RepetoChoose Knowt if you want a released, free-first study app with broad AI imports, practice modes, exam resources, and classroom features. Consider Repeto if long-term FSRS review and Anki .apkg portability matter more than games and test modes—and only if you are comfortable evaluating a pre-release product.
Disclosure: Repeto publishes this comparison and therefore has a commercial interest. We use first-party Knowt sources, give Knowt meaningful wins, and separate Repeto’s current pre-release codebase from public availability. Facts and prices were checked on August 21, 2026.
Repeto vs Knowt at a glance
| Decision | Knowt | Repeto |
|---|---|---|
| Public status | Public web product; Knowt links to iOS and Android downloads, although its mobile FAQ retains stale rollout wording | Web app is pre-release; an iPhone/iPad update is in preparation; Android is unreleased |
| Best fit | School/university students who want AI study tools, exam modes, community sets, or classes | Learners evaluating a focused long-term flashcard and Anki workflow |
| AI inputs | PDFs, images, PowerPoints, spreadsheets, pasted notes, uploaded video/audio, Google Drive files, and live recordings; Chrome extension for articles/websites and YouTube | Current codebase supports editable AI generation and ingestion routes; each live source path still needs verification |
| Study modes | Flashcards, Learn, Practice Test, Matching Game, Spaced Repetition, podcast generation, and teacher-enabled Call with Kai | Focused card review with FSRS in the current codebase |
| Scheduler | Spaced Repetition Mode with user-selected intervals, question types, and difficulty feedback; Knowt does not identify the underlying algorithm | FSRS in the current codebase |
| Anki import | Knowt documents moving terms and definitions through a spreadsheet and its manual text importer; the help page does not describe .apkg import | Imports supported .apkg packages in the current codebase |
| Export | PDF on web; mobile sharing to Files or another app | Exports decks as .apkg in the current codebase; broad fidelity is not yet claimed |
| Offline | No general offline-study guarantee was found in the Knowt pages checked | Full offline use is not verified for a released Repeto surface |
| Sharing | Public links, classes, and a vendor-described library of millions of notes and flashcards | Pre-release codebase includes a free shared-deck market, without a proven public network |
| Listed price | Basic is free; Ultra is displayed at $24.99/month or $149.99 billed annually ($12.49/month) | Public Repeto pricing should be checked when released |
Knowt is the lower-risk choice today because it exists as a public product. Repeto’s strongest comparison case is an explicitly named FSRS scheduler and supported .apkg import/export in the current codebase, not audience size, platform coverage, or current availability.
Where Knowt is better than Repeto
Knowt covers more ways to study
Knowt can turn uploaded material into notes or flashcards, then use it in Flashcards, Learn, Practice Test, Matching Game, and Spaced Repetition. It also documents podcast generation and a teacher-enabled Call with Kai on teacher-created notes or sets. That breadth helps a student preparing for a near-term exam who wants varied questions rather than one due-card queue.
Repeto is more focused. Its current codebase is built around decks, editable cards, FSRS reviews, imports, and sharing. It does not try to replace a classroom assessment platform or a complete exam-prep environment.
Knowt accepts a broad range of sources today
Knowt documents AI creation from PDFs, PowerPoints, images, spreadsheets, uploaded video and audio, pasted notes, Google Drive files, and live recordings. Its Chrome extension covers articles, websites, and YouTube. It also documents Quizlet migration through the extension, but warns that Quizlet may block it and provides a manual fallback. These are public workflows that can be tested now.
Repeto has broad ingestion classes in its pre-release plan and codebase, but it should name a source type publicly only after the extractor and live provider path are verified. Knowt wins current availability even where Repeto’s intended scope is similar.
Knowt has stronger classroom and community distribution
Knowt documents classes, teacher progress reporting, due dates and assignments, exam hubs, public materials, and public-link sharing. Its pages claim 3,000,000+ students and teachers and more than 5 million resources; those are vendor-reported figures.
