Use Review Labels Consistently
Treat review labels as personal scheduling choices, with a clear distinction between an unclear card and an incorrect answer.
A review label is most useful when it means roughly the same thing each time you use it. It should describe your response to the card’s task and help organize the next attempt. It is not a certificate of mastery or a measurement of memory. Decide on a simple personal interpretation, then apply it without changing the standard merely to improve the appearance of a session.
Understand what the controls do
Word Pocket offers fixed local review choices: In 10 minutes, In 1 day and In 4 days schedule the card for those intervals from the current review. These are explicit scheduling options, not a claim that those intervals are ideal for every learner or every kind of material.
The resulting due time is used by the local review list. The website does not send a notification or synchronize the schedule to another device. Return through the same browser or app installation when you want to see the current list.
Match the label to the card’s task
Read the prompt and attempt the answer before revealing the back in review mode. If you could not answer or produced the wrong response, In 10 minutes may be a useful next choice. If the response met the task, choose the later interval that fits your own intended practice routine.
A prompt asking for a general meaning should not automatically be judged by the same standard as one asking for an exact phrase. Make that expectation clear on the card. Otherwise, the labels may reflect inconsistent question design rather than a meaningful difference between attempts.
Separate difficult material from a difficult prompt
If you cannot tell what the card asks, edit it in the card library. Repeatedly choosing a short interval will not fix an ambiguous question. Similarly, a doubtful answer should be checked against a reliable reference before you continue practicing it.
You may discover that one card contains several tasks. Split it into smaller questions if that makes the response easier to judge. The point is not to make every card easy, but to make the intended task understandable and the feedback interpretable.
Keep sessions and schedules distinct
Within one review session, a card appears once after it has been rated. If you want another immediate attempt, start a fresh session deliberately. The saved due time and the current session sequence serve different purposes; a newly scheduled card does not need to interrupt the session you are already completing.
Review the collection occasionally to see whether the fixed choices still fit your use. You can change the content, select a different group or use a fresh session when appropriate. Keep important cards separately backed up before clearing local data. Consistency means understanding your choices and applying them deliberately, not following a label mechanically when the card itself needs attention.
