Repeto vs Gizmo: data ownership or a social AI study app?

Choose Gizmo if you want a released web, iOS, and Android study app with broad AI imports, automatic quizzes, an AI tutor, and social motivation. Consider Repeto after release if explicit FSRS review and the ability to leave with an Anki .apkg matter more—but Repeto is still pre-release, and Gizmo is the practical choice for immediate use.

Disclosure: Repeto publishes this comparison and has a commercial interest in the decision. We link to first-party product sources, identify where Gizmo is stronger, and separate Repeto features in the current codebase from public availability. Facts were checked on August 21, 2026.

Repeto vs Gizmo at a glance

Decision	Gizmo	Repeto
Public status	Released web, iOS, and Android product	Repeto’s web app is in pre-release; an iPhone/iPad update is in preparation; Android is unreleased
Best fit	Students who want fast AI conversion, varied quizzes, rewards, friends, and study groups	Learners evaluating a focused source-to-deck-to-FSRS workflow with an Anki exit path
Card creation	Manual editing plus Magic Import from PDFs, a lecture or lesson recorded in Gizmo, notes, photos, PowerPoint, Quizlet, Anki, spreadsheets, and websites	Current codebase supports manual cards, editable AI proposals, and material ingestion; individual live source paths still need verification
Review method	Automatic spaced repetition in Memorise mode: correct answers move cards later and wrong answers bring them back sooner; the cited help article does not name the scheduling algorithm	Current codebase uses FSRS with Again, Hard, Good, and Easy ratings
Anki migration	Magic Import accepts an existing Anki deck, but the help article does not name package variants or fidelity guarantees	Current codebase imports supported .apkg files and exports decks as .apkg; broad fidelity is not yet claimed
Export	Card and deck export are not available; Gizmo says both are planned for a future update	Current codebase exports a deck as .apkg; that feature is not evidence of public availability before release
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	No generally released Repeto product surface under the current release ledger
Social study	Public/private decks, following, real-time Gizmo Live quizzes, school leaderboards, and public/private study groups with daily quizzes	Current codebase includes a free shared-deck market, but its public inventory and participation are unproven
Offline	We could not verify complete offline study in the official help center or current app-store listings	Full offline behavior is not verified for Repeto’s pre-release surfaces
Price	Free cards, decks, and quizzing; 15 Hearts in Memorise, a 10-minute wait when Hearts run out, and 20 minutes between Magic Imports; Unlimited is sold weekly or yearly with pricing shown by device and region	Repeto 2.2 has no final public price that should be used for a purchase decision

The decisive split is current experience versus future portability. Gizmo already offers a polished, social quiz loop. Repeto’s strongest case is a more explicit scheduler and .apkg exit path, but those advantages remain tied to an unreleased product.

Where Gizmo is better than Repeto

Gizmo turns more source types into study material today

Gizmo’s Magic Import officially supports PDFs, a lecture or lesson recorded in Gizmo, pasted notes, photos, PowerPoint files, Quizlet sets, Anki decks, spreadsheets, and websites. Its broader product flow also accepts YouTube links. After import, Gizmo creates cards, highlights the words it plans to quiz, and recommends checking the deck and adding anything it missed.

Repeto’s current codebase has ingestion routes and editable generation, but repository support does not establish that every source/provider path works for public users. Gizmo wins this category because the workflows are released and documented, not because AI-generated cards can be trusted without review.

Gizmo offers more ways to stay engaged

Gizmo’s Memorise mode can use multiple-choice, typing, voice, mixed, or self-marked flashcard questions. It adds XP, Coins, Levels, Leagues, Streaks, Hints, Streak Repairs, occasional 10-second Lightning rounds, and separate two-minute Speed runs. The AI Tutor can create courses, flashcards, notes, step-by-step lessons, and AI-generated quizzes.

Repeto’s current review flow is intentionally narrower: reveal a card, judge recall, and let FSRS schedule the next review. Some learners will value the lower-friction routine; others will complete more practice when a product adds varied questions and visible progress. Gizmo offers that second experience today.

