# Please help me out!

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 9, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/please-help-me-out/44599 "2024-05-09T21:27:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ali098](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@Ali098](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Ali098)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/please-help-me-out/44599/1 "2024-05-09T21:27:54Z")

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I have bought an Anki file which is for Android, ( the producer doesn’t provide it in iphone version ). I have an iphone…how can I open the file on my laptop? Is there any possible way?

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**Author:** ![Danika\_Dakika](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/danika_dakika/32/17815_2.png) [@Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/please-help-me-out/44599/2 "2024-05-09T23:40:42Z")

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There’s no version of Anki for Android that you have to buy, so I don’t think you bought Anki.

You can find links to all legitimate versions of Anki on the main site – [https://apps.ankiweb.net/](https://apps.ankiweb.net/) . [The only one that is not free is AnkiMobile for iOS.]

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**Author:** ![PilgrimLyieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@PilgrimLyieu](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/PilgrimLyieu)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/please-help-me-out/44599/3 "2024-05-10T01:28:17Z")

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Firstly as [Danika\_Dakika](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Danika_Dakika) said, AnkiDroid(which is Anki for Android) is free, so you may have been cheated. Then hopefully I understand you correctly. Do you mean you want to use AnkiDroid on your iPhone or your laptop? AnkiDroid only works on Android OS, and you should use AnkiMobile in iPhone or Anki in Windows, Linux and macOS. It costs about $25 to buy AnkiMobile for iPhone. Anki in Windows, Linux or macOS is free.

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**Author:** ![ferophila](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/ferophila/32/10566_2.png) [@ferophila](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ferophila)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/please-help-me-out/44599/4 "2024-05-10T03:32:45Z")

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The desktop version is also free for Mac.

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**Author:** ![ferophila](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/ferophila/32/10566_2.png) [@ferophila](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ferophila)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/please-help-me-out/44599/5 "2024-05-10T04:06:46Z")

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Do you mean by _Anki file_ an application to run or a _deck of learning cards_ to display?

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/please-help-me-out/44599/6 "2024-05-11T02:53:40Z")

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You can import .apkg files into the computer version of Anki and then sync, or you can tap on the file on your phone if you have purchased AnkiMobile.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/please-help-me-out/44599/7 "2024-06-10T02:54:00Z")

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