Jambo

Overview

Jambo is a flashcard app for language study and exam revision, combining AI card creation, translation, scheduled review, and tools for sharing decks with a class. It suits learners building their own study sets and teachers or tutors managing small groups; its fixed review schedule and lack of a public deck library narrow its appeal for learners who want performance-adjusted study or ready-made community materials.

Key features

Create and translate cards

AI generation turns prompts, pasted text, URLs, and uploaded PDFs into flashcards, so learners can build decks from several kinds of study material. The built-in Translator supports 30 languages and can save translations to a chosen deck, a useful path from vocabulary lookup to later review. Free uses Gemini; paid tiers also offer DeepL for longer translations. Free’s five daily AI generations and 100 daily translations should suit routine study, but can constrain intensive deck building.

Review, audio, and sharing

Slam schedules reviews at fixed intervals of 1, 3, 7, 14, and 30 days. The visible cadence makes it straightforward to plan a study routine, though learners who want intervals adjusted to their performance may prefer another approach. Coffee and Sushi add ElevenLabs audio plays, subject to daily limits, giving language learners an audio option without unlimited listening.

Class Mode lets teachers invite students by email, and deck updates preserve student progress. That makes Jambo a practical fit for classes where material changes over time. It does not host a public community deck library, however, so learners who rely on browsing other people’s decks will need another app.

Export

All plans support CSV export. Sushi also exports Anki .apkg files with spaced repetition progress, which is the plan to consider if carrying both decks and review history into Anki matters.

Pricing

Jambo is freemium, with a free plan and a 14-day trial. The Free plan costs nothing, billed Free forever, and includes 2,000 cards, 15 decks, five AI generations per day, and 100 translations per day. It is a substantial starting point for individual study, but the card, deck, and generation caps limit larger collections and heavier use.

Coffee has custom pricing and raises the card allowance to 20,000, with 20 AI generations and 50 audio plays per day. It fits learners who have outgrown Free’s card cap or want daily audio practice. Sushi also has custom pricing and includes 100 AI generations and 100 audio plays per day, plus Anki export with review progress; it is aimed at high-volume card creation and learners who need that export route. The listed Sushi plan does not state a card cap.

Classroom costs $12.42 a month, billed £12.42/month billed annually or £14.99 monthly. It includes eight group classes, up to 40 students per group, and 10 classes of one. Those limits make it the relevant plan for teachers or tutors running several groups, while solo learners are better served by Free or an individual plan.

Platforms

Jambo is available on Android, iOS, and the web. It supports mixed source formats and study modes, but its mobile apps are marked No; readers who require dedicated mobile apps should weigh that limitation before choosing it.

Who it's for

Jambo is best for language learners, students revising for exams, and educators who create decks and share them privately with students. Its translation, varied AI input sources, and class progress preservation support those workflows. Learners who want a public source of ready-made decks, or a review schedule that changes with their results, are less well served.

Pros and cons

• Pros: AI creates cards from prompts, text, URLs, and PDFs, giving learners flexible ways to build decks.
• Pros: The 30-language Translator saves translations directly to a deck, and paid tiers add DeepL for longer translations.
• Pros: Class Mode preserves student progress when teachers update shared decks.
• Pros: Every tier supports CSV export, and Sushi adds Anki export with spaced repetition progress.
• Cons: Slam uses fixed intervals, so its schedule does not adapt to individual performance.
• Cons: There is no public community deck library for discovering shared study sets.
• Cons: Free caps decks, cards, and daily AI generations, while paid individual plan prices are custom.
• Cons: Mobile apps are marked No despite Android and iOS being listed as platforms.

Alternatives

StudyGlen is another freemium option on Android, iOS, and web; its Mini Pack costs $4.99, paid once and provides 10 study credits and five daily regenerations, with credits that never expire.

RemNote is available on Android and iOS, with a Free plan that includes 250 AI credits per month alongside limits for annotated PDFs, image occlusion cards, handwritten documents, and files.

Vaia offers a free account on Android, iOS, and web.

Brainscape is available on Android, iOS, web, and API; its Pro plan costs $7.99 a year and includes unlimited AI flashcard creation.

Mindomax is a free macOS option whose Free Forever plan includes one box and unlimited cards.

StudySense is available on web, iOS, and Android; its free plan includes five decks and five AI generations per month, plus limited tutor and document chat sessions.

Gizmo offers a yearly plan paid upfront for 365 days that auto-renews until canceled.

Quizlet is available on Android, iOS, and web, with a free plan and trial; its Quizlet Plus plan includes monthly limits for practice tests, Learn questions, and Q&A or textbook solutions.

Browse our Flashcard apps and AI Flashcard Generators lists for more options.

Verdict

Choose Jambo if you want to create language or exam flashcards from varied materials, translate vocabulary into decks, and share evolving sets with a class. Its clearest strengths are flexible creation and classroom progress continuity; its fixed review intervals and lack of a public deck library make it a weaker fit for learners who want adaptive scheduling or community decks.