Cramming lets you review cards outside of the spaced repetition system. Unlike regular reviews, cramming sessions allow you to study any set of cards at any time—regardless of whether they are due—and your answers do not affect future scheduling.
Cramming is ideal for:
Preparing for an upcoming quiz or exam
Refreshing a specific topic
Reviewing a subset of cards intensively
Because cramming bypasses spaced repetition, it’s a flexible way to study when you need a quick knowledge boost.
How cramming works
A cramming session behaves like a normal review session, except:
Cards do not need to be due (they can even be archived).
Your Remembered / Forgot responses do not update intervals.
The card’s review history does not change.
Cards are shown in the order determined by the deck's sorting setting.
Selecting cards to cram
You can cram all, or any subset of cards in a deck by using the tools on the deck page:
Search
Keywords
Tags
Specific terms
Linked concepts
Filters
Tags
Retention rate
Review status (new, learned)
Flags (pinned, archived)
Sort options
Alphabetical order
Review date
Retention rate
Creation date
Starting a cramming session
Open the deck you want to study.
Click the Filters button on the right-hand side to reveal the filtering and sorting options.
Use the Sort and Filter dropdowns to narrow down your card set.
When you're ready, click the Cram button in the top right.
You can stop at any time—cramming sessions do not need to be completed and have no effect on spaced repetition progress.
Saving a Cramming View
If you frequently cram the same subset of cards, you can save your search and filter settings as a Deck view.
For example, you might create views like:
Exam prep (all cards tagged #midterm)
Low retention (cards below 60% retention)
New vocab (all newly added cards)
Pinned cards
Once saved, a view appears at the top of the deck page. You can open it and begin a cramming session by clicking the Cram button.
See the Deck view section for more details on creating and using custom views.
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