So my friend recommended the full version, but since Im a poor and starving med student I decided to get the free version to try it out. I have to admit, it is a pretty good app, so I decided Id give my 2 cents.
Of all the flashcard apps out there, this is by far the most customizable, most reliably lossless, that is true. It allows sounds, pictures, more 3 sides (which is impossible with paper notecards, take that whoever said printing it would do fine). On top of that, there is a website to copy and paste your spreadsheet and it does all the formatting for you, preserving the fidelity of the original formatting and even the symbols (trust me, my notes have arrows, Greek letters, mathematical operators, what have you for condensing my notes... I was worried that itll all just show up as nonsense boxes, but it worked).
Right now, Im using gFlash+ (which is free) and it doesnt have the limitations of 4 decks with 4 cards each, and its doing fine for me. To me, an app has to be perfect to warrant me forking over the $4 for the app.
There are only a few things missing...
Universal settings… you can change the settings on repetitions and what not with individual decks, but not for all the decks in general. So the default is the study mode will show the cards in order, and if you want it to be shuffled, you’ll have to change that setting for all the decks one at a time… which is a bother; same thing goes with fonts, color, everything. Also, allowing for smaller font sizes would be nice (the current minimum is still huge).
Browse mode isnt really browsing since I still have to flip through the cards. I consider a true brouse mode is one I can see all sides of the card at once to review before I go back into study mode.
Admittedly, the customizable-ness of the app does make it a little more confusing to use, so more user-friendly clues of what everything is would be great. No one would be able to memorize the huge instruction manual that comes with the app, nor is it really available to us all the time. Maybe simply having a pop-up balloon that explain what each setting is if you tap on the label would be sufficient. Im big into intuitive design, but things like that are non-intuitive to design, and with all the different ways to customize, it may be near impossible to make all the settings intuitive.
Overall, I am very impressed by the app. I am leaning towards buying it, but as with all things that has to do with money, I must think about it a lot more, even if it is only $4, especially since I have a free program that works for me now.