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What is the best flashcard app for GCSE revision?

It depends on whether you want to write your own cards. Anki is the strongest free choice if you will put in the setup time, because it schedules every card for you. Quizlet is the quickest to start, though its shared sets are made by other users and are not checked. For cards already written to the specification, Save My Exams and GCSEwiz (that is us) have free decks.

Last updated 26 October 2026 · Written and fact-checked by the GCSEwiz team

The main flashcard apps, compared

These are the UK prices the apps listed in October 2026. Prices and free allowances change often, so check before you pay for anything.

App	Cost	Best for	Watch out for
Anki	Free on computers and Android; £24.99 once on iPhone	Writing your own cards and having every one scheduled for you	A steep learning curve, and shared decks vary in quality
Quizlet	Free with adverts; Quizlet Plus £7.99 a month or £35.99 a year	Starting quickly, with games for a change of pace	Shared sets are made by other users, and under-13s need a parent’s email to sign up
Brainscape	Free to start; Pro from £17.49	Rating how sure you are of each card, which decides how soon it comes back	The schedule rests on your own ratings, so it needs honest marking
Save My Exams	Flashcards free with an account	Cards written by examiners for your exam board	Not every board is covered for every subject
Physics & Maths Tutor	Free	Printable PDF cards for your board and topic	PDFs only, so nothing tests you or schedules the cards
GCSEwiz	Free, no account needed	Cards written to the specification for Maths, English Language, English Literature and the sciences, to swipe through or print	Seven subjects so far, and you do the scheduling, for example with a Leitner box
Paper and a shoebox	Next to nothing	Revising with your phone in another room	You keep track of when each card is due, which the Leitner system makes simple

Which one should you choose?

Choose by what you need, not by which app your friends use.

You want to make your own cards and you revise at a laptop: Anki. Give it an evening to set up and it does the scheduling for the rest of the year.
You want to start in the next five minutes: Quizlet, but check any shared set against your notes before you learn from it.
You want cards written to your exam board without writing them: Save My Exams, or our free decks for Maths, English and the sciences.
Your phone is the problem: print your cards and use a Leitner box.

What makes a flashcard app worth using?

Features matter less than whether the app makes you do the things that work. Look for these:

It asks before it shows: you answer first, then see the answer.
It brings cards back on a schedule, sooner for the ones you miss.
It lets you edit cards into your own words.
Its content matches your exam board, or at least says which board it was written for.
It keeps you on the cards rather than pulling you into adverts, games or a feed.
You can take your cards with you, by printing or exporting them, if you move to another app.

Are AI flashcard makers any good?

They are quick, and that is the catch. Turning your notes into cards in seconds skips the part of making cards that helps you learn, which is putting things in your own words. AI cards can also be wrong, or written for the wrong course: when Save My Exams tested AI flashcard makers in July 2026, it found Quizlet's AI study guides were not tailored to UK exam boards, and that some of what they made used US English.

If you use one, treat what it makes as a first draft. Check each card against your notes or the specification, cut the ones you do not need, and rewrite the rest in your own words.

Do I need an app at all?

No. Paper flashcards and five envelopes do everything that matters: you answer before you check, and the Leitner system decides when each card comes back. Some students revise better on paper simply because the phone is out of reach. Our printable blank flashcards print two-sided so each answer lands behind its question, and the Leitner box labels come with a timetable for which box to test each day.

Free GCSE flashcards, already written

GCSEwiz's flashcards cover every topic in Maths, English Language, English Literature and the sciences, written to the specification: a question on the front, the key points on the back, and the formula, a worked example or the quotation where the topic needs one. Swipe through them on your phone or print a topic four cards to a sheet, with no account needed. When you are ready to use the facts, the practice questions adapt to you.

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