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Anki pricing
Anki publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the education tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Anki pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Open source, no licence fee except a paid iOS app
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Anki plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anki | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
Where Anki stops being free
Anki, Free
- Desktop apps for Windows, Mac and Linux are free and open source
- AnkiDroid on Android is free and open source, built by a separate volunteer team
- AnkiMobile on iOS is a one-time purchase, commonly $24.99 to $29.99, funding development
- Free AnkiWeb account for sync and shared deck downloads across all platforms
No paid tier on record
Anki lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Anki feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Spaced repetition scheduling
- Cross-platform sync
- Shared deck library
- Custom card types
- Add-ons
- Open file format
People bring Anki in for a medical student using a large shared deck to memorise anatomy or pharmacology facts on a fixed exam timeline, a language learner building custom vocabulary decks with audio and images tailored to their own study material, a self-directed learner who wants full control over the scheduling algorithm and does not want a subscription, an iphone-only user deciding whether the one-time ankimobile price is worth it versus using the free web interface instead. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Anki are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Education
Too few education tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anki (this page) | Free | Open source, no licence fee except a paid iOS app | - | |
| Busuu | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | - | vs Anki |
| PictureThis | On request | Per year, sold via a short free trial that auto-renews | - | vs Anki |
| Stellarium | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Anki |
| Lumosity | Free | Free with a subscription | - | vs Anki |
| Star Walk 2 | Free | Freemium, low-cost ad-free subscription upgrade | - | vs Anki |
| Pl@ntNet | Free | Free, no ads and no in-app purchases | - | vs Anki |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Anki badges page.
Before you pay for Anki
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Anki runs on windows, mac, linux, ios, android, web, and is published by Ankitects Pty Ltd of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The full record is on the Anki review, and the rest of the category is under best education tools.
Anki pricing questions
- How much does Anki cost?
- Anki publishes a single tier, Anki, at Free.
- Does Anki have a free plan?
- Yes. The Anki tier costs nothing and covers desktop apps for windows, mac and linux are free and open source, ankidroid on android is free and open source, built by a separate volunteer team, ankimobile on ios is a one-time purchase, commonly $24.99 to $29.99, funding development.
- Which education tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 education tools listed alongside Anki have a free tier: Busuu, Stellarium, Lumosity, Star Walk 2, Pl@ntNet.
- What am I actually paying for with Anki?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a medical student using a large shared deck to memorise anatomy or pharmacology facts on a fixed exam timeline, a language learner building custom vocabulary decks with audio and images tailored to their own study material, a self-directed learner who wants full control over the scheduling algorithm and does not want a subscription.
- Does Anki charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Anki prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Anki against before paying?
- The closest education tools in this directory are Busuu, PictureThis, Stellarium, Lumosity. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Anki covering price, platforms and features.