Guides

Practical, sourced guidance for remembering more and choosing the right study tools.

Understand and use spaced repetition

5 guides published

• What Desired Retention Should You Choose in FSRS?

  2026-08-11 7 min read

  Choose an FSRS desired-retention setting by weighing recall against a sustainable daily review workload, not by chasing one universal number.

• Again, Hard, Good or Easy: How to Grade a Flashcard

  2026-08-04 6 min read

  Use Anki’s four answer buttons as honest recall signals, understand their limits, and avoid the grading habits that distort a review history.

• FSRS Explained Without the Maths

  2026-07-28 7 min read

  Understand what FSRS changes in Anki: it estimates recall, learns from your reviews, and balances retention with workload.

• Why Spaced Repetition Works—and When It Does Not

  2026-07-21 7 min read

  Spaced repetition improves durable recall, but it cannot replace understanding, good cards, practice, or short-term exam preparation.

• Active Recall vs Rereading: What Should Students Do?

  2026-07-14 6 min read

  Compare active recall and rereading with practical study steps, research limits, and a calm way to combine both for durable learning.

Move from Anki without losing your work

9 guides published

• The Complete Guide to Moving From Anki Without Losing Your Work

  2026-07-07 8 min read

  Move from Anki carefully: back up a media-inclusive collection, test a representative deck, check limits, and keep a reversible path.

• StudyDaily vs Anki: A Fair Comparison for Existing Anki Users

  2026-06-30 8 min read

  A careful StudyDaily vs Anki comparison for people who already use Anki: package formats, scheduling limits, offline study, and a reversible way to decide.

• We Tested Anki Migration: What Actually Survives the Move?

  2026-06-23 5 min read

  A reproducible automated-fixture check of what StudyDaily imports from Anki packages, plus the limits the test does not prove.

• Fixing Media, MathJax and Templates After an Anki Import

  2026-06-16 5 min read

  Diagnose missing media, equations and card layouts after importing Anki by checking the source package, the import result and destination support separately.

• How to Preserve Review History and FSRS Data When Switching

  2026-06-09 7 min read

  Keep an Anki recovery copy, export scheduling data, and verify what your next flashcard app actually imports before switching.

• How to Import an Anki Deck Into StudyDaily

  2026-06-02 6 min read

  Import an Anki APKG into StudyDaily, keep a backup, and verify representative cards before studying.

• How to Export Anki With Scheduling, Presets and Media

  2026-05-26 6 min read

  Export an Anki deck as an APKG with review history, deck presets and media, then verify the copy before moving it.

• APKG vs COLPKG: Which Anki Export Should You Use?

  2026-05-19 6 min read

  Choose APKG for a selected deck or COLPKG for a complete Anki collection. Compare media, scheduling, imports, and safe export choices.

• How to Back Up Anki Before Moving to Another App

  2026-05-12 7 min read

  Back up Anki safely before switching: create a media-inclusive COLPKG, store a second copy, and check it before importing elsewhere.