All guides
App workflow• 5 min read

A Spaced Repetition Planner App for Topics, Not Just Flashcards

Many spaced repetition tools begin with cards. A topic-based planner begins with the curriculum and lets you study using any resource. That makes it useful when your work cannot be reduced to short question-and-answer prompts.

What you’ll learn

  • Track any learning resource
  • Keep subjects and subtopics organized
  • See due work in one review queue
  • Use iPhone reminders and calendar integration

Who needs a topic-based planner?

Use a topic tracker when you learn through textbooks, recorded lectures, problem sets, labs, essays, clinical cases, or mixed resources. It is especially useful when creating cards would add more work than value.

How Spaced Repetition Tracker fits

Subjects contain groups and topics. Each topic keeps its own session timeline, difficulty history, and next review. The Review view brings due work together across subjects, while calendar views and streaks make the routine visible.

Set up your planner in minutes

  1. Create a subject
  2. Add groups that match your syllabus
  3. Create small reviewable topics
  4. Choose Smart Algorithm or another scheduling mode
  5. Log the first session and follow the due queue

Keep the planner lightweight

A study tracker should reduce planning work. Add only the current unit, use short topic names you recognize, and log sessions in seconds. Attach the schedule to an existing daily cue—after class, after a question block, or at the start of your evening study window.

Make a review plan for your own topics

Put the method into practice with our free spaced repetition schedule calculator. Enter your exam date and topics to get a daily review plan you can download to your calendar.

Research behind the method

Spacing and retrieval are well-studied learning principles, but no app or schedule guarantees a particular academic result. Use the research as a foundation, then adapt the workload to your material, deadline, and feedback.

Frequently asked questions

Is this a study timetable app?

It is a review planner rather than a general hourly timetable. It tells you which topics are due and can add scheduled reviews to your calendar.

Can I track multiple subjects?

Yes. Every subject has its own groups, topics, sessions, and progress, while Review combines what is due.

Read next

The SM-2 Algorithm Explained for Students