Add spaced repetition
to your revision

Passmedicine is great for questions. NotchWise makes sure you actually retain the answers.
No Anki experience needed.

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You're getting through Passmedicine.
But are you retaining it?

You sit a Passmedicine session. You score 60%. You read the explanations. You move on. A week later, you see the same topic and you've forgotten half of it.

This is normal. Without active review, we forget roughly 80% of new information within a week. It's called the forgetting curve, and it's the reason Passmedicine scores plateau.

The fix is spaced repetition: reviewing material at increasing intervals (day 1, day 3, day 7, day 14, day 30). It's the most evidence-based learning technique in cognitive science. It's why Anki is so popular with US medical students.

The problem with Anki is the learning curve. Card types, templates, add-ons, scheduling settings. It's powerful, but it's a project in itself. NotchWise gives you spaced repetition without it.

Three steps. No Anki required.

From Passmedicine to long-term retention in under a minute.

1

Create a deck

Name it Cardiology, Pharmacology, or whatever your weak areas are. One deck per topic keeps things organised.

2

Add your weak areas

After a Passmedicine session, drag concepts you got wrong onto the notch or type your own cards. Front: question. Back: answer. Done.

3

Review passively

Cards appear in the notch while you study. Hover, flip, rate your recall. Five seconds per card. The algorithm handles the rest.

Respiratory
What is the first-line treatment for community-acquired pneumonia?
Space to flip
Cardiology
What ECG changes are seen in hyperkalaemia?
Space to flip

Built for how UK medical students actually revise

Spaced repetition that fits around your existing workflow.

Complements Passmedicine

Use Passmedicine for questions and explanations. Use NotchWise to retain the key facts you keep getting wrong. They work better together.

No Anki Learning Curve

No card types, no templates, no add-ons to install. Type a question, type an answer, done. Spaced repetition shouldn't require a tutorial.

NICE Guidelines at Your Fingertips

Create cards for first-line treatments, referral criteria, and red flags. Review them passively while you work through other topics.

DVLA, Fitness to Fly & Capacity

The niche topics that always come up in finals. Create a deck, add the rules, and NotchWise drills them until they stick.

Works During Dead Time

Cards appear in the notch while you browse, read notes, or wait for a lecture to load. Five seconds of review, zero context switching.

Also Imports Anki Decks

Already have Anki decks from AnKing or other sources? Import .apkg files directly. NotchWise reads them out of the box.

What is spaced repetition?

The most evidence-based study technique in cognitive science, visualised.

Day 1
100%
100%
Day 3
55%
95%
Day 7
35%
92%
Day 14
20%
91%
Day 30
12%
90%
Without spaced repetition
With spaced repetition

Without spaced repetition, you forget ~80% of what you learn within a week.
With it, retention stays above 90%. The difference compounds over months of revision.

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  • 1 deck, up to 50 cards
  • SM-2 scheduling
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Screen-share invisibility
  • Unlimited decks & cards
  • FSRS algorithm
  • AnkiConnect & iCloud sync
  • AI card generation
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Frequently asked questions

No. NotchWise is designed for people who have never used Anki. You create cards by typing or dragging text from Passmedicine. No templates, no add-ons, no learning curve. If you do use Anki already, you can import your .apkg decks too.
Yes. NotchWise imports .apkg files directly and supports AnkiConnect sync. If you already have medical Anki decks (AnKing, Dopes, or your own), they work out of the box. Your scheduling history is preserved.
Yes. NotchWise works for any knowledge that benefits from spaced repetition: MRCP Part 1 and 2, PACES, MRCGP, or specialty training. Create decks for whatever you need to retain. The scheduling algorithm adapts to your recall regardless of the subject matter.
FSRS (Free Spaced Repetition Scheduler) is the default. It's a modern algorithm with better retention modelling than SM-2. SM-2 (the classic Anki algorithm) is also available if you prefer it. You can switch between them in Settings. Both are fully offline.
NotchWise works on any Mac running macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. On MacBooks with a hardware notch, cards anchor to it. On iMacs, Mac Minis, and older MacBooks, a virtual notch appears at the top-centre of your screen. Same experience either way.

Your Passmedicine score improves when you retain what you've learned.

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