FlashCard Studio, the Anki card generator

How to use it

1. Choose the card type: classic question/answer, or cloze deletion (a sentence with one or more hidden parts).
2. Write the front and back. The live preview shows the card as it will look in Anki. Helpers insert a formula, a chemical equation or a table without syntax errors.
3. Add media: images, sounds and videos are bundled in the deck.
4. Tag your cards (chapter, difficulty…) so you can filter them in Anki later.
5. Download the .apkg deck and open it: Anki imports it directly, media included.

Card examples

• Maths: “Derivative of \ln(u)?” → \frac{u'}{u}. Formulas are written in LaTeX and rendered by KaTeX; \displaystyle, \leqslant and \geqslant are applied automatically for clean output.
• Chemistry: “Combustion of methane” → \ce{CH4 + 2 O2 -> CO2 + 2 H2O}, using the mhchem extension.
• Languages: a word on the front, its translation and a pronunciation audio file on the back.
• Cloze: “The capital of Australia is {{c1::Canberra}}” makes a card that hides the answer.
• Computing: a code snippet on the front, its output on the back.

Writing good cards

• One idea per card: a card asking three things fails as soon as you forget one. Three short cards work better.
• Ask a real, precise question with only one acceptable answer.
• Use cloze cards for definitions: you keep the sentence's context.
• Add a picture or diagram when you can: what you visualise sticks better.
• Make the cards yourself from your notes: rephrasing is already part of learning.

Formats and compatibility

The .apkg file is a complete Anki deck, compatible with Anki desktop, AnkiWeb, AnkiDroid and AnkiMobile. For audio and video, prefer MP3 and MP4, the best-supported formats everywhere. A CSV export (with a zip of the media) is also available for other software. To review without installing Anki, open the deck in Mini-Anki; to bring cards over from Quizlet, use Quizlet to Anki.

Guide written and checked by Erwan Hautot · updated 29 October 2026.