Spaced revision, made calm

Forget forgetting. — Recall: the free spaced repetition and flashcard app that helps students and professionals remember what they study, using the science of the forgetting curve.

Recall quietly brings back what you're learning — right before it fades — so it actually sticks. More than a notes app: it's a study companion built on the science of memory. One calm minute a day. No cramming, no streak-anxiety, ever.

Free to start No ads Works offline
Built for anyone who wants to remember
Whatever you study Whatever you read Whatever matters to you

Memory has
a shape.

In 1885 Hermann Ebbinghaus measured how fast we forget. Left alone, you lose most of what you learn within a week — the forgetting curve.

Recall watches that curve for every card and resurfaces it at the precise moment it's about to fade. Each calm review flattens the slope a little more, until it barely falls at all.

80%
forgotten in a week — without review
82%
projected retention at 90 days — with Recall
Retention over time 90 days

Chart, illustrative: with spaced repetition, projected retention stays above 80% after 90 days. Without review, the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve drops below 20% over the same period.

With Recall
Left to forget

Illustrative. Your own curve is projected from your reviews.

Everything you need to remember. Nothing that makes you anxious.

Your whole day, in one quiet ring

One number in a plain monochrome ring — how much is ready to review. No red, no badges, no score to beat. Glance, breathe, begin.

Color only where it matters

The entire app is monochrome but for three small chips — priority, difficulty, comfort. Rare, so they always mean something.

More than typed cards

Save a paragraph, a link, a video, a PDF or a photo of a page. Whatever you keep, Recall can bring it back to you later.

Ask your own notes

Ask a question and Aura answers from what you've actually saved — then shows you which notes it used. It can summarise a whole bucket, or suggest a clearer rewrite of the note you're editing. Grounded in your notes, enriched by Aura.

Nothing enters your queue uninvited

Spaced revision is a switch you control on every note and every bucket. Turn it off and the note simply stays a note — so Recall is also just a good place to keep things.

Buckets for every subject

Group what you're learning into calm, tidy buckets. Each keeps its own pace — set how firmly you want to hold a subject, or let it cool off for a while.

A quiet ledger, not a scoreboard.

See the four things that prove a habit is forming — streak, adherence, what's due, and a monochrome activity map. No leaderboards, no guilt.

12
Day streak
Calm consistency, gently kept
87%
Adherence
Reviews you met, on time
82%
Retention
Projected from your own reviews

Frequently asked questions

What is spaced repetition and how does it help you study?

Spaced repetition is a learning technique that schedules reviews at widening intervals. Instead of cramming, you revisit material right before you'd forget it, which is what strengthens long-term memory. Decades of research find it substantially outperforms massed practice. Recall runs that schedule for every card you save, so you never have to work out when to review.

What is the forgetting curve?

The forgetting curve, discovered by Hermann Ebbinghaus in 1885, shows that without review you lose roughly 80% of new information within a week — most of it in the first 24 hours. Recall models that curve for every card and resurfaces the card just before it fades, so the slope flattens with each review instead of falling away.

Is Recall free?

Recall is free, has no ads, and currently has no paywall anywhere in the app. That covers the whole spaced-revision engine, your buckets and notes, Recall Drops, the insights dashboard, and asking or summarising your own notes with Aura. A Premium plan will arrive later for the heavier things — the larger AI models and quiz — and anything that is ever limited is always shown to you inside the app.

How is Recall different from Anki and other flashcard apps?

Recall is built to be calm where most flashcard apps are demanding. The design is monochrome, with colour reserved for small priority chips — no alarming red numbers. One quiet ring replaces the score counter. Recall Drops are gentle haptic nudges rather than badge spam, and you choose how insistent they are. Insights read as a private ledger, not a leaderboard. And Aura answers questions about the notes you've already saved instead of pushing generated content at you.

Who is Recall for? Can professionals use it too?

Recall is for anyone who wants to remember what they learn. Students use it for exam preparation across biology, statistics, languages, and finance. Professionals use it for certifications and technical knowledge. Language learners use it for vocabulary. Medical students use it for pharmacology and anatomy. If you read something important and don't want to forget it, Recall is for you.

What does Aura, the built-in AI, actually do?

Aura works on the notes you have already saved, rather than writing new material for you. It summarises a whole bucket, answers questions about your own material and shows which notes the answer came from, and suggests clearer rewrites of a note you're editing. Answers are grounded in your notes first; if your notes don't cover something, Aura falls back on general knowledge rather than inventing a citation. It does not browse the web. You can also tell Aura how you like answers written, and it remembers that for you.

What platforms is Recall available on?

Recall is available on Android through Google Play. An iOS version for iPhone and iPad is in progress. Reviews work offline — your cards are cached on the device and anything you review while disconnected syncs the moment you're back online.

Still need a hand?

Calm answers for reviews, Drops, Aura, sync, and billing.

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Start remembering.

On Google Play now. iOS is on the way.