New in 1.1: turn PDFs, photos and lectures into flashcards, get quizzed out loud, and study on iPad with a sidebar. All on your device, free, no account.
Cerebo is a flashcard maker for subjects that don't fit on a plain index card. Build rich cards with LaTeX math, code, tables, graphs, images, audio and PDFs, then let spaced repetition decide what you see and when.
BUILT FOR REAL SUBJECTS
Most flashcard apps give you two text boxes. Cerebo gives you a block editor: stack text, math, code, tables and media in any order, on the front and the back of a card.
• LaTeX math, rendered properly, inline or as display equations
• Function graphs: plot curves, or a 3D surface you can rotate with a finger
• Syntax-highlighted code, Markdown tables, headings and lists
• Images, audio recordings and PDF attachments
• Extract text from a photo or scanned page with OCR
• Cloze deletions: hide any part of a card and reveal it as you go
• Link related cards, read any card aloud, or translate it in place
TEST YOURSELF
Every deck has a Test button, and tests never change your review schedule.
• Match: pair each front with its back against the clock, on any iPhone or iPad
• Practice Test, with Apple Intelligence: true or false, multiple choice and written questions. Written answers are checked for meaning
• Print a deck or export it as a PDF to study on paper
MAKE CARDS, ASK AND QUIZ WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE
On iPhones and iPads that support Apple Intelligence, Cerebo has a chat that runs entirely on your device:
• Turn a PDF, Word document, photo, scan or web page into a deck, or record a lecture and make cards from the transcript
• Make a study guide from the same document: an overview, the main points and key terms
• Pictures come along: a PDF's figures appear on the cards about them, and on iOS 27 Apple Intelligence reads photos, handwriting and diagrams
• Graphs, tables, equations and code are added where they help, and you review every card first
• Ask questions about your own cards, and see which cards the answer came from
• Get quizzed on a deck or a topic: answer in your own words, typed or out loud, and choose the rating yourself
• Generate a card's answer, or fill in your own answer template (meaning, synonyms, example)
• Share a page from Safari with "Make Cards in Cerebo"
SPACED REPETITION THAT DOES THE WORK
Cerebo schedules each card with the SM-2 algorithm. Cards you find easy move out to longer intervals; cards you struggle with come back soon.
• A per-deck daily limit on new cards. Reviews are never capped
• Browse mode to read through a deck without being tested
• Statistics with a review heatmap, retention rate and a forecast for the days ahead
BRING YOUR EXISTING DECKS
• Import Anki .apkg and .colpkg files with media, cloze, reverse cards and nested decks
• Paste a Quizlet export to bring a set across
• Import into an existing deck, or copy cards between decks. Duplicates are skipped
• Import and export CSV and JSON, and export back to .apkg any time
EVERYWHERE YOU STUDY
• Apple Watch app for reviewing on your wrist
• Scan to Cards and Record a Lecture in Control Center, on the Lock Screen or the Action button, and a Quick Capture widget
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets showing what's due, and a Live Activity while you study
• A library sidebar on iPad and iPhone Duo
• Siri and Shortcuts, daily reminders, and study sessions added to your calendar
• Full keyboard, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support
• In English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese
YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS
Cerebo collects nothing: no accounts, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking, and the app makes no network calls of its own. The chat runs on your device, so what you write, attach or record is never sent to a server.
Everything works offline. iCloud sync moves your decks between your own devices through your private iCloud account, and one switch turns it off.
FREE: NO ADS, NO SUBSCRIPTION
Cerebo is free. No subscription, no ads, and nothing to buy inside the app.
Questions or feedback: satwikdev12@gmail.com
The AI makes creating cards so much faster. I can type the question and have Cerebo generate the answer for me, even offline. It’s simple, fast, and removes a lot of the annoying setup that usually comes with making flash cards.
Great app to stay organized
BigBrother004
Use AI to organize your study material efficiently and partner you in your learning process. I like that everything stays on device and hence secure.
Good app for studying flashcards
WalkingHat
I use this app to study every day
Easy to use
Remirol22
Best flashcards app I’ve used on iOS
Cerebo 1.1 adds a Test button to every deck, and a chat that makes cards, answers your questions and quizzes you, all on your device with Apple Intelligence. Cerebo now speaks nine languages, too.
Test yourself
• Match: pair each front with its back against the clock. On every iPhone and iPad
• Practice Test, with Apple Intelligence: true or false, multiple choice and written questions. Written answers are checked for meaning, and your review schedule doesn't change
• Print any deck, or export it as a PDF
The chat (on iPhones and iPads with Apple Intelligence)
• Make a deck from a PDF, Word document, photo, scan or web page. A PDF with chapters becomes a category with a deck for each. You review every card before it's added
• Then make a study guide from the same document: an overview, the main points and key terms, to read or print with the cards
• Record a lecture, even with the screen locked, and turn it into cards. Only the transcript is kept
• Cards can come with graphs, 3D surfaces, tables, equations and code
• Pictures too: a PDF's figures land on the cards about them, and on iOS 27 Apple Intelligence reads your photos, scans, handwriting and diagrams, a card for each labelled part
• Ask about your own cards and see which cards the answer came from, or ask how to use Cerebo
• Get quizzed on a deck or a topic ("quiz me on antidotes"): answer in your own words, then choose the rating yourself. Say "quiz me out loud" and Cerebo reads each card and listens for your answer
• Create decks, move cards, set reminders and plan study sessions in your calendar. Nothing changes until you confirm
Also new
• Scan to Cards and Record a Lecture in Control Center, on the Lock Screen or the Action button, and a Quick Capture widget for your Home Screen
• On iPad and iPhone Duo, your library sits in a sidebar beside the deck you're working on
• "Make Cards in Cerebo" in the share sheet: send a page from Safari, or text and files from other apps
• Import from Quizlet by pasting a set's export text
• Answer templates: give a deck a layout such as meaning, synonyms and example, and Apple Intelligence fills it in for each card
• One read-aloud voice for the whole app, replacing the per-deck setting. Automatic matches each card's language
• Shortcuts actions to find cards, add a card or open the chat
• Cerebo is now in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese
Version 1.1
The developer, Patnuru Satwik Patro, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Color Alone
Information
Seller
Patnuru Satwik Patro
Size
12.8 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.