Your actual cards at the gate
Faithful rendering, not a flattened quiz clone — your templates, your media, your styling, on your phone.
Not a goal-checker. The gate is the study session.
Your real Anki reviews unlock your apps.
Do your Anki reviews to unlock apps. Your actual cards, rendered faithfully, right where you reach for the feed. Pay the fare, and the reviews sync back to your real collection.
Works through the FareGate bridge. Independent — not affiliated with Ankitects, AnKing, or AnkiHub.
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No spam. One note when the gates open.
How it works
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Make cards in Anki.
Desktop Anki stays your editor — the mothership. FareGate reads your collection and never edits it.
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Pair once with a QR.
One scan connects the bridge. After that it syncs on its own — the gate is offline-first, no spinner between you and your cards.
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The gate holds.
Open a gated app and your due cards are the fare — 10 cards buys 15 minutes, reviewed right there, written back to your collection.
Why FareGate
The reviews count
Every answer writes back to your real collection, so nothing you do at the gate is thrown away.
Works with the decks you already have
No starting over, no re-importing years of tuning. Your scheduling state comes with you.
A fair turnstile, not a jailer
An emergency pass always exists, honestly accounted. You set the toll — the gate never argues.
Fair questions
Where do I make cards?
You don't make them here. Desktop Anki stays your editor — the mothership. FareGate is the turnstile: it reads your collection and never edits it.
How does it sync?
One QR pairing, once. After that the bridge syncs on its own; the gate itself is offline-first — reviews queue locally, so no spinner ever stands between you and your cards.
Another blocker app? I've tried five.
The others sell delay; the fare here is your own real studying — and the gate holds because the toll is worth paying, not just hard to dodge. We won't claim it's unbeatable; we claim it's worth beating less.
Why does it cost money when free tools exist?
Fair question. The money funds the bridge, sync, and upkeep of a full in-gate renderer and scheduler — the part nobody else built. The Free tier is a real product, forever, and nothing free ever moves behind the paywall.
What if I need my phone in an emergency?
The emergency pass always exists — press and hold, and you're through. It shows in your own week's stats, seen by you and judged by no one. A turnstile, never a cell.
Will it nag me?
No. Fare is paid forward, never owed — there's no debt display, no red badges, no guilt notifications. The menu-bar glyph never colors, never bounces.
Does it work with AnKing or AnkiHub?
Yes — that's the beachhead. FareGate is read-only toward your collection, Check-Media-safe, and built to complement AnkiHub, not compete with it. Your subscription, your deck, your protected cards stay exactly theirs.
iPhone only?
iPhone first. A native Mac app — the same turnstile in your menu bar, the same keys as Anki — is in the works, to gate the desktop where the other half of the leak lives. One grammar, both machines, when it's ready.
Receipts, not promises
What FareGate sees
- The name of the app at the gate
- so it knows which gate to hold
- Your card content
- never — cards render on your device
- What leaves your device
- nothing it doesn't need to sync your reviews
Never tracked
- Card content in analytics, logs, or error reports
- Pooling, sharing, or training on your cards
- Keystrokes as you review
Honest pricing
Free
$0
forever
- One gated app
- Full sync
- Stats
- Share card
- Emergency pass
Pro Annual
$34.99/year
about $2.92/month
Renews annually until canceled.
- Unlimited gated apps
- Morning Gate
- Live Activity countdown
- Deep stats
7-day free trial, then $34.99/year.
Dedicated Pass
$24.99once
180 days
Ends on its own — no auto-renew
- One exam season of Pro
- Nothing to cancel
Prefer month to month? $4.99/month, cancel anytime.
Why it costs money: the bridge, sync, and a full in-gate renderer and scheduler are ongoing work. The Free tier is a real product, forever — nothing free ever moves behind the paywall. Price it next to the board-prep stack you already run, not next to your streaming bill.
When a pass or a trial ends, FareGate quietly reverts to Free. No dunning, no reminders piling up — it just ends.
Who it's for
FareGate is built first for USMLE and med students already running AnKing decks through AnkiHub, doing 100–400 reviews a day on a morning routine. You already own the study stack — the pain is the phone, not the cards.
Who it's not for
If you want a gate with no pass — a jailer — we're not it. The pass always exists.
If you don't run Anki yet, FareGate has nothing to gate — cards are authored in desktop Anki.
Logistics
Is this the official Anki app?
No. FareGate is an independent app that works with your Anki collection. Anki is a registered trademark of Ankitects Pty Ltd; we're not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
What do I need to run it?
An iPhone on iOS 18 or later, paired once with desktop Anki on macOS or Windows. A native Mac gate app is in the works.
Is there an Android or AnkiDroid version?
Not yet. FareGate is iPhone-first; Android and AnkiDroid support isn't here. If that's you, join the waitlist and we'll tell you when it changes.
What happens when a Dedicated Pass ends?
It reverts to Free on its own — no auto-renew, no dunning, no surprise charge. Your gates keep working on the Free tier.
How do I cancel or get a refund?
Cancel anytime in your Apple subscription settings; the plan runs to the end of the period you paid for. Refunds are handled by Apple through the App Store.
Can I keep my cards if I leave?
Always. Your cards live in Anki and export from Anki — FareGate never holds them. Anything you review at the gate syncs back to your own collection.
Does it work offline?
Yes. The gate is offline-first — your due cards are cached locally, so you can pay the fare with no connection. Syncing catches up when you're back online.
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