Building BitRecall — an app that turns scrolling into studying

Hey everyone 👋

I've been heads-down on a side project called BitRecall and wanted to share it here before I take it further — mostly because I'd genuinely value some outside eyes on the idea.

The core idea:
We've all noticed how effortlessly we remember random stuff from scrolling Instagram Reels or Shorts — a meme, a quote, a random fact — zero deliberate effort, but it just sticks. Meanwhile, "studying" feels like the opposite: you sit down, force yourself to focus, and still forget half of it a week later.

BitRecall is my attempt to hijack that scroll mechanic for actual learning. You paste in your notes, a textbook chapter, or any content you're trying to learn — an AI breaks it down into bite-sized recall cards — and instead of a traditional flashcard app you have to "sit down and do," you just scroll through it like a feed. Same muscle memory as scrolling Reels, except every card is helping you retain something real.

Why it's more than "just flashcards with extra steps":
The app quietly tracks what you actually know vs. what you're shaky on (via a simple swipe — "I know this" / "still learning"), and resurfaces the weaker stuff back into your scroll at the right intervals — so revision happens passively, blended into the same scrolling habit you already have, instead of being a separate chore you have to schedule.

A use case I didn't originally plan for — but think fits well:
Here's a scenario a lot of devs will relate to: you hit a bug or a tricky problem, read a blog post or asked GPT, solved it, moved on. Months later, the same class of problem shows up again — except now you don't remember the exact solution, and when you search again, you don't land on that same blog or that same explanation. You get a solution, just not the one that worked best for you, the one you already validated.

BitRecall could double as a place to turn your own solved problems into recall cards — instead of re-searching from scratch, you've already got your own distilled "here's how I solved this" card sitting in your revision feed, written in a way that actually makes sense to you. It turns personal problem-solving into something revisited and reinforced, not something you solve once and lose.

Who it's for:
Students prepping for exams, people learning a new skill, developers who want their own hard-earned solutions to stick — basically anyone who wants their "dead time" scrolling to compound into something useful instead of disappearing into the void.

I'm still early — building this out solo on the backend and would love blunt feedback:

• Does this solve a real problem for you, or does it feel like a gimmick?

• Would you actually use something like this, or stick to Anki/Quizlet/ChatGPT/bookmarks?

• Does the dev use case (saving your own solved problems) feel like a real feature, or a stretch?

Tear it apart if you need to — genuinely trying to figure out if this is worth building further. 🙏