This planner tells you which cards to recall today, based on when you last reviewed them and how well you remembered. It helps students who revise a topic once, feel confident, and then find that it has faded by the next test.
Free tool
Spaced recall planner
You understand a topic on the day you learn it and cannot recall it a week later.
Everything you enter stays on this device.
How do I use it?
- Set your start date, which is the day you first studied the material.
- Check the review gaps. Keep the default or type your own and press Apply gaps.
- Add a card: a short question or prompt, and the full answer. You can also load the sample cards to try the tool.
- Each day, open the queue. For a due card, say the answer aloud or write it down before you reveal it.
- Press Recalled, Partly or Missed. The next date updates.
How does it work?
A new card is first due on the start date plus the first gap. With the default gaps, a card started on 1 October is due on 2 October.
Recalled moves the card to the next gap, counted from the day you reviewed it. Partly repeats at half the current gap, and Missed restarts at 1 day. After the last gap the card is marked Completed, and you can reset completed cards if you want to go round again.
Changing the start date moves every card you have not yet reviewed, and the list of future dates is worked out again. The schedule is a simple rule, and nobody has shown that these exact gaps are best.
What does a worked example look like?
A student starts on 1 October and adds a card: the gradient through two points. It is due on 2 October, and she recalls it, so the next gap is 3 days and the card is due on 5 October.
On 5 October she misses it. The card goes back to the first step and is due on 6 October.
If she had been away and opened the tool on 9 October, the card would show as overdue by 3 days. It would stay in the queue until she reviewed it.
What can it not tell you?
It cannot tell you whether you really understand an idea. A card you recall quickly may still be memorised without meaning.
It cannot guarantee you will remember, and it does not know which topics matter most for your paper. Write cards on ideas you actually need, and keep the answers short and complete.
How does it connect to the lessons?
Use it with the revision guides, such as SPM Mathematics revision, Additional Mathematics revision and Sejarah revision. The English and Geography revision pages work the same way.
Plan the week around your cards with the realistic revision planner. Cards for things you got wrong are a natural output of the mistake log.
To practise recall with a teacher, see Sejarah tuition or Additional Mathematics tuition. The one-hour trial class (from RM50) is a real taught lesson, and later arrangements are agreed with the teacher.
Common questions
What are the default review gaps?
1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days. They are a simple adjustable rule and not a proven best schedule. You can change them to any list of up to 8 whole numbers from 1 to 365.
What happens when I miss a card?
It restarts at the first step and comes back the next day. A card you recalled only partly repeats after half of its current gap, and a card you fully recalled moves to the next gap.
What if I fall behind?
Overdue cards stay at the top of the queue with the number of days late. Nothing is lost or reset, so you can catch up in any order.
Are my cards stored online?
No. Cards and review dates stay in your browser on this device. The Print button shows the answers on paper, and Clear all cards removes everything.
If cards keep coming back as missed, a teacher in a one-to-one lesson can re-explain the idea from a different angle, so the next recall rests on understanding and not only on memory.
- Online one-to-one lessons for your child with an experienced teacher.
- Your first class is a one-hour trial, from RM50. The fee is agreed before you book.
- Happy with the teacher? Continue with lessons of about 1.5 hours. If not, ask for another teacher.