What Is FSRS? The Modern Spaced Repetition Algorithm Explained
FSRS stands for Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler. It is an open, free algorithm that decides when you should see each flashcard again. It has replaced …
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Learning Science
Tips to Reduce Review Time With Spaced Repetition
Spaced repetition has a failure mode that has nothing to do with forgetting. The queue grows. You add twenty new cards a day, miss a few days, and …
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Learning Japanese Kanji With Spaced Repetition
Japanese difficulty is not spread evenly. Kana take a couple of weeks. Grammar arrives slowly but steadily. Kanji are the part that does not come for …
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How to Memorize Chinese Hanzi with FSRS
Hanzi are the part of Chinese that stops most learners. Vocabulary you can absorb from context, but characters you have to sit down and learn, stroke …
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FSRS vs Anki: Which Flashcard System Is Better for Vocabulary?
The phrase “FSRS vs Anki” hides a mismatch worth clearing up first: Anki is an app, and FSRS is a scheduling algorithm that Anki offers as …
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Turn Any Deck Into a Quiz: Why Testing Yourself Beats Re-Reading
There is a comfortable way to study vocabulary and an uncomfortable one, and the comfortable one barely works. Reading a word list feels like progress …
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Spaced Repetition vs Streaks: Why a Green Calendar Is Not a Vocabulary
A 200-day streak feels like proof of something. It is proof of exactly one thing: that you opened the app 200 times. It does not tell you whether a …
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Spaced Repetition for Vocabulary: Remember More in Less Time
Most learners forget a new word within days of meeting it. That is not a personal failing — it is how human memory works. The good news is that the …
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