Anki But Better: Same Algorithm, No Card Creation
If you’ve used Anki, you know the deal. The algorithm is excellent. The science works. Your retention actually improves. But somewhere between importing a PDF, formatting cards, managing decks, and figuring out why your add-ons broke on the last update — you lose an hour before you’ve reviewed a single thing. Lexie keeps what works about Anki and removes everything that doesn’t.
The part that works: spaced repetition with FSRS
FSRS — the Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler — is the reason Anki users don’t leave. It’s a machine-learning-based algorithm that schedules each card based on your personal forgetting curve. It adapts to you. Lexie is built on FSRS from day one. You don’t need to install a plugin, configure settings, or understand what “ease hell” means. It just runs.
The part that doesn’t: making cards
The research is consistent: the biggest reason students abandon spaced repetition isn’t the reviews. It’s the setup. Making cards is genuinely tedious. Writing both sides. Getting the granularity right. Figuring out whether one concept should be one card or five. It requires a separate skill, a separate habit, and a separate chunk of time — before you’ve even started studying. Lexie solves this differently. Take a photo of your material. Lexie generates the cards. You review them. The photo-to-study-set workflow takes under 30 seconds.
What "better" looks like in practice
- No card editor. There isn’t one. You don’t need one.
- FSRS scheduling. Your reviews are optimized automatically.
- Automatic image occlusion (beta). Photo a diagram — Lexie masks the labels and quizzes you on them. No plugin. No drawing boxes.
- Mobile-first. Built to be used on your commute, in your bed, between lectures. Not a desktop-first tool ported to mobile.
- No account. Open the app and start. Your cards and progress stay on your device.
- Your data is yours. We don’t store your materials in the cloud. We don’t use your content to train AI. No ads, no data selling.
Why Lexie costs money
Anki is free because it’s a local scheduler — no AI, no server, no cost to run. Lexie uses AI to generate cards, produce audio, and give you real-time answer feedback. That requires compute that costs money. What you’re not paying with: your data. Lexie is local-first. Your study content stays on your device, not on our servers, and it’s never used to train models. The subscription funds the AI. That’s it.
Not for everyone
If you’ve spent years building Anki decks and your review history is the asset — Lexie is not a drop-in replacement today. We don’t support .apkg import yet. If you’re starting fresh, rebuilding your study system, or you tried Anki and the setup stopped you — Lexie is built for you.
Turn your notes into practice questions in seconds
Lexie uses active recall and spaced repetition to help you actually remember what you study. Snap a photo of your notes and get instant practice.