Question 1

How is NDITE different from Anki?

Accepted Answer

Three differences. First, NDITE has a write-mode review where you produce the answer with a stylus or finger before you grade yourself, instead of flipping straight to the answer. Second, NDITE is built on a modern stack with a clean UI rather than Anki's fifteen-year-old hybrid Python and Qt interface. Third, NDITE imports your existing Anki decks so switching costs nothing. NDITE uses the same FSRS v6 scheduling algorithm as modern Anki, so the underlying scheduling efficiency is comparable.

Question 2

Why not just say the answer out loud, then flip the card?

Accepted Answer

Because speaking and writing leave different traces in the brain. A 2021 transcranial magnetic stimulation study (Mathias et al., Journal of Neuroscience) showed the primary motor cortex causally stores foreign vocabulary learned through writing and gesture — disabling it slowed recall specifically for those words. A 256-channel EEG study at NTNU found handwriting produces theta and alpha coherence across memory-formation regions that speaking does not. Saying it aloud is better than silent self-grading, but it activates a shallower trace than forming every character by hand.

Question 3

Will I be able to import my Anki decks?

Accepted Answer

Yes. NDITE has a first-class .apkg importer that preserves your decks, notes, cards, media, and scheduling state, converting Anki's SM-2 state into FSRS state. We treat Anki migration as a hard adoption requirement, not an afterthought. AnKing decks are specifically tested for compatibility, and suspended cards stay suspended on import so your review queue doesn't explode on day one.

Question 4

Do I need a stylus to use NDITE?

Accepted Answer

No. NDITE supports finger input on any touch device and mouse or trackpad on desktop. A stylus on a tablet is the best experience, but it is not required.

Question 5

Which languages does NDITE support at launch?

Accepted Answer

All Latin-script languages at launch: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and so on. Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Korean, Arabic, and Cyrillic scripts ship in a later version, with stroke-order grading for kanji and hanzi on that roadmap.

Question 6

When is NDITE launching?

Accepted Answer

Closed alpha begins in 2026, public beta later in 2026, and full public launch with a paid tier after that. Waitlist members get priority access to each phase, including a Lifetime tier offer for the first 1,000 paid users.

Question 7

Is NDITE free?

Accepted Answer

There is a genuinely useful free tier: unlimited decks, unlimited cards, write-mode and tap-mode review, FSRS scheduling, multi-device sync, and Anki import. A paid Pro tier adds power features at $9.99 per month or $79 per year, with a Lifetime tier ($249 one-time) for the first 1,000 paid users.

Question 8

What devices does NDITE support?

Accepted Answer

Web app on any modern browser and native iOS and Android apps. Reviews stay in sync across every device, so you can author on a laptop and review on a tablet without losing your place.

Question 9

Is NDITE open source?

Accepted Answer

The FSRS scheduling implementation work will be contributed back to the open-source FSRS project. The NDITE application itself is closed source — this funds development and a sustainable free tier. We are committed to data portability: your decks export cleanly anytime.

Question 10

What's the privacy story?

Accepted Answer

Your decks and review history are yours. We don't sell data and we don't run advertising. We use first-party analytics. In the MVP, your handwriting never leaves your device — write-mode is self-checked, so there is no recognition server processing your ink.

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