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What app do you prefer for flashcard use, pre-made?

Korean Language Asked by Salvatore DePalma on August 24, 2021

There are plenty of Topik and flashcard apps but I’m being picky. I want decks of smaller sizes that cover most of the TOPIK books.

I specifically want an app that keeps track of the flashcards I don’t get right so I can review them easily. A lot of the apps have spelling and multiple choice quizzes which is good, but I prefer more flashcard functionality.

At the end of the day if you could minimally recommend your fav app I’d be happy.

One Answer

Nowadays there are many options of flashcards apps for learning foreign languages. Some of the ones I´ve used for TOPIK are LingoDeer and Duolinguo. They both offer interesting sources of vocabulary and grammar, but as far as I know, except for maybe LingoDeer, which mentions the test at their levels, they are not really focused on TOPIK vocabulary.

I would strongly recommend using vocabulary books like this one and the more traditional Anki if you are an independent learner.

Anki pros:

  • It is multi-platform, so it runs and syncs your progress on Windows, Android, iOS, from the web browser etc;
  • You can pretty much add anything to the cards (video, audio etc) because it is based on HTML and JavaScript;
  • Traditional SRS algorithm, based on SuperMemo SM2;
  • Versatile import/export options;
  • Costumizable flashcard layout, check this;
  • It is general use and free (except the iOS app, which is a different project and it is paid) and opensource, and you can copy text from your card and search for vocabulary on your favorite dictionary.
  • Many plug-ins, like the heatmap and many others

Anki heatmap example

Anki cons:

  • If you add many new cards, it can be really hard to do all the future reviews, because Anki focuses a lot on repetitions. Also, there is no simple option to set some learning conditions, like considering weekends as non-studying days. So expect a lot of card reviews from one week to another if you study many new cards on a given day.
  • Anki 2.1 is based on a different ecosystem than Anki 2.0. So older plug-ins may not work on the latest version.
  • As for Korean, I guess there might not be many pre-made decks as compared to Japanese for example.

My suggestion would be using Anki as a review tool for the new words you learn from TOPIK vocabulary books or from pre-made decks.

Answered by Charles Reis Ribeiro on August 24, 2021

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