⚡ Free active recall generator

An active recall generator for your own notes

Upload what you are studying and get questions to answer from memory. You write the answer first, then check it, which is the whole point of active recall.

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How a recall session runs

  1. 1

    Upload your material

    Notes, a PDF, or a slide deck. GeniusPal turns it into a set of questions worth answering.

  2. 2

    Answer from memory

    The question comes up with the answer hidden. You write what you can remember before anything is revealed.

  3. 3

    Grade yourself honestly

    Compare what you wrote against the answer and mark it missed, almost, or got it. What you missed comes back around.

Recall, done properly

Producing the answer is the work

  • You produce the answer, not recognise it

    Multiple choice lets you pick the familiar-looking option. Writing the answer from a blank screen is the version of testing that actually builds recall.

  • Self-grading you control

    You decide whether what you wrote was good enough. Marking honestly is what makes the next round useful, and nothing is scored against you.

  • Weak answers come back sooner

    Anything you mark as missed returns ahead of the material you already have, so your time goes where the gaps are.

  • The same set, three ways

    One upload gives you the recall drill, a 10-question multiple-choice quiz, and a flashcard deck over the same material.

New to the technique? Read our guide to active recall and spaced repetition.

Active recall questions

What is an active recall generator?

It is a tool that turns your study material into questions you answer from memory rather than reread. GeniusPal writes the questions from the file you upload.

How is this different from a quiz?

A quiz gives you options to choose between, so recognising the right answer is enough. A recall drill hides the answer entirely and asks you to produce it, then lets you grade what you wrote.

Who marks my answers?

You do. GeniusPal shows the model answer next to what you wrote and you mark it missed, almost, or got it. Self-grading is deliberate, since only you know whether you really had it.

Does it schedule reviews across weeks?

Not as a calendar. Within a set, questions you mark as missed are brought back ahead of the ones you got, so repetition is driven by how you did rather than by a fixed schedule.

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