[malicka]

The 24€ one is the official one:

> AnkiMobile is the official iOS app and all purchases help fund Anki's development.[1]

You could always use the web UI in your phone browser, Ankiweb[2], which is very kindly hosted for free by the developers.

You could also write your cards as CSV, HTML, or really any format you want and import them, if the interface isn’t to your liking. Shoot, you can even use an Emacs package[3] if you want to.

[1] https://apps.ankiweb.net/ [2] https://ankiweb.net/ [3] https://github.com/eyeinsky/org-anki

[theshrike79]

From the Anki search on iOS App store:

One is made by AnkiApp Inc. (28€-99€ IAP subscription)

One by Ankitects Pty Ltd (30€)

Which one is the official one?

The problem isn't the format of the source, I COULD write it in windows .ini -files. The point is that I want to learn the language, not spend time writing the book about the language first. How do I know what words to add to the deck? Should I add different inflections? How about pronouns, does the language use gendered pronouns? What's the best way to study them, are there rules for it?

I'm willing to pay money for a properly researched and made Anki deck for a language rather than spend time building it word by word.

[fao_]

> What's the best way to study them, are there rules for it?

The best way to study is to make a basic card and just start doing it immediately. A lot of this is individual so using other people's tips isn't going to work (although if you really wanted to do this, you would have very quickly learned by now that there's a whole industry of blog posts and youtube videos and Opinions on how to optimize your deck if you really need that, and there's a whole industry trying to sell you on things to buy to Optimize your Learning Experience). The thing is, overthinking isn't going to work here.

Just make a 2 field note, like the default, and start adding words and doing reviews. You'll very quickly find out what information you find yourself wanting to remember when you're sat there writing sentences in the language, you'll also find out what you find interesting to learn that helps you learn. After the point that you are actually learning, it's really easy to add fields to a note or to switch note types.

Not only are there literally a ton of docs that come with Anki that go over the best way to deal with Anki for learning, but making the deck as you go is ideal for your situation because you're building memory. Inputting sentences and words or whatever you find meaningful to remember into the deck is also building that memory. Spending hours reading blog posts and figuring out which service to pay for, uh, is the opposite of learning.

This might sound harsh, but it literally comes down to "you have to walk to learn how to walk, you have to pedal to learn how to ride a bike". Spending hours or weeks or months deciding if you want to do training wheels or not, what height you want the bike seat, route planning, finding the best bike and the best seat — none of that is riding the bike, all of it is based on preferences that you won't have until you've ridden your first bike, and every inch of it is overthinking and procrastination. Nobody can tell you, beforehand, what the best way to ride a bike is, and that information is meaningless to you until you are physically riding the bike. Nobody can tell you what riding a bike is like and there is no way to learn outside of you physically sitting down on the bike, and pushing off, and pedalling — which is something you can do with a 20$ bike that you found at goodwill. You can, however, find yourself wasting hours or weeks or months thinking about riding a bike and never doing it.