Free to start in your browser and on iOS.
| Criterion | WeSolve+ | Anki |
|---|---|---|
| Card creation | Automatic from your uploaded PDF/notes with AI | Usually manual creation or importing shared decks |
| Spaced repetition | Yes: cards reshown at increasing intervals | Yes: customizable spaced repetition scheduling |
| Extra study modes | Explained quizzes, audio recap, duels | Primarily flashcards; extensible via community extensions |
| Ease of starting | Upload and get cards in seconds | Flexible but has setup and a learning curve |
| Platform | Free to start in the browser and on iOS | Desktop and mobile; see Anki's site for details |
Do WeSolve+ and Anki do the same thing?
Both reshow cards over time using spaced repetition, but the approach differs. As of 2026, Anki is a powerful, open source tool that lets you fine tune card content and scheduling in detail, and you usually create cards yourself or import shared decks. WeSolve+ does the card making for you, generating cards from your uploaded material with AI. So one offers full control and manual setup, while the other offers speed and automation.
How are the cards created?
In Anki you mostly write cards yourself or download ready made decks, which gives full control but takes time. In WeSolve+ you upload a PDF, photo, or notes and the AI builds cards faithful to that source in about 30 seconds. Cards are derived only from what you uploaded, with no invented facts, so you can start studying from your own notes within minutes.
Scheduling: one you tune, one that runs
Both apps reshow cards at growing intervals to strengthen retention. On top of that, WeSolve+ turns the same material into explained quizzes, a roughly one minute audio recap, and duels with friends, so you get study modes beyond flashcards in one app. Anki, meanwhile, is known for deep customization through community extensions and a large library of community decks.
Who should stay with Anki
If you enjoy building cards yourself and want advanced customization, Anki is a very strong option as of 2026. If you want fast, automatic cards from your own PDFs and notes, WeSolve+ is an easier AI alternative. WeSolve+ is free to start in your browser and on iOS, with 2 PDF uploads per day on the free plan, and Android is planned soon. For Anki's platform and pricing details, we recommend Anki's official site.
The part of Anki nothing else reproduces
Anki is open source, and that single fact produces most of what its users value. The scheduler can be inspected rather than trusted, its intervals can be changed in deck options down to individual steps, add ons can rewrite how reviews behave, and a deck exported today will still open in a decade because the format is documented and the program is not going anywhere. Nothing built by a company can promise that last part honestly. If you want a system you can reason about completely, that is a real requirement and Anki is the answer to it. The cost is equally real: every card is yours to write, and the interface assumes you already know what you are doing.
What each one asks of you
The honest way to compare these is by what they require before they help. Anki asks you to write the cards and, if you want more, to configure the scheduler; in return you get the most control available. Quizlet asks you to find a suitable set; in return you start immediately on common topics. WeSolve+ asks you to upload a file; in return the deck is built in about 30 seconds from your own material and the same file also becomes a quiz and an audio recap. If you enjoy building decks, Anki stays the stronger tool and we do not pretend otherwise.
Sources used on this page
- WeSolve+ on the App Store
- Hermann Ebbinghaus, the forgetting curve (1885)
- Roediger and Karpicke, Test-Enhanced Learning (2006)
- Cepeda et al., distributed practice meta analysis (2006)
- Dunlosky et al., improving students' learning (2013)
- Anki, resmi site
- Anki manual
- Anki manual, deck options
- Anki manual, FAQ
- Anki manual, studying
- Anki kaynak kodu
- Anki (software)
- SuperMemo, the SM-2 algorithm
- SuperMemo
- Free software
- Open-source software
- Spaced repetition software
- Leitner system
- Active recall
- Spaced repetition
- Testing effect
- Desirable difficulty
- Generation effect
- Judgment of learning
- Metacognition
- Distributed practice
- Overlearning
- Study skills
- Educational technology
Can WeSolve+ replace Anki?
It depends on your goal. If you want fast, automatic cards from your own PDFs and notes, WeSolve+ is an easier alternative. If advanced customization, community extensions, and community decks matter most to you, Anki is a very powerful option as of 2026. Some students may use both together.
Where does Anki's scheduling actually come from?
It descends from a published algorithm, SM-2, written for SuperMemo and documented openly. That lineage is why Anki's intervals can be reasoned about and tuned rather than taken on trust, and the deck options are set out in Anki's own manual.
Who should stay with Anki?
Anybody who wants to write every card themselves and control the scheduler in detail. That is what it is built for, it is open source, and nothing here is an argument against it. The trade is time: writing the deck is the slow part.
Is the Anki information here current?
Anki changes through community releases, so treat anything here as a snapshot and check the manual for the current behaviour.
What does WeSolve+ do that a card scheduler does not?
It reads the file. Turning a chapter into cards, an explained quiz and a short spoken recap happens before any scheduling begins, and that first step is the one a deck tool leaves to you.
Last updated: 2026-08-21 · Written with AI assistance and reviewed before publishing.