Spaced repetition
Difficult cards come back more often, easy cards rest until you need them.
Swiftflip
Spaced repetition across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
Swiftflip combines private iCloud sync, polished interactions and a clear interface that is easy to return to every day.
Highlights
Spaced repetition leads the product. Private sync and polished interactions keep daily study easy to return to.
Difficult cards come back more often, easy cards rest until you need them.
Practice on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Run quick reviews on Apple Watch when you only have a moment.
Add images, up to 30 seconds of audio per side and rich text with clickable links.
Sync without an account and study offline. Your data stays on your devices.
Premium
Premium is a one-time lifetime purchase or a monthly or yearly subscription. Core practice and unlimited decks stay free.
Filter cards by due, accuracy or source deck. Combine rules with AND or OR logic.
Organize decks into nested folders with custom icons and colors.
Generate a starter deck from a topic with Apple Intelligence.
Mastery flows, 90-day streak heatmap and per-deck details.
Explore
Start with Anki import, privacy or language learning depending on what matters most to your study workflow.
Import .apkg and .colpkg files with your cards and formatting intact. You can export again anytime, so nothing is locked in.
No sign-up and no servers. Your decks stay on your devices and sync through your own iCloud.
Short daily reviews help vocabulary stick. Add audio for pronunciation and run a quick set on Apple Watch.
Tap to flip, swipe to grade and use the Digital Crown to zoom. Decks and settings sync from your iPhone.
Apple Intelligence drafts the cards from a deck name. Review, edit or delete any of them before you save.
Edit cards in a table, move fast with keyboard shortcuts and preview decks with Quick Look in Finder.
Set a rule, like due now or a low streak, and the deck fills itself and keeps updating as you study.
Unlimited decks, cards and daily practice cost nothing. Premium adds Smart Decks, Folders, AI and the full Insights view.
Guides
Use guides for setup, imports and better daily study habits.
Add images and recorded audio to either side of a card, format text with bold and links, and know how media behaves on Apple Watch.
Use the Swiftflip share sheet to turn selected text, a link or an image from another app into a flashcard without opening Swiftflip first.
Put a due-card count on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch face with Swiftflip widgets and the Due Cards complication.
Create a Smart Deck that gathers cards by rules like due status, streak, last practiced, images, decks and folders, and updates itself.
Save a complete Swiftflip Archive or a CSV of your cards, preview a backup with Quick Look and restore it later through Import.
Use Apple Intelligence to build a deck from a topic, add AI cards to a deck you already have and fill in the other side of a card.
Bring Anki decks into Swiftflip from apkg or colpkg files, including images, audio and formatting, and learn what does and does not transfer.
Export a Quizlet set, turn it into a CSV with a front and back column and import it into Swiftflip with spaced repetition.
Group related decks into folders, move decks in and out and see a combined due count, with Smart Decks for rule-based grouping.
Find Recently Deleted, restore a deck, card, folder or Smart Deck within 30 days and permanently remove anything you no longer need.
Turn on Swiftflip reminders, choose how often they arrive and understand why the on and off switch is set on each device.
Move existing flashcards into Swiftflip from a CSV file exported from Quizlet, Notion, a spreadsheet or another flashcard app.
A quick reference for practice, deck, card, formatting, file and Insights shortcuts in Swiftflip on Mac.
Set up the Apple Watch app, learn the gestures and find the settings that change how watch practice feels.
Start a Swiftflip session on iPhone and pick it up on iPad or Mac without losing your place.
Create your first deck, import existing cards and build a daily study habit across all your Apple devices.
Updates
Recent shipping work, interface polish and feature updates.
FAQ
Grouped answers for the topics people check most when deciding whether Swiftflip fits their study workflow.
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A memory technique that schedules reviews at spaced intervals. You see difficult cards more often and easy cards less often, so each card comes back right before you forget it.
