# Anki knockoffs in China

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-knockoffs-in-china/67619>\
**Category:** Suggestions\
**Created:** [November 29, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-knockoffs-in-china/67619 "2025-11-29T12:07:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![L.M.Sherlock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/l.m.sherlock/32/16770_2.png) [@L.M.Sherlock](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/L.M.Sherlock)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-knockoffs-in-china/67619/1 "2025-11-29T12:07:05Z")

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These apps and websites are Anki knockoffs in China.

> **[Anji记忆卡-考研考试背单词 App - App Store](https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/anji%E8%AE%B0%E5%BF%86%E5%8D%A1-%E8%80%83%E7%A0%94%E8%80%83%E8%AF%95%E8%83%8C%E5%8D%95%E8%AF%8D/id1599861882)**
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> 在 App Store 下载“潇 岑”开发的“Anji记忆卡-考研考试背单词”。查看屏幕快照、评分与评论、用户提示以及更多类似“Anji记忆卡-考研考试背单词”的游戏。

> **[Anymo - 大幅度提升背书效果考试考研背单词 App - App Store](https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/anymo-%E5%A4%A7%E5%B9%85%E5%BA%A6%E6%8F%90%E5%8D%87%E8%83%8C%E4%B9%A6%E6%95%88%E6%9E%9C%E8%80%83%E8%AF%95%E8%80%83%E7%A0%94%E8%83%8C%E5%8D%95%E8%AF%8D/id6499072441)**
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> 在 App Store 下载“新宇 莫”开发的“Anymo - 大幅度提升背书效果考试考研背单词”。查看屏幕快照、评分与评论、用户提示以及更多类似“Anymo - 大幅度提升背书效果考试考研背单词”的游戏。

> **[Anki记忆卡官网-背单词、考研、高考的提分神器](https://ankimemory.com/)**

> **[Anki中文网-下载Anki客户端、卡牌资源-Anki中文资源网](https://file.ankichinas.cn/)**
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> 用ANKI，科学地学记一切知识，下载ANKI客户端，卡牌资源分享，ANKI教程

They said they are open-source but rarely update their repositories:

> **[GitHub - ankichinateam/AnkiChinaAndroid](https://github.com/ankichinateam/AnkiChinaAndroid)**
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> Contribute to ankichinateam/AnkiChinaAndroid development by creating an account on GitHub.

> **[GitHub - ankichinateam/AnkiChinaPC](https://github.com/ankichinateam/AnkiChinaPC)**
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> Contribute to ankichinateam/AnkiChinaPC development by creating an account on GitHub.

They also removed all commit history from Anki’s main branch.

Some Chinese users downloaded the wrong app and paid a lot.

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**Author:** ![Anon\_0000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Anon\_0000](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Anon_0000)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-knockoffs-in-china/67619/2 "2025-11-29T12:13:06Z")

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Are you suggesting we add those to the FAQ ([Anki knockoffs - Anki FAQs](https://faqs.ankiweb.net/anki-knockoffs.html))?

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**Author:** ![L.M.Sherlock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/l.m.sherlock/32/16770_2.png) [@L.M.Sherlock](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/L.M.Sherlock)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-knockoffs-in-china/67619/3 "2025-11-29T12:29:56Z")

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I guess Chinese users won’t read it. But if you can add those to the FAQ, I can update the Chinese translation.

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**Author:** ![Shigeyuki](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/shigeyuki/32/23878_2.png) [@Shigeyuki](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Shigeyuki)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-knockoffs-in-china/67619/4 "2025-11-29T12:59:44Z")

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If they didn’t directly use the name Anki in their app, wouldn’t they be fine? Basically Anki is open source and they permit the free use of the code by license, in other words Anki permits competitors to use Anki’s code to develop their learning apps.  
So the cause of the copycat problems is that the names are nearly identical, if they did not use the name Anki from the start it seems to me there is nothing wrong with it, they’re just competing learning apps.

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**Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-knockoffs-in-china/67619/5 "2025-11-29T13:13:05Z")

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They built a deck-sharing website named “Anki中文资源网”:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/2/8/288b762a09a60e0d0a878922a523733cc165c8d4.png)

It misleads users to use Anji instead of Anki.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/3X/a/f/af0b636ee2d687d06ddd886ba3dee6c6f97c6609.jpeg)