Fresh Cards

Flashcards that just work

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Flashcards that just work

4 followers

Finally, a flashcard app that just works—for iOS and macOS. Thoughtfully designed, Fresh Cards is a joy to use. Using a swipe interface, card review is quick and best of all, cards are auto-scheduled for review again based on how well you did.

Launch tags:iOS•Education•Languages

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Hi. Can we import markdown or simple text via iOS app? Or is there a web version where we can import it then it will sync on iOS?

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6yr ago

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Maker

@samarth_reddy Thanks for your interest! There isn't markdown support quite yet, although that's in the list of features I am going to add soon-ish. Text import isn't available on iOS yet, but I'm planning on adding that during the next two weeks since I'm on break from my regular job.

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6yr ago

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Maker

Hi, everyone! 👋 My name is Allen and I've created a wonderful new flashcard app called ✨Fresh Cards✨. It's available today for iOS and macOS only. (Don't worry. One of my goals for 2021 is to write an Android version.) I created the app because I wanted a beautiful, easy to use flashcard app that just worked. Thoughtful features found throughout the app make it a joy to create and review cards. ☺️ The app keeps track of how well you're recalling information and automatically schedules each card for review in the future, so all you have to do is spend a few minutes ⏱ a day doing your lessons. Easy. Card creation and sharing are essential to the app and they are a breeze. 👷‍♀️ The app offers multiple ways to import cards, including a simple text file format which also allows you to specify image and audio resources. Have hundreds of images or audio files you want to turn into flashcards? It's easy with this new file format. I've sweated a lot of the details of the UX and made something really special, so I hope you give it a try. Thanks for reading.❤️

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6yr ago

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@allenussher - another commentor below mention the lack of mentioning of space repetition. I know you said that you didn't want to mention "spaced repettition" since your target audience might not know what that is. I think spaced repetition model is the golden standard when it comes to using flashcards for study. I actually think its a deterrent if its not using that; I don't want a completely different algorithm that can't do similar or better than Anki's spaced repetition algorithm - https://github.com/ankitects/anki Big plus for the github-style graph! I like the UX as well You're on to something, keep it up!

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6yr ago

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Maker

@cliffordfajard0 Thanks for the feedback! I'll tweak the marketing for it a bit to mention spaced repetition for folks who know what it is. I'm using SM-2, similar to Anki, and am planning on tweaking the algorithm a bit still.

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6yr ago

Looking good! Can it import the cards from Anki?

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6yr ago

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Maker

@patrickloonstra It can! You just drag and drop an Anki deck into the app and it'll show you a preview of the cards and you can pick the ones you want to import, or import them all. Anki decks with custom HTML/CSS/Javascript are a little tricky right now, so they don't always get formatted nicely yet. However, simpler decks work really well. A great example I found is one with Japanese hiragana on one side and audio of its pronunciation on another. Ones with images work great as well.

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6yr ago

@patrickloonstra @allenussher Nice. Good reason to give it a serious try.

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6yr ago

This would be incredible. One of the best parts of Anki as well is the addon to import from Quizlet and the massive bank of flash cards in general.

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6yr ago

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Maker

@torgmg I also came up with a simple "Open Flashcard" file format that makes import super easy. It's just a text file format and you can specify image and audio resources in it. It should make it easy to share decks with others. The app does some dupe-detection as well, so you can update your deck over time if the original author changes any of the cards. I'm not familiar with the Quizlet format, but it shouldn't be hard to parse it too. More info about the text file format here: https://www.ussherpress.com/fres...

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6yr ago

Thanks Allen. Giving it a go tomorrow. On the landing page and App Store I personally think you should tap into spaced repetition and active recall as a ‘feature’. Other apps don’t and I think they’re missing out. Discovering these principles feels like a memory hack. Similarly, to do some SEO around these topics and ‘own them’ is simple or even work with young ‘education’ influencers. The Anki community is niche and feels like the IBM to your Apple.

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6yr ago

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6yr ago

Cool idea!

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6yr ago

Super

Great app!

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