Revision made easier with Flashcards; A powerful new tool from Save My Exams to boost memory retention and exam success.

Revision made easier with Flashcards; A powerful new tool from Save My Exams to boost memory retention and exam success.

Outcomes

Outcomes

84%

Positive feedback

84%

Positive feedback

+18%

7 day retention

+18%

7 day retention

+4%

Average session length

+4%

Average session length

64%

Adoption rate

64%

Adoption rate

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Flashcards were a top feature request from our users at Save My Exams. Time and again, they would tell us how they used them in their revision, how it was laborious and time consuming creating their own and even how they'd switch to a competitor product to get a hold of them. We set about to add an all new feature, that needed to be defined and scoped from the ground up.

Flashcards were a top feature request from our users at Save My Exams. Time and again, they would tell us how they used them in their revision, how it was laborious and time consuming creating their own and even how they'd switch to a competitor product to get a hold of them. We set about to add an all new feature, that needed to be defined and scoped from the ground up.

Spaced out

Spaced out

Spaced out

We worked with the dev team to define a minimum loveable product for initial release as we approached exam season. 'Spaced repetition' was a hot topic in discovery, and most users requested the feature as part of Flashcards too. The algorithm was deemed complex, so we ultimately decided to proceed without it, instead opting for a faux version, that would allow users to 'bucket' cards themselves, and require them to manually filter to practice them. This was a good compromise, it meant we could ship value faster, and users loved it.

We worked with the dev team to define a minimum loveable product for initial release as we approached exam season. 'Spaced repetition' was a hot topic in discovery, and most users requested the feature as part of Flashcards too. The algorithm was deemed complex, so we ultimately decided to proceed without it, instead opting for a faux version, that would allow users to 'bucket' cards themselves, and require them to manually filter to practice them. This was a good compromise, it meant we could ship value faster, and users loved it.

Shout-outs

Shout-outs

Product Manager

Reema Mehta

Product Manager

Reema Mehta

Engineering

Emily Isacke, David Hackett

Engineering

Emily Isacke, David Hackett

© Gavin Friel 2025

© Gavin Friel 2025

© Gavin Friel 2025

© Gavin Friel 2025

© Gavin Friel 2025