Repeto’s current codebase includes a shared-deck market, but it has no demonstrated public inventory, classroom administration layer, or comparable network. A marketplace endpoint is not a community until people publish, maintain, discover, and report real decks.
Knowt’s free core is useful before paying
Knowt’s current plans page lists Basic as free and includes creating notes and flashcards, free study modes, and browsing millions of notes and flashcards. Knowt’s AI-usage help says free-plan AI limits reset monthly. This makes it easy to run a realistic trial. Repeto cannot yet provide a comparable public free-tier test because its product surfaces are not recorded as released.
Where Repeto’s pre-release direction may be better
These are current-codebase or target differences, not availability wins.
Repeto documents a specific long-term scheduler
Knowt’s Spaced Repetition Mode lets users choose new cards per day, intervals, question types, and difficulty feedback. Its official help does not identify the underlying model as FSRS, SM-2, or another published algorithm.
Repeto’s current codebase uses FSRS. That makes the scheduler choice explicit, but it does not establish better outcomes or portable review history; a seven-day queue test is still necessary.
Repeto targets direct .apkg portability
Knowt’s documented Anki route transfers terms and definitions through a spreadsheet and manual text import. The documentation does not describe carrying note types, templates, media relationships, review history, or scheduling state. Knowt’s web export produces a PDF rather than an Anki package.
Repeto’s current codebase imports supported .apkg packages and exports a deck as .apkg. That is a meaningful structural advantage for an Anki user, although Repeto must not call every round trip lossless until a representative compatibility corpus is published.
Repeto generates editable cards inside a deck
Repeto’s current codebase can generate editable cards inside a deck. Knowt also lets users use Chat with Kai for final edits, so editability is not unique. Repeto’s possible advantage is a narrower focus on deck review, but any claim that this creates a stronger quality gate needs the same-source cleanup test.
Whether this reduces errors must be measured using the same source and cleanup timer.
Where Repeto is worse or less proven
- Knowt is public on the web and links to iOS and Android downloads; Repeto is not generally released under its new identity.
- Knowt has vendor-reported scale, exam resources, and classroom workflows that Repeto has not demonstrated publicly.
- Repeto has no released Android app and no public evidence that its upcoming iOS sync participates reliably with the pre-release web/API system.
- Knowt’s broad AI inputs can be tested today. Repeto’s source coverage remains partly a verification task.
- Repeto has no comparable matching game, exam hub, teacher assignment system, or broad practice-test environment.
- Neither product has a sufficiently documented offline story for a strong offline recommendation here; Repeto must not turn Knowt’s missing documentation into a claim that Knowt cannot work offline.
If your immediate goal is an exam next week, Knowt’s varied study modes may matter more than scheduler transparency. If your goal is maintaining a 10,000-card collection for years, portability and review-state fidelity become more important.
Card creation: Knowt favors breadth
Knowt can create a flashcard set manually, ask Kai for individual or bulk cards, or generate a set from uploaded material. Its AI tools can also produce notes and other study artifacts from the same source. The Chrome extension supports webpage and YouTube workflows; its documented Quizlet import has a manual fallback because Knowt warns that Quizlet may block the extension.
Repeto’s pre-release codebase supports manual decks, editable cards, and AI-generated editable cards inside a deck. The narrower interface may reduce context switching, but Knowt currently documents more public input routes and output formats.
In both products, generation speed is a poor metric. Count how many proposed cards have one clear recall target, stay supported by the source, and survive your first edit pass.
Reviewing: Knowt optimizes for variety, Repeto for a due queue
Knowt’s Spaced Repetition Mode can mix flashcards, multiple choice, true/false, and written response. Users choose initial interval settings and report card difficulty. Knowt recommends Learn mode when an exam is within 30 days, showing that its product distinguishes near-term mastery from long-term repetition.
