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I want it to be good again
Im trying Brainscape, I’m a lifetime member and I’m trying to being able to say I support this app but the devs are making it hard. They refuse to listen to feedback from longtime users. They changed it because they wanted to and not from feedback. Here is a great little piece of feedback, being back the confidence setting in the browse mode. It went from one keystroke to set confidence in a card to four. I.e. when I first set up cards I like to go through and set my predetermined confidence. I used to be able to just do that automatically in the app on the side via a drop down menu . Now, I have to open the card up, flip it over, rate confidence, be sent to another card, flip it over, rate it…oh wait, you rated your previous card a 1, you have to see that one again….or, you have to back out of browse mode, scroll down to the next unrated card and repeat the process all over again. It’s stupid. If you bring back one thing or change one thing, WHICH YOU SHOULD!!! Bring that back. It makes the app unusable. At this point I would rather ask for a refund and go back to quizlett.Show lessbac2thaBasix
Developer Response
New update! The feature you're asking for is actually in beta testing. Please send our team an email to support@brainscape.zendesk.com and they can add you to the beta group if you'd like to test out this new/old functionality before the full rollout in the coming weeks! Hope this helps, Courtney@Brainscape Update: Hey bac2thaBasix, thank you so much for sharing your feedback with us. We hear you! While this update did make some big changes it doesn't mean we can't add some of the older features back or improve them with even better features in the future. In the meantime, my sincerest apologies for any trouble this causes but hopefully you'll continue to study with us as we work as hard and fast as we can to improve the app for you (and all of our other learners). My sincerest apologies for this inconvenience and rest assured we're working on things. Please stay tuned! Courtney@Brainscape Such great ideas for future improvements, bac2thaBasix. And wow thanks so much for becoming a lifetime Brainscape Pro member!! We'll keep updating the app and website so please stay tuned. If you have any additional suggestions going forward don't hesitate to let us know. You can even shoot us an email to support@brainscape.zendesk.com we're always here to help and all ears for suggestions! Happy studying, Courtney@BrainscapeBetter than Anki! Mastery metric on point!
I LOVE this app!!! I’ve used it for the MCAT, throughout my first 2 years of medical school and am now using the pre-made USMLE deck for my board exam prep. I love the percent mastery metric. It is ALWAYS within 3% of my exam scores (including the MCAT)! I only wish there was a plug in or connection with Picmonic that allowed quick search of Picmonics. 100% prefer the spaced repetition algorithm over Anki! I don’t need to fiddle with settings. Brainscape shows me what I need to see when I need to see it.
The search function for terms is ok, but I wish I could search and it would leave the list of results up instead of having to search the term again after looking at the first one. Also, I preferred the browse mode from the older version. When I do a quick review for exams I just want to flip through them. But this new version only shows a preview and you only have the option to study the deck from that card. Please allow for quick edits in the app.
Overall, I am very happy with the new version!! It is much quicker!Show lessKristenMLV
Developer Response
Ahh thanks for studying with us through the years, Teamka04! We actually have a new version of the app available for beta testing if that's something you're interested in please reach out to our team at support@brainscape.zendesk.com. Exciting new features include the ability to add images right in the app and rate your cards in Browse mode again!!! Good luck with your board exam prep, you got this!!! Courtney@BrainscapeI like it
There has been a new update that completely renovated the look of the app. When you now open the app it is white with more organization options. This app is very helpful while studying for exams, tests, or any other memorization required.
At first the update was hard to get used to since I was using the previous version for multiple years. Non the less, I have always used this app since lower school, and it has never failed me. Although, the one thing I would really appreciate is being able to edit my rating on how I well I did on a card from inside the edit deck option. This would be beneficial when trying to go back and re-learn old material for exams.
Over all it is a good app for flash cards that, in my opinion, is a better alternative than using paper flash cards. This app is better for the environment and also has a good algorithm for gradually introducing new material to the learner.Show lessLaLaLand !