Gizmo has a real social layer

Users can share a deck by link or QR code, set it to public or private, follow other users, invite friends to real-time Gizmo Live quizzes, and create public or private study groups. Groups can contain shared decks and receive daily quizzes. Linking a school adds its leaderboard and popular public decks to the learner’s profile.

Repeto’s pre-release code includes a shared-deck market, but it has no established public catalog, active group behavior, or comparable social evidence. A set of market routes is not yet a community.

Where Repeto’s current design may be better

These are current-codebase or target differences, not public-availability wins.

Repeto names and exposes its review model

Gizmo documents automatic spaced repetition: a correct answer delays a card, a wrong answer returns it sooner, and the learner does not configure the mechanism. The cited spaced-repetition help article does not identify the implementation as FSRS, SM-2, or another published scheduler.

Repeto’s current codebase uses FSRS and a four-rating Again/Hard/Good/Easy flow. That gives a learner a clearer basis for comparing review behavior with another FSRS tool. It does not prove better retention, and Repeto still needs public longitudinal tests.

Repeto is building an actual exit path

Gizmo’s help center is explicit: exporting cards and decks is not available yet and is planned for a future update. Importing content into a service without a shipped export changes the ownership decision, especially for a deck expected to last for years.

Repeto’s current codebase can export a deck as .apkg, and it imports supported .apkg files. This is a meaningful target advantage over no export at all. It must still be qualified: Repeto has not published a corpus showing that every template, media file, card type, and review history survives a round trip.

Repeto’s intended workflow emphasizes a learner-controlled quality gate

Gizmo lets users edit imported cards and change the highlighted words that power quizzes. Repeto’s intended workflow makes approve, edit, and discard decisions a central step before generated proposals enter long-term review.

The distinction is one of emphasis, not exclusivity: both products allow correction. A repeatable test should measure how many unsupported or overloaded cards reach a study session, rather than assuming one interface produces better AI output.

Where Repeto is worse or less proven

• Gizmo is publicly available on the web, iOS, and Android; Repeto is not generally released under its current identity.
• Gizmo’s documented source list can be tested now. Repeto has not yet published a live source-by-source capability matrix.
• Gizmo has following, groups, real-time Gizmo Live quizzes, public profiles, school discovery, rewards, and an AI Tutor. Repeto has no comparable public social history.
• Repeto’s complete offline behavior is unverified, and it has no released Android app.
• Repeto’s .apkg support has not published broad compatibility results for custom templates, media, modern package variants, and scheduling history.
• Repeto has less evidence about scale, support response, sync under long-running use, and engagement over an academic term.

Gizmo also has a serious limitation: until export ships, it should not be the only copy of study material you cannot recreate. That limitation does not make an unreleased Repeto product the safer immediate choice.

Card creation: verified breadth versus a controlled draft queue

Gizmo starts with a deck, then lets the learner add cards manually or use Magic Import. AI-generated cards automatically highlight key words, which become blanks or answer targets in Memorise mode. Highlights can be changed, and card text, images, lists, and multiple-choice options can be edited outside an active quiz.

Repeto’s pre-release flow also supports manual cards and editable AI proposals. Its intended difference is one deck-level review queue for generated candidates before they become durable cards. Repeto should name a source type only after its extractor and live provider have been tested.

For either product, time the cleanup pass. Twenty instant cards are not a win if ten ask ambiguous questions or contain facts unsupported by the source.

Reviewing: automatic quizzes or explicit recall ratings

Gizmo’s Memorise mode progressively blanks highlighted words and can ask for typed or multiple-choice answers. The scheduler uses correctness to decide when a card returns. A flashcards-only question style is self-marked and does not award XP or Coins.

Repeto’s current codebase uses a conventional self-rated FSRS queue. After revealing the answer, the learner chooses Again, Hard, Good, or Easy. That can provide a more nuanced memory signal, but it also depends on honest self-assessment.

Use observed behavior rather than scheduler labels. Record what happens after the same sequence of correct, incorrect, and partially recalled answers, then inspect the next day’s queue.

