Anki
Free flashcard program that schedules revision for you, with the same decks and sync on every device.
Our verdict
Anki is the standard free flashcard program and it is genuinely the same on Linux as on Windows. Your collection file and your AnkiWeb account carry across untouched, so decks you built on Windows open with their revision history and due dates intact.
Install it from your app store through Flathub and it appears like any other program. That build is maintained by volunteers rather than by Anki itself, which in practice means it can lag a version or two behind the download on the Anki website.
The learning curve is in Anki rather than in Linux. Making cards is simple, but the deck options, filtered decks and add-ons take a while to understand. If you already use it on Windows, none of that changes.
What's good
- The desktop program is free on Linux, Windows and Mac alike
- A free AnkiWeb account syncs your decks between computers and phones
- Thousands of shared decks already exist for languages, medicine and law
- Add-ons cover almost anything the basic program leaves out
What to know first
- The interface is plain and the settings screens assume you know the jargon
- The Flathub build is packaged by the community rather than by Anki's developer
- The iPhone app costs money, although Android and the desktop are free
The details
- Cost
- Free
- Open source
- Yes (AGPL-3.0)
- How you install it
- App store (Flatpak)
Windows apps it can replace
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