AnkiDroid is the app language learners and med students reach for when cramming stops working and they need cards that actually come back at the right time. The catch is the setup: picking a deck format, tuning options, sometimes hunting for add-ons before the first review even starts. We built Recall Deck to strip that down to the one loop that matters: see a card, try to recall it, flip it, rate yourself, get the next one. It runs in your browser right now, with no install and no account.
Study with Recall Deck now
It loads with four ready-made decks, so tap Study and start reviewing immediately.
How to use it
Pick a deck (world capitals, basic Spanish vocab, periodic table symbols, and US state abbreviations are all built in) and tap Study. Read the question, try to answer it in your head, then tap the card or press Space to reveal the answer. Rate your recall with Again, Hard, Good or Easy, using the number keys 1 through 4 on desktop, and the next due card appears right away.
Every rating reschedules that card: Again brings it back within the same session, Easy pushes it out the furthest. Open Manage on any deck to add your own cards with a front and a back, or delete ones you no longer need. The header shows your streak and how many cards are due today, and everything, including every card’s schedule, is saved on your device. Nothing leaves your browser, and it keeps working offline once the page has loaded.
How it compares to AnkiDroid
Recall Deck keeps the part of AnkiDroid that actually drives retention: review a due card, rate how well you recalled it, and let the schedule decide when it comes back. That loop, the reason people build a daily habit around Anki in the first place, is fully here, running on a lightweight interval algorithm inspired by the same spaced-repetition idea.
What it drops is everything around that loop. AnkiDroid’s biggest advantage is AnkiWeb’s shared deck library, tens of thousands of ready-made decks for everything from medical boards to conjugation tables, which Recall Deck has none of; every card here is one you typed yourself or one of the four starter decks. AnkiDroid also supports add-ons, custom note types with multiple card templates, image occlusion, and sync across every device you own. Recall Deck is a single browser tab with no account, so your progress lives on that one device unless you manually rebuild it elsewhere.
If you are studying for boards, learning a language seriously, or want to pull in a community deck someone else already built, install the real app below. If you want a fast, private place to drill a small set of your own cards today, you already have it open.
Get the full AnkiDroid app
AnkiDroid is free, open source, and has no ads or in-app purchases. It adds the shared deck library, add-ons, custom note types, and sync across phone, tablet, and desktop that a browser tool like this one cannot replicate.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use AnkiDroid in a browser?
AnkiDroid itself is an Android app, not a web app. Recall Deck is a separate browser tool inspired by its core review loop, built so you can practice spaced-repetition recall without installing anything.
Is this the real AnkiDroid?
No. Recall Deck is an original study tool built by our team, inspired by the review-and-rate loop that makes AnkiDroid popular. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to AnkiDroid, Anki, or their developers in any way.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the page has loaded, studying, adding cards, and rescheduling all work without a connection, because nothing calls a server. Load the page once, then you can review anywhere.
Where are my cards and progress stored?
Everything, including your decks, each card’s schedule, and your streak, is saved in your browser’s local storage on your device. We cannot see it and it never uploads anywhere. Clearing your browser data or switching devices means starting fresh, since there is no sync.
Is it free?
Yes, completely. There are no accounts, limits, or upsells. If you want the shared deck library and cross-device sync that come with the full app, download AnkiDroid from the links above.