Import, export, and ownership

Gizmo documents importing an existing Anki deck through Magic Import, but its current help article does not identify accepted Anki package versions or claim preservation of templates, media, or review history. More importantly, Gizmo currently provides no card or deck export.

Repeto imports supported .apkg packages and exports decks as .apkg in the current codebase. This creates a stronger intended exit path, but not a universal losslessness claim. Keep the original Anki package and test one representative deck before moving a large collection.

If export is a requirement, do not subscribe on the assumption that Gizmo’s announced future update will arrive by a particular date. Evaluate what ships at the time of purchase.

Platforms and price

Gizmo is available on the web and through iOS and Android apps. Free users can create unlimited cards and decks and quiz without a subscription, but each wrong answer in Memorise spends one of 15 Hearts; when Hearts run out, Gizmo imposes a 10-minute wait while Hearts refill automatically. Magic Import is free with 20 minutes between imports. Unlimited removes those interruptions and includes unlimited AI Tutor sessions and Hints; it is sold as weekly or yearly auto-renewing plans, with pricing shown by device and region.

Repeto cannot provide an equivalent released offer yet. Its web app is pre-release, its iPhone/iPad update is in preparation, Android is unreleased, and its final 2.2 price should be checked only after launch.

Run the same 45-minute trial

Run the Repeto side only with legitimate pre-release access or after release.

1. Choose a two-page source with one heading, one table, one image, and at least one easy-to-misread qualification.
2. Ask each product for 20 cards using the same instruction: one answerable idea per card and no facts outside the source.
3. Count unsupported answers, duplicates, overloaded questions, and cards you would delete.
4. Time the edit-and-approval pass, including changes to Gizmo highlights.
5. Complete one normal review round. Use the same correct/incorrect pattern and record what each product says will return.
6. Return the next day and compare the due queue, question variety, and time to finish.
7. Import the same small Anki deck and inspect card count, text, media, templates, and existing review state.
8. Try to export the resulting deck in a reusable format. Record the unavailable Gizmo export rather than substituting a screenshot or shared link.
9. On mobile, test the actions you need without a connection, then reconnect and verify progress on another device.

Repeat the review portion for seven days. The useful result is not a feature score; it is accurate cards retained, repair time, completed reviews, and whether you can retrieve your data in a usable form.

Which should you choose?

Choose Gizmo if you need a released app today, want broad AI imports, prefer varied automatic quizzes and an AI tutor, or stay motivated through following, groups, real-time Gizmo Live quizzes, and rewards. It is also the only product here with public iOS and Android availability now.

Consider Repeto after release if explicit four-rating FSRS and an Anki .apkg exit path outweigh gamification and social study. Keep an independent copy of every important deck until Repeto’s import/export and sync behavior pass your own tests.

Gizmo is the stronger current product experience. Repeto’s comparison case is future control over scheduling and data—not a claim that pre-release code is already the better app.

Official sources

Checked August 21, 2026. Gizmo facts come from its product and help pages; Repeto availability follows the project’s release ledger.

• Gizmo product overview
• How Gizmo’s import, quiz, tutor, and progress flow works
• Gizmo Magic Import sources and free-plan interval
• Gizmo AI Tutor courses, cards, notes, lessons, and quizzes
• Gizmo spaced repetition behavior
• Gizmo highlighted-answer quiz behavior
• Gizmo question styles, Lightning rounds, and Speed runs
• Gizmo XP, Coins, and self-marked flashcards
• Gizmo Leagues
• Gizmo Streaks
• Gizmo Streak Repairs
• Gizmo Hints
• Gizmo iOS, Android, quiz-life, and import limits
• Gizmo on the Apple App Store
• Gizmo on Google Play
• Gizmo card editing and future card-export status
• Gizmo deck management and future export status
• Gizmo free-plan cards, decks, quizzing, Hearts, and import limits
• Gizmo Hearts and the free-plan wait
• Gizmo Free and Unlimited feature limits
• Gizmo Unlimited subscription structure
• Gizmo deck sharing and public/private visibility
• Following other Gizmo users
• Gizmo Live real-time multiplayer quizzes
• Gizmo study groups
• Gizmo school leaderboards and popular public decks