RemNote is a knowledge graph that happens to do flashcards. Discito is a flashcard app. If you want a single tool for outlining lecture notes, backlinking concepts, and embedding spaced repetition inside a Notion-style workspace, RemNote is genuinely good at that. If you want a focused flashcard app that imports your existing decks, syncs across iCloud, and respects your time — Discito.
| Discito | RemNote | |
|---|---|---|
| Product category | Focused flashcard app | Knowledge graph + cards |
| Pricing | $14.99 once | $8/mo or $79.99/yr |
| Account required | No (iCloud only) | Yes (email + password) |
| FSRS-based scheduling | FSRS-6 (latest) | FSRS (varies by version) |
| AI card generation | On-device (Apple Intelligence) | Cloud-based |
| iOS-native (SwiftUI) | Yes | Cross-platform (web-first) |
| Home Screen widget + Live Activity | Yes | No |
| Lecture audio → flashcards | Yes (on-device) | No |
RemNote is structured like Notion or Roam Research: an outline-first hierarchical document where any line can be tagged as a flashcard via inline syntax. The pitch is that your notes ARE your study material — you write a lecture outline, mark cloze gaps inline, and those gaps become reviewable cards. Backlinks and tags weave it into a graph.
Discito is structured like Anki: decks contain cards; cards have a front, a back, and a template. There's no document graph, no backlinking, no outline. The mental model is "I want to memorize this fact, write a card for it."
If your workflow is "I take outline-style lecture notes and want spaced repetition embedded in them," RemNote is the right tool. If your workflow is "I have a list of facts to memorize and I want to focus on the review loop," Discito is the right tool. Many users we've talked to tried RemNote, found the outline overhead distracting, and went back to a focused flashcard app. The opposite is also common.
RemNote Pro is $8/month (~$96/year) or $79.99/year. Over 5 years that's around $400. The subscription includes their cloud sync, AI features, and unlimited Rem (RemNote's unit of content).
Discito Pro is $14.99 once, lifetime, Family Sharing included. Founder pricing through end of 2026 — going to $19.99 in 2027. Discito Lite is free forever with unlimited cards, full FSRS-6 scheduling, and iCloud sync.
RemNote's AI features (card generation from notes, question generation, summarization) run on their cloud infrastructure. Your notes are sent to their servers for processing. That's the standard model and not inherently bad — but for users in regulated fields (medicine, law) or anyone with private study material, it's a friction point.
Discito's AI features (card generation from text + PDF, lecture audio → flashcards, smart MCQ distractors) run entirely on-device via Apple Intelligence (iOS 26 Foundation Models). No data leaves your phone. No API keys, no recurring AI fees, no cloud-AI privacy questionnaire. Requires iPhone 15 Pro or later or M1+ iPad — the hardware requirement is the trade-off for the privacy guarantee.
RemNote is a web-first cross-platform product. The iOS app is solid but follows the design conventions of the web app. Many features are accessed through hamburger menus or settings dialogs that don't quite map to iOS gestures.
Discito is built in SwiftUI for iOS 26 from day one. Standard iOS navigation, standard pickers, sheet-based modals, Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen Live Activity, Dynamic Island, Control Center widget, Focus Mode integration. 5 reading themes (Paper / Cream / Sepia / Charcoal / Midnight). Dark-mode-first design. Dark mode app icon included.
RemNote and Discito both use FSRS-family scheduling, which is genuinely the state of the art for spaced repetition. Discito ships FSRS-6 specifically, bit-exact with the py-fsrs reference implementation (we run a parametric fuzz test against py-fsrs's output for every algorithm touch). RemNote's specific FSRS version isn't always published; check their current docs for the latest.
RemNote supports exporting flashcards in Anki .apkg format. The steps:
.apkg format, select the decks you want..apkg directly via the Share Sheet or Files app.FSRS state is preserved. Cards, cloze cards, images, and tags all carry over. What doesn't transfer: the outline structure, backlinks, and any non-card Rem (since those have no analog in Discito's card-first model). For most studiers that's a non-issue; if you depend on the knowledge-graph features, RemNote is the better fit and you should stay there.
RemNote Pro annual is $79.99/year. Discito Pro is $14.99 once (founder pricing through end of 2026).
Family Sharing is included with Discito Pro — one purchase covers up to 5 family members.
Discito Lite is free forever — full FSRS-6, iCloud sync, unlimited cards, .apkg import. Try it for a week before deciding.