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AnkiWeb is probably outdated because nobody cares about it. That's because their Android, iOS and PC apps are great. How accurate can your spaced repition algo

by jkscm 13y ago

AnkiWeb is probably outdated because nobody cares about it. That's because their Android, iOS and PC apps are great. How accurate can your spaced repition algorithm predict my forgetting curve? The time between repitions can be substantially different depending on the answer I give to Anki (a day between a week or something like that) In which other aspects do you want to be like Rdio? Closed source, analyzing user data, advertisement, monetization?

lawrencewu 13y ago
Their iOS version is quite expensive if I recall correctly. It also isn't quite up-to-date in its design. Neither are any of the Anki apps, in my opinion. Anki does have a huge advantage from its excellent spacing algorithm. The prototype I have working so far uses the Leitner system, which is very basic, but an advantage of keeping all the data on the web is the huge potential for A/B testing to figure out the actual best spacing algorithm. Lastly, I'm not too interested in generating revenue from this project. I don't even have any ideas for monetizing it. This is mainly to scratch my own itch. If I can make enough to cover the cost of running the project (which is currently zero; it's being hosted on a free heroku dyno), I'll be happy.
- zhubert 13y ago
  Howdy lawrencewu, I think it's fantastic that you're working on something to scratch your own itch! It's exactly what I did a year ago when I started work on http://www.memorific.com http://www.memorific.com to build a SRS that was fine-tuned for software developers. We just changed to public beta a few weeks ago and started generating revenue and it's been a great experience helping people learn, grow, and meet their goals for learning. Keep up the good work on noot.io and have a blast doing it! There's nothing like making a product that people use and enjoy.

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AnkiWeb is probably outdated because nobody cares about it. That's because their Android, iOS and PC apps are great. How accurate can your spaced repition algo

by jkscm 13y ago

lawrencewu 13y ago
Their iOS version is quite expensive if I recall correctly. It also isn't quite up-to-date in its design. Neither are any of the Anki apps, in my opinion. Anki does have a huge advantage from its excellent spacing algorithm. The prototype I have working so far uses the Leitner system, which is very basic, but an advantage of keeping all the data on the web is the huge potential for A/B testing to figure out the actual best spacing algorithm. Lastly, I'm not too interested in generating revenue from this project. I don't even have any ideas for monetizing it. This is mainly to scratch my own itch. If I can make enough to cover the cost of running the project (which is currently zero; it's being hosted on a free heroku dyno), I'll be happy.
- zhubert 13y ago
  Howdy lawrencewu, I think it's fantastic that you're working on something to scratch your own itch! It's exactly what I did a year ago when I started work on http://www.memorific.com http://www.memorific.com to build a SRS that was fine-tuned for software developers. We just changed to public beta a few weeks ago and started generating revenue and it's been a great experience helping people learn, grow, and meet their goals for learning. Keep up the good work on noot.io and have a blast doing it! There's nothing like making a product that people use and enjoy.