Beyond Anki: SRS Tools and Approaches Compared
Anki alternatives for Japanese compared: JPDB, WaniKani, Mochi, Kitsun, and Migaku Memory side by side, plus the best mobile FSRS pick for daily review.
Anki alternatives for Japanese compared: JPDB, WaniKani, Mochi, Kitsun, and Migaku Memory side by side, plus the best mobile FSRS pick for daily review.
How many new Anki cards per day is sustainable? Compute your personal ceiling from your weekly time budget, see the steady-state review math, and the fix.
SM-2 vs FSRS in Anki, explained for Japanese learners: how each scheduler picks review intervals, why "ease hell" happens, and whether to switch.
Spaced repetition explained for Japanese learners: the forgetting curve, the spacing effect, why expanding intervals work, and the Leitner-box origin.
When SRS becomes counterproductive, the fix is rarely willpower. Spot the backlog, joyless reviews, and leeches, then know when to switch to native input.
Anki making you hate Japanese? A diagnostic triage: map backlog dread, leeches, and joyless reviews to FSRS retention, new-card ceiling, and deck fixes.