🩺 Card Pulse — the vital signs of every card, the moment you flip it
Anki knows how strong each card is in your memory… it just never shows you.
Card Pulse adds a small widget to the review screen that shows the health of the current card and one color that tells you if it's a good card or not.
🎬 Video guide: youtube.com/@TheAnkineer
🎨 7 colors, checked from top to bottom
- NEW — you've never reviewed this card.
- LEARNING — still in its learning steps.
- LEECH — too many lapses or retention under 75%: rewrite it, split it or add an image.
- FRAGILE — weak memory (low recall or stability under 7 days).
- CONSOLIDATING — getting there, keep reviewing on time.
- SOLID — well learned, trust the schedule.
- MASTERED — months of stability, long streak: long-term memory.
The leech rule uses your deck's own leech threshold, so a card turns red before Anki suspends it.
📊 15 stats — show only the ones you want
- Memory: Recall (FSRS retrievability), Stability, Difficulty, Ease (SM-2), Interval, Due
- History: Retention, Streak, Lapses, Reviews, Age, Last button
- Time: This time, Average time, Vs average
Hover any stat to read what it means. Works with FSRS and with the classic SM-2 scheduler.
🖌️ 5 designs
Card · Bar · Tiles · Bubbles · Circle — with 2 to 5 columns, 4 sizes, background opacity, light and dark mode.
✨ Features
- Drag it anywhere — it remembers its place. Near the bottom it opens upward, near the right it grows to the left.
- Fold it to just the status, unfold in one click.
- ⚙ Settings right on the widget (also Tools › Card Pulse settings…).
- How it works tab with the full color code and what to do for each color.
- Ultra fast: no animations, nothing that slows down your reviews.
- Read-only: it never changes your cards or your review history.
🚀 How to use
- Install with the code above and restart Anki.
- Start reviewing and flip a card: the widget appears with the card's color.
- Click ⚙ on the widget to pick your stats and your design.
📝 Changelog
V2 — New name (formerly Card Auditor: Instant Stats & Verdict). 7 color statuses instead of 3, 15 stats, 5 designs, 2–5 columns, draggable widget with remembered position, settings window, How it works guide, FSRS support, leech rule based on your deck's settings, faster and more accurate retention. Your review time is no longer modified (optional setting).
V1 — First release.
Requires Anki 2.1.50 or newer. Everything stays on your computer: no account, no network requests.
❤️ Free add-on by Ankineer · YouTube: @TheAnkineer · Support: buymeacoffee.com/ankineer
Ideas or a bug? Leave a comment on the YouTube video — please don't use a negative review to report a bug, I can't reply there.