Recall

Which platforms does Recall run on?

Recall is a web app: it runs in a browser on a computer, phone or tablet, and can be installed on a device’s home screen. There are no native apps yet in the App Store, on Google Play or for desktop. Your decks are stored in your Recall account, so every device shows the same cards. Reviews need an internet connection: there is no offline mode. You can also manage your decks from Claude and ChatGPT, but reviews happen in Recall.

How does Recall schedule reviews?

Recall schedules reviews with FSRS-4.5, an open-source algorithm. FSRS estimates how likely you are to remember each card and schedules the next review when that probability falls to a target, 90% by default. You grade each card with four buttons: Forgot, Hard, Good and Easy. Unlike Anki, Recall keeps settings to a minimum: you get the benefits of FSRS without having to tune it or worry about setting something wrong.

What cards can you make in Recall?

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In Recall, each deck defines its own fields, such as text, image or audio, and one or more card layouts. Each layout shows different fields on the front and back, with its own schedule. So one card can be reviewed in several ways, such as word to meaning or audio to word. AI Autofill can fill in fields and write a new example sentence at every review. Text fields support cloze deletions, all hidden at once on the same card. There is no image occlusion or type-in-the-answer card.

Shared decks

Decks can be shared by private link or published in the moderated Deck Library, which held 85 decks in November 2026, most of them for Japanese.

Import

Anki packages (.apkg), with review history; Quizlet sets by URL (up to 500 cards); CSV files; and Recall deck packages. Anki imports drop custom HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and numbered clozes (c1, c2…) are all hidden at once instead of becoming separate cards.

Export

A deck package: a ZIP of JSON files (deck, cards, optional review history) and media, with a published specification. Cards can also be exported as CSV, without media or review history. No Anki export.

Add-ons and integrations

A REST API with API keys, an MCP server for AI assistants (OAuth or API key), a ChatGPT plugin and a Claude connector. No add-ons.

How does Recall track your progress?

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Recall’s statistics focus on one question: how well you remember your cards. It shows the estimated retention of each card, each deck and your whole collection over time, based on FSRS. It also shows how many cards are at each stage, from learning to mature, and a heatmap of your reviews. A chart of card stages over time needs Pro.

Is Recall free?

Yes, for spaced repetition itself: creating decks and cards, FSRS scheduling, reviews and imports are all free. The free plan is limited to 3 decks and a small monthly amount of AI. The Pro plan makes both unlimited. It costs US$11.99 a month or US$59.99 a year.

What are Recall's strengths and limits?

Who is Recall best for?

Recall is best for people who want good scheduling without tuning settings, and who want to use AI throughout. They can build and edit decks by chatting with Claude or ChatGPT, and get AI explanations during reviews. Language learners benefit most.