Reps is a native Mac app, not a web page in a window. It runs natively on Apple Silicon and on Intel, and it is included in the same Universal Purchase as the iPhone and iPad versions.
Writing cards quickly. A physical keyboard is the difference between writing twelve cards after a lecture and writing three. Most people build their library on a Mac and review everywhere else.
Reviewing without touching a mouse. Space flips the card, and 1 to 4 rate it Again, Hard, Good or Easy. Escape closes dialogs and the drawing pad. Left hand over the number keys, right hand free.
Reading alongside your source. A full-size window next to a PDF, a lecture recording or a set of slides.
Drawing works with a mouse or trackpad, though a drawn card is far easier to make on an iPad with a Pencil. Many people write on the Mac and draw on the iPad, and the same library holds both.
Classes, subjects, cards, images, drawings, schedules and deadlines sync through your own iCloud account. The Mac is not a limited companion version; it is the same app.
Study streaks and focus totals are the exception. Those are recorded per device and do not sync.
The keyboard support is concentrated where it compounds. A review session is the one place in the app where you repeat the same action several hundred times in an evening, so that is where the keys are.
macOS 10.15 or later. The build is universal, so it runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
No. It is a native Mac build.
No. One Universal Purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac on the same Apple Account.
Yes, completely. Sync catches up when you are next online.
macOS 10.15 or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel.