Alternatives to AnKing Note Types (Easy Customization)

Builds sentences by arranging interactive word tiles instead of typing answers, with customizable card layout, optional answer check, and cross-platform Anki support.

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Displays Heisig or custom kanji keywords in pop-up overlays on hover and color-codes kanji according to whether they have been seen or are unknown.

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Adds customizable, sortable browser columns for note fields, card statistics, review data, and internal database values, plus optional selectable or editable table content.

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Protects chosen fields, tags, note styling, and deck descriptions when importing shared decks, while allowing selective forced updates and tag merging.

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Acts as a placeholder for a planned built-in spell-checker with customizable dictionaries, beta-tested by VIP members before eventual public release.

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Bolds the first half of words on selected Anki note types to enable faster Bionic Reading, including on mobile.

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Converts Anki notes between types without triggering a full sync, offering field mapping, presets, review-history preservation, deck/tag retention, browser and reviewer conversion, and one-step undo.

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Provides a configurable, JavaScript-based cloze note type that keeps related information and cards on one note, with exposed clozes, configurable scrolling, iteration via keyboard or edge taps, and CSS styling.

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Adds configurable daily and weekly new-card goals that update automatically and display the number of new cards needed per day or week on the main window.

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Adds a homepage counter for new cards reviewed today and this week (starting on a chosen day), with optional custom-search counting on Anki 2.1.45+.

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Replaces cluttered hierarchical tags in the editor with a customizable, clickable list using bolded nicknames, middle truncation, wildcard rules, custom ordering, hover highlighting, and JSON import/export.

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Offers a pop-up dictionary that also works on Anki iOS and AnkiDroid, currently in beta testing and limited to AnKing VIPs.

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