# Plain Flashcards: AI & Study

> PDF to Quiz, Notes & Decks

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id971833934](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id971833934)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id971833934`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Going Merry LLC
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (304 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.5.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-17
- **First published:** 2015-04-15
- **Size:** 38 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plain-flashcards-ai-study/id971833934)
- **Website:** [https://goingmerry.xyz/](https://goingmerry.xyz/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://goingmerry.xyz/privacy-policy/](http://goingmerry.xyz/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Plain Flashcards: AI & Study is a flashcard app designed to boost vocabulary, language learning, and exam prep with spaced repetition. New AI Flashcards Generation creates complete study sets in seconds from a text prompt, a PDF, or an image—no manual entry required, so you can start studying right away.

Key features include creating your own cards from text and images, SRS for long-term retention, translations and pronunciation in 20+ languages, iCloud Sync across devices, reminders, and easy import/export. You can shuffle study sessions and tailor routines to your goals.

## Rankings

- #90,743 — Overall
- #14 — flashcards
- #45 — quizlet

## Review summary

Reviews praise Plain Flashcards for its simplicity, free, ad-free nature, and easy card creation, with language features. However, multiple reviews note concerns about updates adding AI and paid tiers, forced shuffling, and navigation issues, plus lack of search/edit functions in large decks and occasional bugs.

### Pros

- Simple, distraction-free UI with a minimal feature set.
- Completely free and ad-free (no mandatory subscriptions).
- Easy to create and edit flashcards with an intuitive workflow.
- Built-in translation feature for language learning.
- Supports reverse cards (terms/definitions) and can include images for cards.

### Cons

- Updates introduced AI features and a paid tier, reducing free functionality.
- Cards shuffle automatically and cannot be turned off, disrupting study order.
- Navigation/UX can suffer after updates, with swiping becoming finicky.
- No convenient search or quick edit for cards in large decks; editing is cumbersome.
- Bugs and reliability issues reported (e.g., export crashes).

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