ANKIBOY / DEDICATED ANKI DEVICE
Daily reviews. Distraction free. Any spare moment.
A dedicated handheld for reviewing your existing Anki decks, compatible with AnkiWeb and built for focused study.
No payment or reservation
Read. Reveal. Grade.
A familiar review routine, with physical controls. Read the question, reveal the answer, then choose Again, Hard, Good or Easy.
- Track your progress
See your study momentum build over time with a built-in heat map.
- Make it yours
Upload backgrounds to create custom themes.
- Feel every answer
Reinforce every card with colour, vibration and sound feedback.
Your decks. Your schedule. Exactly as you know them.
Connect to Wi-Fi
Connect to Wi-Fi to set up your device and get started.
Sign in
Use an existing AnkiWeb account.
Sync
Bring your existing decks and review schedule onto the device.
Study
Review anywhere, then sync when you’re connected.
Turn free moments into finished reviews.
On the commute, between classes or while you’re waiting: fit a few reviews into the day.
Give your Anki decks the setup they deserve: a dedicated console to conquer your reviews on the go, anywhere, anytime.
One device. One purpose.
Your phone can run Anki, but it also competes for your attention. Ankiboy creates a dedicated space for your reviews, helping build a consistent study habit.
Everything you need. Nothing to tinker with.
Comfortable to hold, easy to carry and ready whenever you are. Ankiboy combines a sharp 4:3 IPS display, physical controls and USB-C charging into a handheld study setup complete with a hard-shell carry case.
- Study system
- Existing compatible Anki decks
- Review input
- Configured physical controls
- Sync
- AnkiWeb through AnkiDroid
- Offline
- Review after decks are synced
- Audio
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Launch status
- Coming soon
Why I built Ankiboy.
I’ve used Anki every day for the past five years, through university and my sommelier studies. As life became busier, I found myself falling behind not because I didn’t want to study, but because reviewing on the go never felt as good as sitting down at my PC.
Using my phone was slower than I wanted. Controllers were unreliable, my favourite add-ons weren’t available, and I often found myself wasting my lunch break waiting until I got home just to finish the reviews of the day.
What started as a simple idea bringing my desktop Anki experience with me quickly became something much bigger. I wanted reviewing to feel fast, focused and enjoyable wherever I was. Months of learning Android development and building prototypes eventually became Ankiboy: a dedicated handheld that keeps everything I love about my existing Anki workflow while making it easier to finish my reviews whenever life gives me a free moment.
I built Ankiboy because it was the device I wanted to own, but couldn’t buy.