Introduction

Mental Case is the premium study application for the Mac, iPad, and iPhone. You can sync notes with your Mac, or download flashcards from the web, and study them on the go.

There are two editions of Mental Case for touch devices: the ‘paid’ edition, and the free classroom edition. The classroom edition is intended only for use in the classroom by a teacher and students, and misses some of the functionality of the paid edition, such as Mac syncing and support for FlashcardExchange.com and Quizlet.com. Both apps run on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.

Notes, Cases, and Case Collections

The term note is used to refer to a flashcard in Mental Case, and the term case is used to refer to a folder or deck of flashcards. A case collection is a group of cases, and you can nest case collections as deeply as you like.

The Library tab on the left is the place where you can browse all your notes. The first screen shows your list of cases.

Special Cases

The cases at the top of the list are special. The All Notes case contains references — not copies — to all of the notes on your touch device. Loose Notes is for notes that don't belong to any case. The Lesson is a special case which contains any notes that are scheduled to be studied according to your learning schedule.

Editing Cases

You can add a new case by pressing the Edit button, followed by the + button. You can edit existing cases by pressing the Edit button. This allows you to delete cases, or press the blue disclosure button to change case settings, such as a case’s name or learning schedule. You can also move cases by pressing the blue button.

Browsing Notes

You browse your notes on the iPhone simply by navigating into a case. On the iPad, when you select a case, the notes appear in the 3D note browser on the right. You can scroll this view up and down, but you can also skim through the notes by tapping and holding for a moment. Once you start skimming, you can drag your finger over the notes to make them flip, so you can look at them more closely.

The 3D note browser also supports some other gestures. If you skim to a two-sided note, you can see the second side (content) by tapping the exposed note once. The prompt should flap up, showing you the second side. To put the prompt card back, simply scroll, or tap elsewhere in the browser.

You can also do a fast skim with one finger to the left or right in order to flip to a particular card. This mimics the real world way in which you flip over cards in a box. A simple tap on a card achieves the same result.