Pricing
Start free. Pro is $5 a month billed yearly, or $10 month to month, and you can cancel from the Billing page whenever you want.
Pro
- Unlimited decks and collections
- 1 to 5 confidence ratings and spaced repetition
- Formatting, tables and code blocks on cards
- Insights: forgetting curves, knowledge map, year of study, study clock
- Study any mix of decks at once
- Import and export CSV
Compared with other flashcard apps
| Feature | MindMaxer | Most flashcard apps |
|---|---|---|
| How you rate a card | How well you knew it, 1 to 5 | Usually right or wrong, or 4 buttons |
| Tables, lists, colors and headings on cards | Yes, with a formatting toolbar | Usually plain text or markdown |
| Pomodoro timer, study until it runs out instead of a set number of cards | Yes, you pick the length | Rare, usually a separate app |
| Forgetting curves, filtered by collection or deck | Yes | Rare |
| Mastery bar on every deck, cards counted at each rating | Yes | Usually a single percentage |
| Edit a card mid-study and land back on it | Yes | Sometimes |
| Code blocks in a monospace font that keep their indentation | Yes | Usually plain text or markdown |
| Calendar of every study day | Yes | Sometimes, often as an add-on |
| Map of every card, colored by how well you know it | Yes | Rare |
| Study any mix of decks in one session | Yes | Sometimes |
| Library chart, decks sized by card count and colored by mastery | Yes | Rare |
| Study clock, which hours you study and rate best | Yes | Rare |
| Study from the keyboard, Space to flip and 1 to 5 to rate | Yes | Sometimes |
| Export every card to CSV | Yes, one deck or all of them | Often a paid feature |
Questions
What is spaced repetition?
You review a card right before you would forget it. Cards you know well come back after days or weeks, cards you miss come back in minutes. You spend your time on what you don't know yet.
How does the 1 to 5 rating work?
After you see the answer you rate how well you knew it, from 1 (not at all) to 5 (perfectly). A 1 comes back in about two minutes. A 5 comes back in a week, and every 4 or 5 in a row doubles the gap.
What happens if I fall behind?
Nothing piles up on screen. There's no overdue count. When you come back, due cards come up first with the weakest ones most often, and you study ten at a time until you want to stop.
Can I bring cards from another app?
Yes. Export a deck as CSV from the app you use now and import it here. One file becomes one deck, and you can import several at once.
Can I take my cards with me if I leave?
Yes. Export one deck or everything as CSV files, which most flashcard apps can import.
Is there a phone app?
MindMaxer runs in your phone's browser and you can add it to your home screen, where it opens like an app. There's nothing to download from an app store.
What does Pro cost?
$5 a month billed yearly, which is $60. Or $10 month to month. You can cancel any time from the Billing page.
How do I cancel?
Billing, then Manage billing. Payments run through Stripe, and you keep Pro until the end of the period you paid for.