Developer Response
Update: Glad to hear that the new app design and the interface are growing on you and you're still able to use it in your studies. Sorry for the inconvenience caused by the changes but we're excited about the continuous new features we'll be able to add on top of this new app design. Stay tuned and best of luck with your continued studies! -- Courtney@Brainscape Hey LaLaLand, Sorry to hear that you're unhappy with some of the updates to the app. If you haven't yet when you go to study in the app try tapping the gear icon in the upper right hand corner of the study screen. This will give you the option to choose "Enable Continuous Study." This will allow you to avoid the checkpoint screen and the need to tap 10 more cards. Also, you'll notice at the top is a colored bar graph similar to the older version of the app. Hope this helps and good luck with your studies!! Courtney@BrainscapeOld version was better
The learning aspect of the algorithm is great, but the interface has changed. Now, bookmarking a card is pretty much pointless. You can’t see all the information on the bookmarked card unless you go back to study mode which means you can’t look at your bookmarked cards… It was also incredibly helpful to be able to read the question and the answer in list form of bookmarked cards incase you needed to just read through them real quick. Those two features used to be able to help me do very well, but I’ve definitely noticed the change in learning/knowledge.Show lessbarnett99
Poor experience making your own cards
The app is great, very clean and nice ui. The downside is that the app isn’t really designed to let you make your own decks. It can be done but if you want images in your new flash card deck you have to do it on a computer with the web version. This is something that I think they could easily fix with an update but so far they have not, hopefully they add this feature so I can give them the 5 stars that they would then deserve.Show lessAvatarAustin
New version a disaster
This was literally my favorite app until it was “updated” a few days ago. Now, my investment in creating dozens of lesson plans is down the drain. Fundamentally, it just doesn’t work. When I try to bring up my lessons I get an error message. I have to sign out, sign back in, then download all the lessons each time I use it. Once I do get it to work some of the most important features have been eliminated. For example, reverse testing is a must for language learning. You need to test for the vocabulary both ways. That’s been eliminated in this version, basically rendering it half useless. The card formatting is all screwed-up with words that were formerly in lists now just running together. I’ve had to go in and reformat dozens of cards. In the old version it would run through the card stack in order. Now i get repeats before all the cards in a test appear. I could go on and on but what’s the point? My subscription is up in a few weeks and I’m not sure what I’ll do. A week ago I wouldn’t have given it a second thought, but the new version is basically unusable for me so I need to start to explore alternatives.Show lessDownOnDerby
Developer Response
Oh no! We'd love to get to the bottom of this trouble with you, DownOnDerby. Can you please send us a message to support@brainscape.zendesk.com including your Brainscape account email address & some details about your device including iOS. Courtney@BrainscapeGood app when it works
Loved using this app before its most recent overhaul, but the addition of the account system deleted all my previous decks of Flashcards. On top of that, when I created a new deck, the app said it couldn’t load the deck for some reason, even though it was only 19 cards. All the other pre-loaded decks on other subjects were working fine though, which leads me to think that the app is just trying to make me look at those and keep me using it longer. Overall, if it works and doesn’t delete your cards, pretty good app for studying.Show lessEncyclopediaGramophone
Amazeballs
If you are serious about learning Spanish, nothing comes close. It’s like the app does the thinking for you so you just have to put in the time. The repeating colors system is genius.
I would love if you could pick your color on the “browse” screen too when it is not repeating, or at least pick your color when you are reviewing bookmarked cards, ‘cause otherwise what’s the point of bookmarks?
But I can forgive. Nice job on this update guys!Show lessAppMoJo
Required me to update to latest iOS
iPhone 8. I’ve uninstalled, reinstalled, restarted phone, etc. nothing works. Was working great for about two days.
Edit: Brainscape support suggested upgrading the OS first. Works like a charm now. Love the new design, able to edit card on the fly just like the web app. Thanks for the timely response! Will very likely purchase the lifetime pay-once subscription as I will use it for future certification studying and such.Show lessHeretic.Climbing
Best Learning App of Them All
As an all-around nerd and intrepid fan of linguistics I have downloaded a lionshare of various apps to upskill my language game. Rosetta, Anki, you name it. I had it. Paid for it. And committed to them each for months at a time. But then I got referred to Brainscape by my professor and it was love at first tap.
I can add on any number of languages and certified classes ( that I must say are exceptionally well crafted ), as well as create my own. I have, to the best of my ability with the aid of Brainscape, now automated my long term data consumption and maximized the volume of information I can hold.
This is, as of today, the best product out there. I am very much excited about what new features are coming down the road. As I am sure there are many. Oh yah, and the new app is so beautiful, it gets me confused why they don’t offer Pulitzers for this kind of innovation.Show lessElephanttrip
Developer Response
Hey Elephanttrip, 🤩 You get us! Thanks so much for choosing to study with us and for your kind words about our new design. Happy learning, Courtney@Brainscape
