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I've memorized just about half of the last juz.

What I do to memorize is listen to a Qari recite the surah on repeat (3-5 ayat at a time).

Also get this app, it helps. Memorize Quran

Assalamu alaikum, sister. I use this app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigitec.MemorizeQuranAndroid

It's also available on iPhone and there's a free and premium version. You just check off as you memorize and it'll keep track for you. InshaAllah it'll help you.

Wa alaykum as salaam.

I'm a convert and have memorized approximately a juz or so of the Qur'an on my own over the 6-7 years that I've been a Muslim, with good tajwid. My pace has increased in the last 2-3 years as I've been able to solidify strategies that work for me. During periods where I am actively trying to memorize the Qur'an, I memorize about an ayah a day (a short or medium-sized ayah, not a long ayah like Ayah al-Kursi and the like). Bear in mind that I really only spend about 15-20 minutes per day using these techniques, often-times while commuting. When I started I had zero background in Arabic or a language from an Islamic culture in which many Arabic words are present. I have taken very little in the way of Arabic or Quranic classes, not out of preference but due to time constraints.

Here is my strategy, in which I exclusively use my smart phone:

1. I focus on learning one surah or one section of the Qur'an at a time. I make an exclusive goal to finish memorizing one specific section at a time, such as a surah in Juz 'Amma or specific surah like Yasin or Mulk. During this time, I spend little or no time in memorizing other surahs or ayahs.
2. Important: I memorize both by reading the text and by listening to a recitation of that section. For me, the recitation is incredibly important because it adds a second layer of memorization by which I'm able to keep track of where I am in the surah or ayah. Because of this, I only use melodic and non-monotone reciters like Shaykh Mishary al-Afasy because they tend to use a variety of maqam (scales and groupings of notes) in the different sections of the Qur'an that makes it easier to distinguish between each section. Also, I believe that this helps me pretty decent tajwid and melody when reciting outloud, such as when leading a prayer (and let's face it, it's always nicer to pray behind someone who's not completely monotone).
3. Usually before starting to memorize a short surah or group of ayahs, I will listen to the audio recitation at least 10-20 times. For long surahs, I will only do this for about the first 5-10 minutes of the recitation and then begin to move into later portions of the recording as I memorize the initial sections. I listen to the recording over and over because it helps me to become familiar with the maqams that the reciter uses. For this process, I typically use a simple music app like iPhone Music since I am not yet concerned with focusing on individual ayah yet.
4. After starting the previous step, I will start to use a smart phone Quran app to begin learning the text of the ayahs. I personally like the Quran Explorer app the best for a few reasons: 1) it uses an easy-to-read Uthmani Arabic script, 2) it gives you the ability to play the recitation for each ayah at a time, and 3) it has options to reconfigure the text as you want, such as changing the font size, reading only the Arabic, or you can add in the translation or transliteration line-by-line.
5. When I start to memorize, I will typically memorize at least 1-3 ayah per day depending on length of the ayahs. At least 2-3 times in the day, I will read the text of the ayah. I do this in conjunction with the next two steps, which are also very important.
6. I use a special smart phone app called Memorize which allows you to loop and repeat specific ayahs of the Quran. Here is a link to the Android version of the app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bigitec.MemorizeQuranAndroid&hl=en_US (I use the iOS version) For about 10-15 minutes during my commute to work I will loop the ayahs that I am trying to learn and will typically listen to the loop at least 5-10 times. Sometimes I will include 1-2 ayahs before and 1-2 ayahs after the section that I am trying to learn. This helps to reinforce the audio side of my memorization along with the text side.
7. Once I am pretty confident that I have at least initially memorized an ayah, I will integrate it into my daily prayers. I typically do this during the fardh prayer and reserve the short surahs like 'Asr, Falaq, Nas, Nasr, etc, for the sunnah prayers. For the fardh prayer, I will typically wait until I've memorized at least 1-2 minutes of the surah before I start integrating it into only one rakat of my fardh prayer. As I learn more of the surah, say 4-5 minutes, I will start to spread this over the first two rakat of the prayer. This step is really important because it involves you actively practicing the recitation of the surah in the maqam and flow of the audio recording. This also helps me to not forget what I've memorized.

Wow, now that I've written all of this down, I never realized that I put so much work into developing these strategies. I would say they work pretty well. The last year, I would say that I'm able to memorize about 2-minutes of audio recitations in a week. A few examples of 2-minute surahs include Takathur, Ma'un, Humaza, and Zalala. 3-4 minute surahs like Ghashiya and 'Ala take about 2-3 weeks. Mulk took about 2 months. I've memorized about a third of Yasin, which altogether has taken about 2-3 months. Again, this is just with putting about 15-20 minutes of work in per day, plus incorporating the newly memorized ayahs into my daily prayers.

Let me know if there are any questions about this. May Allah SWT make it easy for you.