Jambo

Overview

Jambo brings flashcards, translation and spaced review together for language learners and students revising for exams. It is also a practical option for teachers and tutors who share decks with a class. Its clearest trade-off is a predictable but fixed review schedule, alongside a free tier with firm daily and collection caps.

Key features

Create and translate cards

AI generation turns prompts, pasted text, URLs and uploaded PDFs into cards, so learners can build decks from several kinds of study material. The Translator covers 30 languages and saves translations to a selected deck. Free uses Gemini; paid tiers also include DeepL for longer translations. The range of inputs is useful for making a personal study set, but Free’s five daily AI generations and 100 translations make it a limited choice for intensive content creation.

Review and share

Slam schedules reviews at fixed intervals of 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days. The visible cadence makes it straightforward to plan a routine, but it does not adapt intervals to individual performance. Class Mode lets teachers invite students by email, and deck updates preserve existing student progress—a meaningful advantage when course material changes. Jambo has no public community deck library, so it is less suitable for learners who want to discover and use other people’s decks.

Audio and export

Coffee and Sushi include ElevenLabs audio plays, capped at 50 per day on Coffee and 100 on Sushi. Every tier exports to CSV; Sushi also exports Anki.apkg files with spaced-repetition progress. CSV provides a basic route to take data elsewhere, while the Anki export is the more useful option for someone moving an established review history.

Pricing

Jambo is freemium, with a free plan and a 14-day trial. The maker says there are no ads on any tier.

Free — free, free forever: 2,000 cards, 15 decks, five AI generations per day and 100 translations per day. It is a sensible starting point for individual study, but the card and deck ceilings may constrain learners building several subjects’ worth of material.

Coffee — custom pricing: 20,000 cards, 20 AI generations per day and 50 audio plays per day.

Sushi — custom pricing: 100 AI generations and 100 audio plays per day, plus Anki.apkg export with review progress. It fits heavy card creators or learners who need to move their review history into Anki.

Classroom — $12.42 a month: billed £12.42/month billed annually or £14.99 monthly; includes eight group classes, up to 40 students per group, and 10 classes of one. Its class capacity makes it the plan aimed at teaching groups, rather than solo learners.

Free’s daily quotas are explicit, while Coffee and Sushi trade higher creation and audio limits for custom pricing. Classroom separates teaching capacity from the individual plans, with annual and monthly billing at different stated amounts.

Platforms

Jambo supports Android, iOS and web. The entry identifies these platforms but does not describe mobile apps, so readers should not assume a particular mobile app experience from platform support alone.

Who it's for

Jambo is best for language learners and students who want to make their own cards, especially those who value translation and a clear review cadence. Teachers and private tutors can use Class Mode to distribute decks and update material without resetting student progress. It is a weaker fit for people who want adaptive review intervals or a public library of community decks.

Pros and cons

Pro: Card generation accepts prompts, text, URLs and PDFs, giving learners several ways to turn material into study cards.

Pro: Translation covers 30 languages and can save results straight to a chosen deck.

Pro: Class Mode preserves student progress when a teacher updates a deck.

Pro: CSV export is available on every tier, with Sushi adding Anki export that retains review progress.

Con: Slam’s fixed intervals do not adjust to how well a learner remembers each card.

Con: Free limits users to 2,000 cards, 15 decks and modest daily creation and translation quotas.

Con: There is no public community deck library for browsing shared material.

Con: Coffee and Sushi have custom pricing, making their cost harder to compare with the free tier.

Alternatives

For a different set of study tools or platform coverage, consider these options:

StudyGlen is worth considering if a one-time purchase suits better: its Mini Pack costs $4.99, paid once and includes 10 study credits and five regenerations per day, with credits that never expire.

RemNote may suit learners who want annotated PDFs and image-occlusion cards alongside flashcards; its free tier includes three annotated PDFs, five image occlusion cards and 250 AI credits per month.

Gizmo is an alternative for learners seeking a 365-day subscription, though its listed long-term plan has no stated price.

Vaia is another free-plan option for Android, iOS and web users.

Brainscape may fit learners who want pre-loaded flashcards; its Basic plan includes 2,500, while Pro is $7.99 a year.

Cogni is an alternative with spaced repetition, notes, sync and Anki import on its free tier, subject to a daily review limit.

Knowt may suit users looking for file creation, live collaboration, storage and a large resource catalogue; its Basic plan includes those features and access to browse 5 million resources.

Mindomax is a macOS-only alternative whose free plan includes one box and unlimited cards.

Browse Flashcard apps or AI Flashcard Generators for more options.

Verdict

Choose Jambo if you want to create language or exam-revision cards from varied materials, translate into decks, or share class sets without losing student progress on updates. Its combination of translation, predictable review and classroom sharing is the main case for it. Look elsewhere if you need performance-adjusted scheduling, a public deck library, or clearer pricing for the higher individual tiers.