No. Start using the app immediately without accounts, signups or email verification. Your Apple ID handles sync through iCloud.
iPhone (iOS 26+), iPad (iPadOS 26+), Mac (macOS 26+) and Apple Watch (watchOS 26+). iCloud keeps everything in sync across devices.
Yes. Import .apkg files from Anki or CSV files from other apps. Images, formatting and deck structure are preserved. Cards transfer in seconds.
Practice cards with tap to flip and swipe to grade. See images and audio indicators. Check due counts from your wrist.
Yes. Full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type for larger text and Reduce Motion for fewer animations. Study comfortably your way.
English and Swedish are fully translated. Want another language? Let us know on the contact page and we will look at adding it.
Yes. Practice has flip, correct and incorrect shortcuts. Insights uses ⌘1, ⌘2 and ⌘3. The window remembers its size between launches.
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Yes. Core features like spaced repetition, practice, import and export are free forever. Create as many decks and cards as you want, completely free. Premium adds extra niceties like Smart Decks, but key functionality is never gated behind a subscription.
Premium is available as monthly, yearly or one-time lifetime through the App Store. Manage or cancel from Settings. If a subscription ends you keep all your decks and cards, but Smart Decks, Folders, AI generation, custom icons and full Insights are paused until you resubscribe.
Yes. We offer a one-time lifetime purchase that unlocks all premium features forever. No recurring payments. Pay once and you are done.
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No. We are committed to privacy and never collect any information about users. Content and study data stay on your devices and iCloud. Nothing is stored on our servers.
Sync uses iCloud to keep decks and progress up to date across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Changes appear on all devices within seconds. No account required.
Yes. Export to standard formats anytime. Import your exports into other apps or back into Swiftflip. No lock-in. Your data is yours.
Yes. Export your decks to create backup files you can store anywhere. Import them back into Swiftflip or use them in other apps. Your data is portable and never locked in.
Recently Deleted keeps your decks, cards and folders for 30 days. Restore anything you removed by mistake.
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Dynamic collections that update automatically based on your rules. Build filters in a Reminders-style editor by due status, accuracy, streak, last practice date, source decks or folders, and combine them with AND or OR logic. Great for focused review sessions. Smart Decks are Premium, but the built-in Due for Practice smart deck is free for everyone.
Choose how the answer appears when you flip a card: scribble draws it word-by-word, fade and wipe add smooth transitions, iris reveals from center outward or instant for no animation. Find it in Settings.
Yes. All your decks and progress are stored locally on your device. Study anywhere without an internet connection. Changes sync automatically when you are back online.
Yes. Ask Siri to start a practice session or check how many cards are due. Add Siri shortcuts for quick access to your most-used actions.
Yes. Turn on notifications in Settings to get reminders when cards are due. Reminders are per-device and arrive in the afternoon and evening.
Read the guides above or contact us through the website. We typically reply within 24 hours.
Yes. Add images to the front, back or both sides of any card. Images display on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch.
Yes. Record up to 30 seconds of audio per side on iPhone and Mac. Playback works on iPhone, iPad and Mac. On Apple Watch, audio playback is off by default and can be turned on in the watch app settings.
Yes. Use bold, italic and underline to emphasize key terms and make your cards easier to scan.
Create folders to group related decks. Customize each folder with icons and colors. Nest folders for deeper organization. Folders are a Premium feature.
Yes. Premium can generate flashcards from a deck name with Apple Intelligence. You can also add AI-generated cards to existing decks and refine them before saving.
Yes. Decks and cards are indexed in system search on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Tap a result to open the deck.
Yes. The Share Extension on iPhone and Mac sends text, links or images straight into a deck. Use it from Safari, Notes, Messages and most apps that share content.
Start a practice session on one Apple device and continue it on another. Graded cards carry over so you pick up where you left off.
Yes. App Shortcuts cover practice due cards, check due cards, view decks and view insights. They work without setup, and you can build your own Shortcuts on top of them.