Feyn for Android

i had made 80+ cards in preparation for a biochem exam and suddenly they went blank, the app crashed, and then it wouldn't even open. the cards also did not show on my Android. all my progress was lost. restarting the Mobile did not resolve the issue.

I saw my friend using this app, so I gave it a try. After spending an hour and a half creating my notecards for OChem, the app crashed and refused to open. After uninstalling and reinstalling, all of my notecards are blank. Incredibly frustrating. Don’t waste your time with this app. Just go find a better one.

I downloaded this app earlier this month to review vocabularies for French. The app has such a novel design and concept, which has worked well for me and i think it is full of potential. I prefer to digitalize everything, in order to reduce clutter and waste. But I still find studying using handwriting is the most efficient method, as it engrains it into your brain, and the kinesthetic aspect makes studying more enjoyable (personally). So, handwritten digital flashcards are the perfect thing! The vertical design works surprisingly well. The Feyn app is compatible with Mobile split screen, so I can have my vocabulary list in my textbook open on Notability on one side, and have Feyn on the other side to copy them over to the flashcards easily. Since the flashcards are vertical, they fit perfectly on split screen. iCloud sync is also enabled, so you can create cards on your Mobile then review on your phone (vertically) on the go. I never thought I’d be in love with vertical flashcards, but here we are. With these great things however, there are still many improvements which I would suggest. And i say these with the utmost love and wishing progress for the app! Firstly, review methods. Currently you can choose from review or cram mode. In review mode, all the cards are in order and not shuffled. In cram mode, it doesn’t tell you at the end which cards you missed, nor does it label or sort the cards you missed. This makes it hard to keep track of progress. I wish the cards would be shuffled in random order at each review session, and it would sort or label the cards you got wrong, so that next time i can choose to only review the ones i got wrong, and save time. Review order, too. Currently, you have to choose at the creation of the card whether you want to be prompted with “front” or “random” side of the card at review (“back” isn’t an option). If i wanted to change this setting for a deck of cards, i would have to manually go through each card and change the option. However, especially for language learning, neural pathways for vocabularies need to be built both ways, and practiced separately each way to strengthen. So, i wish we can instead choose at the start of each review session whether we want to be prompted with the front, back, or random side of the cards. Somewhat less important, some UX things: I wish we can flip a card using a gesture or tap, rather than a toggle switch like now. And I wish we can navigate to the next or previous card using arrow buttons or swiping gestures. Lastly, some aesthetic suggestions that aren’t necessary, but would be nice to have: different background grids for the cards (e.g. ruled, dotted, music sheets) and different card colors. Overall, this app is still great, and i think I would choose it over any other available apps on the market which I currently know of. It has so much potential and is so underrated. I wish for more people to know about it and use it, and i also wish for the above changes I’ve stated. I’m really optimistic about the future of this app ^^

I really like the concept of Feyn and I wanted to try it out, but I found out that you can’t import the cards from your Mobile to your Android. I take a bus everyday and don’t bring my Mobile, just my phone, so I can study. How am I suppose to draw on my Android? It just looks messy and I have this thing where I can’t study unless it looks neat. Overall, I’m sure this app is great for Mobile users.

I think the only thing I would change is the ability to zoom in because it can be a tab bit difficult to add small details.