Recently "finished" RTK1, at least in the sense that I know have growing chunks of time I can devote to learning other things as the RTK1 cards gradually move to higher stacks. Looking to start the sentence "method" with an SRS, but wondering about which one to go with. Anki seems incredibly popular here, but is anyone using Khatzumemo? Its simplicity is appealing, but being exclusively online, is there any way to back up your data?

I guess I'm looking for a recommendation and am interested in hearing a few pros and cons of each. If you have a chance to reply, I'd greatly appreciate it!

Another question I've been pondering is if it's possible to share sentence cards. It sounds like a number of people are attempting to input sentences from the same books and it seems like it would be more time-effective to share the load as a group. Or is the actual inputting of the sentence part of the learning method?

I choose Anki over the rest for a couple of reasons. Cross-platform, Web review works with my phone, instant readings generated on the fly, highly customizable, and the author replies fast and is happy to help.

Some of the cons are, if you're relying on the web review, the server can go down at anytime. The customizability can make it seam daunting to the beginner. Networked decks are slightly buggy (haven't tried this on the new version though).

Also, even if sharing sentences is time-effective, you are right that inputting the sentence is part of the learning method. No one way will work for everyone and compiling your own deck is a kind of passive review. Kills two birds with one stone.

dabidos Wrote:I choose Anki over the rest for a couple of reasons. Cross-platform, Web review works with my phone, instant readings generated on the fly, highly customizable, and the author replies fast and is happy to help.

Some of the cons are, if you're relying on the web review, the server can go down at anytime. The customizability can make it seam daunting to the beginner. Networked decks are slightly buggy (haven't tried this on the new version though).

The above are the primary reasons. I use a networked deck and pretty much have no problems. The new online interface is pretty nice.

How complicated is it to move an Anki set-up from one PC to another? Is it simply a matter of opening up Anki on the second computer and syncing it to the online deck?

yep

If you're just reviewing/seeing new cards, you can even just go on the online review and do it from there without having to sync. The web review format is nice too.