Questions & answers
The things people ask most often. Something missing? Write to support@quintacapsa.com
The things people ask most often. Something missing? Write to support@quintacapsa.com
They are saved only in the browser on the device you added them on, up to 52 cards. Clearing your browser data or moving to another device loses them - an export from the Boxes screen is the only way to carry them across
Signing in is free, uses a one-time emailed code with no password, saves your cards to your account, backs them up as you go, syncs them to every device you sign in on, raises the limit to 1,000 cards, and gives you 2 AI card backs a day
Yes, once you sign in. Your cards and review history sync to every device you sign in on, so you can add words on a laptop and review them later on your phone
Syncing is automatic - it runs a couple of seconds after you add or change a card, and again whenever a device comes back online. If one device looks out of date, open the Account screen and tap Sync now
It immediately pushes this device's latest changes to your account and pulls down anything your other devices have added, instead of waiting for the automatic sync
You'll find it on the Account screen when you're signed in. Reach for it if one device is showing an older set of cards than another
Only you. Signed out, your cards live in your browser's own storage on that one device and are never sent anywhere
Signed in, they're also saved to your account so they follow you across devices - kept in our database (Supabase), where each account can read only its own data. Either way the app works fully offline, and your changes sync up the next time you're online
That is deliberate. A card you miss stays in today's queue and comes round again after the other due cards, so you can keep practising it until it sticks
Answering it correctly afterwards clears it from today but does not promote it - a card you forgot once starts the next day back in Box 1, however many tries it took. Today's review is finished only when every due card has been answered correctly, which is why the counter shows cards left rather than a percentage
The furthest box comes first: Box 5, then 4, 3 and 2, then Box 1. Inside Box 1, cards you got wrong before come ahead of brand-new ones. Cards you got wrong today come last, so they return after a short break
A card in a high box carries the most progress - forgetting it costs weeks, while a Box 1 card costs a day - and you usually know it, so it is quick. A new card loses nothing by waiting until tomorrow, so a big import never pushes back the cards you have already started
A small note on the Add screen that tells you what's new in QuintaCapsa. We write it, so you hear about new things without updating the app
A note shows for a week, and you can close it any time. All the old notes stay on the News screen: tap the newspaper button on Boxes. A dot on that button means there's something you haven't read
Blitz is practice just for fun. You get up to 20 random cards, even ones that aren't due today and ones you've already learned
Blitz never writes anything down. Your cards stay in their boxes, and Statistics doesn't count it. So you can play it as often as you like
Start it with the Blitz button at the top of Today, or after you finish Today. The screen turns mint green, so you always know you're in Blitz, not in a real review
Today is the real lesson. It shows only the cards that are due, and every answer moves a card up a box or back to box 1
Blitz is a game on the side. It picks cards at random and remembers nothing
Tap the small speaker next to the word. The first time, the app asks which language the topic is in. Choose once, and every card in that topic is read in that language. Tap the speaker again to stop it
The back of a card isn't read at first, because backs often mix languages. To turn it on, open Manage topics and tap the speaker next to the topic
To change a language later, hold your finger on the speaker (or right-click it on a computer). Voice-over is free for everyone
Burrow is a word puzzle made from your own cards. The words on the front of your cards hide in a box of letters. The backs of your cards are the clues
Open it with "Word puzzle" on Boxes, or after you finish Today
Without Pro you can start 3 puzzles of your own a day. A puzzle counts once you make your first move, so looking at a board costs nothing. A Burrow a friend sends you is always free
Find a word by sliding your finger from letter to letter. The next letter is always right next to the last one: up, down, left or right, never across a corner
Every letter belongs to exactly one word, and a word never crosses a wall (a short brown bar between letters). Grey squares aren't part of any word
Stuck? Tap a clue to see its meaning, or tap Hint to see one letter at a time. When you finish, you can send the same puzzle to a friend as a link, and they don't need an account to play it
Choose the topic on Boxes first, then open Word puzzle. The puzzle uses only that topic's cards. With no topic chosen, it uses all your cards
A card can be in Burrow if its front is one word of 3 to 10 letters. Words like "das" or "the" in front are skipped, so "das Auto" plays as AUTO. If Burrow says "Not enough words yet", add a few more one-word cards to that topic
A topic is a group of cards, like "Spanish verbs" or "History". Pick one in the Topic field when you add a card
On Boxes, tap a topic to see only its cards. Today, Blitz and Burrow then use only that topic too. "No topic" shows the cards that don't have one yet
Manage topics is where you tidy up: rename or delete a topic, move cards to another topic, and tap any card to open it and edit it
Reminders are in the Android app. Open Account, tap Reminders and settings, turn on Remind me to review and pick a time
You get one note a day, only on days when cards are due. It says how many cards are waiting, never the words, so it's fine on a lock screen
If you already opened the app that day, there's no reminder - you've been here. Want one anyway? Turn on Remind me even after a visit. Opening the app also clears a reminder that's still showing
Open the Import screen - from the Add screen tap Import from a file or your AI, or from Boxes tap Import. Tap Copy a prompt: it copies a ready-made request that tells the AI to reply in the exact JSON shape the app reads
Add what you want after the "Notes for the AI:" line - for example "20 German B1 words, each with a simple example sentence and its English translation" - then paste the whole thing into ChatGPT, Claude, or any other AI. Paste its reply into the box on the Import screen, or use the file picker if you saved it as a file
You'll see a preview before anything is added: cards that are too long or already in your deck are flagged, and nothing is saved until you confirm
Yes. Sign in, open the Account screen, and under AI generation tap Card-back language - pick any language from the list
The Generate with AI button on the Add screen then writes the meaning, and any example sentence, in that language. The default is "Match my browser", which follows your device's language
Three things. AI: Free writes 2 card backs a day, Pro writes 10. Statistics: Free shows your streak and your last 7 days, Pro also shows which boxes and topics you know best, your hardest cards and the next 30 days. Burrow: Free starts 3 puzzles a day, Pro plays as many as it likes, and a Burrow a friend sends you is always free. Everything else is the same on both: 1,000 cards, voice-over, Blitz, topics, search, import and export
Pro is $1.99/month or $18.99/year, started or cancelled on the Account screen. More Pro features - adjustable box intervals and shared card sets - are planned
Payment runs entirely on Stripe's own checkout page - QuintaCapsa never sees or stores your card details
You can cancel any time from the Account screen, and Pro stays active until the end of the period you've already paid for
Sign in, open the Account screen, and start a subscription - tap $1.99/month or $18.99/year
That opens Stripe's checkout page, which has an "Add promotion code" field. Enter your code there before you pay