Import your Anki decks in a minute, and keep every card

Why people move their decks

Anki's scheduling is excellent, and nothing is lost by leaving it: Cogni runs the same FSRS algorithm. What you gain is everything around it: a phone experience that does not need a desktop, notes next to your cards, AI that writes new cards from your PDFs, text-to-speech and real-time sync. The full comparison is on the Anki alternative page.

What comes across

• ✓Decks and the full Parent::Child subdeck hierarchy
• ✓All notes and cards, including cloze deletions
• ✓Note types with their fields and templates
• ✓Images and audio referenced in your cards

What starts fresh

Anki's review log stays in Anki, so imported cards start as new and FSRS builds their schedule from your first ratings. Cards you already know well leave the queue within a session or two; cards you never really learned come back tomorrow, which is what you want.

Packages exported from recent Anki versions without "Support older Anki versions" use a format Cogni does not read yet: re-export with the option ticked. Desktop add-ons and card scripts do not transfer.

After the import

The deck syncs to the web app automatically, so you can review on a laptop and continue on the phone. Add new cards to the same deck from your notes or with AI, turn on text-to-speech for language decks, and keep studying with spaced repetition without ever opening a desktop app again.

From zero to your first review

1. 01

   In Anki: File → Export, choose "Anki Deck Package (.apkg)", tick "Support older Anki versions". On AnkiDroid: long-press the deck → Export

2. 02

   Send the file to your phone by AirDrop, Drive or email, or download a shared deck from AnkiWeb

3. 03

   In Cogni: tap +, choose Import APKG, pick the file, open the deck and tap Study