Alternatives to Forced Break

Breaks large daily review workloads into smaller blocks with timed healthy breaks, FSRS-based session recommendations, a movable progress bar, auto-hide/sync, notifications, webhooks, and customizable per-deck settings.

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Locks Anki study sessions until time, review, or deck goals are met, blocking exits, deck switching, and menus, with configurable unlock methods and a progress HUD.

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Displays configurable periodic and inactivity reminders with popups offering Study Now or Later, returning Anki to review mode and helping users stay focused while studying.

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Adds a gamified tea timer to Anki that tracks study and break cycles, awards XP for reviewing, and unlocks tea flavors across 100 levels.

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Adds configurable guided breathing breaks after a set number of reviewed cards, with reminders, breathing routines, voice guidance, bell sounds, snooze/dismiss options, and a launch hotkey.

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Adds an automatic Pomodoro focus/break timer bar to the reviewer, with pause, card-goal settings, and daily statistics.

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Tracks your study session and prompts you to take a short break after a configurable number of consecutive incorrect card answers.

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Displays extra due-card statistics and an estimated time to finish due and new cards, with configurable new-card counting, multi-day review data, toggleable time display, and custom number colors.

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Combines a customizable Pomodoro timer with XP, level, retention, streak and study metrics, multiple layouts, focus audio, bilingual settings, and backup/reset tools for focused Anki study.

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Adds Study and Review buttons per deck to separate new-card study from due-card review, plus a Wrap Up button that clears new cards so the session can finish.

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Shows a Tetris-like game after a configurable number of reviewed cards, requiring a line clear before continuing, with a custom background revealed as the board fills.

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Buries new cards whose siblings are due within a configurable number of days ahead, preventing new cards from previewing answers to upcoming reviews.

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