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Bowerbird
Point your camera at a page of notes and Bowerbird turns it into flashcards — on your phone, in seconds, no retyping. Reviews are scheduled with FSRS-6, the modern spaced-repetition algorithm that learns exactly how you forget. The AI runs on device, so it works in airplane mode and your notes never leave it.
Free, with an optional Pro upgrade · No account, no cloud · Requires iOS or iPadOS 26 or later
Turn a card.
Hover — or tap — to flip. In the app, cards like this come out of a photo of your notes, and each review is scheduled to arrive right before the answer would slip away.
Generated cards look like this: a clean question, a precise answer, zero cloud.
Snap a page, get a deck
Point the camera at lecture notes, a textbook page, a vocab list. Bowerbird reads it on device and turns it into clean question-and-answer cards — tables become cards in one go. Or paste a list, or an export from another flashcard app, and it splits them in a tap.
It remembers how you forget
Scheduling runs on FSRS-6, the modern spaced-repetition algorithm serious students rely on. See exactly when each card comes back, watch your memory strength grow, and keep the streak — ten minutes a day beats an all-nighter.
Exam mode counts backward
Set the date of the exam and Bowerbird plans in reverse — ramping retention as it approaches and making sure every card has been seen before the morning of.
Nothing to hand over
On-device AI, on-device text recognition. No servers, no account, no analytics. Your notes and your learning history stay on your device — what you're studying is nobody's business.
iPhone and iPad
Quick reviews on the phone in a queue; full decks on the iPad at a desk. Built native for both.
Free, with an optional Pro
Unlimited decks, cards, scheduling, stats, paste import, and table scans are free forever. Bowerbird Pro adds unlimited AI card-making and exam mode: $4.99/month, $19.99/year with a 7-day free trial, or $39.99 once for life.
Ready before the semester is.
Bowerbird is on the App Store. Photograph the first page tonight and start the streak tomorrow.
Free on iPhone and iPad, with an optional Pro upgrade. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26 or later.