Frequently asked questions

Pick a deck and you'll see one card at a time, showing only the question. Tap “Show answer” to reveal it, then grade yourself honestly: “I got it right” or “I got it wrong.”

Cards you get right are done for that session. Cards you get wrong go to the back of the queue, so you'll see them again before the deck is finished — a card keeps coming back until you answer it correctly at least once.

A deck is complete once every card in it has been answered correctly at least once. There's no score for flashcards — they're for repetition, not grading.

Yes. When you start a new session for a deck, you can choose to see the cards in a random order or in the deck's own order — the one its cards are numbered in, which whoever made the deck can rearrange. If you already have an unfinished session for that deck, you can carry on from where you left off instead.

Each test is a set of multiple-choice questions, presented one at a time in a fixed order. Pick an answer and you'll immediately see whether you were right, along with the correct answer.

If you got everything right, you'll see a “Nice work!” screen — the test is done. If you missed any, you'll see how many you got right and a Continue button that takes you straight to the ones you missed, so you don't have to redo questions you already got right.

Yes. Each round only asks about what you're still missing, and this continues until every question in the test has been answered correctly at least once.

No — you can start studying a deck or taking a test right away without signing in. Once you've answered 5 cards or questions, you'll be asked to sign in to see the rest, since progress for signed-out visitors isn't saved. Signing in saves your progress to your account instead, so it follows you across devices, and unlocks features like the study agenda.

Yes, once you're signed in — if you leave partway through a deck or test, your place is saved automatically and you'll resume right where you stopped, on any device. Since progress for signed-out visitors isn't saved, signing in after you've been studying anonymously starts that deck or test over rather than picking up where you left off.

For now, you can't sign yourself up. r-member is still in beta, so accounts are created by hand and only for beta testers. If you'd like early access, get in touch with us on X and we'll take it from there.

Yes. Sign in, open the account menu in the header, and choose “Manage flashcards” or “Manage tests”. You pick the group you want to work on (or start a new one), create or edit a deck, and then add, edit and delete its cards. Tests work exactly the same way, with questions and their answer options in place of cards.

Anyone, by default: a new deck or test is public, which means everyone can study or take it, but only you can change it. Mark it private instead and it disappears from the lists for everyone else — only you can see and open it. You can switch between the two at any time from the deck or test's edit page.

No. You can study or take anything that's public, but only the person who created it can change or delete it. The decks and tests that were already on r-member before this existed don't belong to any one account, so they stay with the site's staff.

Every deck and test has a search box above its list. It filters as you type — there's no button to press — and starts once you've typed at least four characters. For cards it looks at both sides, the question and the answer; for tests it looks at the question and every one of its answer options.

Cards are written in a rich-text editor, so you can use bold, italics, underline, lists, quotes and links. You can also insert a table, and there are buttons for the four arrows — → ↓ ← ↑ — for when you need them. Test questions and their answer options are plain text, with no formatting.