Zynlo
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Flashcards · spaced repetition

Flashcards that actually stick.

Create or import your cards. Zynlo learns what you know, what you forget, and what should come back next.

FreeNo account neededWorks offline

In nine languages
Zynlo’s Today screen: 30 cards to bring back, about 23 minutes, and the next card from Everyday French, with a photo of a coffee on it and a Start button.

AI, only if you choose it

Practise out loud. Have the cards written.

Two optional features, using OpenAI, each only after you agree. Or keep the assistant you already trust: Zynlo still writes the brief.

  1. Speak

    Practise speaking

    A tutor talks with you, from your own cards.

  2. Fix

    See what to fix

    What you said, the better way, and why.

  3. Describe

    Generate with Zynlo

    Say what you want, and Zynlo writes the cards.

  4. Check

    Review every card

    Edit, replace or leave out any of them.

  5. Or

    Use your own AI

    A precise brief, and Zynlo imports the result.

Practise speaking in Zynlo: the tutor, a sphere of light, suggests in Turkish that you say “Köfte istiyorum”.

New · Zynlo Books

Read it. Remember it.

Stories for adult learners in French, Spanish, German and Turkish, six books each from A1 to C2. Every new word is explained on the page, and comes with you into Zynlo as cards. Chapter 1 is free in every language.

Ebook and PDFKindle, phone, iPadZynlo cards with every chapter

Zynlo French Stories A1 on a Kindle and on a phone

Every day

Open Zynlo. Know what to study.

You should not have to decide which deck, and which cards, before you can start. Zynlo brings what needs your attention into one daily review.

  1. One session, across every subject

    Not one queue per deck. Zynlo gathers what is due wherever it lives, most overdue first, and you choose which subjects it draws from.

  2. It tells you the size before you start

    How many cards, how many are new, and roughly how long it will take.

  3. And it has a limit

    A daily allowance you set, so a week away does not turn into a thousand-card wall. What is left over says so.

Bring what you have

Bring your flashcards with you.

Switch without starting again. Your cards come across, and so does the work you already put into them.

Anki .apkg · .colpkg Mochi .mochi Quizlet copied text CSV or TSV
  1. Your review history comes too

    An Anki package brings its images and its review log. Each past answer is mapped to Zynlo’s own scale by a stated rule, so a card arrives with its history behind it.

  2. You see it before it happens

    Every import is previewed: what would be created, what already exists, and anything Zynlo could not read.

  3. And it says what it cannot take

    Mochi’s image and sound files do not come across yet. Zynlo tells you on the way in, rather than dropping them quietly.

Zynlo’s import sheet: Anki, Mochi, Quizlet, or paste a CSV, and Zynlo checks before it imports.

How it works

The test changes as you learn.

A card does not stay the same question forever. As it settles, Zynlo asks for more, and when you miss, it does something about it.

  1. 01

    Flashcard

    Read it, reveal it, say whether you knew it. A new card is never typed the first time.

  2. 02

    Type it

    Three right in a row, and the answer stops being shown. Now you write it.

  3. 03

    Not quite

    Miss it, and Zynlo says what happened. Here, the answer belongs to another card.

  4. 04

    Repair

    Where the card knows the mistake you made, you get that correction, not just a cross.

  5. 05

    Retest

    Then the same idea, asked another way, straight away, so you show you understood it.

  6. 06

    Return

    Back into the schedule, at the point where seeing it again is worth most.

A Zynlo study session in French, step by step.

Mistakes

More than right or wrong.

A wrong answer should not vanish the moment you tap next. Zynlo keeps what you actually wrote, and notices when it is a mistake you keep making.

  1. It keeps what you wrote

    The exact answer you typed, beside the one expected. Not a tally of right and wrong.

  2. It names a mix-up

    When what you typed is the answer to another of your cards, it says which one.

  3. And it remembers the pattern

    The answers you keep giving instead rise to the top of Today, counted from what you actually wrote.

  4. You have the last word

    When Zynlo marks a right answer wrong, “I was right” counts it, and can accept your wording from then on.

On Today

What trips you up

Zynlo’s What trips you up: Je suis trente ans for J’ai trente ans, Je te manque for Tu me manques, Je suis faim for J’ai faim, each typed twice.
From Today, as it is. Three French answers this learner keeps writing, each beside the right one.

Pictures on cards

Put a picture on the card.

Some things are easier to remember when you can see them. A card can carry a picture on its question or its answer, and it comes back with the card every time.

