Android · Education · Coming to Google Play

Study methods, with the receipts.

StudyCraft explains how to study, shows the research behind each technique, and says so when a popular habit has limited evidence.

The evidence ledger

All 48 techniques in the app, citing 53 published studies.

7 Strong evidence

  • Self-testing
  • Blank-page recall
  • Keep testing after you get it right
  • One large flashcard stack
  • Spaced practice
  • Size your gap to your exam
  • Successive relearning

30 Moderate evidence

  • Check answers after every quiz
  • Read, recite, review
  • Draw it to remember it
  • Generate before you look
  • Keyword mnemonic
  • Memory palace
  • If-then study plans
  • Plan your resources before an exam
  • Write out your goals
  • Ask yourself why
  • Explain it to yourself
  • Study as if you will teach it
  • Write your own questions
  • Use concrete examples
  • Concept maps
  • Pretest before you learn
  • Mix problem types
  • Mix examples between categories
  • Study worked examples
  • Compare two cases
  • Struggle before instruction
  • Judge your learning later
  • Do not trust the feeling of knowing
  • Silence your notifications
  • Keep lecture screens on task
  • Schedule your breaks
  • Sleep soon after studying
  • Short cardio around study
  • Write out your exam worries
  • Reframe the racing heart

Inside the app

Captured from a physical Android device.

StudyCraft: Browse by evidence
Browse by evidenceFilter techniques by grade or goal.
StudyCraft: Read the source
Read the sourceSteps, limits, findings, and DOI links.
StudyCraft: Count back from an exam
Count back from an examSpaced review dates, calculated on your device.
StudyCraft: Note what felt hard
Note what felt hardEntries stay on your device.
StudyCraft: Ask for a suggestion
Ask for a suggestionOptional AI advice, with what is sent disclosed first.