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Anki

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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.

A simple card on Mac

License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • AU flagAustralia

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows  Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package
  • Linux  Install from official website instead of your distro's app store for latest version
  • Android  AnkiDroid
  • iPhone  Commercial: $24.99
  • BSD
  • iPad  Commercial: $24.99
4.3 / 5 Avg rating (34)
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26comments
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Customizable
  2.  Privacy focused
  3.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Learn with Flashcards
  2.  Add-ons
  3.  Srs
  4.  Ad-free
  5.  Cloud Sync
  6.  Integrated Search
  7.  Multi Device Support
  8.  Works Offline
  9.  Import CSV Data
  10.  No Tracking
  11.  Gamification
  12.  Dark Mode
  13.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

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    braky added Anki as alternative to KWordQuiz
    5 days ago
  • Leonart, Taramays, iqshaan and jmawebqqhtsjwqlttb liked Anki
    7 days ago
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    POX added Anki as alternative to KardsAI - Instant Flashcards
    19 days ago
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    kudziajaroslaw98 added Anki as alternative to Final Phase
    19 days ago
  • Fadikkop, Imalthica and sweetemberxv liked Anki
    21 days ago
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Anki information

  • Developed by

    AU flagDamien Elmes
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.3 (34 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    204 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Arabic
    • Belarusian
    • Czech
    • French
    • German
    • Hebrew
    • Irish
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Malayalam
    • Oriya
    • Persian
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Romanian
    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Spanish
    • Turkish
    • Vietnamese

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  •  21,297 Stars
  •  2,320 Forks
  •  210 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 8, 2025 
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Our users have written 26 comments and reviews about Anki, and it has gotten 639 likes

Anki was added to AlternativeTo by BogAl on Dec 15, 2009 and this page was last updated May 29, 2024. Anki is sometimes referred to as AnkiDroid, AnkiMobile, AnkiWeb.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Comment summary: Anki is praised for its effective spaced repetition system, helping users learn efficiently across devices. Positive feedback highlights its free, open-source nature, offering versatile study options for topics like languages and sciences. Sync capabilities across platforms are valued, though some users find the interface unintuitive and in need of modernization. Negative opinions focus on limitations in user experience and performance issues. Installation requirements like MiKTeX for LaTeX features are noted as complex.
Top Positive Comment
NameLessGO
Jun 16, 2021
7

AnkiQuizlet, Brainscape and copycats (AnkiApp / AnkiPRO)

OBS: AnkiApp / AnkiPRO are copycats, they are not part of Anki (AnkiWeb,AnkiMobile, AnkiDroid

Top Negative Comment
Trevor Philips
Nov 29, 2023
2

Poor UI, bloated size, lags much.

Phil
Sep 23, 2024
0

Best flashcard app.

8khd7xj4w7
Jul 3, 2024
1

Got me through undergrad and will be continuing to use it for interview prep

JaW-64bit
Nov 13, 2023
2

Simple and practical

chev-chelios
Nov 9, 2023
2

Tried and tested by hundreds of thousands of medstudents worldwide. Huge community with lots of customization. Syncs my 16GB Database for free. Pretty amazing digital flashcards and it's open source. Love it.

Ranogard
Aug 27, 2023
1

I tried the Linux desktop app and AnkiWeb. Extremely unintuitive, horrible user experience. I just wanted to use one of the existing vocabulary decks, but gave up after some time.

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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.

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