I am using Anki on both my MacBook and my iPad (AnkiMobile).
On my Mac, I have managed to configure the answer buttons to show the following intervals: Again: <10 minutes, Hard: 1 day, Good: 1 day, Easy : 4 days
I would like to have exactly the same intervals on my iPad, including for cards that I have already learned and am reviewing.
However, even though I have set the learning steps to “10m 1d”, the graduating interval to 1 day, and the easy interval to 4 days, AnkiMobile still displays different, automatically calculated intervals when I review previously learned cards.
FSRS is disabled.
Could you please explain how I can configure AnkiMobile to use the same intervals as on my Mac? Is there a way to manually set these four intervals for review cards?
That’s normal. The learning steps are only used when a New card is first introduced and in the Learn state. Once the card progresses through those steps and comes back as a Review card, it relies on scheduling intervals calculated by the algorithm.
The point of spaced repetition is for cards you’re successful with to be scheduled for longer intervals, and cards you’re struggling with to be scheduled for shorter intervals.
If you’re syncing your collection between multiple devices, you should see the same/similar intervals on cards with same/similar review history. But every card follows it’s own scheduling, so you shouldn’t expect one card on one device to necessarily be scheduled the same way as some other card – on that device or another.
However, on my Mac, I see the intervals I want (Again: <10 min, Hard: 1 day, Good: 1 day, Easy: 4 days) for all cards, including review cards that I have studied many times before.
On my iPad, the intervals are different, even though I use the same Anki account, sync my collection, and have FSRS disabled.
I would like to have exactly the same intervals on my iPad as on my Mac.
Could you please explain why this happens and whether there is a way to make the intervals match on both devices?