Spaced repetition in Exam Mode

The SR module (the /sr screen) runs StudyRise's spaced-repetition engine. Spaced-repetition blocks also slot directly into your daily Today plan, so most of the time you'll clear reviews there — but the SR screen is where you see the whole picture.

What spaced repetition is

Spaced repetition is a review schedule that spaces your reviews further apart each time you successfully recall something — revisiting material right before you'd naturally start forgetting it. That "just before you forget" timing is what moves knowledge into long-term memory efficiently, instead of cramming and re-cramming the same facts.

StudyRise handles the scheduling for you using a forgetting-curve model. Your job is simple: clear the reviews when they're due, and rate your recall honestly so the schedule stays accurate.

The review queue

At the top of the SR screen is a unified Review Queue listing everything due right now. Each card is badged by type, and a compliance ring plus a Next 7 Days preview keep you oriented — so nothing sneaks up on you and you can see how well you're keeping pace.

1. Every due item shows as a card, badged Subject Review (blue) for subjects in your plan, or Topic Review (purple) for standalone topics you flagged from the Questions screen.
2. A compliance ring and stats (compliance %, done, pending) show how well you're keeping up overall.
3. The Next 7 Days list previews what's coming so you can plan around a heavy review day.
4. Tap Review on a card to rate it.

Rating your recall

When you tap Review, you rate how well you remembered — and that rating sets when the item comes back. Four buttons, each showing its next interval before you pick, so you always know what you're scheduling. Rate honestly: the whole system depends on it.

1. Blackout — you drew a total blank. Comes back in 3 days.
2. Hard — you got there, but it was a struggle. Comes back in 7 days.
3. Medium — solid recall with some effort. Comes back in 14 days.
4. Easy — instant and confident. Comes back in 21 days.
5. After rating, you can optionally log how many questions you solved during the review.

The retention heatmap

Below the queue, a retention heatmap gives you an at-a-glance read on how well material is holding across subjects — one coloured square per subject, showing your estimated current retention. It's the fastest way to spot which subjects are quietly slipping and need attention before your next mock.

1. Scan the grid — greener squares are well-retained subjects, warmer squares are slipping.
2. Use it to redirect effort: a warm square is a subject to review sooner rather than later.
3. Pair it with your analytics for the deeper forgetting-curve view.

Tune your SR settings

Most people never need to touch the engine, but you can. Settings → SR Settings lets you shape the intervals themselves, with a live preview showing exactly how your schedule shifts as you change a value — so you're never guessing what a tweak will do.

1. Open Settings → SR Settings.
2. Adjust your SR1 interval (the first review gap), the grace period, and the SR2 / SR3 multipliers that stretch each later interval.
3. Watch the live preview update your interval sequence as you drag.
4. Leave the defaults alone unless you have a specific reason — they're tuned to work for most candidates.