Frequently asked questions

What is Flora?

Flora helps you remember whatever you want to learn.

You choose something worth remembering - an article, a paper, a page of scribbled notes; Flora reads the page, and turns it into a set of question-and-answer flashcards; The Flora app will then ask you to practice a few cards each day, until the whole deck is deeply rooted in your memory.

Under the hood, it’s a spaced repetition learning system, infused with a lot of smart AI hooks. Read more about how and where we use AI in Flora’s AI policy.

What should I point it at?

Any text which you’ve read, whose facts you want to retain:

• A wikipedia page about wine regions
• a textbook chapter on the bones of the hand
• non-standard regional dialect vocabulary from a language you’re learning
• the terminology of a field you’ve just started working in
• the names and titles of all of the colleagues at your new job
• the argument of a paper you’ll want to reference next year
• …

How much do I need to practice to make this work?

You should notice a meaningful difference with just a few minutes practice per day. By default, Flora will ask you to review just 20 cards per day (though you can always practice more). The interval between reviews of a card grows each time you get it right, so a subject which you’re on top of will ask less and less of you every week.

Can I write my own cards?

Always, and you can edit/delete anything which was automatically generated. Whether a card was human- or machine-written, they all go into the same rotation, on the same schedule.

How do I answer a card?

Every card in your library has two sides, one showing a question, and the other an answer. Flora will show you the question side first, and you can tap the card to show the reverse side. Before you reveal the answer, you should try to recall it. When comparing your answer to the one on the card, you should make a judgement about whether you successfully recalled the information. If you remembered the answer, swipe the card to the right. If not, swipe left. Based on whether you got the answer right, Flora then decides on the best time to schedule the next review.

Can I use Flora from ChatGPT or Claude?

Yes, with a subscription. Follow the steps on using Flora from your assistant to authorise your assistant to manage your account.

What does it cost?

All of Flora’s features are free for the first 28 days, and you can keep using the best ones by carrying onto a subscription plan. If you choose not to pay, you’ll still be able to do the basics (reviewing any decks you’ve already created, editing decks by hand, parsing a limited number of new source documents)

See the different features available to free and paid accounts.

Is there an app?

Yes, Flora is best experienced on an iPhone. You can also also Flora on the web, but the iOS app is the only way to get daily reminders to keep up your practice habit.

Can I get a copy of my data?

You can export everything (decks, sources, cards, and your complete review history) from your account page.