Set up study reminders

Swiftflip reminders bring you back when cards are due. Spaced repetition only works if you return, and a daily nudge is enough to keep a streak going. This guide covers turning reminders on, setting how often they arrive and one thing worth understanding about how they sync.

Turn on reminders

Reminders are off until you turn them on.

• On iPhone or iPad, open Settings and find the Notifications section. Switch on Study Reminders.
• On Mac, open Settings and select the Notifications tab. Switch on Study Reminders.

The first time you turn them on, your device asks for permission to send notifications. Allow it. If you said no earlier, you can grant it again in the system Settings app.

Choose how often

The Notification Frequency slider runs from Very Rarely to Very Frequently, with Balanced in the middle. Higher settings allow more frequent nudges, lower settings keep them occasional.

Two things keep reminders from being annoying:

• They only arrive when you actually have cards due.
• They only arrive between 8am and 10pm.

So a reminder always means there is something to practice.

What a reminder looks like

A reminder says Time to Practice and tells you how many cards are due. Tap it to jump straight into a session. You can also choose Remind later to push it back an hour.

Reminders are set per device

This is the part worth knowing. Whether reminders are on is set on each device, and each device asks for its own permission. So turning them on on your iPhone does not turn them on on your Mac.

How often reminders arrive does sync. Set the frequency once and it travels to your other devices through iCloud.

The short version: turn the switch on wherever you want a nudge, and you only need to pick a frequency once.

Review frequency is a different setting

Do not confuse reminders with Review Frequency, which lives under Study Options. Review Frequency controls how soon a card comes back for review. It shapes your schedule, not your notifications. Reminders only decide when Swiftflip nudges you about cards that are already due.

Make the count easy to see

For a glanceable due count without opening the app, add a widget or the watch complication. Together with reminders, they make it hard to forget a day.