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If you like spaced repetition and like to "compete" against people while learning, you must try out http://www.memrise.com/

The website is appealing to the eye, has a lot of courses and users. There is a free (!) iOS / Android version which synchronizes with / through your Memrise web account.

I get no money for recommending it, I just find it to be a very nicely polished alternative to Anki. I know that the latter is more flexible, but for the most cases Memrise is just good enough.

Plus, the rankings bring in a whole new dimension by gamification of the learning / repeating process. I just can't sit there watching other people grow and getting more points than I have!

They even send you an email remembering you that you have some new items to "water", as they call it.




I used Memrise and found it surprisingly easy to memorize the order of half a deck of cards.




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