Data Management
Flipnem uses a local-first design that allows you to Study and Review cards without a network connection to flipnem.com. At the same time, flipnem.com remains the source of truth to ensure all of your devices are in sync and that your data can be backed up.
Here's how Flipnem handles deck data:
| Deck data | Data consistency |
|---|---|
| Card content (front/back text, mnemonics) | Always synced |
| Scheduling data (weights, intervals, review state) | Always synced |
| Templates & styling | Always synced |
| Tags | Always synced |
| Media (images, audio & video) | Lazily synced |
To avoid unexpectedly large data transfers over cellular data, media is only cached opportunistically: once you've viewed a card, you have that card's media on your device. To pre-fetch media for cards you haven't seen yet, see Sync Upcoming Media.