BeanBrain
Evidence-Based Study App
Only for iPhone
$3.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Revise with algorithmic retrieval practice and adaptive spaced repetition. Your subjects, decks and cards stay on your device, with no account and no tracking.
BeanBrain is a revision app for iPhone built around one idea: you remember what you make yourself recall.
Study properly
Every card starts as a question. You try to answer it from memory, then reveal the answer and rate how it went. There is no passive flipping through cards and no daily quota. You decide how much to do and stop when you want.
Review when it matters
BeanBrain schedules each card using FSRS, an adaptive spaced-repetition algorithm. Cards you find easy come back less often; cards you struggle with come back sooner. Due dates are worked out from your own ratings, so the schedule follows how you are actually doing.
Organise your material
Build a library of Subjects, Decks and Cards, with Tags across them. Four card types are supported: recall, cloze, compare and application. You can record where a card came from, search and filter, reorder, archive or suspend, and merge tags.
Focus on what needs work
The Backlog gathers cards that need attention: ones you failed today, ones you have failed repeatedly, ones that are overdue, and questions you got wrong in a Mock Exam. It never pushes a card in front of its scheduled date; instead it points you at the card to review or repair.
Mix related material
Interleaving lets you practise several related decks or tags together in one session, so you learn to tell similar things apart rather than drilling them in isolation.
Test yourself
Build multiple-choice Mock Exams from your own decks, tags or cards. Sit them timed or untimed. Feedback is held back until you submit. A timed exam runs on real time and submits itself when the limit is reached. Mock Exam results are kept separate from your review schedule and never change it.
See what is actually happening
The Dashboard shows your revision streak, today's study time and accuracy, a 90-day review heatmap, a 30-day workload forecast, a Time Machine view of past due-versus-reviewed work, and a retention chart comparing predicted recall with actual results. Insights break performance down by deck and tag.
Reminders, if you want them
Optional local reminders tell you when reviews are due. They are off until you turn them on, and there is no reminder server.
Private by design
BeanBrain has no account and no BeanBrain server. Your study material stays on your device. There is no advertising, no analytics or tracking software, and your data is never sold or shared. The Terms of Use and Privacy Policy are linked in Settings.
BeanBrain is a study aid. It does not guarantee any grade, exam result or qualification.
Ratings & Reviews
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Import/export options increased to include JSON and CSV files.
The developer, Anthony Grisoni, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Anthony Grisoni
- Size
- 6.5 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Anthony Grisoni