  1. On the question or the answer

    Add a picture when you write the card, or later when you edit it.

  2. Mathematics and formatting too

    LaTeX set properly, Markdown, and answers that are a list or a sequence.

  3. Your Anki pictures come across

    An Anki package brings its images with it, and every backup keeps them.

A French flashcard with a photo of a coffee on it: How do you order an espresso with a dash of milk? Tap to reveal.

Notes and photos

Snap it, note it, keep it on the card.

Notice something while you study? Add a note or a photo to the card in front of you, then carry on exactly where you were.

  1. Take a photo, or choose one

    On your phone, use the camera or pick from your photos. In a browser, upload a picture.

  2. Your own words, beside the answer

    A few lines of your own, kept with that card: where you heard it, what it reminds you of.

  3. All in one place

    Each subject gathers its notes and pictures on one page, so they are easy to find again.

  4. They never move your schedule

    A note or a photo does not change when a card comes back, and both travel in your backup.

On this card, opened while studying: a note, They won’t bring l’addition until you ask, and a photo of a coffee on a café table.

Nine languages

Zynlo speaks your language.

The app is in nine languages. Choose yours in You, and change it whenever you like.

English Français Türkçe Italiano Español Deutsch हिन्दी العربية اردو
  1. Right to left, done properly

    In Arabic and Urdu the whole app reads right to left, and a French or Turkish card inside it still reads the way it should.

  2. Your cards stay as you wrote them

    Only the app’s own words change. Your study material is never translated.

For anything

One system. Whatever you’re learning.

Zynlo does not care what the cards are about. It cares whether you can still retrieve them in a month, under pressure, without the answer in front of you.

Wine · Grapes

Which grape makes red Burgundy?

Pinot Noir.

French · Idioms

What does “poser un lapin” mean?

To stand someone up. Literally, to put down a rabbit.

French · Everyday

How do you say “I miss you”?

Tu me manques.

Turkish · Everyday

What do you say to someone who is working?

Kolay gelsin.

The night sky

Which is the brightest star in the night sky?

Sirius.

French · False friends

What is “une librairie”?

A bookshop. A library is une bibliothèque.

Chess · Openings

1.e4 c5. What is this opening called?

The Sicilian Defence.

French · Everyday

How do you say “I’ve been living here for two years”?

J’habite ici depuis deux ans.

Anatomy · The heart

Which artery is most often behind an anterior heart attack?

The left anterior descending artery.

Cocktails

What goes into a Negroni?

Equal parts gin, Campari and sweet vermouth.

Bar exam · Contracts

What are the elements of promissory estoppel?

A clear promise, reasonable reliance, actual reliance, and injustice without enforcement.

Flight training

What does VNO mean?

Maximum structural cruising speed. Above it, fly only in smooth air.

Knots

Which knot makes a fixed loop that will not slip?

The bowline.

Japanese · Kanji

病院

byōin, hospital.

Drag, or scroll sideways.

The workspace

A real flashcard manager.

Search, filter, sort, file and edit every card you own, without the settings maze.

  1. Search every card

    Accents and diacritics forgiven, so “cafe” finds café.

  2. Filter by what you know

    State, schedule, topic and evidence.

  3. Seven sorts, list or grid

    And views you can save and come back to.

  4. Archive and Trash

    Both reversible. Neither destroys anything.

A subject in Zynlo, Everyday French: 30 cards, 16 ready, its four states, Review 16, Learn 6 new, Practise freely, and its cards.

Progress

See what is actually sticking.

Every card is in one of four states, worked out from what you actually answered. Each word means one thing, everywhere in the app.

  1. Holding

    Right 3 times running, now typed

  2. Settling

    Seen, not yet 3 right in a row

  3. Slipping

    Wrong last time, and not a one-off

  4. Not started

    Not reviewed yet

Production accuracy

Your first typed answer on a card. A retry straight after seeing the answer is not counted, because it is not recall.

Needs attention

The cards and mix-ups that keep going wrong, each one a tap from the cards it counts.

Zynlo’s Progress screen at night: what is becoming yours, 45 cards reviewed, 71% production accuracy.

Your library

Your learning belongs to you.

Years of work should not be trapped in an app, or lost because you chose the wrong one.

  1. It lives on your device

    Your subjects, cards and review history are stored where you study. Studying needs no connection: a flight, a tunnel and a basement are all the same.

