Discito

Discito is an iOS flashcard app built around FSRS, the spaced repetition algorithm that adapts to how you actually remember things. Instead of using a fixed schedule like older systems, FSRS tracks your review history and tunes intervals to your personal retention curve. The app runs natively on iPhone and iPad with iCloud sync, so your decks follow you across devices without a web account or desktop software in the middle.

The standout feature is on device AI for card generation. If you have an iPhone 15 Pro or newer with Apple Intelligence, you can feed the app a textbook, PDF, or lecture transcript and it will generate question and answer cards automatically. The AI runs locally, which means your study material stays on your phone rather than being uploaded to a server. For students working with sensitive academic content or proprietary notes, that privacy matters.

Lecture capture takes this further. You can record a lecture directly in the app, get an automatic transcription, and then generate flashcards tied to timestamped audio references. When you review a card, you can jump back to the exact moment in the lecture where that concept was explained. This is particularly useful for medical students and anyone studying dense material where context helps.

Image occlusion lets you create cards from diagrams and figures. You draw shapes over parts of an image to hide them, then recall what is underneath during review. This works well for anatomy, circuit diagrams, maps, and anything visual. Apple Pencil support makes the drawing smoother on iPad. Quiz modes include multiple choice, true or false, and type the answer, with AI generated distractors that make the wrong answers plausible enough to actually test your knowledge.

Smart Exam Plan is built for people with a test date in mind. You tell the app when your exam is and what material you need to cover, and it builds a day by day study schedule that targets a predicted recall level by exam day. The algorithm adjusts as you study, so if you are learning faster or slower than expected, the plan updates. This is the kind of feature that distinguishes a study tool from a generic flashcard app.

The app is free for core features. Discito Lite gives you unlimited cards, full FSRS scheduling, and iCloud sync at no cost. Pro costs fourteen ninety nine once, not a subscription, and unlocks AI generation, smart exam planning, image occlusion, and advanced exports. Family Sharing is included. If you are tired of flashcard apps that charge monthly for features you already paid for, this pricing model is refreshing.

The app requires iOS 18.6 or later, and AI features require Apple Intelligence compatible hardware. For everyone else, the core spaced repetition and syncing still work. It imports and exports .apkg files, so you can bring decks from Anki or share them with others. The developer is indie and responsive, reachable at hello@discito.app.