Traverse offers all the features needed for an effective study process in one app.
Mind Mapping
Mind Mapping is a powerful learning technique. Although many students try mind mapping, not all of them see immediate success. In almost all cases, this is due to doing mind mapping in the wrong way. Many “mind mapping apps” only allow you to create tree-like structures. This is not sufficient to deeply learn complex topics. Traverse provides all of the features needed to do mind mapping which truly reflects your mind:
- Grouping of related topics and subtopics
- Directional links to show connections as well as the flow of information
- Naming links to clarify the relationship they express
- Color-coding for easy visual identification and memorization
- Completely free arrangement of nodes to reflect your mind - you can build trees but you’re not constrained by it
- Freehand drawing to add quick visualizations
- The ability to emphasize and de-emphasize nodes and links by changing their size
- “Map occlusion flashcards”, which allow you to hide part of your map and test your recall
Note-taking
Traverse offers anything you’d expect in a modern note-taking app, and more!
- Quickly link to any other note, and view backlinks at one glance
- Visual organization of notes
- Create sketches in your notes to do sketchnoting
- Embedding video (including YouTube), audio and images
- Attach study resources like PDF’s, sheets and other documents
- Multi-color highlighting
- The easiest table feature you’ve ever seen
- Code blocks and inline code for those learning how to program
- Math equations using Latex
- Todo lists, bullet lists, numbered lists
- Quick flashcard creation from any note
Flashcards
Active recall and spaced repetition are proven retrieval practices, part of any effective study process.
Traverse offers these and more:
- Spaced repetition schedule: optimized by default, but fully customizable
- Create cloze deletions (fill-in-the-blank) flashcards directly from your notes: the quickest and easiest flashcard creation ever seen
- Create map and image occlusions to remember diagrams, flows, or anything other visual information
- Any content (media, equations, code) that can be added to your your notes, can be added to your flashcards as well
- Track your performance and consistency (’streak’) with our visual performance tracker
- Organize your cards by topic, and quickly suspend or mark them for review
- Tons of shared flashcard decks to explore
- 100% Anki compatible: upload any Anki deck into Traverse
Other features
- Unlimited cloud storage - access your notes, flashcards and study resources anywhere
- Local backup - your data is yours. You’re not locked in to our platform.
- Sharing settings: share with your peers, or make your knowledge available publicly in the Traverse Community section
Traverse’s feature set has been carefully compiled to optimally leverage cognitive scientific principles.
