Revise Right editorial comparison
Revise Right vs Gizmo AI: board-specific GCSE and A-Level notes against an AI flashcard app with spaced repetition. Free limits and plans checked October 2026.
Gizmo is an app that turns your own content into flashcards and quizzes, then tests you with spaced repetition and game-style rewards. Revise Right starts from the exam: written notes by board and tier, past-paper pages, and recall tools with AI help around them. Published by Revise Right, which has a commercial interest in this category. Check current coverage and plans directly with every provider before buying. Last evidence review: 2026-10-12.
Gizmo is the stronger fit when you already have good notes and want a free, game-like way to memorise them, on iPhone, Android or the web. Revise Right is the stronger fit when you need the notes themselves, written for your exam board and tier, with flashcards, quizzes and an AI tutor attached. Gizmo's Unlimited price is shown in its app by device and region, so we could not verify it.
Choose Gizmo when memorising your own material is the job and you want spaced repetition that schedules itself. Choose Revise Right when you need to learn the content for a specific GCSE or A-Level specification first. Many students could use Gizmo for daily recall alongside board-specific notes.
Free access (Verified). Revise Right: Revision notes and past papers on the public site are free to read with no account. The signed-in tools need Pro after a 5-day trial with no card, and there is no permanent free tier for them. Gizmo: Free to use with unlimited cards, decks and quizzing. Limits: a 10-minute wait after losing 15 Hearts, a 20-minute wait between Magic Imports, and five AI Tutor sessions a day. Exact paid price (Not publicly verified). Revise Right: £14.99 a month, £38.97 every 3 months or £119.88 a year. Gizmo: Unlimited has a yearly and a weekly plan, priced in the app by device and region. Not publicly verified. Primary study format (Verified). Revise Right: Board-and-tier notes, past-paper pages, recall tools and AI tutor support. Gizmo: AI-made flashcards from your own content, spaced-repetition quizzing, an AI Tutor and multiplayer quizzes.
Choose Revise Right when: you need board-and-tier revision notes, past-paper pages and AI help for sciences, maths, business, economics or geography. Choose Gizmo when: you want to turn PDFs, slides, photos, recordings or Quizlet and Anki decks into flashcards and quiz yourself for free. Use both when: you learn a topic from board-specific notes, then keep it fresh with short daily spaced-repetition sessions.
Where the content comes from. Revise Right: Written notes organised by exam board, tier and topic, free to read on the public site. Gizmo: Your own material. Magic Import builds cards from PDFs, recordings, pasted notes, photos, PowerPoint, Quizlet, Anki, spreadsheets and websites. We found no exam-board course library on the pages we checked. Remembering it. Revise Right: Flashcards and quizzes attached to lessons, and Pro can turn your own notes into flashcards, quizzes and mind maps. Gizmo: Memorise mode uses spaced repetition automatically, with XP, streaks, leagues and Gizmo Live multiplayer quizzes. Devices. Revise Right: Works in the browser on phones, tablets and computers. There is no native app. Gizmo: iOS and Android apps plus a website. Gizmo's minimum age is 13.
Every statement about Gizmo was read on Gizmo's own website and help centre on 12 October 2026. We compare where the content comes from, how each tool helps you remember it, devices, free limits and paid access. We did not subscribe to Gizmo Unlimited. We do not quote a Gizmo Unlimited price because Gizmo says prices are shown in the app based on your device and region. Revise Right publishes this page and has a commercial interest in the result. Sources: Revise Right pricing (https://reviseright.io/pricing; checked 2026-10-12) Gizmo help: How does Gizmo work? (https://help.gizmo.ai/en/articles/14472668-how-does-gizmo-work; checked 2026-10-12) Gizmo help: What is Magic Import? (https://help.gizmo.ai/en/articles/15647624-what-is-magic-import; checked 2026-10-12) Gizmo help: Is it free? (https://help.gizmo.ai/en/articles/13011439-is-it-free; checked 2026-10-12) Gizmo help: What do I get with Gizmo Unlimited? (https://help.gizmo.ai/en/articles/15647627-what-do-i-get-with-gizmo-unlimited; checked 2026-10-12) Gizmo help: How do I sign up for Unlimited? (https://help.gizmo.ai/en/articles/13185488-how-do-i-sign-up-for-unlimited; checked 2026-10-12) Gizmo help: free AI Tutor sessions (https://help.gizmo.ai/en/articles/15869958-how-many-ai-tutor-sessions-can-i-have-for-free; checked 2026-10-12) Gizmo help: Do you have an app? (https://help.gizmo.ai/en/articles/13011457-do-you-have-an-app; checked 2026-10-12) Gizmo help: minimum age (https://help.gizmo.ai/en/articles/13348917-how-old-do-i-have-to-be-to-use-gizmo; checked 2026-10-12) Corrections can be requested through the Revise Right editorial standards page.
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Mostly. Gizmo says you can create unlimited cards and decks and quiz for free. The free plan has waits after losing 15 Hearts and between Magic Imports, and five AI Tutor sessions a day. Gizmo Unlimited removes those limits.
Gizmo builds flashcards from the material you give it, so it follows whatever notes you import. We found no exam-board course library on its checked pages. Using notes matched to your specification gives the generator relevant source material, but AI-made cards can still omit or misstate details. Check generated cards against your notes and specification before studying them.
Gizmo's Memorise mode is built around spaced repetition and schedules cards for you. Revise Right puts flashcards and quizzes next to board-specific notes and past papers. If daily memorising is the whole job, Gizmo is the more focused tool.
Yes. Learn the topic from notes written for your board and tier, then use spaced repetition each day to keep it. Check any AI-made card against the notes before you learn it.
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