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A few years ago I discovered Anki (a spaced repetition app) for helping me learn Japanese. I immediately recognized the power of spaced repetition, but really d

by knubie 4y ago

A few years ago I discovered Anki (a spaced repetition app) for helping me learn Japanese. I immediately recognized the power of spaced repetition, but really did not like using Anki (it's pretty clunky and requires a lot of configuration to work right). I started building my own alternative, Mochi [0], which I wanted to kind of be a cross between Anki and Notion. I'm pretty happy with where it's at now and I've been using it almost daily ever since. [0] https://mochi.cards/ https://mochi.cards/

abdusco 4y ago
How does it save the data locally? Sqlite?
hnthrow10282910 4y ago
Any chance you publish the source code? This is exactly what I’ve been looking for and couldn’t find anything and was going to just build myself. I’ve been exporting from Notion to Anki and it’s been a pain. My worry is that the developer will shut down and I’ll lose all my cards. Edit: beautiful iPhone app, laying in bed playing with it
- gaws 4y ago
  > Any chance you publish the source code? Unlikely as they're trying to make money off it.
arvigeus 4y ago
Same thing for me, trying to learn Vietnamese - Anki does not cut it, so I am writing my own.
breakpointalpha 4y ago
I'm a paid subscriber. Thanks so much for making this! I've used Anki extensively in the past but had the same issues with it's clunkiness with edits and tagging, etc. Mochi is a serious killer app for me, since I use it daily to remember everything that's important to me.
darraghenright 4y ago
I'm very glad I read this comment! I've recently started learning French and I'd threw together a simple flashcard app to practice what I'd learned. But without spaced repetition and the ability to categorise it's not that useful, and I quickly realised that I would end up spending more time coding than learning French if I continued! I've been trying out Mochi for the last few days and so far I'm very impressed. It's easy to use and looks great. I'm tempted by some of the pro features like speech/translation so I think I'll sign up. One thing I'm curious about — I've read that writing is a particularly effective way to hammer home what you're trying to remember. When learning a language in particular, I feel it's very useful to write out words to practice spelling etc. I wonder what your take is on this and if this is a feature of Mochi? I know there's a drawing mode for practicing Kanji etc. but that's somewhat different to a "typing mode" for the want of a better word. Or is it better to incorporate writing practice in a different way? Anyway, great work and thanks!
- knubie 4y ago
  Hey sorry I just saw your comment. I think writing could be an effective way to reinforce learning (I am planning to add a text input component in the near future). but for languages I am much more bullish on listening / speaking. In other words, the first side of the card should prompt you to speak whatever word you're testing, and the next side(s) will actually have a recording of a native speaker speaking that word, either in isolation or in a sentence.

by knubie 4y ago

abdusco 4y ago

How does it save the data locally? Sqlite?

hnthrow10282910 4y ago

Any chance you publish the source code? This is exactly what I’ve been looking for and couldn’t find anything and was going to just build myself. I’ve been exporting from Notion to Anki and it’s been a pain. My worry is that the developer will shut down and I’ll lose all my cards. Edit: beautiful iPhone app, laying in bed playing with it

gaws 4y ago
> Any chance you publish the source code? Unlikely as they're trying to make money off it.

arvigeus 4y ago

Same thing for me, trying to learn Vietnamese - Anki does not cut it, so I am writing my own.

breakpointalpha 4y ago

I'm a paid subscriber. Thanks so much for making this! I've used Anki extensively in the past but had the same issues with it's clunkiness with edits and tagging, etc. Mochi is a serious killer app for me, since I use it daily to remember everything that's important to me.

darraghenright 4y ago

I'm very glad I read this comment! I've recently started learning French and I'd threw together a simple flashcard app to practice what I'd learned. But without spaced repetition and the ability to categorise it's not that useful, and I quickly realised that I would end up spending more time coding than learning French if I continued! I've been trying out Mochi for the last few days and so far I'm very impressed. It's easy to use and looks great. I'm tempted by some of the pro features like speech/translation so I think I'll sign up. One thing I'm curious about — I've read that writing is a particularly effective way to hammer home what you're trying to remember. When learning a language in particular, I feel it's very useful to write out words to practice spelling etc. I wonder what your take is on this and if this is a feature of Mochi? I know there's a drawing mode for practicing Kanji etc. but that's somewhat different to a "typing mode" for the want of a better word. Or is it better to incorporate writing practice in a different way? Anyway, great work and thanks!

knubie 4y ago
Hey sorry I just saw your comment. I think writing could be an effective way to reinforce learning (I am planning to add a text input component in the near future). but for languages I am much more bullish on listening / speaking. In other words, the first side of the card should prompt you to speak whatever word you're testing, and the next side(s) will actually have a recording of a native speaker speaking that word, either in isolation or in a sentence.