The study tool for students who can't afford to forget
Medical school doesn't test whether you studied. It tests whether you retained. Lexie applies spaced repetition, active recall, and image occlusion to your own lecture material, with the same rigour as Anki, without the hours of manual card creation.
How does it work?
Flashcards with FSRS scheduling
Structured question-and-answer cards generated from your lecture content. Each card isolates a single concept. The FSRS algorithm, the same scheduler used by advanced Anki users, tracks your retention and schedules every card at the interval where you're about to forget it. Not SM-2. FSRS.
Image occlusion with typed recall
Photograph an anatomy diagram, histology slide, or any labelled illustration. Lexie identifies the labels automatically and hides them during review. You type each answer from memory before the label is revealed. Not tap-to-reveal — actual typed recall. The same method you'd set up manually in Anki, but from a single photo instead of thirty minutes of drawing rectangles.
Multiple choice with clinical distractors
Four-option questions where the wrong answers aren't throwaway options, they're plausible alternatives generated from the same content. The kind of question where you have to understand the mechanism, not just recognise the right word. Scaffolded hints on first wrong attempt. Per-option explanations after.
Fill-in-the-blank for terminology
Key terms removed from sentences generated from your material. You produce the term from memory. Accepts alternative phrasings and common abbreviations. Effective for pharmacology, pathology, biochemistry — any subject where precise terminology matters.
Practise exam questions
Open-ended questions where you write your explanation in your own words. Lexie evaluates your response for completeness and accuracy, provides scaffolded feedback on your first attempt, and gives you a second attempt before showing the model answer. This is the closest thing to a viva or written exam practice you can do alone.
Why med students are switching
Anki is powerful. The setup isn't.
Nobody disputes that Anki works. The evidence base is extensive and the spaced repetition engine is proven. But the time cost of creating and maintaining a high-quality Anki deck is significant. Every hour spent formatting cards is an hour not spent reviewing them. Lexie preserves the study methodology and removes the production overhead.
Pre-made decks have limits
AnKing, Zanki, Lightyear — they're comprehensive but they're someone else's interpretation of the material. They don't match your lecturer's emphasis, your course structure, or the specific way your programme approaches a topic. Lexie generates cards from your actual lecture content, so the practice matches what you'll be examined on.
Image occlusion shouldn't take longer than the anatomy session
Setting up image occlusion in Anki means importing an image, installing the add-on, drawing individual rectangles over each label, and creating a separate card for each region. Lexie does this from a single photograph. Point your camera at Netter's, at your lecture slide, at the cadaver lab diagram. The occlusion cards are ready before you've finished your coffee.
You need more than flashcards
Flashcards test recall. Medical exams test application, clinical reasoning, and the ability to explain mechanisms. Lexie's practise exam mode generates open-ended questions that require you to articulate your understanding — the same skill your OSCEs and written exams demand. Flashcards build the foundation. Practise exams test whether you can use it.
Built for the volume
Build your library one set at a time
Photograph a page of lecture notes, a textbook spread, a diagram. Each photo becomes a focused study set. Over days and weeks, your library grows to cover everything — pharmacology, anatomy, pathology, biochemistry. Small sets, built consistently, add up.
FSRS manages the schedule across all of them
You don't need to decide what to review today. The FSRS algorithm tracks every card across every study set and prioritises what's most overdue. Thirty minutes between lectures? Those thirty minutes go to the highest-value material automatically.
Audio for passive review
Listen to your study material while commuting, exercising, or between sessions. Not a replacement for active recall, a supplement that maintains exposure when you can't sit down and study actively.
Frequently asked questions
Same study methods. No setup time.
Lexie applies FSRS spaced repetition, active recall, image occlusion, and written exam practice to your own lecture material. Photograph your notes and start reviewing. 3 free study sets. No account required.