Hi everyone,

I’m the founder of LongTerMemory, a modern spaced repetition study app that I recently launched on the iOS App Store.

We all know the "study companion" and flashcard space is incredibly crowded. Giants like Anki have been around for over a decade and have a massive, loyal user base. However, as an active user of these systems myself, I saw a clear market gap: the friction of setup and outdated user experiences.

Many potential users (especially students and professionals with limited time) quit spaced repetition because the existing tools feel like spreadsheets from 2005 or require a steep learning curve to set up properly.

I built LongTerMemory to solve this exact problem: making long-term retention seamless, distraction-free, and accessible directly from your phone with a modern UI.

📈 The Business & Validation Journey

• The MVP: I focused heavily on streamlining the review workflow. No cluttered menus, just a clean interface that tells the user exactly what to review today.
• The Stack: Built using React Native/Expo for a fast, native-feeling iOS deployment, with a scalable backend ready to handle data synchronization.
• Monetization: I'm moving away from aggressive ad-based models that ruin the study experience. Instead, I'm opting for a freemium model with premium tiers for advanced tracking and organization.

🔮 Next Steps & The "Crowded Market" Challenge

My biggest challenge right now is distribution and standing out. My roadmap includes building deeper automation features (like leveraging AI to reduce the time it takes to create review material) and cross-platform extensions to capture users where they already work.

The app is officially live here:LongTerMemory on the App Store

💬 I'd love your business/product feedback:

Since this community is full of brilliant indie hackers and founders, I wanted to ask:

1. If you've launched a product in a saturated niche, what was your most effective unconventional marketing channel?
2. Looking at the App Store page, does the value proposition click immediately, or should I pivot my messaging more toward the "AI/automation" angle rather than just "smart studying"?

If you decide to download the app and test it out, drop a comment below with your thoughts, and I'd be happy to DM you a promo code for free premium access as a thank you!

I'm trying to figure out if it's a truly useful tool for people who already use Google Docs (so.. a small, specific niche) and need to quickly generate Questions & Answers pairs from their own texts. Examples include notes or one's own texts.

It could be useful for both teachers and students to help them study a particular topic more quickly.

This is the extension approved by Google Workspace: https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/quick_qa_generator_longtermemory/628940060292

If you want to study something else, like slides, books, papers, not-google text documents, infographics, ecc.., try to see the full web app: https://longtermemory.com .

Looking for feedback. I appreciate it.

Thanks