PDF2Anki

Name: PDF2Anki
Rating: 4.81 (16 reviews)

Best AI Flashcard Generator.

4.8•16 reviews•

1K followers

Best AI Flashcard Generator.

4.8•16 reviews•

1K followers

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Note and writing apps

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PDF Editor

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Online learning

PDF2Anki converts your PDF files into atxt andapkg file that can be directly imported into Anki. The goal here is to transform your notes into flashcards automatically, reducing the time and effort spent on manual input.

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PDF2Anki 3.0Save hours making flashcards and revision material

Launched on February 24th, 2024

PDF2AnkiPDF to Anki flashcards made automatic

Launched on July 18th, 2023

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Reviewers mostly see PDF2Anki as a strong time-saver for students, especially in medicine, nursing, dentistry, and language study, because it turns lecture notes, PDFs, and slides into usable Anki cards quickly. They say the generated questions are often relevant, clear, and close to what they would make themselves, with useful extras like customization, Tutor Mode, notes, and easier page browsing. The main complaints are uneven output quality: some cards are too simple, duplicated, incomplete, or tied to the wrong page, and some PDFs, images, editing, downloads, or imports can be unreliable.

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Pros

time-saving (11)

detailed question generation (3)

strong feature set (3)

active recall support (2)

customizable flashcards (2)

tutor mode (2)

Cons

error in card generation (5)

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•1 review

I'm a medical student who has tried Anki a couple times in my past 2 years of studies, but a few months ago, just gave up on using it. Creating cards took way too long, and pre-made decks would not match the lectures I'd want to review. PDF2Anki piqued my interest though, as it solves these problems by still giving me control over what I want to review, but without all the time needed to create cards individually. I was skeptical, but decided to try it. I was impressed, and so far it's everything it claims to be! Drag-and-drop makes it easy to upload files for conversion, and files are available as .txt or .apkg. I had 0 problems opening the files on Anki. The questions generated are at a level of detail that I'd expect from my exams. It takes a bit longer than expected to process the documents and I still do have to go through the cards and delete some duplicates, sample questions, and unnecessary questions (e.g. I don't need to know the author/lecturer name), but it still greatly reduces the time I would have taken to create cards on my own. I love that I can go form consuming the lecture content to active recall in just a few minutes! PDF2Anki allows me to reap the benefits of active recall without expending too much time and energy, which we med students already lack. I can see how using this more consistently can give me extra time to sleep or rest, or get more rounds of Anki practice. Thank you to the team!

What's great

easy to use (1)time-saving (11)detailed question generation (3)active recall support (2)drag-and-drop upload (1)

What needs improvement

slow processing (1)error in card generation (5)

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•1 review

I think it's amazing! Saves me so much time from creating the decks manually. The questions generated are helpful for revision and are actually quite similar to the decks I'd normally create from the lecture slides. I've recommended this web app to my friends who also use flashcards! Thank you so much for taking the time and effort in creating PDF2Anki. For further improvements I was wondering if you could look into resolving issues related to Card ID fields? Sometimes I encounter issues when importing the .apkg files and the error message is "Notes skipped, as up-to-date copies are already in your collection: ⁨51⁩", even when I'm importing new files. Not sure if it's an Anki issue instead tho loll

What's great

time-saving (11)detailed question generation (3)

What needs improvement

issues with card ID fields (1)

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•1 review

It generates interesting questions that are helpful to study and picked out information I skimmed over. However, a few answers didn't make sense or displayed "Data incomplete" as the answer. Several answers were worded a little too close to the question, were occasionally (but rarely) incomplete or just weren't very useful. e.g. What is the role of the isomerase in the metabolism of monounsaturated fatty acids? A: The isomerase is required for the metabolism of monounsaturated fatty acids. Q:What is the immediate emergency treatment required for acidosis with a blood pH level below 3.0 mmol/L? A:Immediate emergency treatment is required for acidosis with a blood pH level below 3.0 mmol/L. These flaws were still incredibly uncommon and the vast majority of questions I found to be helpful. Flawed questions can easily be deleted. Overall, it's not perfect but I love it and will be using it. Excited to see further development.

What's great

detailed question generation (3)

What needs improvement

error in card generation (5)incomplete data in answers (1)

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37 views3yr ago

•1 review

What's great

easy to use (1)time-saving (11)detailed question generation (3)active recall support (2)drag-and-drop upload (1)

What needs improvement

slow processing (1)error in card generation (5)

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46 views3yr ago

•1 review

What's great

time-saving (11)detailed question generation (3)

What needs improvement

issues with card ID fields (1)

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26 views3yr ago

•1 review

What's great

detailed question generation (3)

What needs improvement

error in card generation (5)incomplete data in answers (1)

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37 views3yr ago