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Software directory for those who don’t want to rebuild, own the updates, the bugs, the support.
- FlashTabs
Make your own flashcard decks and review them on a spaced repetition schedule in the browser.
Since 2015
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Folderly
Helps students sort courses, tasks, class schedules, flashcards and files into colour-coded folders.
Free · Focus and productivity · Individuals and families
- OpenNotas
Lightweight note app for phone and desktop that syncs through your own storage backend and encrypts notes end to end.
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- MWeb
Markdown app for Mac and iOS to write, keep notes and publish them as a static blog.
One-off payment · Website builders · Individuals and families
- Nihongo Lessons
An iPhone app that takes Japanese learners from beginner to fluent with one new sentence per flashcard and spaced review.
Since 2015
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Burning Vocabulary
A browser extension that saves and highlights words you look up on web pages, then drills them with flashcards.
Since 2020
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- RemNote
Note app for students that builds flashcards, quizzes and summaries from notes and PDFs with spaced repetition.
Since 2021
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- PDF To Quiz
Students turn class notes or a PDF into a practice test that marks itself and explains each question they got wrong.
Since 2024
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Revu
A study app for students with spaced repetition flashcards, made from notes and PDFs, and scheduled around your calendar.
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Justnote
Simple note app focused on privacy, free to use, with a low yearly plan that adds tags, locked notes and dark mode.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Capacities
Note taking app where people, books, ideas and links become linked entries rather than documents sorted into folders.
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Memozora
Flashcard maker that schedules reviews by spaced repetition, with dictionaries and text to speech for language learners.
Since 2024
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Notenik
A Mac notes app that keeps notes as plain Markdown text files in folders you choose, with links between notes.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Feyn
Flashcard app for iPad and iPhone where students draw, type or add images to cards and review them with spaced repetition.
Since 2024
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Anki
Flashcard app that uses spaced repetition so learners review hard cards more often, with sync between devices.
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Unihongo
An app for learning Japanese with an AI tutor, speaking roleplays, kanji, quizzes and a personal study plan.
Since 2026
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Plainpad
A simple notes app you host yourself for study plans, trip lists and ideas, with encryption, quick search and optional paid hosting.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Glyph
A Mac app for writing and linking plain Markdown notes in your own folders, with boards, tables and optional AI help.
Since 2026
Free plan · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Memos
A self-hosted place to jot quick markdown notes in a personal timeline, keeping each private or shared.
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- WordWise
A language app that translates words offline, saves them to your own tagged word list and helps you review them with flashcards.
Since 2025
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Card Snap
Turns notes, PDFs or images into flashcards you can study online, share by link or print.
Since 2025
Free · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Darkwrite
Free offline notebook app that keeps notes on your device with themes, PDF export and one-click backups, no account required.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Janus
Turns PDFs and notes into flashcards you can review and edit, then export to Anki, Mochi or SuperMemo.
Since 2026
Subscription · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Zhenzhu
Hover over Chinese text in any Mac app to see pinyin, meanings and sentence breakdowns, and save words as flashcards.
Since 2026
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Lector
A reading app for language learners that imports books, articles and videos, translates words and sends vocabulary to Anki.
Since 2026
Free · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- MarginNote 5
A reading and study app that lets you clip from books and papers, link the clips in mind maps and review them as cards.
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- YouTube2Anki
Paste a YouTube link or upload a transcript and get an Anki flashcard deck made by AI, ready to import.
Since 2025
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Memotron
Open-source notes app for keeping personal knowledge, with offline use, quick capture and apps for web, Mac and iPhone.
Since 2025
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Grape
A note app for desktop and phone that records and transcribes, then answers questions using your own notes.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Hanabira
Learn Japanese or Korean by tapping words in YouTube videos, manga and books, with flashcards that track what you know.
Since 2025
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Cuiz AI
Students upload slides or notes and get practice quizzes and spaced-repetition flashcards made from them.
Since 2025
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- AbjadPro
Learn to read Arabic with alphabet lessons, graded stories and flashcards that schedule reviews around your memory.
Since 2026
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- recall
Connect Claude or ChatGPT so they turn what you read into flashcards, then review them on any device.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Coupling
A language app where a partner or friend fills in words, audio and sentences for you to study, on iPhone and Android.
Since 2025
Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- SubSmith
Makes subtitles for your video and audio files so language learners can look up words and send them to Anki.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Loudwalk
Reads your Anki flashcards aloud through headphones and grades your spoken answers, with an AI tutor for follow-up questions.
Since 2026
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Earnote
Records lectures and meetings on Mac or iPhone, transcribes them locally and turns them into notes, flashcards and study sheets.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Space
A flashcard app that makes study cards from your PDFs, articles and photos and schedules reviews so you remember them.
Since 2026
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- NewWord
Save new words from what you read or watch, get AI definitions and examples, then review them with FSRS flashcards on Apple devices.
Since 2025
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Organizer
A browser app that keeps notes, events and follow-ups as dated timelines stored on your own device, with todos and tags.
Since 2026
Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- Oatpad
A light Mac notes app with slash commands and rich formatting, stored locally and bought once.
Since 2026
One-off payment · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- ReadVocab
Learn English words from books you are reading, with ready-made flashcards, quizzes and a word bank.
Since 2025
Free plan · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- flashcardaudit.com
Upload your Anki collection and get an emailed report flagging cards with factual errors or weak wording.
Since 2026
Pay as you go · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- HelixNotes
A notes app that saves plain Markdown files on your own disk, with tasks, links and optional sync.
Since 2026
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- FixMyDocuments
Upload PDFs, Word files or audio and get quizzes, flashcards and summaries to study from, paid with credits.
Since 2024
Pay as you go · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- Joplin
Note-taking app for desktop and phone that syncs your notes, with a web clipper and optional paid cloud sharing.
Free · Notes and knowledge · Individuals and families
- DER DIE DAS
A flashcard and practice app that helps German learners remember whether a noun takes der, die or das.
Since 2026
Free · Courses and learning · Individuals and families
- reconfigured
A notes app for quick capture by hotkey that tags notes with AI and lets you search them or ask them questions.
Since 2025
Subscription · Notes and knowledge