nowfound

Growth · alternatives · 2026

IM

24 alternatives to I made a site that turns your favorite books into flashcards

When I read books, I don't remember much of the content. Now, I started to repeat books by generating flashcards. Any ideas how I can make it more useful?

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I made a site that turns your favorite books into flashcards launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1

    Hey HN, I am a student shipping apps in my free time. This is my 4th for the year! Non-fic books and podcasts have been part of my life for years now but I always struggled with remembering what I’ve read or listened to. I wanted it to stick even after years. My notes list grew large but I never really revisited them. That’s why I created GinkgoNotes. You can enter notes you want to recall and leave it to the app to create a personalised (based on spaced repetition) email schedule. That means you’ll get your notes emailed to you a couple of times exactly when you should read them again…

    2024 · ginkgonotes.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2
    Zorbi▲165

    Make spaced repetition flashcards from Notion or Chrome

    2021 · zorbi.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3
    memordo▲118

    Spaced repetition tool to help you retain more knowledge

    2020 · its alternatives →

  4. 4
    ZapCardz▲152

    Remember what you learn forever with AI powered flashcards

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5
    recall▲43

    I have been bouncing off flashcards because making them by hand has been always a tedious task. Recall runs as an MCP server - you can connect it to Claude or Chatgpt, point your handwritten or typed notes (PDFs, docs, or even a Notion Page), and it writes Q&A cards straight into a deck. You could even ask Claude or Chatgpt to research on a topic and do the same without having the need to make notes. Then you review them with the FSRS spaced repetition algorithm. Built it solo over the last 2 weeks. Stack used: Next.js, Drizzle + Neon, ts-fsrs for scheduling It's a paid product - no card…

    Jul 2026 · recallapp.online · its alternatives →

  6. 6

    Create flashcards & start learning, make practise and quiz

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  7. 7
    Flash▲100

    Memorize anything with ease using simple flashcards

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    Create your own flashcards and use them anywhere

    2023 · blaze.today · its alternatives →

  9. 9
    Memoir▲77

    A power tool to create flashcards fast.

    2020 · mymemoir.app · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    AI powered spaced repetition flashcards

    2023 · flashwise.app · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    Space repetition app to help you remember everything

    2018 · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Create flashcards for spaced repetitions in Notion

    2023 · philippstelzel.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13FA

    Made this app because I was tired of not knowing 50 words/book when I read in English. You can try it on the AppStore searching "Quicky app". For Android user please use the web mobile version at https://quicky.app/. The Desktop version has a shitty responsive design. IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are not French, you will want to tell you are to try the features of the app (sorry it's only in French though) I'd love to hear your feedback.

    2019 · its alternatives →

  14. 14MF

    Hey HN. I've just launched my very first webappp and would love your feedback. http://www.7bks.com It's a book list sharing website - kind of like playlists for bookworms. The site is built on pyton/appengine - and I learned to code in under 4 weeks to build the site. There's more details on the background of the site here: http://www.7bks.com/blog/179001 I've also published the full Python code for the site here: https://gist.github.com/670034 Feedback is really important to me and I want to work hard to make the site better so any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. Contact…

    2010 · 7bks.com · its alternatives →

  15. 15MP

    My story: I founded this a couple of years ago because my school (I was 11/12 at the time) had recently purchased a library system which was horrible and ugly. I thought it could be made much better, so I coded for months on end to get this product working. I submitted this to a TV competition on national TV and got the opportunity to pitch this product in front of 500,000 viewers. I received a bursary of €2,000 from the show and used that money to grow the business. Currently the business is thriving and is growing rapidly. I'd really appreciate any feedback you might have. Thanks, Shane

    2013 · libramatic.com · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    The card sorting method for understanding ideas and content

    2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →

  17. 17IB

    Hi HN, I’m Felipe, a 9-5 developer aiming to become a full-time indie hacker. I struggled with flashcard apps that focus on decorating cards instead of learning concepts, so I built FlipCards to solve that problem. What it does: FlipCards lets you: - Create cards for any concept (math, language, coding, etc.) - Add multiple variations per card – the more variations, the better your understanding - Study smarter – the algorithm randomly selects variations so you can’t just memorize Q→A patterns Why it’s different: - Most apps use reverse cards (Q→A, A→Q). FlipCards uses variations to…

    2025 · flipcardsapp.vercel.app · its alternatives →

  18. 18

    Hi HN! During the last year, I've been building python.cards: a site to learn Python using spaced repetition. My goal is to make the most of spaced repetition by making it extremely simple to use and by providing high quality flash cards. The site has been live for a month, with a few daily users who had joined the waitlist. The feedback has been quite positive, with most of the users using the site every day. Currently, we have a free deck (A Tour of the Stdlib) and a paid one (Pathlib in depth, for $9.99). I have other decks in the works, covering topics such as f-strings, collections,…

    2024 · python.cards · its alternatives →

  19. 19
    Kern▲11

    Spaced repetition for the books you read

    Jul 2026 · kern.cards · its alternatives →

  20. 20

    Study the way you chose

    2024 · quikdek.vercel.app · its alternatives →

  21. 21

    Turn english books into vocabulary flashcards

    2025 · readvocab.com · its alternatives →

  22. 22
    Quivlo▲4

    Turn what you read into flashcards you remember

    Mar 2026 · quivlo-flashcards.github.io · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    Create flashcards from your Notion pages to improve learnin.

    2024 · crammate.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24AN

    Hey HN community, there are a couple of websites I visit on a daily basis. I type the first two oder three characters of the url and the autocomplete feature of my browser does the rest. That is also how I procrastinate. It happens that i visit the same website over and over again without that there is really new content on that site. Or on the other side it happens that I forget to visit a certain site for some days. To address all this I build the following website: https://everyday-favs.com The idea is: you have one personal link (1) and define a list of websites and how often…

    2021 · its alternatives →

Also compare

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →