16 Anki Alternatives (2026)

Recallit

Turn lecture slides into a full study system.

Recallit is the study platform built around how you actually learn. Upload your lecture slides, textbook chapter, or notes. In seconds, Recallit generates a complete study system: flashcards, multiple-choice questions, cloze deletions, and clinical scenarios, all in the same language as your source...

WordByWord

Your Vocabulary on Every page

Learning new words, forgetting them a few days later, and feeling stuck? WordByWord shows you the words you haven't learned yet, helps you understand them in real context, and builds your vocabulary naturally as you read. 🔦 SPOTLIGHT MODE - SEE YOUR VOCABULARY Stop wondering which words deserve...

MindDory Verified

Snap a page or chat with AI. Keep the words you didn't know

MindDory turns anything you read, photograph, or discuss with an AI into vocabulary you actually remember. HOW IT WORKS Capture. Point your camera at a page of a book, a menu, a screen or a PDF. Vision OCR extracts only the words you don't already know and turns those into flashcards, so you skip...

Pharo Studio

Turn any lecture into flashcards & quizzes in 30 seconds

Pharo Studio turns your lecture notes, PDFs, and slides into structured study materials in seconds - no manual work required. Upload any course content and instantly get: • Smart summaries with key concepts • Flashcards for active recall (spaced repetition-ready) • Auto-generated multiple choice...

Norsha Notes Verified

Turn notes into flashcards, quizzes, games, and summaries.

Norsha Notes is an AI study tool built for college students. Upload any lecture notes, PDF, PowerPoint, or image and instantly get flashcards with spaced repetition, practice quizzes, study guides, key terms, and a glossary. It also includes Nora, an AI tutor that only reads your uploaded material...

LongTerMemory | AI study platform

Study any subject with AI study plans and spaced repetition

LongTerMemory helps you master any subject through AI powered question-answer generation and spaced repetition techniques. You can import your documents or import form specific web links to create personalized Study Plans that ensure you retain knowledge over the long-term. This tool is...

KanjiDraw

Draw Kanji, Learn Japanese

KanjiDraw - Learn to read and write Japanese, free in your browser. KanjiDraw teaches you to write Japanese, not just recognize it: draw each character by hand and get your strokes and stroke order checked in real time. It's a full study toolkit for every stage of learning, works on any device, and...

The Only Ever App

Exam prep done right.

Only Ever is an all-in-one learning platform designed to help you master content rather than just consume it. The tool transforms your uploaded PDFs and videos into structured spaced repetition curriculums, facilitating long-term retention and active mastery of new material.

Memnos

Paste your notes, get flashcards, remember them

Memnos is a free spaced repetition flashcard app, a lightweight alternative to Anki and Quizlet for students who want to stop forgetting what they study. Paste a lesson, an article or your own notes, and Memnos turns them into question/answer cards. Each card is then scheduled by FSRS (Free Spaced...

MedPreneur

AI study platform and healthcare business hub

MedPreneur is an AI-powered platform designed for medical students to optimize their study habits and exam preparation. Beyond academics, it provides a community hub where users can connect with peers, discover career opportunities, and access resources for building healthcare-related businesses...

Vocards

Vocabulary flashcards with AI and spaced repetition

Vocards turns the words you run into while reading, browsing, or watching into flashcards you'll actually review - without the manual data entry that kills most vocabulary habits. THE PROBLEM Everyone learning a language meets new words all day: in a book, on a webpage, in a video, in a chat. The...

LinGoat

Learn Spanish by writing real sentences

LinGoat is a free Spanish learning app built to maximize language learning efficiency. LinGoat was built around the system laid out in this 2024 paper outlining how to increase language learning efficiency 4x compared to standard spaced repetition. https://aclanthology.org/2024.bea-1.29/ LinGoat...

Kanjiru: Learn to Write Kanji

Write all 2,136 Jōyō Kanji from memory — JLPT N5 to N1

What started as a favor for a friend learning Japanese turned into a fully offline kanji app - built, shipped, and completely free: Most kanji apps make you tap or swipe. Kanjiru makes you write - stroke by stroke, on a real drawing canvas, just like you would with pen and paper. All 2,136 Jōyō...

Space

Build flashcards and study with your group

Space is a collaborative learning platform designed to help study groups build and review flashcards together. High-performance study features include an AI tool that converts notes into cards and a review system based on spaced repetition. Groups can sync their progress by sharing a single invite...

iLearn: AI Flashcards & Notes

Create educational flashcards and notes using AI

iLearn is the perfect app to learn things faster with ease thanks to AI. Scan your handwritten notes and convert them to flashcards to study faster and smarter. It includes Apple Intelligence to generate flashcards with AI locally with no data shared. The app is free because I think that being able...

Lexie

Turn notes into flashcards and practice exams instantly

Lexie is a study app that turns photos of your notes, textbooks, and worksheets into flashcards, quizzes, and practice exams. Snap a photo and get a complete study set in under 30 seconds. Built on the FSRS spaced repetition algorithm, the same scheduling science used by Anki, with active recall...