# Add-on idea: Setting "Easy interval" based on "Created" date **URL:** \ **Category:** Add-ons\ **Created:** [June 28, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/add-on-idea-setting-easy-interval-based-on-created-date/572 "2020-06-28T16:57:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![badgerer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/badgerer/32/342_2.png) [@badgerer](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/badgerer)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/add-on-idea-setting-easy-interval-based-on-created-date/572/1 "2020-06-28T16:57:45Z")
I add a lot of cards to Anki (typically on a daily basis), but I limit the number of cards I study per day. So I’ve got a pretty big backlog of new cards, and I might not see a card until several weeks after I created it. It’s not uncommon for me to know the answer to new cards. In those situations, when have recalled that information after several weeks, I don’t think the _Easy interval_ – if it’s set to say five days, for example – reflects a logical interval. It’s the equivalent of review intervals of (for example) 1 \> 28 \> 5 days. To my mind, in this kind of situation (where you’ve created a card but don’t start reviewing it for several days or weeks), a logical _Easy interval_ would be based on the number of days since you created the card. More specifically, the _Easy interval_ could be calculated as follows: number of days since the note was created \* _Starting ease_. For example, say your _Starting ease_ is set to 250%. You study a new card that was created 14 days ago and you mark it as _Easy_. The interval for that card would be 14 \* 250% = 35 days. This is my add-on idea: a checkbox next to _Easy interval_ labelled “Enable dynamic interval”, which would then adjust the _Easy interval_, per card, relative to the date the card was created. I appreciate this wouldn’t apply for all use cases (e.g., when using a pre-made deck), but a deck-specific checkbox option would enable you to use the feature when desired. Am I the only one who would like this? At the moment I’m manually updating the _Easy interval_ on a weekly basis to roughly correspond with the above functionality, but that’s a pretty inelegant solution. ---
**Author:** ![Aleksej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Aleksej](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Aleksej)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/add-on-idea-setting-easy-interval-based-on-created-date/572/2 "2020-06-29T04:23:46Z")
Relevant: - [“bury future new sibs” addon](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/930365039) The point is that it may be easy for you because you’ve seen that card, or a related card, recently. - [https://github.com/brownbat/experimentalCardEaseFactor](https://github.com/brownbat/experimentalCardEaseFactor) (a fork of [https://github.com/eshapard/experimentalCardEaseFactor](https://github.com/eshapard/experimentalCardEaseFactor)) Modifies ease depending on how often you succeed at recalling the answer (while using only two buttons) to strive for a specified target success rate. ---
**Author:** ![badgerer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/badgerer/32/342_2.png) [@badgerer](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/badgerer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/add-on-idea-setting-easy-interval-based-on-created-date/572/3 "2020-06-29T08:17:52Z")
Thank you for your suggestions 🙂 However, I don’t think either of these match (or are particularly close) to the functionality I have in mind. ---
**Author:** ![guillempalausalva](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/guillempalausalva/32/34258_2.png) [@guillempalausalva](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/guillempalausalva)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/add-on-idea-setting-easy-interval-based-on-created-date/572/4 "2020-06-29T09:25:15Z")
Long story short you want overdue bonus on new cards, where the due date is the creation date. A backlog of reviews can be problematic, but accumulating new cards in queue should be not unless you are learning for an exam or with a deadline. Perhaps this [add-on](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1714744747) is somewhat useful for you. ---
**Author:** ![Aleksej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Aleksej](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Aleksej)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/add-on-idea-setting-easy-interval-based-on-created-date/572/5 "2020-06-29T10:38:07Z")
> [@guillempalausalva](#): > > Perhaps this [add-on](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1714744747) is somewhat useful for you. And if you are OK with something much more powerful, there is [ReMemorize](https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/323586997). ---
**Author:** ![badgerer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/badgerer/32/342_2.png) [@badgerer](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/badgerer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/add-on-idea-setting-easy-interval-based-on-created-date/572/6 "2020-06-29T12:58:48Z")
I think this would enable me to manually set a suitable next review date on a per card basis. This would theoretically be the next best thing to it simply being done automatically, but would require me to figure out then enter the relevant interval on a per-card basis, which would be time-consuming. ---
**Author:** ![vit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/65b543/32.png) [@vit](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/vit)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/add-on-idea-setting-easy-interval-based-on-created-date/572/7 "2020-10-09T23:48:45Z")
It is not time-consuming; i’ve been using it since the day it was released. Keyboard shortcut ‘M’ --\>look at the date created --\> enter the next interval, not the date. PS. It is on the AnKingMed’s list of best ad-ons.