To promote the program, each year, the company organizes a competition for users to create the best database. The best ones are later offered together with the package. The CD-ROM with SuperMemo 7.5 contains application programs as well as several examples of audiovisual, audio and text databases. An effective use of SuperMemo is not easy and requires much effort and patience . After learning the basics, users react differently, depending on their intelligence and education level, especially their knowledge of sciences.
Many learners are disappointed with the high number of mechanical repetitions .
Among them are usually people with no higher education or a background in arts, not sciences. Only 60 percent of users keep working with the program for longer than a month. This is because it's impossible to succeed with SuperMemo without personal commitment. Also, after many repetitions, some learners come to the false conclusion that they already know the material, so they stop repeating. Even after devoting only 20 minutes every day to the program, in a year you can acquire 10.000 units - but is not lifelong knowledge.