Help & FAQs

A pack is a set of subjects and topics to revise, such as "GCSE Science", "A level Economics" or "Year 7 French". Packs work for any subject or level, so parents and teachers can make their own for anything students are learning. Each topic has notes to learn from and questions to test yourself on. A parent or teacher can set packs up for you, or you can choose your own: tap "Add a pack" in your hub (or "Choose a pack" if you don't have one yet), or go to Profile → Your revision packs.

Your hub shows "Your first week": take your first quiz, learn a topic with Learn, then come back the next day to start your streak. If you have no revision pack yet, you can pick a ready-made Lobe Limpet pack for your subjects, join your class with a code, or make your own flashcards. Hidden it? Profile → Your revision packs → Show "Your first week" again.

Students, parents and teachers can all sign up from the sign-in page. If you're under 13, please ask a parent or carer to create your account and link it to theirs.

Yes. Lobe Limpet works in any modern browser on phones, tablets and laptops, and you can add it to your home screen so it opens like an app, full screen. On Android, tap Install when Lobe Limpet offers it, or choose "Install app" from Chrome's menu. On an iPhone or iPad, open it in Safari, tap Share, then "Add to Home Screen". The first time you open it from your home screen you'll need to sign in once more.

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Quizzes mix multiple choice, true or false, fill in the blank, match the pairs and short written answers. Each quiz is ten questions, so it fits into a spare ten minutes.

Short written answers are marked automatically by an AI model against the key points for that question, and you get feedback on what you included and what you missed. It's very good but not perfect, so treat the mark as a guide and check the model answer.

Open the topic's subject map, flashcards or cheat sheet first to get the big picture, then take a quiz. Getting things wrong early is normal and part of how learning sticks.

Review brings back questions you answered a while ago, timed for just before you'd be likely to forget them. A few minutes of review each day keeps everything you've learned fresh.

You earn XP for every quiz, and XP builds your level. Revising on consecutive days grows your streak, and badges reward milestones like trying every question type or finishing a topic.

Your Profile shows each subject's recent score, whether it's going up or down, and a small graph. Tap a subject to see your weakest topics first, then tap a topic for your recent scores and the questions you miss most. Parents and teachers see the same for their students.

In your hub, tap "My flashcards", then "New set". Type a term and its meaning on each card: press Enter to move on. Use the arrows (or Alt+↑/↓) to reorder cards.

Yes. Tap "Import" and paste a list from your notes, a spreadsheet, Word, or an export from another flashcard app such as Quizlet. Put each card on its own line with the term first. Lobe Limpet works out the separators and shows a preview first.

Yes, free. Add a diagram, map or photo to any card. A card with just a term and a picture becomes a "what's this?" card that shows the picture first.

Each card becomes quiz questions (multiple choice, true or false, type the term, match the pairs and a written answer) and goes into your daily review. Time spent on flashcards counts towards your streak and daily goal.

Yes, if you're in a class. Tap the share button on a set. Classmates see it with your first name and initial and can add a copy to their own flashcards. Your teacher can see shared sets and take one down. Never put names or photos of people on cards.

Everything students need to revise: quizzes with AI-marked written answers, smart review, flashcards with pictures, subject maps, cheat sheets, progress trends, badges, streaks and study plans. Parents and teachers can set up students and classes and write their own revision by hand. There are no adverts. See the full comparison.

AI that does the setting up: notes, questions and flashcards from your own notes, a PDF, Word document, photo or just a topic name; reading scanned pages and diagrams; suggested exam board links; and a bigger daily AI allowance. It also unlocks every topic in the ready-made Lobe Limpet packs, and lets you copy one into your own packs to change it.

Each subject in a ready-made Lobe Limpet pack has free sample topics you can learn and quiz on. Topics with a ✨ Plus tag are listed so you can see what the pack covers; Plus unlocks them. A parent's Plus covers their children too. Packs a parent or teacher makes or copies for you, and community library packs, have no Plus topics.

Plus is in early access. Sign in, open the Pricing page and tap "Ask for Plus". We'll switch it on for your account.

AI marking, learning notes and (with Plus) creating content use a small daily allowance per account, which resets at midnight. It keeps things fair for everyone; normal revision almost never reaches it.

When you first sign in, your Home page shows a Getting started checklist: add your child (or create a class), choose a pack, turn class notes into notes and quiz questions, and give the pack to your child or class. It ticks each step off as you go. If you've hidden it, choose "Getting started" in the menu to bring it back (parents, teachers).

Yes, with Plus. In My packs, open a topic and choose Create with AI, then take a photo of the worksheet or upload a PDF or Word file (add each page in turn if there are several). We read exactly what's on it, write revision notes for you to check, then make quiz questions from them. Lobe Limpet works as well as school revision, not instead of it, so this keeps practice matched to what's being taught in class.

Yes, with Plus (or your free try). Open a topic, choose Create with AI, then A web page, and paste the link (up to 3 pages at a time). Many pages are read straight away. Some sites, including BBC Bitesize, don't let apps read their pages: for those, open the page, select all the words (Ctrl+A or ⌘+A on a computer; press and hold, then Select All on a phone), copy them and paste them in. Then we write revision notes in our own words for you to check, and make quiz questions from them. The link is kept on the topic as Read first, so students can read the original page, then test themselves. We only keep the link, never a copy of the page. Pages are for your own students' revision: please don't share packs made from other people's pages in the library.

Yes. Choose "Add student", enter their name and the email they signed up with, and leave the password empty. We'll send them a request: once they accept it in their hub, they appear in your list with all their progress so far. Because it's their account, they can remove the link later from their Profile, and you can unlink but not delete it.

From your parent dashboard you can add a student or send an invite. Once linked, you can assign revision packs, see their progress and send them a message of encouragement.

Each class has a six-letter join code. Students enter it when they sign up, or later from their account, and appear in your class straight away.

Every exam board publishes its specifications, past papers and mark schemes free on its website. Check with your school which board you're taking for each subject, then search the board's site for that subject:

• AQA
• Pearson Edexcel
• OCR
• WJEC Eduqas (England) and WJEC (Wales)
• CCEA (Northern Ireland)
• SQA (Scotland)

Some subjects in your revision packs also have an "Official resources" section with direct links.

The Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) publishes the official exam timetables and the rules for exam day. Your school will give you your personal timetable.

BBC Bitesize has clear explanations, videos and quick tests for most subjects, organised by exam board. Oak National Academy has free video lessons. Both work well alongside Lobe Limpet: learn a topic there, then lock it in here with a quiz.

On the sign-in page, tap "Forgot your password?" and we'll email you a reset link. If it doesn't arrive, check your junk folder.

Students: open your Profile and choose "Delete my account". Parents and teachers: choose "Delete my account" at the bottom of the menu. A parent can also delete the account of a student they look after. It's permanent and can't be undone. If you'd rather we did it, contact us from the email on the account.