Who it is for
Lazy Cards is made for people who have a list to remember: vocabulary, dates, technical terms, species names. It does one thing, it does it well, and there is no setting to work out before the first card.
It is not aimed at people who already revise seriously and have their method.
What it does
- Decks of cards. One deck per subject, made in a few seconds.
- Two sided cards. A question on one side, an answer on the other. That is all.
- A simple revision rhythm. The app suggests what to revise today, with nothing to set up.
- Importing a whole deck. A CSV, a markdown file, pasted text: the app works out the shape on its own, with no import settings.
- Export. A deck can be backed up and picked up again, elsewhere or later.
- Fully offline. On the underground, on a plane, with no signal: nothing changes.
What it does not do
- No spaced repetition algorithm to tune. That is precisely what discourages people before the first card.
- No score and no mastery percentage. You see what has stuck and what has not, with no performance graph.
- No import wired to another service. The app reads your files, it does not depend on any platform that can shut down overnight.
- No syncing between devices. Decks live on the phone.
- No account, so no remote recovery. Exporting doubles as your backup.
- No iPhone version. Android only.
- No advertising, ever.
What it looks like
Screenshots will come with the first published version.
What it costs
Lazy Cards is paid for, through a yearly, not monthly subscription. The price and the length of the free trial are on its Play Store listing, which is the only place kept up to date. The subscription is handled by Google Play: it renews from one year to the next, it can be cancelled at any time, and the app warns you before it renews so that nobody is charged by surprise.
When the trial ends, the app stops writing but it still reads and exports for life. Your decks stay yours, readable and recoverable, whether you subscribe or not. The subscription unlocks writing.
What it knows about you
Nothing. There is no account, no server, no tracker, no ad network. Decks are stored on the phone and only leave it if you export them yourself. The details are in the privacy policy, which is in French for now.
Frequently asked questions
Does it replace Anki?
No, and that is not the point. Anki is more complete and will stay more complete. Lazy Cards is made for the people Anki discourages.
Do I have to create an account?
No. There is no account in Lazy Cards, and there never will be.
How do I add a lot of cards at once?
You import a file or paste your text, and the app works out the shape on its own. Several formats go through, CSV and markdown among them, with no conversion first.
Does it work without internet?
Yes, entirely. The app never needs a connection.
Is there an iPhone version?
No, Lazy Cards only exists on Android.
The studio's other apps
Lazy Cards is part of a small suite of apps that share the same way of doing things: one thing done well, no account, no tracking. See also Lazy Note and Lazy Draw, or all the Lazy Mind apps.