Alternatives to The Focus Addon

Adds native gamepad support to Anki, mapping controller buttons and analog sticks to keyboard shortcuts, card actions, and smooth scrolling, with multi-profile detection, a modifier layer, and press-to-bind setup.

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Runs a customizable Pomodoro focus timer on the review screen with break games, session stats, adaptive coaching, optional prayer-time pauses, and offline background sounds.

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Replaces Anki's system title bar with a modern header or sidebar, integrating menus and window controls while preserving resizing, snapping, and theme-aware styling.

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Transforms Anki's home screen into a customizable study dashboard with 34+ coordinated light/dark scenes, drag-and-drop widgets, progress stats, a review calendar heatmap, and countdown timers.

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Adds a draggable floating Pomodoro and study timer during review sessions, with automatic breaks, pause/resume, card counter, optional Focus Rhythm feedback, session summaries, and customizable display modes.

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Enables direct in-reviewer flashcard text editing with formatting, cloze and list tools, a medical spellchecker, and image resizing, avoiding the browser or edit window.

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Plays your own focus music and runs a Pomodoro timer inside Anki, tracking streaks, tomato-garden progress, and shareable study recaps.

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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 collaborative peer notes, a private Markdown notebook, and an embedded AI chat and web viewer directly into Anki's reviewer for studying.

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Automatically appends brand names to generic drug terms during reviews, with customizable colors, deck and tag exclusions, custom mappings, and native mobile support.

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Monitors card activity during Anki reviews to pause or restart a configurable Pomodoro focus timer, show study stats, plan decks around exam dates, and optionally sync sessions.

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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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