FAQ
When you first learn a word in an article, that article becomes your 'crime scene' — the place where the word made sense. Imagine you read a courtroom article and learned the word 'jury' in context. Months later you see 'jury' again and it feels blank. DeeperMemo takes you back to that exact article and sentence. Suddenly the courtroom, the argument, the whole scene comes rushing back. You don't just recall a translation — you re-experience the understanding.
Anki stores flashcards — isolated word-translation pairs like 'jury → 陪审团'. DeeperMemo stores your reading history. When you forget a word, Anki shows you the back of a card: a single translation with no context. DeeperMemo takes you back to the article where you first understood the word — the courtroom scene, the argument, the sentence that made it click. Anki tests whether you can recall an answer. DeeperMemo helps you recover understanding.
When you search for a word, DeeperMemo shows articles you have already read and marked at the top — before other articles. Think of it this way: you forgot 'jury' and search for it. A normal search returns all articles with that word. DeeperMemo returns the courtroom article you read in March first, because you have been there before. Familiar context is the fastest path to recovering meaning.
Because flashcards strip words from the context that gave them meaning. A card that says 'jury → 陪审团' teaches you to recall a translation — not to understand the word in a real sentence. You may answer correctly on a card and still not know how to use the word. DeeperMemo takes a different approach: when you forget a word, you return to the article where you first understood it and reactivate the understanding that a card could never provide.
Traditional spaced review shows you flashcards on a schedule. DeeperMemo uses spaced review differently: it detects when a word is fading, then prompts you to search for it. The search takes you back to the original article — not to a card, but to the context where you first understood the word. You re-experience understanding, not just recall an answer. The review system here is a forgetting detector, not a repetition scheduler.
Every article you read and every word you mark becomes part of your searchable memory. After a few months, you may have 100 articles read and thousands of words marked. When you forget any word and search for it, DeeperMemo instantly finds the article where you learned it. Your personal reading history becomes richer the longer you use it — and that accumulated context is something no other tool can offer you.
The current product is built around English learning, but the underlying method applies to any target language.
Yes. Free users can experience the full read-understand-return loop with daily limits. Pro removes those limits for learners who read, search, and review every day.
DeeperMemo is not a replacement for dictionaries — you may still look up new words. But it changes what happens when you forget a word you have seen before. Instead of looking up a definition again, you return to the article where you first understood it. A dictionary gives you a translation. DeeperMemo gives you back the context that made the word meaningful.