Alternatives to Mnemosyne

A free spaced-repetition flashcard program that schedules each card's review based on how well you remember it. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Mnemosyne.

  • Anki

    Flashcards that schedule themselves, showing you a card just before you would have forgotten it.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxAndroidiOSWeb

    Anki is also open source and free on most platforms, adding mobile and web apps, free sync and a much larger library of shared decks and add-ons.

  • SuperMemo

    Long-running spaced-repetition software for Windows that schedules reviews and supports incremental learning.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    SuperMemo is paid, Windows-only and closed source, adding incremental learning of articles at the cost of a steeper learning curve.

  • Parley

    A KDE vocabulary trainer that uses spaced-repetition flashcards to help you memorise foreign words.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    Parley is an open-source KDE vocabulary trainer for Windows and Linux with spaced repetition and drills for conjugations and articles, focused on languages.

  • KWordQuiz

    A KDE flashcard program for learning vocabulary and other subjects through several quiz modes.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

    KWordQuiz is an open-source KDE flashcard program for Windows and Linux with five quiz modes, using the KVTML format and no macOS version.

  • Brainscape

    A flashcard app that uses confidence-based spaced repetition, on the web and mobile.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Brainscape moves to a proprietary web and mobile service with confidence-based spaced repetition, ready-made decks and some features behind a paid upgrade.

  • Quizlet

    An online flashcard and study-set platform with practice games and tests built from your cards.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Quizlet is a hosted web service with shared study sets, games and tests, storing your sets on its servers with some features behind a paid plan.

Also worth comparing

These listings name Mnemosyne as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • AnkiDroid

    An open-source Android app for studying Anki spaced-repetition flashcards.

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    Mnemosyne is a free open-source spaced-repetition program with a simpler interface, but it runs on desktop only and has fewer shared decks than Anki.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • MarginNote

    A study app for Mac and iPad that links PDF highlights, mind maps and flashcards.

    FreemiumProprietarymacOSiOS

  • WaniKani

    A spaced-repetition web app that teaches Japanese radicals, kanji and vocabulary with mnemonics.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

  • Knowt

    A study app for flashcards, notes, quizzes and exam prep, with AI tools that summarize lectures.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

  • Clozemaster

    A language-learning game that builds vocabulary through fill-in-the-blank sentences in over 50 languages.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidWeb

  • Scholarcy

    An AI summarizer that turns papers, articles and videos into interactive flashcard summaries.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb