I’m now even surprised that I could see the potential and benefits of SRS just 2 weeks after my first encounter. – As a poor college student, I donated TWICE before Damien stopped accepting donations. I just checked my email records: one on Sept 19, 2013 and another May 16, 2014. – I bought the $25 iOS Anki just to show support (I don’t even own an iPhone) There were countless hours when I was staring at the screen, making new cards and doing my reps. Remember to back up people!Ĭompiling the statistics for this post made me realize how much time and effort I had put into Anki. I had poured my soul and heart into Anki. PS: I just realized I even have the collection.apkg from Sept 14, 2013. – Latest period for language learning and current knowledge of interestsĢ1695 + 18582 + 10052 = 50329, so over 50,000 cards (no overlapping cards among the three periods) Three periods with major changes to the same profile: Ever since I have become a diehard fan of Anki: My Anki Statistics I created my Anki account on Sept 5, 2013, so more than 5 years ago. I remember reading the book “ Make It Stick” and Anki was the first SRS I encountered that has the learning principles described in the book: spaced repetition and retrieval practice. – Abandoned Anki and switched to SuperMemo completely My Story with Anki
– Tried SuperMemo in March 2018 (7 months ago) – Have been using Anki since Sept 2013 (more than 5 years) My story might be worth reading because I: Piotr Wozniak, creator of Spaced Repetition algorithms and SuperMemo Introduction Items in SuperMemo = Cards in Anki IR = Incremental Reading SM = SuperMemo from NOT the courses, mobile app, application from. I’m writing this to provide some insights for people who are in a similar situation. Realizing the Benefits of Incremental Readingĭisclaimer: I do not write this to hate on Anki.
My Failed Attempt at Switching to SuperMemo.