Anki vs Eduloo: Anki alternative that writes the cards for you
Anki is the classic for remembering: a smart scheduler, add-ons and a big library of shared decks. It does not write the cards. Eduloo turns your PDFs, slides and notes into flashcards, quizzes and summaries, and your decks go into Anki and back as .apkg files.
Anki vs Eduloo: Same Reviews, Faster Cards
Both apps decide when you see each card again with FSRS, the scheduler that learns how well you remember every card. On reviewing, it is a tie.
The slow part is before that: typing the cards. A 60-slide lecture is an evening of copy and paste. Eduloo reads the slides and writes the deck, every card linked to its page, and you can still review it in Anki.
Anki vs Eduloo: Feature Comparison
EdulooAnki vs Eduloo: What Both Do, and Where Each Goes Further
Pick any feature to see how each app handles it.
Thousands of community add-ons change how Anki looks, schedules and imports.
No add-ons. Everything Eduloo does is built in.
Fair is fair: Anki does this one better.
Note types and card templates let you design every card with HTML and CSS.
Cards are question and answer, with formatting, images and math. No custom templates.
Fair is fair: Anki does this one better.
FSRS is built in since Anki 23.10. You switch it on in the deck options, and it picks the best day to show each card again.
Every card is scheduled with FSRS from your ratings, switched on from the start. Cards you know come back after longer and longer gaps.
We both do this one, just a little differently.
You rate every card with the same four buttons after you see the answer.
The same four buttons, so an Anki habit carries straight over.
We both do this one, just a little differently.
Built in since Anki 23.10: you hide parts of an image yourself and quiz on them.
Labeling questions are made for you from the diagrams in your file, and Anki image occlusion cards import.
We both do this one, just a little differently.
Decks nest with Parent::Child names, and notes carry tags.
Subdecks become topics and tags come along, on import and on export.
We both do this one, just a little differently.
Cloze deletions hide a word in a sentence, one card per gap.
Cloze cards from Anki import as one card per gap.
We both do this one, just a little differently.
Free AnkiWeb sync between the desktop app, AnkiDroid and AnkiMobile.
One account on the web and in the app, so your decks are everywhere you sign in.
We both do this one, just a little differently.
No ads on any version of Anki.
No ads on any plan, free or paid, and none in guest mode.
We both do this one, just a little differently.
To cram, you build a Custom Study session or a filtered deck and turn off rescheduling.
Exam tomorrow? Tap Cram this deck and go through every card again. Your FSRS schedule stays exactly as it was.
This one is mine.
You type each card yourself or download a shared deck. We found no way to make cards from a PDF.
Upload a PDF, slides, a Word file or notes, pick the topics, and the deck is written for you.
This one is mine.
Anki is flashcards only.
The same file also becomes quizzes, a summary and a study podcast.
This one is mine.
A card holds whatever you typed into it.
Every card, quiz question and podcast passage links back to the page or topic it came from.
This one is mine.
The full app is a download. AnkiWeb lets you review in the browser after you sign up.
Open Eduloo in the browser and start as a guest. Create an account when you want to keep your decks.
This one is mine.
Use Anki and Eduloo Together: Import and Export Your Decks
You do not have to give up Anki. Bring your decks into Eduloo, add cards made from this week's slides, then take the deck back into Anki and keep reviewing there. No deck yet? You can also make an Anki deck from a PDF and open it in Anki.
Here is exactly what travels with a deck, and what stays behind.
Comes along
- Every card, front and back
- Subdecks, as topics
- Tags
- Cloze cards, one card per gap
- Image occlusion cards
- Formatting and math
Stays behind
- Review history: cards start as new
- Add-ons and custom card styling
Up to 40 MB per .apkg file. Free on every plan, also as a guest.
Comes along
- Every card, front and back
- Topics, as subdecks
- Tags
- Cards made from your files
Stays behind
- Review history from Eduloo
- Images, which stay links to Eduloo
- Quizzes, summaries and podcasts
Export one deck or several at once. Free on every plan.
Anki vs Eduloo: What You Pay
Anki is free on computers and Android, with a one-time price on iPhone. Eduloo is free to start, and paid plans add more generations.
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Anki prices as listed on its website and the US App Store in November 2026. Eduloo prices are shown for your country.
Anki vs Eduloo: FAQ
schedule Last reviewed: November 2026. The Anki features on this page were checked against Anki's website, manual and App Store listing.
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