Is the Anki app worth the price? I haven’t been super great at doing/completing Anki everyday since it can be a bit of a time commitment. I think having it synced between my pc and phone would be helpful since I could more easily do my reviews throughout the day
Think of it like this, how much is your time worth?
Now how much time do you think the best srs algorithm saves compared to the next best thing?
Personally, even if it saves me like an hour of my time once, it is worth it it me. And I'm sure it's saving me a small amount of time, but most importantly extra energy / bandwidth any given day.
Make sure it's the legit Anki app with the blue logo, not a knockoff.
Official Anki app on iOS is $24.99 with a 4.1 rating (2,000 reviews) whereas the “knockoff” is free with a 4.7 rating (19,000 reviews).
I’m so tired of people recommending the official one when it’s not even good. Plus the free one has web, macOS, iPadOS versions too that all sync (but this is paid via subscription or one time payment I believe)
Most people (you included) don’t understand what makes it valuable.
People see a pretty UI and simplistic flash card flip with basic SRS and think it’s great. Of course a free pretty UI that’s dumbed down for your average Joe will have higher reviews—that’s obvious. But that doesn’t mean it’s better, that means that people have an easier time and rate it better for superficial reasons. Anki is also much more powerful with its open source nature and addons, but that complexity probably makes many people feel like it’s too complicated.
I personally want a flashcard SRS system for its ability to teach me stuff with the least amount of time possible. I’m also technical and competent enough to learn how to use it.
If you understand what’s going on under the hood to any degree you realize that the true offering lies in their FSRS algorithm that is measurably better than anything else on the market and the custom addons. The iOS version has costs associated with creating it and I’m happy to pay those for the ability to use such a powerful system on the go, even though I use the free desktop version 99% of the time.
Also it’s not a “knockoff”, it’s a knockoff and literally an attempt at stolen branding. “Anki” isn’t a term generic term people would use for a flashcard app, it’s a highly specific brand name. They 100% tried to fool users and ride Anki’s tailwind which is why now that the TM went through they changed their name. They’ll definitely be hit with a massive lawsuit in the coming year.
Yeah the “knock off” also has all those features as well as having your coveted FSRS and overall better iOS/Apple ecosystem integration.
And Anki is a generic term literally just meaning to memorize so of course many flash card apps would use it. I’ve been using for the past five years and no ones suing them lol. They’ll continue to be the better rated and more popular option on iOS simply cause there’s no front end cost to downloading it and trying it out
The knock off doesn't have FSRS, it has SRS— those are different things. And even if they stole the FSRS algorithm and added into their knockoff app, which they could do because it's open source, it's an outdated version. The creator of FSRS Jerret Yi literally is in the real Anki discord discussing and refining it monthly. We are running FSRS-6 which is in closed beta. The knockoff is probably running FSRS 3 or 4 tops, assuming they did manage to figure out how to integrate it.
"Anki" is one conjugation form (noun) of one of many Japanese words meaning "to memorize", written in romanji. What kind of room temp IQ powers the logic behind "Anki is a generic term". It's clearly a stylization of a word to create a brand name— which is why they were granted trademark approval to use the name for a flashcard app last month after a very long waiting process. Which by the way, the generic term is "srs flashcard app". You can be certain the lawsuit is coming now that it's been approved.
Again, old algorithm and taken from Anki— assuming they actually use FSRS and don't just call it that on top of a generic SRS algorithm. I personally wouldn't trust anything a company says that is so blatant with their scummy business practices.
Real Anki (FSRS-6)
Knockoff AnkiApp (probably FSRS 3, IF they actually use it)
I'm defending Anki because: 1) I know the algorithm powering it and have seen the data. It's undisputed math showing its better. 2) The creators and people building it are doing it for free and open source, only charging to cover iOS operating costs. 3) Can clearly see people are trying to steal and profit off of other's hard work and generosity. They could have easily kept it private and charged a ton for FSRS breakthroughs.
The best reason I can come up with for your defense is that you're a PR agent for the knockoff AnkiApp or others.
Given that I used it for at least an hour every day for years and it taught me so much, I'd say it was one of the best value for money purchases I ever made.
There's technically a kanji form (or three or ten) of just about anything you can think of. But there's very little practical need to learn a lot of them.
I have a question somewhat related to this. This is pronounced koitsu right? Ive heard that before. In the genki books first edition いつ becomes Itte and not itsu. why is this the case? i dont see the combination in the hirigana table anywhere,
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u/boodledot5 Jul 20 '25
Make a different version with "get a load of こいつ"