Alternatives to Parley
A KDE vocabulary trainer that uses spaced-repetition flashcards to help you memorise foreign words. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Parley
A KDE vocabulary trainer that uses spaced-repetition flashcards to help you memorise foreign words.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Parley.
Anki
Flashcards that schedule themselves, showing you a card just before you would have forgotten it.
Anki is open source under AGPL-3.0 and runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and the web, with free sync and a large library of shared decks, though its iOS app is paid.
KWordQuiz
A KDE flashcard program for learning vocabulary and other subjects through several quiz modes.
KWordQuiz is another KDE flashcard program for Windows and Linux with five quiz modes and a card editor, but it lacks the conjugation and article drills Parley offers.
Mnemosyne
A free spaced-repetition flashcard program that schedules each card's review based on how well you remember it.
Mnemosyne is a free open-source spaced-repetition program that adds macOS support and a simpler interface, but it has a smaller community and fewer shared decks.
AnkiDroid
An open-source Android app for studying Anki spaced-repetition flashcards.
AnkiDroid brings open-source spaced-repetition flashcards to Android under GPL-3.0, using Anki decks, but it is Android only and syncing needs a separate Anki sync service.
Quizlet
An online flashcard and study-set platform with practice games and tests built from your cards.
Quizlet moves your study sets to a hosted web service with games, tests and a large shared library, but sets live on its servers and some features are paid.
Brainscape
A flashcard app that uses confidence-based spaced repetition, on the web and mobile.
Brainscape uses confidence-based spaced repetition on the web, Android and iOS with ready-made decks, but it is proprietary and cloud-based with some paid features.
SuperMemo
Long-running spaced-repetition software for Windows that schedules reviews and supports incremental learning.
SuperMemo offers advanced spaced repetition with incremental learning on Windows for a one-time price, but it is paid, closed source and has a steeper learning curve.
Lingvist
A language-learning app that teaches vocabulary with adaptive algorithms and short daily sessions.
Lingvist is a proprietary vocabulary app for Android and the web with adaptive review and custom decks, but full access requires a subscription and it needs an internet service.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Memrise
A language learning app with courses built around spaced repetition and videos of native speakers.
Clozemaster
A language-learning game that builds vocabulary through fill-in-the-blank sentences in over 50 languages.
Drops
A visual, game-like vocabulary trainer for over 55 languages, built around five-minute daily sessions.
Readlang
A web tool and browser plugin for learning languages by reading with click-to-translate and flashcards.
WaniKani
A spaced-repetition web app that teaches Japanese radicals, kanji and vocabulary with mnemonics.
Knowt
A study app for flashcards, notes, quizzes and exam prep, with AI tools that summarize lectures.
