I have an iPhone and don’t know about Anki on Android but this Android Anki
app is free and can
create
& edit decks. It looks like if you want to import a deck you created on your
desktop computer, you have to put it on an SD card. (A lot of printers have SD
card writers.)
Since the iPhone app is what I use, I’ll talk a bit about it. You can create
and edit decks on the iPhone app but I only do this if I’m adding one or two
cards. (I don’t know if you can do images and audio from there.) Mostly I add
stuff in the (Linux) desktop app. To sync stuff between the desktop computer
and the phone you need a (free) ankiweb.net account. If
you want to sync images (including
LaTeX) or audio, you’ll need a
Dropbox account (free for the amount of data you’re
likely to need to store).
The desktop app can import stuff in tab-separated values format (or
comma-separated or a few others). Most of my cards were generated by little
one-off computer programs that spat out TSV.
You can also add and edit decks from within the ankiweb.net interface.
Here are some things I use Anki for:
Arithmetic and other math stuff.
Birthdays of family and friends.
Computer stuff (e.g., library function arguments).
Things I often forget, like checking that I have my keys before I lock the
house or car. (Example question and answer: “When’s the last time you got
out of a car? Did you check what you should have?” / “Dome light, keys,
headlights, lock.”)
Song lyrics. (I’m a musician.)
Roads in my area (e.g., “Haggerty Rd is about a mile east of …”).
Months: how many days in each one, and what is each one’s ordinal number.
(Like the multiplication table, this is something that I didn’t master when I
was a kid.)
Rules for card games and board games.
Holiday dates. (E.g.: “When is Mother’s Day?” / “Mother’s Day is on the
second Sunday of May.”)
Edit: Let me add a warning about something that has bitten me a few times.
If you access your decks from multiple devices, or from one device and
ankiweb.net, follow this advice about
syncing
(and, to be safe, avoid having a deck open in two places at once).
I have an iPhone and don’t know about Anki on Android but this Android Anki app is free and can create & edit decks. It looks like if you want to import a deck you created on your desktop computer, you have to put it on an SD card. (A lot of printers have SD card writers.)
Since the iPhone app is what I use, I’ll talk a bit about it. You can create and edit decks on the iPhone app but I only do this if I’m adding one or two cards. (I don’t know if you can do images and audio from there.) Mostly I add stuff in the (Linux) desktop app. To sync stuff between the desktop computer and the phone you need a (free) ankiweb.net account. If you want to sync images (including LaTeX) or audio, you’ll need a Dropbox account (free for the amount of data you’re likely to need to store).
The desktop app can import stuff in tab-separated values format (or comma-separated or a few others). Most of my cards were generated by little one-off computer programs that spat out TSV.
You can also add and edit decks from within the ankiweb.net interface.
Here are some things I use Anki for:
Arithmetic and other math stuff.
Birthdays of family and friends.
Computer stuff (e.g., library function arguments).
Things I often forget, like checking that I have my keys before I lock the house or car. (Example question and answer: “When’s the last time you got out of a car? Did you check what you should have?” / “Dome light, keys, headlights, lock.”)
Song lyrics. (I’m a musician.)
Roads in my area (e.g., “Haggerty Rd is about a mile east of …”).
Months: how many days in each one, and what is each one’s ordinal number. (Like the multiplication table, this is something that I didn’t master when I was a kid.)
Rules for card games and board games.
Holiday dates. (E.g.: “When is Mother’s Day?” / “Mother’s Day is on the second Sunday of May.”)
If you haven’t already, you’ll want to read what Gwern has written about spaced repetition.
Edit: Let me add a warning about something that has bitten me a few times. If you access your decks from multiple devices, or from one device and ankiweb.net, follow this advice about syncing (and, to be safe, avoid having a deck open in two places at once).
You can also sync decks from your ankiweb.net account to the android app.