Mochi - Flashcards and notes

I was nervous about this one at first because it had fewer reviews than a lot of other card apps, but the reviews were all good, so I gave it a shot. I MEANT to try 1 or 2 other apps after trying this one, but… I don’t need any others!! This is exactly what I was looking for in a flashcard app. Cards are simple, clean, and easy to make. Spaced repetition reviews work wonderfully, as always, and I love being able to change the repetition interval and customize how many new cards I learn each day. I also like the dashboard letting me check my numbers (feels great to see retention go up!). Making custom card templates is AMAZING, and not hard, too! I was able to make a template that works perfectly for my attempts at learning kanji, and all the kanji cards I add take that template automatically! The whole app is amazingly smooth and easy to use. It works wonderfully and manages to have all the features I need in a flashcard app, FOR FREE. When I finish college and have more money I might get a subscription just to support the app creator (thank you!!), and for some of the perks too, but it’s amazing how much you get from Mochi for free. (And no ads! 💙) My ONLY complaint is that sometimes I swipe “yes ✅” on a card by accident instead of tapping to see the next side of the card, but that’s me being clumsy, not necessarily the app’s fault (though it could be helpful to have a feature preventing you from swiping until you’ve tapped at least once 🤔). Enough rambling: if you are looking for a flashcard app for any purpose (especially Japanese, this app feels almost tailored to Japanese learners, but still any subject will work), give this one a try. It has earned its place on my homescreen, outside of all my folders (a rare honor on my phone). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️‼️

It’s flexible and looks good. It’s simple. The sync is perfect. For everything this can do in 2 clicks, alternatives take 15 clicks.

It's easy to use ，and it's simple ，I love it ， this app helps me a lot .Thank you ，the developer.

Anki lets you do whatever you want, which means it’s ugly quickly - Mochi has picked a lovely, simple markdown syntax that makes for a tidy interface that helps you focus on learning new things. My only suggestion to improve the app would be to add a daily reminder notification.

I can't figure out how to manually sort the cards. I want the ability to put my flash cards in a specific order.

This app is incredible for making your own custom flash cards and reviewing them mobile or desktop. I hated using the anki interface and other options are too limiting and don’t allow customization. This is a superb implementation of a flashcard app!

Seriously so well made and properly designed. Pricing tiers are very logical based on real world costs for the owner - love how you don’t necessarily need to pay for it. I’m happy to support regardless since this app is so splendid to use.

Unable to add more than 18 cards to a deck; no warning that the card will not be added.

I consider myself fairly computer literate, but I could never figure out Anki. I also just like having a nice clean interface. It took me a while to figure out mochi as well, but once I did it works great for me. I especially like the ability to auto-generate audio for language study.

For starters, the UI and the philosophy behind the app are attractive. However, the app is limited in how it lets you define the study cards. In Mochi a card can only have one template. So much could be streamlined if templates could be grouped together and applied to a card, thereby creating multiple cards from one set of information. For example: I’m studying film and I need to memorize details such as the film release year and the genre. So I have two templates: What year was << Film Title >> released? What genre is << Film Title >> classified into? The templates are a useful step up from retyping these same questions every time I need to study a new film. The problem is that I want to create these 2 cards for *every* film I’m studying, and I have to duplicate the film data into every note. This is manageable with 2 cards per film, but of course with a dozen per film, it’s too much overhead. Mochi needs a way to group templates and apply them to the fields of a card.