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The best flashcard apps, according to hackers

4 flashcard apps recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.

• Most recommendedAnki136 people recommend it
• Least regretAnkiDroid23 recommend, 4 criticize

All flashcard apps

• AnkiAn open-source flashcard app whose spaced repetition scheduling reliably drills vocabulary and facts into memory; critics find setup and settings complicated and the paid iOS app pricey.136recommend
• AnkiDroidFree open-source flashcard app for Android; people praise its reliability and custom sync support, with notification problems and worries about the Anki ownership change as caveats.23recommend
• HashcardsPlain-text, offline, open-source spaced repetition app keeping cards in markdown under git, with few settings. Caveat: reviews follow a fixed scheduler.13recommend
• Mochi flashcard appPeople recommend it as a flexible alternative to Anki, with powerful templating and notebook mode. Caveat: it is Electron-based, a dealbreaker for some.9recommend