Title self-expalnatory. People who use iphone how do they study using anki its not free.

Do you think it helps to study vocabulary? I mean on its own, with special vocabulary notes that just ask what a word means.

Here's what I'm thinking:

• For English, my native language, I'll learn anything important by seeing it multiple times.
• For a second language, I can learn by using full-sentence cards that follow the vocabulary in my textbook so the same vocab is presented in a methodical way. Eventually this will be reinforced the same way as English.
• For any technical jargon, I use a note with a context label and cards that go Front>Back and Back>Front.

So I'm not sure what would be the purpose of cards that use the grade school method of just asking the meaning of a word.

What are your thoughts?

Hey everyone, long shot here but a few months ago I sumbled accross an amazing website covering effecting flashcard creation (with Anki) but I've completely forgotten what it was called. Unfortunately old me didn't save it either, so I've been going through google search results to no avail.

Here are a few details that I remember:

• It was written from the perspective of a single person in a blog style manner.
• Some of the initial examples had rock formation.
• The focus was on how to write effective flashcards as a whole, but I'm pretty certain Anki was what they used as the software.
• I think the website was a sort of beige / tan colour (????)

Sorry those are kind of useless but this is my last hope!

Hi, I’m a sixth-year medical student. Right now, I need to study English, Anatomy, and Internal Medicine/Therapy. For now, I got a summer job so that I wouldn’t just spend my free time doing nothing. Because of that, at the moment, I can only find time for English.

I saw a post recommending some useful apps, and Anki was one of them. I had used Anki a little before, but then I stopped. Right now, I’m using paper flashcards to study English. I’m avoiding Anki because I’m worried that if I use it on my phone, I’ll end up opening other apps and wasting time instead of studying.

I’m also not sure what the best intervals for reviewing flashcards are. For now, I’m following a 1–3–7–14 day schedule.

What would you recommend in my situation?

And if you don’t mind me asking, how did you personally use Anki?

Thanks

hey guys we’re two people looking for members to form an anki family and collectively buy anki on IOS to reduce the cost per head. let me know if someone’s interested!!

Thank you for reading my post, I really appreciate it :)

I am an Australian student currently doing medical science. Upon completing my first semester at university, I realised that my study method might be... crappy, because it resulted in me cramming all my content in the last 2 weeks.

My method: study and focus too much on lectures, get burnt out a few weeks into the semester, and end up with a hundreds of pages of notes per lecture by the time exams approach... then cram and go through the notes to relearn them (as if I was studying them for the first time because I end up forgetting all the content)

A lot of people recommend using flashcards to practice active recall throughout the semester so that I do not have to cram and relearn content before the exam, but I really do not know how to do that. That is, when do I make them, how often do I review them, and how many do I make??

If anyone has a study method that they use, alongside flashcards, I will be extremely grateful if you shared them. I do get plenty of content in my course and it is pretty difficult stuff.

THANK YOUUU

Hey everyone,

I’ve been experimenting with the Method of Loci (Memory Palace) for general trivia and language learning with great results, but I'm trying to figure out how to scale it effectively for software engineering and technical interview prep.

While building projects and doing spaced repetition (Anki) helps with muscle memory, I often find myself wanting an indexed mental map for high-level retrieval under pressure especially during live interviews or architectural discussions.

I’m looking to encode things like:

• Core Principles & Architecture: SOLID, ACID, CAP theorem, clean code principles, design patterns (Factory, Observer, Singleton).
• DSA Patterns & Approaches: Recognizing archetypes quickly (Sliding Window, Monotonic Stack, Two Pointers, Top K elements, DP state transitions).
• Framework & Language Nuances: Execution models, lifecycle hooks, async/event loop mechanics, language specific quirks.
• Databases & Systems: SQL query execution order, indexing trade-offs, isolation levels.

A few specific questions for those who’ve tried this:

1. Handling Abstraction: How do you translate highly abstract or non-visual concepts (like recursion trees, concurrency locks, or distributed consensus) into physical spatial anchors without the imagery getting too cluttered?
2. Hierarchy & Nesting: How do you organize palaces for topics with multiple sub-layers (e.g., Database -> RDBMS -> PostgreSQL -> Specific indexing mechanisms)? Do you use nested rooms, dedicated buildings, or distinct routes?
3. Retrieval Speed in Interviews: Is the mental walk fast enough when you need to recall a pattern in the middle of live coding, or does it mainly serve as an initial filing cabinet before procedural memory takes over?

If you have specific palace setups, rules of thumb, or pitfalls to avoid when applying mnemonics to technical domains, I’d love to hear how you approached it!

AI says yes, but I'm not really convinced.

im going to cry

My final exam is in 71 days and i need the intervals to be lower than this. can anyone save me I'm losing my temper and my laptop is looking very punchable.