  2. No account needed

    Sign in only if you want to. Signing in does not copy your library anywhere, and Zynlo sends your study material nowhere, except what an AI feature you choose needs, and only after you agree.

  3. Take it out whenever you like

    Back up everything as one file, export a single subject, and restore either.

Across your devices Coming soon. This page will say so when it works, not before.

One backup file

Everything you have learned

  • Every subject and its settings
  • Every card and its images
  • Every review the part that took the time
  • Your mistakes what you actually wrote

Questions

Asked, and answered plainly.

What is Zynlo?

A flashcard app built around retention. You create or import cards, and Zynlo decides what to show you and when, using spaced repetition.

Is Zynlo a flashcard app?

Yes. That is the whole product. The difference is what happens after a card exists: how it is asked, what happens when you miss, and when it comes back.

How does spaced repetition work?

Each review tells Zynlo something about how well you know a card. It schedules the next one for around the point where you would otherwise start to forget, so well-known material appears rarely and fragile material returns sooner.

Can I create my own cards?

Yes. A card needs only a question and an answer; explanation, hints, acceptable answers, common mistakes and a check question are all optional.

Can I import cards?

Yes. Zynlo reads an Anki package (.apkg or .colpkg) with its media and its review history, a Mochi export (.mochi), Quizlet material through its Copy text option, and markdown tables, CSV, tab separated text or JSON. Commas and quotes inside fields are handled, and so are accented characters.

Does Zynlo generate cards?

If you want it to: Generate with Zynlo writes cards from what you describe, using OpenAI, after you agree. Or Zynlo writes a brief for an AI assistant you already use, and imports what you bring back. Nothing goes to an AI service unless you use one of Zynlo’s AI features.

Can I use ChatGPT or Claude with Zynlo?

Yes, and that is the intended path. The brief is designed to be pasted into whichever assistant you trust.

What if Zynlo marks a right answer wrong?

Press “I was right”. The answer counts as right, marked as your call, and you can choose to accept that wording for the card from then on. Spacing, capital letters and missing accents never count against you in the first place.

Can I use it for languages?

Yes. Accented characters and non-Latin scripts are handled, so French, Turkish, Greek, Japanese and the rest behave properly, and an answer that is right but missing its accents is treated as a near miss rather than a failure.

Can I use it for medicine, law or exams?

Yes. Long questions and long answers are supported, and nothing assumes a card is a vocabulary pair. Please check anything that matters against an authoritative source: Zynlo does not verify imported material.

Can I use Zynlo on more than one device?

Not yet. You can sign in, with Apple, Google or an email link, but signing in does not copy or sync your library, so a library lives on the device it was made on. Moving it means exporting a backup and restoring it on the other device. Multi-device is being built, and this page will say so plainly when it actually works rather than before.

Can cards hold images or mathematics?

Yes. Images on the question or the answer, mathematics written as LaTeX and set properly, Markdown formatting, and answers that are a list or an ordered sequence. Images travel in your backups and come across from an Anki package. There is no audio: Zynlo neither plays nor records any.

Can I get my library back out?

Yes, at any time and without asking anyone. Back up everything as one file, which carries your subjects, cards, review log, settings and images, or export a single subject on its own. Both restore again. The review log is the part that took the time, so it is the part a backup exists to protect.

Does it work offline?

Yes. Your subjects, cards and review history are stored on your device, and studying needs no connection at all: a flight, a tunnel or a basement makes no difference. Nothing is waiting to sync, because there is nothing to sync to.

Is there a desktop or web version?

Yes. Zynlo runs in your browser at app.zynlo.app. Your library is kept in that browser only, with no sync, so export a backup from You now and then. Browsers can clear a site’s storage, and Safari may do so after seven days without a visit.

Which languages is Zynlo in?

English, French, Turkish, Italian, Spanish, German, Hindi, Arabic and Urdu. Choose yours in You, and change it whenever you like. Arabic and Urdu read right to left, and your own cards are never translated.

Do I need an account?

No. Everything works without one. Signing in with Apple, Google or an email link is optional, and it does not copy or sync your library: your material stays on your device.

Is it available for iPhone and Android?

Yes, both: Zynlo is free on the App Store and on Google Play.

What does it cost?

Nothing at the moment. There is no payment of any kind in the app and no pricing has been decided.

Zynlo

Remember more of what you learn.

On iPhone, on Android, and in your browser. No account needed, and your cards stay on your device.

iPhone · on the App StoreAndroid · on Google Play