Perhaps it would be possible to create AnkiMobile widget that would display preview of front on the left and back on the right side?
And it would just display cards randomly from a chosen deck.
I’m thinking that would be helpful
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Thank you for the suggestion, I will keep an eye on demand for this.
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When it comes to widgets for Anki Mobile, I would prefer the ability to quickly add notes in certain configurations (note type + deck) or directly access saved searches (notes added today …) The highly flexible grid widgets from Drafts (Widgets | Drafts User Guide) come to mind.
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And another suggestion provided by some other users was due counts and/or a review heatmap.
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With the release of iOS 17 this fall, I’d love to be able to study certain decks right from my Home Screen without having to open the app. This is a feature that hasn’t been possible before, but could be very beneficial (for me at least) for making stronger study habits. Being able to study from the Home Screen of my iPad would be great too. Even a non-interactive widget visible from the StandBy screen tracking your streak would be awesome
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I would appreciate an iOS widget showing due counts and my streak. A heatmap would also be nice. Albeit not an absolutely necessary feature, but a nice QOL addition.
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Having widget displaying some random cards that would just be changing once in a while would help to learn something subconsciously, especially on these days you don’t feel like doing reviews 
An iPhone home screen widget to remind me to review my cards is long overdue. Please consider implementing it!
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The notification is not enough for this, so a widget is very helpful.
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There was a request posted on the Anki subreddit for a heatmap widget for AnkiMobile, and this seems to have gotten 500+ votes in one day: r/Anki Begging for an Anki widget Day
like this:
This heatmap widget seems to be an app named Checker. Users can create a calendar with manual input: app: Checker - Habit Tracker
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I think this is a great idea! The demand is certainly there as it has been raised many times over the last few years. When old this be possible to implement?
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Oh my, yes! I hope this would like this, I don’t even care if it looks ugly but a widget is enough.
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Oh yeah I’ve been wanting something like this for years
Something like this but blue, would be super motivating
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Hello, I have seen that in this Anki official forum and also in many other platforms the idea of a widget has been suggested already, so to that I wanted to add if it could be the view of the heatmap, to make it easier to keep a streak.
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Hello!
It is 2025 and people have been asking for years. I know that isn’t necessarily a great metric and popularity of suggestion is probably the default metric, but given how often I see people using heatmaps in the desktop app in videos about Anki, I’d guess it would be a very popular feature. I get Anki isn’t meant to be a streak app, but it is however meant to be something that is used consistently to be hitting your reviews at your configured retention levels and It’s a nice little reminder and motivator to see throughout the day. For better or worse, streaks help give people extra motivation to stay consistent with one of the major reasons people fall off and stay off of SRS tools being missed days leading to major review pile up.
I have the most random miscellaneous apps that have widgets so how can my beloved Anki not have one?? They’re simple UI and simple to implement. I imagine it could by built and shipped in 1-2 days. I don’t even know swift but would be happy to try and vibe code a widget if given access.
Please give us a widget Dae!
With love,
Your paid iPhone users
Widget suggestions:
- heatmap
- daily deck due stats new/learning
- random cards shown
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[You’ll be heard better by amplifying the existing suggestion – so I’ve moved your post here.]
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Given that it hasn’t happened yet, even with everything people put here, I seriously doubt it.
Grouping it all under 1 thread is counter productive to the point of drawing attention to it, makes it easier to ignore, and likely contributes to why we don’t have it. Better to have many threads asking the same thing— and if that gets annoying then it probably means it’s a feature that should be added. Respectfully. Love you.
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You can think that if you want to – but that’s just not how it works. Pulling these threads together hasn’t contributed to the feature not being implemented yet, and feature design decisions generally aren’t based on who is the most annoying.
Having 20 separate threads – with different terminology, different specifics, and no discussion – isn’t going to help a developer consider a feature. Those threads are going to be difficult to find, and a lot of them will be overlooked. What you want instead 1 well-titled, easily searchable, and heavily viewed/commented-on thread, where the idea can be discussed and explored. You want to make it as easy as possible for a developer give it their attention.
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Touche, I’ll default to your discretion on the matter
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