Anki Deck reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 231 Reddit reviews across 36 subreddits and 99 posts to rank the best Anki Deck brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/Mcat, r/AnkiMCAT, r/step1, r/MedSchoolAnkiIndia, r/Step2. Top-rated brands include Anking (4.5/5), Anki (4.4/5), Jack Sparrow (4.1/5).
Stats
Reviews231
Subreddits36
Posts99
Brands60
Products63
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#1
Anking
4.5
(40)
"Anking"
"Anking and devirgillio got me honors"
"Anking was good enough for me."
"Rumors are that the brand new anking deck has better integration with BootCamp?"
"Anking is a solid deck but since you’re retaking, your issue is most likely content."
"AnKing for sure."
"Janki is literally all u need."
"Anking hands down."
"Definitely use the Anking deck."
"Anking 100%"
#2
Anki
4.4
(39)
"Maybe try one of mine - [https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/1j1xu3v/my_anki_flashcards_collection_best_french_anki/]"
"Anking is the best"
"My favorites so far: [links to decks] I mostly focus on ones with built in audio."
"Definitely this one."
"Try this https://hskcards.aibase.biz/"
"The decks linked from this guide have all the hsk vocabulary."
"The 2k6k deck has fully human voiced sentences."
"I am using the I_anki deck and finding it helpful for my studies."
"Hands down the best cadaver deck ever. It includes 2nd order questions about innervation and perfusion."
"Anki Web is a great tool for learning."
#3
Jack Sparrow
4.1
(25)
"I decided to go wild and do all of the chapters on biology for jacksparrow and holy I feel so much better on the topics now."
"If u can handle lots of words then Jack sparrow is fire."
"I’d say jack sparrow is the best and then milesdown second."
"JS if you have the time, MilesDown else."
"Jack Sparrow 100%. I wish I would’ve stuck with it."
"I would totally use Jacksparrow, it helped me out"
"I like Jack Sparrow the most."
"+1 for JackSparrow. rly liked it for P/S and B/B"
"JS for B/B"
"Depend JackSparrow and Anking are good"
#4
Milesdown
3.9
(19)
"I personally like the milesdown the most!"
"This deck was pretty much the only resource I used for content review, and it was the reason I was able to break 500."
"I thought it was thorough."
"A combination of Milesdown + Anking with manually adding Aidan cards for low yield stuff you find along the way."
"Miledown."
"Milesdown!!"
"I personally really liked MilesDown!"
"Milesdown"
"I used milesdown"
"I liked the Milesdown deck and using the Kaplan books."
#5
Pankow
4.3
(11)
"Pankow for P/S for sure."
"Absolutely recommend MrPankow for PS, not only are the cards more aesthetically pleasing."
"I thought it was thorough."
"Pankow for P/S"
"If you want super comprehensive I’d try Pankow for P/S"
"Pankow for P/S"
"It’s a good deck"
"For psychology definitely pankow."
"Pankow."
"Used Pankow for P/S, JackSparrow for everything else"
#6
AnKing
4.0
(11)
"Still AnKing, by a mile"
"AnKing (or Miledown) for C/P"
"You could use the Anking deck, as they are tagged based on the KA videos."
"For shelf its anking."
"Depend JackSparrow and Anking are good"
"Anking"
"I am using AnKing to get the basics"
"Hands down use the AnKing Step Deck."
"Just use the AnKing deck like everyone else."
"Look For Boards & Beyond, And Do Anking Cards Corresponding to It."
#7
Aidan
4.0
(7)
"From least to most comprehensive Aidan"
"Aidan for B/B"
"An anki deck made by a dude named aidan, has lots of cards and is considered really comprehensive"
"I've heard Aidan has the most in depth B/B and maybe even C/P."
"Aidan. milesdown is the same as anking for biochem basically."
"A combination of Milesdown + Anking with manually adding Aidan cards for low yield stuff you find along the way."
"I wouldn't recommend Aidan's deck unless you have 5-6+ months to study."
#8
Anki deck
4.2
(5)
"There are around 2.5k Cards tagged with Biochemistry First-aid."
"Google 'Anki 5000 most common words in French', what you want should be the first result."
"The deck is pretty basic, but the general idea would be you use it to learn the words for each chapter."
"I stole a savarese deck someone posted for grabs on the internet and it was more than enough."
"I didn’t care for JS personally, but really any deck will give you a lot of traction."
#9
MilesDown
4.3
(4)
"MILESDOWN. My study time = a single semester and it was perfect for 2 months' worth of content review."
"I did the miles down which had like 5k cards and pankow for psych/soc."
"Honestly for a quick refresh, milesdown would be your best bet, as it’s quite condensed."
"I've been using MilesDown - I like it"
#10
Jacksparrow
3.8
(4)
"IMO use JS for C/P and Aidan for B/B"
"Currently I’m using JS and moving Aiden cards to JS deck for topics I think is important"
"I’ve been using jacksparrow and it’s really good!"
"Jacksparrow for sure. Aidan is too detailed tbh and you won’t be able to finish it"
#11
Aiden
5.0
(3)
"If you think you can get through ~3600 cards of Aiden B/B in 3 months, I highly recommend it."
"I eventually switched to Aiden deck. Both are really good and cover basically everything you need."
"AIDEN is known to be the most comprehensive for all sections."
#12
Mnemosyne
4.7
(3)
"Mnemosyne is really good especially if you use it in conjunction with first aid."
"Mnemosyne and the pepper decks have saved me! I like that they're worded in questions & how Mnemosyne has FA embedded into it."
"Mnemosyne is more compact and covers all of FA, making it easier to get through the deck."
#13
Kaplan
4.3
(3)
"I used it exclusively, barely read the Kaplan books unless I needed more information on something."
