How to use the app

The app turns your PDFs into flashcards and lets you study them with spaced repetition. You can upload PDFs, customize how cards are created, start generation, study cards, edit cards, view stats, and manage your account/credits.

Main areas

• Generate flashcards (home): pick a PDF, customize, start generation.
• Study: review cards (Today/All), fullscreen, sources, explain with AI.
• Edit: edit Q/A, reorder, organize in folders, export/share.
• Statistics: overview, history, forecast.
• Account: credits/Pro, profile, preferences, phone/email, delete account.

Left sidebar (icon rail)

On desktop, a left icon rail is always visible. Click an icon to navigate to the corresponding main area.

• ⚡ Generate: home page for selecting a PDF and starting generation.
• ✏️ Edit: manage decks and edit cards.
• 📚 Study: select a deck and review.
• 📈 Statistics: study stats and forecast.

Header (top bar)

• Menu button: opens the mobile menu (mobile) or expands the sidebar (desktop).
• Account badge: opens account menu (balance/Pro, theme, account, logout).
• Theme toggle: switch light/dark theme from the account menu.

Select a PDF

• Choose PDF: click the button and pick a PDF file.
• Drag & drop: drop a PDF anywhere on the page to select it.
• Multiple files: Pro users can select multiple PDFs in the same flow.

Customize before generation

Under Settings/Customize you can adjust how cards are created.

• Language: choose generation language.
• Page range: choose which pages to use (first/last page).
• AI instruction: short instruction (max 250 chars) that guides style/focus.
• Highlight important words: can underline important terms in questions.
• Deck type: default/medical/MCQ/image occlusion (depending on preferences).

Credits & pricing

• Estimated cost: the app can show an estimated credit cost before starting.
• Insufficient balance: you’ll see a clear banner and a recommended purchase tier.
• Pro: Pro includes unlimited PDF processing (no credit debits for generation).

Start generation

• Generate flashcards: starts generation for the selected file (or all selected, for Pro).
• Leave the page: the job continues; you can see it on the home page.

Select a deck

• Open Study from the sidebar, then pick a deck.

In the reviewer

• Show answer: click or press Space to reveal the answer.
• Hard/Easy: grade the card after seeing the answer.
• Next/Previous: move between cards.
• Undo: undo the last grade (Cmd/Ctrl+Z).
• Fullscreen: enter/exit fullscreen (F or Esc).
• Show/Hide sources: view which PDF pages the card is based on.
• Explain with AI: ask AI to explain the card.
• Edit: open the current card in editor (Cmd/Ctrl+E).

Study filters

• Today: shows new, overdue, and due-today cards.
• All: go through the entire deck.

Open a deck

• Open Edit to see your decks.
• Click a deck to open its notes/cards.

Edit a card

• Open editor: click a note/card to edit it.
• Edit question: change the question field.
• Edit answer: change the answer field.
• Reorder: drag & drop where enabled.
• Delete: delete a note/card (may require confirmation).

Folders & organization

• Create folder and create subfolder to organize decks.
• Rename folder and delete folder.
• Move deck: drag & drop or use “Move to folder”.
• Rename deck: changes the display name (requires at least 1 note).

Export & sharing

• Export: download an Anki package or export to other formats (e.g. Notion).
• Share: publish a deck via a share link.

• Overview: total cards, total reviews, due today, overdue, upcoming, streak.
• History: reviews per day.
• Forecast: due volume over time.
• By deck: analyze per-deck where supported.

Share a deck

• Share via the (⋮) menu on a deck (e.g. from the sidebar or the home page).
• Share link: create a link you can send to others.
• Unpublish: disable sharing to make it private again.

Public decks

• Public decks: browse community/public decks.
• Open public view: view the deck via its shared page.

Profile

• Display name: set the name shown in the UI.
• Email: update email and reset password.

Credits

• Balance: view your credit balance.
• Refresh: fetch the latest balance.
• Purchase: buy credits if needed.
• Welcome credits: you receive welcome credits on first login.

Pro

• Upgrade: open the Pro modal and start a subscription.
• Manage subscription: open the portal for changes/cancellation.
• Unlimited processing: generation without credit debits (per Pro terms).

Preferences

• Default deck type: affects how AI creates cards by default.
• Theme: choose light or dark theme.
• Dashboard visibility: show/hide parts of the study dashboard (if enabled).

Phone & email updates

• Add phone: enter a number and verify via SMS code.
• Send a new code: if needed, after the cooldown.
• Remove phone: may require extra confirmations if it’s the only sign-in method.
• Email updates: subscribe/unsubscribe to email updates.

• Select category: Bug report / Improvement / New feature.
• Write a message: what happened, what you expected, and suggested improvements.
• Link to a deck: optional, for better context.
• Add images: attach screenshots to clarify.
• Reply preference: choose whether you want an email reply.

FAQ

• FAQ: search and filter answers.
• Spaced repetition explanation: link to a blog post from the FAQ.

Policies

• Terms of Use: rules for usage and liability limitations.
• Privacy Policy: how data is stored/shared/handled (GDPR).

Common situations

• I can’t see any decks: make sure you’re logged in and the deck has at least 1 note.
• Generation is stuck: open Generation Status; if queued/running, wait or cancel and try again.
• Images don’t load: signed URLs can take a moment; try collapsing/expanding again.
• Sharing doesn’t work: create a new share link and verify the deck is published.
• Login required: some routes redirect to signup/login if there’s no session.