Practise the thinking. Keep the judgement.
Obsidian to flashcards on iPhone: three workflows that work with Ronri
Keep your notes in Obsidian and review them as flashcards on iPhone, through Anki, a CSV file or a PDF upload.
Pick the route that matches how you write
Obsidian is a good place to keep knowledge; a flashcard app is a good place to rehearse it. Ronri does not read Markdown notes directly, so each workflow turns a note into something it can import: an Anki package, a CSV file or a PDF.
If you already mark cards in your notes with an Obsidian plugin, go through Anki. If your notes are prose, let ChatGPT draft a CSV you check. If you would rather not set anything up, export the note as a PDF and draft cards on the RubricMark website.
Route 1: Obsidian, Anki, then Ronri
Install the Obsidian Flashcards plugin and the AnkiConnect add-on, write cards with the plugin’s syntax and run Flashcards: Update Anki from current note. The cards appear in Anki desktop. Then choose File, Export, Anki Deck Package (.apkg) with scheduling information and media included.
Save the package to iCloud Drive. In Ronri, open Tool, then Flashcards, choose Import, then Anki package. Importing a newer export of the same deck updates matching notes rather than adding duplicates, so you can keep editing in Obsidian and re-import.
Route 2: a CSV drafted from your note
Paste a note into ChatGPT and ask for a CSV with the header front,back. Read every row, fix anything wrong and save it as a .csv file in iCloud Drive. In Ronri, open Tool, then Flashcards, choose Import, then CSV.
Ronri reads comma- or tab-separated files with up to 500 cards and 2,000 characters per side. Header names must be English, such as front and back or question and answer. Put quotation marks around any cell that contains a comma.
Route 3: export the note and draft cards on the web
In Obsidian, use Export to PDF on the note. On RubricMark, open PDF to flashcards, add the PDF and edit the draft cards before saving. Max accounts can upload the .md file itself instead of a PDF.
Saved decks belong to your RubricMark account, so they appear in Ronri when you sign in with the same account on iPhone. Review there, offline if you need to.
Try it yourself
You edit cards in Obsidian every week and want those edits in Ronri. Which route makes that easiest, and why?
Show the answer and explanation
Route 1, through Anki: re-export the deck as an .apkg and import it again; matching notes are updated instead of duplicated.
The CSV and PDF routes create a new set of cards each time, so you would have to remove the old deck yourself.