Be careful with the sync – Studies Review

App is crude, but it works for the most part with limitations. Ex: can’t resize the image and words when reviewing cards or for presentation so the picture is smaller than desired. Also can’t increase the size of the flashcard when reviewing to make the images bigger. No magnifying glass or zoom function. Terminology confusing as hell. Stack vs group vs smart stack. I guess I could make flashcards to memorize but I’m lazy. It’s not intuitive; that’s the point. My biggest complaint is the sync. When editing flashcards on the computer, everything is fine. If the sync is on though, the screen flickers while I’m reading the flash card and trying to concentrate. Sometimes it happens multiple times. This happens because the app is syncing and it refreshes every time. Super annoying and irritating to my eyes. So I thought I would turn off the sync and turn it back on and the app would be smart enough to figure out which version between the ipad, computer, and iphone is most update. It is not. Once I turned on sync all my progress in the review was wiped out. So much for reviewing 700 flashcards. I’m too lazy to figure out if it wiped out flashcards I made and I don’t want to deal with the frustration and anger. I think the program figures the MOST updated version is the one with the sync on longest? So your progress is safe if you TURN OFF the sync for all devices except the one with the most recent updates then turn on your other devices. This is a theory. OR maybe there are others who dont experience the screen flickers. OR Maybe yoou are fine with just dealing with screen flickers. I have longer flash cards that work as test questions and contain a lot of information. So if you're planning on flipping cards with just one word on them or one picture, or you don’t need to spend time thinking of the answer, none of this will likely apply to you. Also the Help document is useless. It could at least explain HOW the sync works so I would not have to spend MY time to figure out how it works.
Review by Anne J 2 on Studies.