Repeto’s current codebase uses an FSRS review flow. That makes the scheduler choice explicit, but the claim ledger does not establish review-history fidelity or better outcomes.
Choose based on the job. A learner who wants varied practice may prefer Knowt. A learner who prioritizes an explicitly named FSRS scheduler and supported .apkg import/export may prefer Repeto’s design after it is released and tested.
Import, export, and ownership
Knowt documents Quizlet migration through its Chrome extension, but warns that Quizlet may block the extension and provides a manual copy-and-paste fallback. For Anki or CSV content, the official path is manual text import through a spreadsheet. Export is PDF on web; the mobile app can share a file to Files or another app, but no .apkg or review-history export is documented.
Repeto’s current codebase has supported .apkg import and deck export. This is the clearest reason for an Anki user to consider Repeto later. Still, preserve the original collection and test templates, media, cloze behavior, tags, suspended cards, and review state before moving more than one deck.
Platforms, offline use, and price
Knowt is public on the web, and its mobile page links to iOS and Android downloads and says files and study progress sync with the website. That page’s FAQ retains stale rollout wording, so verify both store listings immediately before choosing the app. Knowt also has a Chrome extension. We could not verify a general offline-study guarantee in the first-party Knowt pages checked, so this page does not treat offline use as a Knowt capability or absence.
Knowt’s current plans page lists Basic as free, Ultra monthly at $24.99, and Ultra annual at $149.99 upfront (displayed as $12.49 per month). Knowt’s AI-usage help says the free plan has AI limits that reset monthly. Recheck the live plan or checkout surface immediately before paying.
Repeto’s release price, free limits, and mobile availability should be checked only when the release ledger records a public product.
Run the same 40-minute trial
Run Repeto only through legitimate pre-release access.
- Choose the same two-page source containing text, one table, and one image.
- Generate 20 cards in each app with the same instruction: one answerable idea per card, no facts outside the source.
- Count incorrect or unsupported answers, duplicates, overloaded questions, and cards you would delete.
- Time the edit-and-approval pass.
- Create five cards manually, including a reverse vocabulary card, a formula, and an image.
- Complete one standard flashcard review and one varied quiz mode where available.
- Return the next day and inspect which cards are due and why.
- Import the same small Anki deck. Record which fields, media, templates, and review history survive.
- Export the result and verify whether another flashcard app can use it.
Repeat for seven days before committing. Knowt may win because you complete more varied sessions; Repeto may win because the due queue and data path are easier to trust. The test should decide.
Which should you choose?
Choose Knowt if you want a released free-first app, broad AI imports, multiple study modes, public materials, exam resources, or teacher/classroom tools. It is the practical choice for immediate use on Android as well.
Consider Repeto if you are testing a pre-release product and prioritize explicit FSRS review, supported .apkg import/export, manual decks, editable cards, and a focused long-term memory workflow. Reassess after Repeto’s public release and after it publishes compatibility and offline evidence.
Knowt and Repeto solve overlapping but different problems. Knowt is a broad study environment; Repeto is trying to become a focused source-to-deck-to-review system. Neither framing is universally better.
Official sources
Checked August 21, 2026. Knowt facts come from first-party product/help pages; Repeto availability follows the project’s release ledger.
- Knowt flashcards and study modes
- Knowt current plans
- Knowt mobile platforms and sync
- Knowt Chrome extension
- Knowt AI flashcard maker and resource library
- Knowt AI Summarizer inputs
- Knowt spreadsheet summarizer
- Knowt Live Lecture Note Taker
- Knowt Spaced Repetition Mode
- Knowt Learn Mode
- Knowt Matching Game
- Knowt Practice Test Mode
- Knowt podcasts
- Knowt Call with Kai
- Knowt exam resources
- Knowt teacher progress reporting
- Knowt public-link sharing
- Knowt AI usage and monthly reset
- Knowt Quizlet import and fallback
- Knowt manual Anki/CSV import
- Knowt flashcard export