For Android · US states · Free
50 states.
Find every one.
For students, quiz fans, and anyone who wants to place Wyoming without guessing. Fifty Nifty is a free map in MapSharp, a map quiz built around spaced repetition, so what you learn stays learned.
The quiz
Read a name. Find it on the map.
That's the whole game, and it's easy to get started. Each round you see a state name, tap where you think it is, and find out right away whether you were right.
The state name appears at the top. Is it Vermont or New Hampshire? Iowa or Idaho?
Select a state on the map and confirm. Alaska and Hawaii sit in their own boxes below the lower 48.
Right or wrong, you see the state's name and population, so every answer teaches you something.
Spaced repetition
See each state again just before you'd forget it
Instead of drilling everything equally often, spaced repetition times each review. Get a state right and the next review moves further out. Miss it and it comes back soon. Try it with one state:
One state, your answers
Wyoming The least populous state
Next review in
Day 0: you see Wyoming for the first time.
A simplified illustration. The app uses FSRS, a modern, open-source scheduling algorithm also used by well-known flashcard apps, which adapts each interval to your own answer history.
Your learning
Follow your progress on the map
You decide how many new states to learn each day. Drag through time to see how the progress map in the app fills in. Each color tells you how well a state has stuck.
How many new states do you want to learn per day?
Progress
Overall progress
0%
Simulated: states are learned in order of population. This is a realistic simulation, but your actual progress will depend on your answers.
The deal
Free, all fifty of them
50
states free
Every state is free to learn, ordered by population or by area. There's nothing to unlock and no subscription.
- No ads. Not now, not ever.
- No account. Your progress stays on your device.
- Works offline. The map is built into the app.
- All 50. Alaska and Hawaii included, each in its own box.
Questions
From the app's FAQ
How many new states should I learn each day?
Start with a small number. You will review the states you learn today in the near future, so your daily workload is larger than just the new ones. With 50 states, even three a day gets you through all of them in under three weeks.
What happens if I skip scheduled reviews?
Nothing breaks. Do them when you have time. The app takes the delay into account when it schedules the next reviews.
How do I deal with too many reviews waiting?
Set your daily goal to 0 for a while. This stops new states from being added, so you can catch up on the reviews that are already waiting. Raise the goal again when the daily load feels manageable.
Which areas are included?
All 50 states. Washington, D.C. and US territories such as Puerto Rico are not included.
What comes after the states?
The same app has County Savvy, all 3,143 US counties. Your first 30 counties there are free.
Start with three states today
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