The Gap
Most SQE candidates can't answer three basic questions about their own preparation.
At any point in your SQE preparation, you should be able to answer three questions without hesitation: what have I actually covered, am I ready, and what should I do next? Most candidates can't — not because they haven't been working hard, but because the tools they're using weren't built to answer those questions.
A question bank tells you your score on a set of questions. Lecture notes tell you what you've written down. A calendar tells you what sessions you've blocked out. None of them tell you where you actually stand across the full SQE syllabus. We built StudyFlow to close that gap.
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What have I covered?
Coverage stops being something you assume and becomes something you can see. Every topic across the full SQE syllabus, tracked from the first session logged — so you know exactly which areas have been touched and which haven't.
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Am I ready?
Readiness isn't about hours logged — it's about retrieval, mastery, and spacing working together. StudyFlow tracks all three across every topic so the question of whether you're ready stops being a feeling and starts being a fact.
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What should I do next?
Rather than deciding where to spend your next session by feel, StudyFlow surfaces the highest-priority topic at any given moment — factoring in coverage gaps, spacing decay, and retrieval status. You open the app and it tells you.
The Engine
A study system built around how SQE preparation actually works.
StudyFlow isn't a note-taking tool, a question bank, or a generic tracker. It's a system that takes every study session you log and converts it into a real-time picture of where you stand across the full SQE syllabus.
Four metrics, working together. Coverage tells you what's been started. Retrieval tells you what's been practised. Mastery tells you what's genuinely understood. Spacing tells you what's decaying. Together, they tell you exactly where you stand.
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Coverage
Whether a topic has been started at all. The baseline of preparation — and the foundation everything else builds on. A topic is covered the moment you've logged a session against it.
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Retrieval
Whether you've tested yourself on a topic, not just read about it. There's a meaningful difference between passive coverage and active recall — and StudyFlow tracks them separately, because the outcomes on assessment day are different.
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Mastery & Spacing
Mastery is whether a topic has the depth of engagement that indicates genuine understanding, not just surface familiarity. Spacing is whether it's been revisited recently enough that it isn't quietly decaying. Together, they catch the topics that look prepared but aren't.
Built For
One system. Both exams. No second tool to learn.
SQE1 and SQE2 are different challenges. SQE1 is a question of breadth — a wide syllabus tested through multiple-choice questions across two assessment days. SQE2 is a question of performance — translating knowledge into structured legal work across multiple practice areas and skills.
StudyFlow covers both as first-class citizens of the system. The same four metrics. The same operational clarity. Whether you're early in SQE1, transitioning to SQE2, or returning after a previous attempt, the system works the way you need it to at the stage you're in.
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Full-Time Candidates
Covering significant ground each week and needing a system that keeps pace — surfacing what needs revisiting before it decays, and making sure retrieval practice keeps up with coverage across the full syllabus.
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Studying Alongside Work
Limited preparation time and no margin to spend it on topics you already know well. StudyFlow directs attention to the highest-priority areas at any given moment, so every session counts.
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Returning Candidates
Anyone who's sat an SQE assessment before and needs to understand precisely where their preparation fell short. Topic-level data makes it possible to audit a previous attempt with accuracy rather than guesswork.
