Import it. Explain it.
Actually remember it.
Bring the Anki decks, PDFs, and lectures you already study. Guru builds today's plan, makes you explain the cards you think you know — and turns every gap it finds into a card you'll see right before you'd forget it.
Works with the decks you already study
Everything you love about Anki — without the friction
The full Anki workflow, rebuilt for a phone you actually carry.
Your Anki decks, imported intact
Drop in any .apkg or .colpkg and your cards, scheduling state, and media migrate exactly — powered by Anki's own engine. Export back out whenever you want; nothing is trapped here.
- .apkg & .colpkg import and export
- Scheduling state and media preserved
- Built on Anki's own engine
One plan. The cards that are actually due.
No deck-picking, no guessing where to start. Today opens on a single focused set — what's due, what you're shaky on, and how long it will take.
- A daily plan built around your goal
- Sized to the time you actually have
- Streak and progress at a glance
Explain it out loud — Guru finds the gap
Flipping a card and thinking “yeah, I knew that” is the lie that fails exams. Say the answer in your own words instead. Guru listens, follows up, and keeps pushing until it finds the thing you don't actually understand yet.
- Coached sessions and teach-back
- Answer by voice, get spoken follow-ups
- It probes until the gap is exposed
What you missed comes back — before you forget it
Every gap the coach uncovers becomes a real card in your deck, scheduled by FSRS for the moment just before it would slip away. The night before the exam, Cram Mode drills the whole set without touching your schedule.
- Gaps become scheduled cards automatically
- FSRS spaced repetition, tuned to you
- Cram Mode for the final stretch
Add a PDF, your notes, or a YouTube lecture
Point Guru at whatever you already study. Import a PDF and it becomes cards; paste a YouTube lecture and it becomes a recap, a mind map, and cards; drop in raw notes or a word list and the AI drafts the fronts and backs for you to approve.
- PDF, YouTube, notes, or a word list
- Anki
.apkg/.colpkgtoo - You approve every card before it counts
Review from across the room
Drive your reviews without touching the screen. Pair a cheap Bluetooth controller — even the 8BitDo models AnkiMobile won't talk to — or use your phone as a free wireless remote for Anki Desktop.
- MFi & 8BitDo controller support
- Free wireless remote for Anki Desktop
- Review from the couch or treadmill
Built for the way you actually study
Small, thoughtful touches that add up to a habit you can keep.
Study Lock keeps you honest
Shield your most distracting apps until today's plan is done. A commitment device that keeps you in the cards instead of the feed. (Pro)
Tuned to your exam
Pick your goal — USMLE Step 1/2, MCAT, JLPT, the bar, or your own — and get a daily plan matched to the time you have.
Private by default
Your decks, PDFs, and notes stay on your device. AI requests only fire when you start a generation or a coached session — with full disclosure of what's sent.
Not on your phone right now?
GuruOwl is the same account in your browser. Turn a PDF into a deck on a full-size screen, then study it on your iPhone. With Pro, your goals, decks, and review history sync between the two automatically.
Start free. Own it for life.
Import your decks and run your daily reviews on the free plan. AI coaching and card generation run on credits — go further weekly or yearly, or pay once and keep Guru forever.
Bring your decks to a better iPhone app
Free 3-day trial. Import in seconds. Review tonight.