"I'm doing kaplan and JS and its working out for me."
"Kaplan books are available for free online, making them a great resource."
#14
Matahach1
4.0
(3)
"Echoing the sentiment shared by others u/Matahach1's Bio and Physics deck uses content straight out of the UWorld books."
"U/matahach1 bio and physics decks that go exactly with uworld."
"I believe u/matahach1 has been posting Anki decks that correspond directly to the UWorld Books."
#15
Custom Anki Deck
5.0
(2)
"The best Anki deck you can get is your own based on the materials you're using."
"Make your own decks tailored to the material you need to study for your particular class or program."
#16
Sketchy
5.0
(2)
"It has topics divided into sub-decks , this was my fav deck !! Cards are very high yielding !!"
"Pepper deck for sketchy"
#17
Zanki
4.5
(2)
"They are by far the best Anki deck given that it is the one which has the most amount of community investment and engagement."
"Zanki step 1 or anking step 1 and 2 v11 are available for free."
#18
Dorian
4.5
(2)
"I got 260+ just doing cheesy dorian if you dont want to pay for Anking."
"Dorian anki."
#19
Reword
4.0
(2)
"Try the Reword app for french. It's a good vocabulary builder."
"I use "reword" as my Anki deck -- it's a phone app that has got the top 3,000 words I think, with many example sentences."
#20
Ankoma
4.0
(2)
"The Ankoma Team is working on an Anki deck, which is currently 35-40% complete."
"Ankoma covers anatomic im pretty sure."
#21
Dirty Medicine
4.0
(2)
"This is the deck that follows Dirty Med's videos which I found pretty helpful!"
"Dirty Medicine offers entertaining and informative content."
#22
Mr Pankow
3.0
(2)
"Definitely do Miledown and maybe Mr Pankow for p/s."
"Mr. Pankow is only for psych/soc and is integrated into AnKing."
#23
Evita
5.0
(1)
"Pretty sure the go to is the Korean vocabulary by Evita, no? Got 5k commonly used words."
#24
Knowt
5.0
(1)
"I suggest downloading the knowt app. theres a study sheet and flashcard deck that goes over everything that will be on the tests."
#25
Mangomedic
5.0
(1)
"Mangomedic with its 5000+ cards has a comprehensive medicine deck and is well organized too"
#26
Endeavor
5.0
(1)
"Endeavor is updated continuously."
#28
EyeGuru
5.0
(1)
"EyeGuru has free BCSC decks as well."
#29
Blue Ophthalmology
5.0
(1)
"I don't think anything is better than the Blue Ophthalmology deck."
#30
Akshat Tulli
5.0
(1)
"The Akshat Tulli deck is fantastic for presentations!"
#31
Pathoma
5.0
(1)
"Pathoma provides clear and concise explanations that are very helpful."
#32
Uworld
5.0
(1)
"Uworld is the best for CP."
#33
Pancea
5.0
(1)
"Pancea coupled with I_Anki is the best combo imo"
#34
MangoMedic
5.0
(1)
"Is a seriously good one."
#35
AnkiHub
5.0
(1)
"It's hands down the best option imo."
#36
Janki Anki Deck
5.0
(1)
"Janki- esp for Uworld"
#37
Refold
5.0
(1)
"The Refold Anki deck is amazing cause they cut out the cognates."
#38
Cloze Anki
5.0
(1)
"I just make 'cloze' anki cards while going through/reviewing my AAMC practice questions."
#39
Homemade
5.0
(1)
"I have a homemade Anki deck that helped me immensely in understanding and automatically using the more difficult aspects of Hungarian grammar."
#40
SketchyMedical
5.0
(1)
"The entire sketchy medical step 2 : **SketchyMedical (Step II)**"
#41
Fretonomy
4.0
(1)
"I have had a lot of success with fretonomy app as well."
#42
Brian
4.0
(1)
"The Brian super big brain deck is great but it was made with PPP version 3 so I would imagine some stuff is outdated."
#43
Janki
4.0
(1)
"Janki deck. It's created by the same people who made inner circle notes."
#44
Anubis
4.0
(1)
"Use anubis' deck."
#45
AAO
4.0
(1)
"The AAO had a huge deck on their website under the residents area."
#46
MCQ Med
4.0
(1)
"Have you tried MCQ Med? They have a question bank."
#47
Turnitup2OMT
4.0
(1)
"Turnitup2OMT or Demeter are both good."
#48
Bouras
4.0
(1)
"I used bouras for P/S."
#49
Ankisthesia
4.0
(1)
"Ankisthesia has a decent number of cardiac cards."
#50
AnSo
4.0
(1)
"The AnSo app has a great interface for TTE structures."
#51
Todoist
4.0
(1)
"Todoist is a good app to remind you to revise stuff."
#52
Mehlman PDFs
4.0
(1)
"Mehlman PDFs are a great supplementary resource for studying."
#53
FA
4.0
(1)
"If you find a good FA deck it will follow it very well with less cards."
#54
Aidan Anki Deck
4.0
(1)
"I’ve been using Aidan’s and I prefer it much more over jack sparrows."
#55
Sketchy MCAT
4.0
(1)
"I used sketchy for MCAT studying- use MAG25 for 25 percent off MCAT sketchy."
#56
Pepper
4.0
(1)
"Pepper deck."
#57
Dope Anatomy
4.0
(1)
"The Dope Anatomy + BlueLink deck is divided via subdecks and tags."
#58
Miles Down
4.0
(1)
"I found a miles down deck organized by chapter and have really enjoyed doing that one!"
#59
Lingopolo
3.0
(1)
"Lingopolo is good too, and an alternative to Anki."
#60
TurnuptoOMT
3.0
(1)
"TurnuptoOMT deck or demeter Anki deck."
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