Flashcard maker: make, study and flip digital flashcard decks

A flashcard works because it forces recall: you see the question, you try the answer in your head, then you flip and check. Reading the answer first, or flipping without trying, throws the benefit away. The free Cubbbix Flashcard Maker keeps that routine honest: make a deck, study it by flipping cards, mark each card known or still to learn, and watch the progress bar move. Decks are saved in your browser, so your deck is still there when you come back on the same device.

The routine is simple. Look at the front, say the answer out loud or in your head, flip, and mark it honestly. Known means you got it without a hint. Still learning means it goes back into the round, not into a pile you never revisit. Shuffle before each session so you are not memorising the order of the cards instead of the content. Study in short sessions, and come back tomorrow: a card you got right today and wrong tomorrow is a card you have not learned yet.

Figure 1: Try the answer before you flip. That attempt is the whole point of the card.

Writing cards that work

Front: one question, in your own words. Back: the shortest correct answer, plus one short example if the answer alone is easy to misread. Avoid yes-or-no fronts, which are easy to guess, and avoid fronts that give the answer away in the wording. Keep cards short: one fact per card. A card with three facts on the back is three cards pretending to be one, and marking it known when you got two of three right lies to your own progress count.

Twenty minutes of real recall beats two hours of re-reading notes. Stop a session when the known count stops moving, take a break, and run the still-learning cards again later. The deck keeps its marks between sessions on this device, so progress is visible, not guessed. Export a deck you care about as JSON, and load it back on another device with the import box.

Figure 2: One fact per card, front a question, back the shortest correct answer.

Start with the sample deck

The tool loads a small sample deck on first use, with plain general-knowledge cards, so you can try the flip and mark flow before writing your own. Replace it with your own cards when you are ready: add a front and a back, shuffle, and study. The sample deck is a demo of the flow, not a course, and your own deck, written in your own words, is the one that will stick.

Figure 3: Short sessions, repeated tomorrow, beat one long session of re-reading.

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