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Spaced Retrieval TherAppy app review: an innovative way to improve memory

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Introduction

For many people it can be challenging to remember places, faces, names, and facts and it can also get quite frustrating. The Spaced Retrieval TherAppy app for your iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone provides users with an innovative method to use that will help you improve your memory. It doesn't matter what you are trying to remember, the app can be used by anyone including students who are having a tough time when it comes to studying and even as games for people with dementia.

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Spaced Retrieval Therapy

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Enhance Your Memory

There's no reason to get frustrated with how much information you forget because you can take control of the situation and start to enhance your memory with help from the Spaced Retrieval TherAppy app. Use this app to start remembering routines, names, faces, facts, locations, and anything else. This app can come in especially handy for those suffering from a neurological condition such as Alzheimer's disease. The app can be used by seniors, students, clinicians, family members who are caring for someone else, and plenty more. You will be working to remember three memory targets and the app will track your performance and interval.

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This medical based app was last updated a year and a half ago when some bug fixes were made. The app has four out of five stars from users who call it helpful, efficient, and that it actually creates results. After you purchase the app there are no in-app purchases necessary.

Using the Technique

The Spaced Retrieval TherAppy app will help you practice memory targets, you can practice up to three at a time. You will need to remember the answers over intervals of time that get longer and longer, thereby enhancing your memory. It starts with one minute, then two, four, eight minutes, and so forth. You will turn over a card as well as remember the item so you are solidifying the experience. This technique has been shown to help even those people who are suffering from a neurological issue. Professionals are even making use of the app such as occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, teachers, and plenty more.

Because the app will be tracking data and has a timer you can start to see actual results and know that the app is helping you. The user interface is quite basic and simple but this is done on purpose so that there is no excuse not to use it. You have control over the customization features making this app flexible.

Spaced Retrieval Therapy

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Pros and Cons

Pros

  • The user interface is quite basic and simple so it is easy to navigate
  • Remember and practice up to three targets at a time
  • The customization features allow for flexibility
  • The app will track your data

Cons

  • There had been some bugs which have since been fixed

Final Words

The Spaced Retrieval TherAppy app for your iPod touch, iPad, and iPhone makes remembering items much simpler thanks to the techniques you’ll be using. The app is versatile and customizable making it ideal for all kinds of users. It can be used as an Alzheimer's app and more. 

Spaced Retrieval Therapy

$4.99
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