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Re: Show HN: Spaced Repetition System for iOS

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Post by wahnfrieden »

mdevere wrote: post #49

Hi. I actually had it in mind to create something like this myself -- a mobile-first, nicer-designed version of Anki. But it looks like you already started on this, 2.5 years ago. Always the way.. It definitely looks nicer than Anki. It's also better for creating simple cards, something which I haven't really been able to do on the Anki app. The workflow for adding a new card is a great experience. I do think that cr…

I also started on something like what you described (mobile-first, nicer-designed version of Anki) a few years ago, but catering specifically to Japanese. :) Not yet launched though.

http://beta.manabi.io/

Re: Show HN: Spaced Repetition System for iOS

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Post by jmcannon »

mdevere wrote: post #49

Hi. I actually had it in mind to create something like this myself -- a mobile-first, nicer-designed version of Anki. But it looks like you already started on this, 2.5 years ago. Always the way.. It definitely looks nicer than Anki. It's also better for creating simple cards, something which I haven't really been able to do on the Anki app. The workflow for adding a new card is a great experience. I do think that cr…

Thanks a ton for the feedback - very useful. And thank you for the bug report - I'll check that out (my initial guess is that you don't have the CARD DISPLAY set to play audio on that side right now - which is itself a problem for being confusing).

Re: monetization. It's freemium right now - 100 cards to try out the app, then three bucks per month for access to all the decks we've made. Completely free to create your own content.

I'll look into Forvo integration - that sounds useful.

Re: Show HN: Spaced Repetition System for iOS

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Post by eps »

Do I understand correctly that paid subscription effectively removes 100 card limit? The description on the Settings page says something about "unlimited access to all content," but I can't seem to understand what this means exactly.

PS. I'm probably not the only one who stuffs his wallet deeper in the pocket upon seeing an "auto-renewable subscription." I would strongly encourage you to add non-subscription way for people to give you some money. I like what you made, it's useful and I'd like to support you, but no way in hell I'm entering a recurrent $ committment with a vendor of any app that I may or may not be using few weeks from now.

Re: Show HN: Spaced Repetition System for iOS

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Post by jmcannon »

fao_ wrote: post #55

I don't have iOS, but... what benefits does this have over Anki?

Pasting my response from below:

Two things, I think.

First, I was a long time power user of Anki and don't mean to disparage it, but I think CleverDeck has a much better user experience and design.

Second, we've spent a tremendous amount of time putting together high quality frequency lists (mostly for languages right now) that incorporate professional imagery, native-speaker audio, transliterations (where relevant), and example sentences. Usually, making or piecing together your own decks and cards is the most time-consuming part of using an SRS - and user content is often of dubious quality. In terms of the spaced repetition, though, CleverDeck and Anki actually use the same algorithm.

Re: Show HN: Spaced Repetition System for iOS

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Post by jmcannon »

eps wrote: post #53

Do I understand correctly that paid subscription effectively removes 100 card limit? The description on the Settings page says something about "unlimited access to all content," but I can't seem to understand what this means exactly. PS. I'm probably not the only one who stuffs his wallet deeper in the pocket upon seeing an "auto-renewable subscription." I would strongly encourage you to add non-subscription way for…

Thanks for the advice.

I don't necessarily feel like I have nailed the business model right now - I'll see how it goes. More broadly speaking, I think the jury is still out on subscriptions in productivity apps. Everyone is trying to get away with it now - and it is very attractive as an indie developer.

For what its worth, I feel similarly to you. I buy year long auto-renewable subscriptions, immediately cancel them, and then resubscribe if I'm still using them next year.

Re: Show HN: Spaced Repetition System for iOS

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Post by jmcannon »

lkjaero wrote: post #54

Love the idea! Is there any way to import existing Anki decks? I don't want to start my learning from scratch.

Working on it! There's no really good way to do this on the device, so I need to build out a web app. But this is the number one most requested feature, so stay tuned :)

Re: Show HN: Spaced Repetition System for iOS

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Post by jmcannon »

codefined wrote: post #47
jmcannon wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you! I probably don't have the bandwidth to support a full-blown API, but making a web app that makes bulk creation faster is a priority.

Bandwidth shouldn't be an issue here, although this is a side project (so I realise money is limited), from experience you can send and receive roughly 200-400 images per second for every $5/month you spend. I don't know your precise usage count, but I would be surprised if you were to get that many images downloaded every second.

Sorry, I meant bandwidth metaphorically. I'm an indie dev, so I just don't have a ton of time to divide across so many things that need to get done.

Re: Show HN: Spaced Repetition System for iOS

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Post by 0xf8 »

jmcannon wrote: post #57
eps wrote: post #53

Do I understand correctly that paid subscription effectively removes 100 card limit? The description on the Settings page says something about "unlimited access to all content," but I can't seem to understand what this means exactly. PS. I'm probably not the only one who stuffs his wallet deeper in the pocket upon seeing an "auto-renewable subscription." I would strongly encourage you to add non-subscription way for…

Thanks for the advice. I don't necessarily feel like I have nailed the business model right now - I'll see how it goes. More broadly speaking, I think the jury is still out on subscriptions in productivity apps. Everyone is trying to get away with it now - and it is very attractive as an indie developer. For what its worth, I feel similarly to you. I buy year long auto-renewable subscriptions, immediately cancel them…

the immediate cancel yearly subscription approach is the move...
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