This is a repeat card, ive seen it twice maybe i need these intervals to be more like 10min 1d 3d 5d

What am i doing wrong somebody please help me

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When I have desired retention at 90%, my reviews are almost double compared to at 85%. Also I don't need to know that much right now.

Would it be wise to stay at 85%, until just before final exams where I can set it to 92 ish and then reschedule all cards on change?

It feels a bit pointless maintaining 90s when I only need it at the last second, and then it will take minimal effort to just boost it up a bit.

I've been doing a stupid amount of Anki lately and wanted something that made grinding through hundreds of cards feel a little less monotonous.

So I started making a Pokémon add-on.

Then I got carried away with it.

It's called PokeJourney.

The basic idea is simple. You choose a Pokémon region, pick a starter, and start at Level 1. Every Anki card you answer progresses your Pokémon. They level up, evolve at their actual evolution levels, and you can eventually take an evolution line all the way to Lv.100 and master it.

Once you catch a new Pokémon, you're not forced to train it. You can keep training it, or go into Box / Swap and switch to another Pokémon you've caught. You can also go back to an older Pokémon you were training. Their progress is saved.

https://preview.redd.it/8nd9z82zs7kh1.png?width=1460&format=png&auto=webp&s=22adb3207aa1e6bfada479b0ab887005cd6d872c

There are also Gym Challenges. Pick a Gym Leader and start a challenge. While it's active, your cards count toward defeating the Gym instead of leveling your Pokémon. Beat the challenge and you get the badge + a victory animation/fanfare

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✨ Study streak milestones → Mythical Pokémon

The 1,000-card Legendary is basically a reward for those completely unreasonable Anki days. Mythicals work off streaks instead because I wanted them to reward consistency rather than raw volume.

Gift Pokémon, Legendaries and Mythicals arrive at Lv.100 / Mastered.

There's a regional Pokédex, Pokémon Box, Gym badges, Today's Journey tracker and a Trophy Case for your overall progress.

https://preview.redd.it/f9ublqd7u7kh1.png?width=1342&format=png&auto=webp&s=382586664b02a62f5cb938d23bd26759a96f814c

It currently covers:

Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, Alola, Galar, Hisui and Paldea.

https://preview.redd.it/gshs7nq6t7kh1.png?width=1342&format=png&auto=webp&s=6adafb9ba81cfc3db2cf7af474f2dd319e1c9cf5

Major events have animations/sounds too: catching Pokémon, evolution, Gym victories, mastery, Daily Gifts, Legendaries and Mythicals. Sounds can be turned off completely in Settings.

You can put the PokeJourney panel on the right, left, top or bottom of the reviewer, or minimize it if you want it out of the way for a while.

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I tried to make sure none of this messes with actual studying. PokeJourney doesn't replace Anki's scheduler. It just uses the cards you're already reviewing as progression. Major animations temporarily block the answer controls so you don't accidentally answer the next card, and simultaneous events are queued instead of appearing on top of each other.

I've been building and testing this while actually using Anki, so I'm sure people will find bugs and weird edge cases I haven't found yet.

But it's finally at the point where I think other people can have fun with it.

PokeJourney: Turn every Anki card into a Pokémon journey. 79393386

Time Zones World Map - AnkiWeb

Front shows an image of the time zone, and the back shows the time zone in comparison to UTC time with some major cities in it.

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For specific trivia questions that come up.

I am learning sign language with my friend on a shared anki account. As it turned out, a card revised on one phone is also revised on the second one. I decided to make a second set, one for me, one for him. However, i deleted every recording from my phone of us translating to sign language. Is there any way for me to copy those videos or cards and put them in the second set?

so i got like 5 days until my countrys version of the usmle residency exam and im just cramming my cards like crazy rn not sure if its a good idea since i usually do anki in small consistent doses but will this actually work ? im basically spamming custom study sessions for all 11 diff subjects at once lol :D

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I am confused on how to use anki effectivly. I would just unsuspend decks 5 days before an exam and try to study that, kind of use it like quizlet. However with boards coming up I am confused on how to balance that with classes.

For example, do I unsuspend a deck right after watching the lecture/ studying lecture? When I have multiple lectures in a day thats 100s of new cards in a day which is overwhelming. Then when its close to the exam time, the repetition will show months later but I need to review it again sooner for a closer class exam date. I have exams very often.

I have another deck for boards prep. I am reading thru my book and as I read chapters I am unsuspending decks. Again, overwhelming with the number of new cards in a day. Should I preset the new cards/day and preset max reviews/day to manage this? The boards prep is stuff I need to know months ahead.

With classes and boards together, its a lot! Would appreciate advice/tips!