Hey there!
I was wondering whether the SRS times on WK and KW are identical or not. It just seems like I reach guru much faster on KW and there just seems to be more reviews on WK compared to KW. That’s why I have the subjective feeling that KW might not have some of the middle steps (like the ones between apprentice and guru on WK).
Can anyone help with facts?
Thanks 
There are more reviews on WaniKani because KaniWani only does vocab, not radicals or kanji. I don’t think KaniWani has quite the same intervals, but I believe it’s only a small difference. I don’t actually use KaniWani, so I don’t know the specifics.
The algorithm is the same as WaniKani’s SRS, using the same time intervals between ranks.
When’s the last time that was updated though? I thought when WaniKani dropped the Apprentice 4 interval from 3 days to 2 days that KaniWani kept it at 3 days.
Yes, this is the only difference between KW’s and WK’s SRS intervals. From Apprentice 4 to Guru 1, it takes 3d (KW) instead of 2 (WK).
So KW is even slower…
But what you all said totally makes sense. KW is only the vocab without the readings. No Radicals (reading, meaning) and Kanji (reading, writing). So it’s just a fraction of the WK content which might make it seem to faster.
Thanks for your answers, everyone!
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