Flashcards that fill themselves in

Anki is very good at scheduling and a lot of work to feed. Every card needs a meaning, an example and some formatting, and a shared deck is full of words you'll never use. Cards keeps the scheduling and does most of the typing for you.

What's different

• You type the word. The meaning, an example sentence and its other forms are filled in, and you can change any of them.
• Reviews change as you learn a word. A new word is a flip card. While it's shaky you pick it from a few options. Once it's steadier you type it or fill a gap, and a word you know well asks you for a sentence of your own now and then.
• The schedule is FSRS, the same algorithm Anki offers. Each card comes back just before you'd forget it.
• Using a word counts. Write it in a letter or say it in a conversation and that counts as a review.
• A deck can be about your life. "AIK, I go to every home game" becomes a deck with goals, and the other apps write stories and conversations around it.

Bringing your Anki decks

Import an .apkg file or paste a list, up to 2,000 cards at a time. Each note keeps its text and loses the formatting, sounds and pictures. Missing meanings can be filled in afterwards.

What it isn't

Cards is built for languages only. For anatomy or history dates, Anki is still the better tool.