Life Drain

AnkiWeb addon 715575551

Adds a life bar to reviews that drains over time and refills as you answer, visually showing how quickly you respond.
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Votes
111 (👍 103 · 👎 8)
Updated
2026-06-10
Anki versions
25.09.4~
License
AGPL-3.0 (from the GitHub repository)
Virus scan
No ClamAV match A match does not prove malware. No match does not prove that the code is safe.
Languages
Python
Description language
en

Maintenance

active

  • Last update or commit: 2026-06-10 (144 days before the snapshot).
  • GitHub Actions workflows: 1.
  • Commits in the last year: 12.
  • Issues: 1 open, 87 closed.
  • Pull requests: 0 open, 100 merged.
  • Median first response: 4 hours (53 answered issues and pull requests).
  • Outside pull requests: 50% of 4 merged.

Will it work on my Anki?

Version branches
Min AnkiMax AnkiUpdated
2.1.02.1.212020-06-03
2.1.222.1.442022-02-13
2.1.452.1.542022-09-18
2.1.5525.09.4+2026-06-10
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Description

Badge

This add-on adds a life bar to your reviews. Your life reduces within time, and you must answer the questions in order to recover it.

Review Screen Demo

This add-on was inspired on the add-on Progress Bar and the game osu!.

OBJECTIVE

The objective is to give a visual feedback of how fast the questions are being answered. If the life is low, it means that you are distracted or taking too much time to answer.

DOCUMENTATION

If you are new to the add-on, I highly recommend you to give a look to its wiki. (Reading time ~2 min)
Click here and read it!

Global Settings

Global Settings Popup

Deck Settings

Deck Settings Popup

CHANGELOG

See the full changelog.

FEEDBACK & CONTRIBUTION

If you find any bugs, feel free to open an issue. I'll try to answer / fix those as soon as I can!
If you have experience with coding, feel free to open a Pull Request!
Any feedback and help is very welcome!

README

Life Drain

MAINTENANCE NOTICE:

  • I won't accept new feature requests. But small enhancements may be accepted.
  • My focus is to keep the add-on working on newer versions of Anki.

An Anki add-on that adds a life bar to your reviews.

Your life reduces within time, and you must answer the questions in order to recover it.

Review

Objective

The objective is to give a visual feedback of how fast the questions are being answered. If the life is low, it means that you are distracted or taking too much time to answer.

Install

Recommended

Manual

  • Copy the folder src into your add-ons folder. You need at least Anki 2.1.22 for the latest Life Drain.

Documentation

Click here and access the wiki for this add-on!

Feedback & Contribution

If you find any bugs, feel free to open an issue. I'll try to answer / fix those as soon as I can!

If you have experience with coding, feel free to open a Pull Request!

Any feedback and help is very welcome!