Anki Flashcards, Worth your time? Review!

Anki flashcards are gaining a little bit of traction these days but is it actually that good? Read more to find out!

What is Anki?

Anki is an open-source application which is cross platform. Anki is a flashcard software that helps you learn things faster. The highlight of Anki is the space repetition algorithm that helps you study more effectively. Today Anki Flashcards are used by many students across the globe.

How I got into Anki?

I got introduced to Anki in a Skillshare class by Ali Abdaal, I knew Anki before than that course but I never knew how to use it. After the course I was very thorough with using Anki and it has helped me quite a lot.

My Review!

Anki is phenomenal. I love Anki, everything about Anki is just so amazing, it’s very easy to create a deck and add some cards in it. The process is super simple and easy also the keyboard shortcuts on Anki makes it even more faster. Anki has truly made my learning faster and more effective. I must admit Anki is a pretty old school application, it’s not at all focused on looks.

Anki does not look that good at all. Things that makes Anki so good are the fast and quick UI and the space repetition algorithm. The only bad thing about Anki is the fact that it is just so difficult to get your hands around Anki, especially if you are a beginner. You really need a course to master Anki.

Anki is somewhat like Adobe apps wherein you need to learn the software in order to use them. But once you’ve learned Anki, then it is awesome. It’s one of the best piece of software ever created and I wish that more people start using Anki.

Here are some questions that I had, when I was planning to start using Anki.

BONUS Questions

Is Anki a waste of time?

I’ve seen one comment on the internet that says that Anki is a complete waste of time. But to be honest, it’s not a waste of time at all. The author of the comment might not have used Anki or just doesn’t know how to use Anki. Anki helped me in saving time by studying things faster.

Does Anki Make you really good at studies?

Well, Anki is definitely not magic. If you can spend some quality time for Anki, I am 100% sure that you’ll be very good in your studies. Just make sure that you regularly go through Anki.

Why should I pay $25 for an app on the AppStore?

It doesn’t matter, you can go to the AnkiWeb website on safari and just add that to your Home Screen. There is no major difference from the web version and the original app.

The reason why Anki is paid for iOS is because, desktop versions of Anki was mostly written on python. But for iOS the developer had to rewrite the code from scratch on Objective-C, thus the developer has two maintain the application for two codebases. That’s the reason why Anki is paid on iOS. Don’t worry Anki is free for all other platforms.

That’s it for now,

Thanks for reading,

Hope you have nice day and👋🏻

-Rajat KR