Learning · ~2 minutes
Turn cramming into a spaced plan.
Give it your topics and exam date, and it builds a review schedule around the two techniques that actually work: spacing (reviews at expanding intervals) and retrieval (recalling from memory, not rereading). It's the applied version of studying the way the research says.
A scaffold, not a contract. This spaces your reviews and reminds you to recall rather than reread — but it can't do the remembering for you. Miss a day? Just pick up the next session; consistency across the whole stretch beats hitting exact dates. And every "Recall" session only works if you actually retrieve from memory before checking. Nothing here is saved, so copy your plan if you want to keep it.
About this instrument
What this does — and what it doesn't
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Applies
Spacing & retrieval
The two highest-impact study techniques in the research, turned into a concrete schedule: reviews at expanding intervals, each one an act of recall rather than passive rereading.
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Method
Expanding-interval schedule
Each topic is introduced, then revisited at growing gaps (roughly a day, a few days, a week, two weeks), interleaved with your other topics and capped by a final review before your exam.
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Gives
A day-by-day plan
A dated list of short sessions labelled Learn, Recall, or Final review — so you always know what to study and, just as importantly, how to study it that day.
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Limits
Honest limits
It can't measure how well you know each topic or do the recall for you, and it assumes roughly equal weight per topic. It's a scaffold for good habits, not a guarantee — the effort is still yours.
Questions
Before you begin
How does the planner decide when to review?
It uses expanding intervals — the spacing effect. After you first learn a topic, it schedules reviews at growing gaps (about a day, then a few days, then a week or two), so you revisit material just as it starts to fade. Topics are interleaved across days rather than blocked, and each ends with a final review near your exam.
What should I actually do in a review session?
Recall from memory, not reread. A 'Learn' session is your first pass through the material; every 'Recall' session after it should be active retrieval — close the book and try to reproduce the key ideas, then check. That struggle to remember is exactly what strengthens the memory.
What if I miss a day?
Don't worry about it — just pick up the next session. Consistency over the whole stretch matters far more than hitting exact dates, and the spacing effect is forgiving. The schedule is a scaffold to keep you spacing and recalling, not a rigid contract.
Is my data saved anywhere?
No. Everything runs in your browser. Your topics and dates never leave your device and nothing is stored or sent to a server. Refreshing the page clears everything, so copy your plan somewhere if you want to keep it.
Go deeper
The science behind this instrument
Plan the spacing. Check the habits.
See how your current study habits stack up against the evidence.
Take the study habits test