Anki
Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it is a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying, or greatly increase the amount you learn.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- BSD
- iPad
Features
Properties
- Customizable
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
Features
- Learn with Flashcards
- Add-ons
- Srs
- Ad-free
- Cloud Sync
- Integrated Search
- Multi Device Support
- Works Offline
- Import CSV Data
- No Tracking
- Dark Mode
- Gamification
- Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
- No registration required
Support for LaTeX
Anki News & Activities
Recent News
Recent activities
backbreaker added Anki as alternative to BookToAnki
readthaifun added Anki as alternative to ReadThai.Fun
epatjas added Anki as alternative to LexieLearn- alternativo-stem514 liked Anki
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What is Anki?
Anki is a program which makes remembering things easy. Because it is a lot more efficient than traditional study methods, you can either greatly decrease your time spent studying, or greatly increase the amount you learn.
Anyone who needs to remember things in their daily life can benefit from Anki. Since it is content-agnostic and supports images, audio, videos and scientific markup (via LaTeX), the possibilities are endless. For example:
learning a language studying for medical and law exams memorizing people's names and faces brushing up on geography mastering long poems even practicing guitar chords!
Anki cards are displayed like webpages, so can optionally style them with HTML, CSS and Javascript.
There are big communities, e.g. r/Anki, and you can share and download decks among the community.
You can select from hundreds of add-ons developed by the community to extend Anki beyond its core functionality.
Anki Videos
Anki information
Developed by
Damien Elmes Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.3Alternatives
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- Updated
- 4.07 avg rating
GitHub repository
- 26,978 Stars
- 2,869 Forks
- 338 Open Issues
- Updated
Comments and Reviews
AnkiQuizlet, Brainscape and copycats (AnkiApp / AnkiPRO)
OBS: AnkiApp / AnkiPRO are copycats, they are not part of Anki (AnkiWeb,AnkiMobile, AnkiDroid
Poor UI, bloated size, lags much.
This is definitely the best way to memorize things long-term and finally get rid of that pesky imposter syndrome. I use it for all sort of things from learning programming to memorizing vocabulary in foreign languages.
UI is very unintuitive and even then, it's inconsistent. Inconsistent in itself, and inconsistent with normal expected OS behaviour, such as when text is selected and a key is pressed (spoiler, it doesn't overwrite the selection like it should). Expect to google a lot of basic things, like how to delete a flashcard from the deck.
So there's quite a learning curve, and it's primarily designed for long-term learning. If learning for exams, you'll need to make a few adjustements. On the plusside, it's free and open-source and there's free cloud-syncing services.
Very useful for memorization, probably the best flashcard application due to it's cloud saving, and general dependency on community.
It's a powerful app with a clean and simple UI (featuring a native UI for macOS).
And there are plenty of add-ons to choose from.
Anki is powerful, but hard to get started with. The UI is quite uninviting.