AnkiDroid
An open-source Android app for studying Anki spaced-repetition flashcards.
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About AnkiDroid
AnkiDroid brings Anki flashcards to Android. It schedules reviews with spaced repetition so that cards return just before you are likely to forget them, and it works with the same decks as the desktop Anki application.
It is a community project developed in the open on GitHub, with a long commit history and an active contributor base. It suits students and language learners who want to review their Anki decks on a phone or tablet.
Strengths
- Spaced-repetition scheduling for efficient review
- Compatible with Anki decks
- Open source with a large active community
Limitations
- Android only
- Syncing with other devices depends on a separate Anki sync service
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- The AnkiDroid contributors
- Platforms
- Android
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Anki users who want to review flashcards on Android
- Categories
- Learning tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to AnkiDroid
Compare allSoftware that can replace AnkiDroid for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Anki
Flashcards that schedule themselves, showing you a card just before you would have forgotten it.
Anki is the upstream program with the same decks and scheduling, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, web and iOS, though the iOS app is a paid purchase.
Brainscape
A flashcard app that uses confidence-based spaced repetition, on the web and mobile.
Brainscape uses confidence-based spaced repetition with a large catalog of ready-made decks, but it is proprietary and cloud-based, with some features behind a paid upgrade.
Knowt
A study app for flashcards, notes, quizzes and exam prep, with AI tools that summarize lectures.
Knowt offers free flashcards with AI tools that build study material from PDFs and lectures, but it is closed source and sends material to its servers.
Quizlet
An online flashcard and study-set platform with practice games and tests built from your cards.
Quizlet turns study sets into flashcards, games and tests with a large shared library, but it is a hosted web service with some features behind payment.
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 with a simpler interface, but it runs on desktop only and has fewer shared decks than Anki.
AnkiDroid as an alternative
Listings that name AnkiDroid as an alternative.
Parley
A KDE vocabulary trainer that uses spaced-repetition flashcards to help you memorise foreign words.
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.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
KWordQuiz
A KDE flashcard program for learning vocabulary and other subjects through several quiz modes.
MarginNote
A study app for Mac and iPad that links PDF highlights, mind maps and flashcards.
WaniKani
A spaced-repetition web app that teaches Japanese radicals, kanji and vocabulary with mnemonics.
