Anki is not the enemy
Anki does cards. It does not do the semester.
We are not asking you to quit Anki. We are saying cards alone fail when three courses and a midterm land in the same week.
If you love Anki, you are right: card-level SRS is proven. The hole is everything that is not a card — the lecture you have not split, the oral, the problem set, the exam date, the 50-minute block.
StudyBoost also has flashcards. Use them, or keep Anki. The product is the cockpit: lessons, next reviews, exams, Atlas, Focus.
The high-yield stack is not “Anki vs StudyBoost”. It is Anki (or our cards) for drill, StudyBoost so the calendar is not improvised.
| Who owns which job | Anki | StudyBoost |
|---|---|---|
| Card drill | The reference. Mature algorithm, add-ons, shared decks | Built-in flashcards if you want one app |
| What to study today (all courses) | The Anki queue ≠ lectures, labs, and readings | One queue: due reviews + exams + tasks |
| Exam countdown | DIY (tags, filtered decks, discipline) | Exam window and target reviews on the lesson |
| Semester map | Out of scope | Visual Atlas of mastery |
| Timed session | Another tool | Focus in the same flow |
The stack we recommend
- Keep Anki if your decks already work. Do not export anything for the aesthetic.
- Put courses, exam dates, and lessons to revisit in StudyBoost — even if drill stays in Anki.
- Open StudyBoost in the morning for the decision; open Anki for card volume.
Add the cockpit around Anki
7 days of Pro, no card. You do not have to throw the decks away.
No credit card.