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🔁 Switching from Anki?

An Anki alternative with AI cards and linked notes

Anki is the gold standard of spaced repetition — battle-tested, free, endlessly customisable. StudyTab exists for everything around the cards: making them, grounding them in your sources, and seeing what they add up to. Same proven algorithms, far less manual labour.

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Side by side, honestly

Anki
StudyTab
Price
Free & open-source (iOS app paid)
Free to start · Pro ₹199/mo · Premium ₹499/mo
Making cards
Manual, or community add-ons
AI-generated from PDFs, videos, web pages & notes
Spaced repetition
FSRS or SM-2 — battle-tested
Same algorithms (FSRS & SM-2), configurable per deck
Notes & sources
Separate apps; cards live alone
Built-in linked notes, PDF/video viewers, citations
Card types
Basic & cloze; more via add-ons
10 built-in, incl. MCQ, picture quiz, ordering, audio
AI
None built-in
Card generation, grounded tutor, explainer, translation
Knowledge graph
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Auto-extracted concepts, mastery tracking, gap detection
Platforms
Desktop-first + AnkiWeb + mobile apps
Any modern browser; installable PWA with offline review
Lock-in
.apkg export
One-click .apkg import (history intact) and export back

When Anki is still the better choice

You want zero cost, forever

Anki's desktop and Android apps are completely free. If budget is the constraint and you enjoy making cards by hand, Anki is unbeatable value.

You live in plugins

Anki's add-on ecosystem is unmatched — custom schedulers, heatmaps, image occlusion variants. If your workflow depends on specific add-ons, stay where they live.

You want desktop-first, fully offline

StudyTab is a web app (installable PWA with offline review for downloaded decks), but Anki's native desktop app remains the stronger fully-offline experience.

If that's not you — if cards take too long to make, your notes live in three other apps, and you want to see what you actually know — that's the gap StudyTab was built for.

Switching questions, answered

Does importing my Anki decks keep the scheduling?
Yes — standard .apkg files import in one click with cards and review history intact, so FSRS continues from where your decks left off instead of resetting every interval.
Can I go back to Anki later?
Yes. Export your decks back to .apkg whenever you like. Your content is never locked in — we would rather win on the product than on the exit cost.
Is the spaced repetition really the same?
StudyTab schedules with FSRS — the same modern algorithm Anki offers — and classic SM-2 if you prefer it, configurable per deck with retention presets and workload forecasting.
Why not just use Anki plus ChatGPT?
You can, and many do — but you become the integration: copy text to ChatGPT, fix formatting, paste into Anki, repeat per chapter, and your sources stay disconnected from your cards. StudyTab keeps material, notes, cards and the AI in one place, with answers cited back to your own pages.
What does StudyTab cost compared to Anki?
Anki is free (the iOS app is a one-time purchase). StudyTab is free to start — notes, flashcards and FSRS reviews included — with Pro at ₹199/month for the knowledge graph and a large AI allowance. If you never want AI or integrated notes, Anki remains excellent.

Bring your decks. Keep your history.

One-click .apkg import, FSRS continues where you left off — and export back out anytime.

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