Absolutely -- creating decks on Anki mobile is a bit of a hassle -- the UI is certainly not mobile friendly. This is too bad because the value of any spaced-rep

Absolutely -- creating decks on Anki mobile is a bit of a hassle -- the UI is certainly not mobile friendly. This is too bad because the value of any spaced-rep app is primarily in the creation of decks, and secondarily in studying and repetition. I have the desktop app too (on Linux), which I use for deck creation. The interface is really archaic and unattractive (reminds me of an old Tcl/Tk app, though it's written in PyQt). I spent a week trying to get used to it, and I did sort of get the hang of it, but the experience wasn't frictionless enough for me to feel like I want to use it all the time. I feel that most people who use Anki do it because they are forced to (for med school, for language learning), so they put up with the interface and eventually get used to it. Anki is kind of a weird local minimum, because there have been many attempts to recreate new "Ankis, but with a better UI" but none have managed to dethrone it. The closest thing I've found to an "Anki, but with a better UI" is Quizlet. It's not free ($23/year) but so far I'm enjoying the experience.