Frequency somewhere between normal and frequent

russellmeier

It would be nice to have a little more adjustment on the frequency settings which is just how often versus show up for memorization. I'd like a setting somewhere between normal and frequent.

It seems that once one has been able to say a verse a time or two they don't show up for quite a while on the normal setting. But on the frequent setting even though one has said a verse multiple times they show up quite often. Somehow I like a sitting where when I'm First learning over it can show up again several times and then not show up for a while. I don't know if there's a way to edit maybe a custom setting or a little more control there might be nice. Thank you very nice app.

support

Thanks for this thoughtful feedback! You've identified exactly the trade-off we tried to balance when designing the frequency options.

How the Review Frequency Works

The setting controls the base multiplier for the spaced repetition algorithm. After each successful review, the interval until the next review grows exponentially based on your mastery level:

Interval = frequency^{level - 1} days

Here's how all the current options compare:

Level	Very Often (1.25)	Often (1.5)	Normal (2.0)	Rarely (2.5)	Very Rarely (3.0)
1	1 day	1 day	1 day	1 day	1 day
2	1 day	1 day	2 days	2 days	3 days
3	1 day	2 days	4 days	6 days	9 days
4	1 day	3 days	8 days	15 days	27 days
5	2 days	5 days	16 days	39 days	81 days
6	3 days	7 days	32 days	97 days	243 days
7	3 days	11 days	64 days	244 days	729 days
8	4 days	17 days	128 days	610 days	999 days (max)

Suggested Middle Ground: 1.75

A frequency value of 1.75 would give you the "best of both worlds" you're describing:

Level	Often (1.5)	1.75	Normal (2.0)
1	1 day	1 day	1 day
2	1 day	1 day	2 days
3	2 days	3 days	4 days
4	3 days	5 days	8 days
5	5 days	9 days	16 days
6	7 days	16 days	32 days
7	11 days	28 days	64 days
8	17 days	49 days	128 days

With 1.75, you'd get:

Tighter early reviews (levels 1-4): verses stay fresh during the critical learning phase
Reasonable later gaps (levels 5+): once you've proven mastery, you won't be overwhelmed

What do you think?

Would adding 1.75 as a new option work for your use case? Some possible labels:

Fairly Often - clear and fits the existing naming pattern
Regularly - simple and intuitive
Steadily - implies consistent reinforcement

Or would you prefer a custom slider where you could dial in any value between 1.25 and 3.0?

Let us know your thoughts!

Valentin

I used another app for memorizing Bible verses in the last 3,5 years and now that app is no longer available online.

In this amount of time, I added more than 270 verses (> two hundred seventy) in that app, and now I want to move all those verses in your app (Remember Me).

The good news is that the app has an export / import function,

The bad news is that your app has a different way of memorizing frequency. The frequencies which are now available in Remember Me app does not allow me to realistically manage more than 200 verses.

I hope that you can add a new type* of memorizing frequency, besides the ones that the app has already. (*it can be called „Throughout life” )

The „Throughout life” type that I need has the following frequency:

Level

Throughout life

1 day

2 days

4 days

8 days

16 days

6 – 17 *

30 days

18 – 20 *

90 days

21 – 33 *

180 days

34 – 40 *

365 days

40 *

1095 days**

**if the app does not allow you to put more than 999 days, than at level 40 or above is ok 999 days.

*basically, from level 6 above the frequency should be:

every month for a year;
every quarter for three years;
twice a year for 6 years;
once a year for 7 years
once every 3 years for the rest of your life;

I am recommending this, in order that the frequency of memorization to be more realistic with our (or just mine) rate of forgetting, and to be able to use the app „Throughout life”.

I use this expression „Throughout life” , because I realized that if I want to use the app for more than 3 years and if I add at least one bible verse every week, that I need this kind of space between repeating the verses in order to not be overflood with verses in the memorizing tab (the middle one) but also to be able to memorize them.

I hope you understand my request and you will agree with it.

Best regards,