner flashcard app for iPhone, iPad and Android, plans every review for you with five boxes. Make cards from text and photos, study offline without an account, and add sync, study partners, ready-made topics and AI cards with Flashcards Plus.
Free · Works offline · No account needed
Flashcards at a glance
Flashcards is a free flashcard app for iPhone, iPad and Android that schedules reviews with five Leitner boxes. The core app works offline and without an account; the optional Flashcards Plus subscription adds the online features.
| Platforms | iPhone and iPad with iOS/iPadOS 17 or later; Android 8 or later |
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| App languages | English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Czech |
| Method | Five Leitner boxes |
| Review intervals | Box 1: 1 day · Box 2: 3 days · Box 3: 7 days · Box 4: 14 days · Box 5: 30 days |
| Cards | Text (up to 500 characters) or an image on either side |
| Account | Not needed for the free app |
| Offline | Everything except the online Plus features |
| Ads and tracking | None |
| Price | Free; Flashcards Plus 4.99 € a month or 29.99 € a year, one-week free trial on yearly |
Spaced repetition with five boxes
Every new card starts in Box 1 and is due the same day. Rate a card Known and it moves up one box; its next review is 3, 7, 14 or 30 days away, depending on the new box. Rate it Again and it drops back to Box 1, comes back once more in the same session, and is due again tomorrow.
A card rises at most one box per session, so a lucky evening cannot skip the schedule. Cards you mark as hard stay due every day and appear twice per session. The full rules are in the Leitner system explained.
Create cards three ways
Type a question and an answer, or put an image on either side from the camera or your photo library, which is handy for diagrams, maps or handwriting. With Flashcards Plus you can also record a voice memo and let AI suggest cards from it. You edit and confirm every suggestion before it is saved. More about AI flashcards from voice memos.
Study modes
The due session collects every card whose review date has arrived, across all topics. You can also study a single topic, or a single box when you want to focus on the cards that keep slipping. Practice and preview let you run through cards before an exam without changing their boxes or due dates.
Progress, streaks and reminders
A five-step staircase shows how many cards sit in each box, and every topic shows its progress. Your streak grows by one for each day on which you rate at least one card and resets after a missed day. A daily reminder at a time you choose tells you when cards are due.
See Flashcards in action
A 24-second screen recording of the iPhone app: create a card, study it, and watch it move up a Leitner box.
Offline, private, and your data
Flashcards stores your library on your device. Creating cards, studying, images, voice memo recording and reminders all work without internet and without an account. There are no ads and no tracking SDKs. You can export the whole library, including topics, cards, progress and images, as one file and import it on another device. Read more about offline flashcards without an account.
Sync, partners, topic library and AI with Plus
Flashcards Plus adds the features that need a server: sync across your devices, shared topics with study partners, the ready-made topic library, and AI cards from voice memos with 12 uses a day and up to 60 a month. Plus is available on iPhone and iPad today. See prices and the free trial.
Accessibility and design
Flashcards follows your system’s light or dark mode, supports large text sizes, VoiceOver and TalkBack, and calms its animations when Reduce Motion is on. The app is available in nine languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Czech. Questions? See the FAQ.
Start your first box today
Flashcards is free on iPhone, iPad and Android. No account, no ads, and it works offline.