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Quick Start: Install and Run Your First Review

You will be reviewing your first cards in about five minutes. This page takes the shortest path; each step links to the page that covers it properly.

What you need​

  • An iPhone, iPad, or Android phone.
  • Headphones, wired or Bluetooth. Recommended, not required.

1. Install and get started​

Install from the App Store or Google Play.

The first time you open the app it introduces itself with four short lessons — Try a card, Make my own card, Try hands-free, and Organize cards. They run in the real app, so the card you make is a real card. Skip them if you prefer; they stay available under Settings > Getting Started.

2. Get some cards​

Pick whichever suits you:

  • Download a community deck. Open the Shared tab, pick a collection, play a couple of its cards to check you like the voice, and tap GET. See Shared Cards.
  • Make your own. In the Library tab tap + > New Card, then add a side with Record Audio or Text to Speech. See Creating Cards.
  • Import what you already have. + > Import… takes a CSV or a batch of audio files. See Importing Cards.

Settings is always one tap away from the ⋯ button in the top-right corner of every tab.

3. Run your first session​

  1. Open the Review tab. The big card at the top shows how many cards are due in your current session — Daily Review to start with.
  2. Tap Start now.
  3. Listen to the question and try to answer it, out loud or in your head.
  4. Tap Reveal answer to hear the answer.
  5. Grade yourself: Again, Hard, Good, or Easy. The time under each button is when that card will come back if you pick it.

When the queue runs out you see a summary of how you graded. That is a complete review. During a Review covers everything else the player can do.

4. Go hands-free​

Once the basics feel natural, make a session you can run without touching the phone. On the Review tab, long press Daily Review and choose Edit Session, then:

  • Turn on Autoplay Sides so the answer plays after a pause instead of waiting for you.
  • Turn on Use Voice Commands so you can say next, repeat, again, hard, good, or easy.

Put your headphones in and the phone in your pocket. Review Sessions explains the timing controls, and Voice Commands how to tune recognition.

5. Improve your voices (optional)​

New cards use your device's built-in voice until you choose otherwise. For noticeably more natural speech that still works offline, add a Kokoro (on-device) voice under Settings > Text-To-Speech > My Voices. See Voices & Text-to-Speech.

Permissions​

The app asks for these only when a feature needs them:

PermissionNeeded for
MicrophoneRecording cards and voice commands.
Speech RecognitionVoice commands, and transcribing recordings so they are searchable.
iCloud (Apple)Storing and syncing your library in iCloud Drive. On by default when you are signed in to iCloud.

If you decline one, you can grant it later in your device's Settings app.

Next steps​