I want a refund

AnkiMobile (iPhone/iPad) Help
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I use anki for med school and I really need it everyday. The new update has broken several integral features such as image occlusion, which are absolutely necessary features. Not to mention, the cluttered, scrambled-together UI…

The guys from AnkiHub thought they could be extra smart by vibe coding a new UI for there newly acquired app. To be honest, the quality of this update makes me think, either an underpaid intern was at work, or they used some LLM’s free tier for the coding. Either way, the corporate guys’ were too cheap to produce anything of quality.

Since the product is no longer functional, I will file for a refund. Then I will fork anki on github and revert this horrible update for myself.

It is thinkable, Anki will be commercialised in the near future. So buckle up for monthly subscriptions, in-app-advertisement or daily card limits, unless you subscribe.

I suggest you file for refunds as well, so that the AnkiHub people reconsider their choices.

Regards,

Max

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Wtf I didn’t know about the Ankihub buy out, did it really go through? It doesnt show on the app store !!?

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  • Refunds for AnkiMobile are handled by Apple, not Anki, so you’ll need to contact the Apple App Store.
  • UI enhancements are a feature many Anki users have been requesting, but long-time users prefer the old UI, so it’s simply a matter of user preference. Maybe they’ll add a legacy UI option?
  • Since AnkiMobile is closed-source, forking it is impossible. Alternative apps are unrelated to Anki, so they are not supported by the Anki community.
  • The official Anki and AnkiHub teams have repeatedly announced that pricing will remain unchanged so it’s highly unlikely that prices or the system will change. (edit: but that doesn’t mean things won’t change in the future.)
  • According to their explanation the management of AnkiHub and AnkiMobile are separate, so I think a boycott of AnkiMobile would have almost no impact on them.
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You need to direct that request to Apple Support. Requesting a refund for AnkiMobile - Anki Docs

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