Gamify Your Anki Decks
Bring your Anki .apkg decks into Yalango, keep your review progress, and turn them into eight different games with daily goals and streaks. Export back to Anki anytime - no lock-in.
Bring your Anki decks in. Take them back out.
Drop in an .apkg and Yalango reads it straight away - no upload wait, no account linking. Map the fields, optionally keep your review progress, and start playing.
Changed your mind? Export any deck back to Anki as an .apkg from the deck export page. Your cards stay yours.
Exactly what comes across from Anki
No surprises. Here is what the importer keeps, what it drops, and the real limits.
Comes across
- Every note type in the file is detected - toggle each one on or off.
- Map each Anki field to target, source, an existing custom field, a new custom field, or ignore.
- Cloze answers are unwrapped so the answer text becomes the card.
- Anki tags and Anki deck names are offered as mappable fields you can keep.
- Optional review-progress import seeds interval, due date, reps and lapses onto Yalango's level ladder.
- Suspended and buried cards arrive paused. Words you already study keep their existing progress.
Does not
- Audio is stripped. Premium can generate its own text-to-speech for imported cards.
- Images are stripped - they are not carried into Yalango cards.
- HTML formatting is flattened to plain text.
- The full Anki review log is not carried - only the current interval and due date seed the ladder.
- One Yalango card per Anki note, even if Anki had multiple cards on that note.
Import limits: 500 MB file, 100,000 notes read, free-plan card quota applies. Export note: tags, media and scheduling are not exported - cards arrive in Anki as new.
Eight ways to drill one deck
Import once, then play the same cards as Flashcards, Quiz, Write, Memory and more. Tables support Flashcards, Quiz and Write.
Mix
Shuffle between the sub-games you pick so every card feels different.
Flashcards
Flip the card and rate yourself Wrong or Correct - the classic drill.
Quiz
Multiple choice drawn from your own deck cards.
Write
Type the translation and get graded on the spot.
Memory
Flip tiles and match each word to its translation.
Hangman
Guess the letters before six wrong guesses. Hidden for unsupported scripts.
Hanzi
Chinese decks onlyStroke animation then draw the character yourself.
Audio
PremiumListen to text-to-speech and pick the right translation.
Same cards, different game every time
Pick 5 to 50 exercises per session, choose target-first, source-first or shuffled, then finish with a score screen, confetti on a good run and a one-tap practice-mistakes shortcut.
- Session length from 5 to 50 exercises in steps of 5.
- Show the target first, the source first, or shuffle both.
- Daily spaced-repetition sessions pull from your vocabulary queue.
- Re-practice recent wrong answers in a dedicated mistakes session.
hablar
to speak
What keeps you coming back
Set a daily goal, keep your streak alive and collect stars along the way. Small targets you can actually hit on a busy day, and a rest day built in when you need one.
Daily goals
Set a correct-exercise target for the day, with optional per-weekday overrides. A goal of 0 is a rest day - your streak stays alive.
Streaks
A per-language streak that climbs when you hit today's goal. Miss it and the streak breaks after validation.
Stars
Earn stars for every streak day, for hitting 3, 7, 30 and 100 days, for focus sessions, and for sharing decks or helping out in the forums.
Milestones and leaderboards
Eleven star-milestone tiers ending at Legendary Frame, plus all-time Most stars and Top contributors leaderboards.
See where your stars place you on the leaderboard.
hablar
to speak
restaurante
restaurant
The engine Anki users already trust
Every word climbs through 8 mastery levels and eventually becomes Mature. A wrong answer drops two levels with relearning steps, intervals get a small fuzz, and the vocabulary queue builds itself from whatever you practice.
- Levels 0 through 8, then Mature for long-term maintenance.
- Imported Anki intervals seed this ladder when you opt in.
- Wrong answers drop two levels and schedule relearning steps.
- The queue updates automatically every time you study.
See your progress
Open /stats for accuracy trends, per-game breakdowns, an SRS level chart, review forecast, activity heatmap and personal records - across 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, 1 year or all time.
Accuracy trend
See how your correct rate moves across 7d, 30d, 90d, 1y or all time.
Per-game breakdown
Find which modes you are strong in and which ones need more work.
SRS chart and forecast
Watch the level ladder fill up and see what is due in the days ahead.
Heatmap and records
Activity heatmap, personal records and a full stats overview on /stats.
Frequently asked questions
How do I gamify my Anki decks?
Export your deck from Anki as an .apkg file and import it into Yalango. Once the cards are in, you can play them as eight different games, set a daily goal, build a streak and collect stars - all on top of spaced repetition built for language learners.
Can I import my Anki decks?
Yes. Upload an .apkg file and Yalango reads it straight away. Map each note type and field, optionally import review progress, then send the cards into a deck. Free-plan card quotas still apply, with a 500 MB file limit and a 100,000 note read cap.
Does my Anki review progress carry over?
Optionally, yes. Tick Import review progress from Anki and Yalango seeds each eligible note's interval, due date, reps and lapses onto its own level ladder. Suspended and buried cards arrive paused. Words you already study on Yalango keep their existing progress. The full Anki review log is not carried over.
Can I export my decks back to Anki?
Yes. From any deck's export page you can download an .apkg that opens directly in Anki. Target and source become the front and back, and custom fields are included as extra Anki fields. Tags, media and scheduling history are not exported - cards arrive in Anki as new.
Are Anki audio and images imported?
No. Audio and image references are stripped during import. On Premium, Yalango can generate its own text-to-speech audio for imported cards.
Which games work with an imported deck?
All of them. Once the cards are in a Yalango deck you can drill them with Mix, Flashcards, Quiz, Write, Memory, Hangman, Hanzi (Chinese decks) and Audio (Premium). Tables support Flashcards, Quiz and Write.
Is it free?
Yes. Import, export, spaced repetition, daily goals, streaks and most game modes are available on the free plan. Audio is Premium. Free-plan card quotas apply to imports the same way they do to any other deck.
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