Education tools / Anki
Anki
Anki - a program which makes remembering things easy.
Where it stands
3.6 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health3.8 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community3.8 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Anki yet. Facts checked 2026-11-04. How tests work
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Should you use Anki?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-04.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “The computer version of Anki is free for all major platforms. The page says: “The free computer version is available for all major…”
Check first
- Its pages do not state: pricing, signup, watermark, where your files go. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: Flashcards
Measured signals
3.8 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Anki's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 32 ms.
- Security3.5 / 52 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, x-content-type-options).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency1 / 5No privacy policy linked; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
3.8 / 5 · 45 commenters78% of the 45 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Anki; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“Anki is great, but it's easy to use wrong. It can't be overstated how important it to design your flashcards well. I also found this recent discussion about spaced repetition on HN to be very helpful: As far as Anki…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“Take example sentences from your grammar book in Anki. Quiz from your native language to target language only. So if you're free reading and you encounter a rare piece of vocab it's quite useful to jam it into SRS…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“It has been a while since I used Anki and I vaguely recall I have a horrible experience with creating cards. I really wish there is a way I can create cards in vim or something, but that sounds really limited when it…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“Yeah, I've had the same thing every time I have tried Anki - it's fine for a while, but once you get enough cards added, or just have been memorising a deck for long enough, even missing one session generates a huge…”
Read in the thread
Threads: Anki – Powerful, intelligent flash cards (2024, 429 comments) · Anki: Memorization with Spaced Learning (2018, 172 comments)
- Free tier
- The computer version of Anki is free for all major platforms. The page says: “The free computer version is available for all major platforms.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-04. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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