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Start from a workflow someone used.

Every workflow on this page comes from a specific MarginNote user — either a verified App Store review (review_id linked) or a public forum post you can read in full. Each card carries a source badge; click through and verify the origin yourself.

If you've just downloaded MarginNote, picking a workflow that matches your scenario is faster than starting from a blank mind map.

Source Badges · Evidence Tier

🔗 Public forum post · click-through verifiable ⭐ App Store verified review · review_id checkable 📚 Cross-review pattern · 3+ independent reviews
USMLE
Ch 1
Ch 2
Ch 3
5,000+ cards
📚 55 chapters
⭐ JMayYXE
🔗 Public forum + ⭐ AppStore
Medical school deep deck
A 4-year-curated medical card deck pattern. Surgery / pathology / pharmacology integrated into one card network. Inspired by a public Chinese forum post (4.2k reads) + corroborated by a Canadian physician's App Store review.
Subject Medical · clinical10-min starter
Recommended features Mind map · cards · excerptsFSRS review
Sources: forum thread (4.2k reads) + AppStore review 280893313767LEKQ...
Cardio
Internal Med
Surgery
Imaging
Pharm
heart failure
RAAS
diuretics
+ multi-source
📚 Cross-review pattern
Multi-textbook integration by system
Same body system (cardiovascular, etc.) integrated across multiple textbooks into one mind map. Review one map instead of flipping between 4 books. Pattern observed across multiple medical-student App Store reviews.
Subject Medical · multi-textSystem-led
Recommended features Mind map · color · whitespaceReplaces SRS algorithm
Source: 5+ App Store reviews mentioning multi-text integration · review IDs in detail page
vocab box
grammar box
examples box
étranger
prodigality
subjonctif
"Cela ne veut..."
→ Anki ×3
⭐ App Store
Language reading three-box
Vocab / grammar / sample-sentences split into three independent boxes, exported separately to Anki. Different review cadences for different knowledge types. Inspired by a US App Store review from a foreign-language reader.
Subject Language · intensive readingAnki bridge
Recommended features Mind map · 3 boxes · color3-color highlight
Source: 280893313767Lonx6t6aOfxDroIpP5I03ZQ
Q1 · Constitutional standing
Q2 · Erie doctrine
Q3 · MEE essay
📚 multi-source
🎨 red = must-recall
🧠 recall mode
⭐ App Store
Bar exam answer-aggregation
One card per essay question. Answers aggregated from multiple sources (textbook + UWorld + casebooks) onto the same card. Inspired by a US law student's App Store review preparing for the Bar exam.
Subject Bar / MEE · law schoolQuestion-driven
Recommended features Cards · color · recall modeMulti-source aggregation
Source: 280803903327LNx63XU_MVLHwv4bxhE8qAg
Mind map · framework
▶ collapsed
▶ collapsed
📝 floating pad
writing...
↺ compare
📚 Cross-review pattern
Floating-pad recall (queue-free)
View mind-map framework → write recall in floating pad → reveal and compare. A non-SRS recall loop for material that doesn't deserve to compound your daily card count. Pattern noted across multiple App Store reviews.
Subject Universal · heavy memorizationOutside SRS queue
Recommended features Floating pad · folding · handwritingIn-situ recall
Source: 3+ App Store reviews mentioning split-screen / floating workflows
Pass 1 · keywords
word 1, word 2...
Pass 2 · build map
Ch 1
Ch 2
Ch 3
→ exportable outline
⭐ App Store
Two-pass reading method
First pass: skim and highlight keywords only. Second pass: build the framework mind map by editor's table of contents. Skeleton first, content second. Validated by an SQ3R reading pattern (Robinson 1946) and a US researcher's App Store review.
Subject Research · serious readingTwo-stage
Recommended features Highlighter · mind map · outlineExport OPML / Markdown
Source: 280803903327LYbJwB-9W6vGuVX4ODTzRWQ

What we are not claiming.

The workflows on this page describe how specific real users actually used MarginNote. They do not describe what happens when "you" use it. Your scenario, study habits, and goals may differ in ways that matter:

  • We have not run a controlled study comparing memory or grade outcomes between MarginNote users and non-users.
  • App Store reviews are self-selected — users who write reviews are more enthusiastic than median users.
  • The Chinese forum source (medical-deep-deck) is one user, sustained over 4 years. Your situation is unlikely to be identical.
  • "Cross-review pattern" badges mean 3+ independent App Store reviews mentioned the same pattern. They do not mean "most users do this."
  • Each workflow links to its source. If you suspect we're misrepresenting a quote, click through and verify against the original — that's the whole point of evidence badges.