Comparison

ANCHOKO vs Syllabite

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ANCHOKO

Features
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ANCHOKO — hide any diagram, then learn it Image occlusion on your phone, free. Drop boxes over the labels on an anatomy plate, a circuit drawing or a map, and each box becomes its own card. IMAGE OCCLUSION THAT ACTUALLY WORKS ON A PHONE • Draw rectangles, ellipses or free-form shapes over any picture • Each shape becomes a separate card, so one diagram teaches you twenty things • Pinch to zoom while you place shapes — small labels stay reachable • Show the other boxes while you answer, or hide them • Works on photos, screenshots, textbook scans and imported PDF pages BRING YOUR ANKI DECKS • Import .apkg files and keep your cards, your images and your deck names • Cloze deletions come across as cloze deletions • Image occlusion notes keep their boxes, on the right part of the picture • Note types ANCHOKO does not know are still imported, front and back — nothing is lost • You are told what changed during the import. No silent edits PHOTOGRAPH A PAGE, GET CARDS • Photograph notes, a textbook or a handout and the text is read on your device • Cards follow the page layout — "term: meaning", "word translation", numbered lists • You see the recognised text before any card is made, so misreads never become cards RED AND COLOURED TEXT, FOUND FOR YOU • Anything written in red pen or pink highlighter is detected and covered automatically • Switch to green, blue or yellow when that is what you used • Popular with students in Japan, who use a red filter sheet for exactly this REVIEW AT THE RIGHT MOMENT • The SM-2 algorithm works out, card by card, when you are about to forget • Four ratings — Again, Hard, Good, Easy — reshape the interval • See your forgetting curve and how much is left • Cap how many new cards appear each day HANDS-FREE BROWSING Cards flip themselves at timings you choose, with read-aloud for commutes. Auto-advance never grades your cards, so your review schedule stays intact. • Also: cloze deletions, and annotations written straight onto a picture YOUR PHOTOS STAY ON YOUR DEVICE Text recognition, red-text detection and PDF rendering all happen on your device. Photos and PDFs never reach an ANCHOKO server. MORE • XP, levels, 18 achievement badges, and a weekly ranking with friends • Publish your own decks, or download and try decks other people made PRICING Free, for as long as you like: • Up to 200 cards you make yourself — they stay yours even if you stop paying • Unlimited image occlusion boxes on the cards you make • The full spaced-repetition engine, and unlimited community decks • Photo-to-cards and red-text detection, 3 a day ANCHOKO Pro adds: • Unlimited cards • Unlimited photo-to-cards and red-text detection • PDF import • Auto-advance • Backup export • Your progress follows you across devices (below) Three plans: monthly, yearly, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Amounts are shown on the purchase screen in the app. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF, ON ANY DEVICE • iPhone, iPad, Android and the browser share the same cards, study record, streaks and XP once you sign in • Started without an account? Signing in later keeps everything you already made SAMPLE DECKS, ONLY IF YOU WANT THEM Nothing is added behind your back. You pick what you want, added cards never count toward the free limit, and you can delete them at any time. LANGUAGES English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Thai ALSO IN YOUR BROWSER Sign in with the same account and study without installing anything. ABOUT ANCHOKO PRO Monthly and yearly are auto-renewing subscriptions: they renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel them in your account settings. Lifetime is a single payment — nothing renews and there is nothing to cancel. ANCHOKO is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ankitects Pty Ltd. "Anki" names only the .apkg file format ANCHOKO can import. • Terms of Use: https://b19.co.jp/terms-of-service/ • Privacy Policy: https://b19.co.jp/privacy-policy/

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Syllabite

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Turn a syllabus into a plan you can actually follow. Syllabite helps college students organize courses, deadlines, class meetings, and short study tasks in one place. Upload a PDF or DOCX syllabus, review what Syllabite extracts, and use Chomp's daily guidance to decide what to work on next. HOW IT WORKS • Choose your school and academic term. • Add your class schedule. • Upload each syllabus. • Capture a new assignment by typing, photo, file, or pasted text. • Add class context and review extracted details before anything is saved. • Let Syllabite analyze the work, decide whether it needs one focused bite or several, and place those bites early enough to avoid a last-minute rush. • Receive optional reminders for deadlines, class starts, school news, and student tips. BUILT FOR THE WHOLE SEMESTER See today's priority, upcoming tasks, course progress, and your semester workload without digging through every syllabus. Guidance can adapt to your year in school, earned hours, and notification preferences. ACCESS Every student can create one course free each academic term. A $9.99 Semester Pass is a one-time, non-renewing purchase for unlimited courses in the selected term, subject to fair-use limits. It expires 14 days after the recorded end of that term. Prices may vary by storefront and taxes. YOU STAY IN CONTROL Review extracted assignment details before relying on them. Syllabite's AI-generated plan may be adjusted as details change. Notification categories and quiet hours are configurable. Privacy, support, purchase restoration, and account deletion are available in Settings. Syllabite is an independent product and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any college or university.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Syllabite at every 5 days against ANCHOKO's every 2 weeks. ANCHOKO's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. ANCHOKO sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Syllabite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ANCHOKO ships an update every 2 weeks, Syllabite every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
ANCHOKO versus Syllabite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterANCHOKOSyllabite
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBEAK,K.K.Brandon Jones

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ANCHOKO

Subscriptions1
  • ANCHOKO Premium7 Days trial$2.991 Month
1 purchases

Syllabite

One-time1
  • Semester Pass$9.99

Questions

Is ANCHOKO free?
ANCHOKO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Syllabite free?
Syllabite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ANCHOKO or Syllabite have ads?
Neither ANCHOKO nor Syllabite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ANCHOKO or Syllabite?
ANCHOKO ships an update every 2 weeks, and Syllabite every 5 days. Most recently, ANCHOKO was updated on October 28, 2026 and Syllabite on November 10, 2026.

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