Turn the words you meet into words you own.
The vocabulary app for serious readers. Capture words where you find them, master them in three minutes a day.
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Built around one moment: meeting a word while reading
The best words find you in The Economist, a novel, anywhere. WordVale makes that moment count.
Save from any app in two taps
Highlight a word — or a whole sentence — tap Share, done. Share a sentence and WordVale spots the word worth learning, keeping your sentence as a real example.
Every word, fully explained
Learner-friendly definitions — including the exact sense from your sentence. Idioms explained. Pronunciation three ways: audio, IPA, and easy syllables (ih·FEM·er·uhl).
Three minutes a day
Spaced repetition brings each word back right before you'd forget it. Close the daily ring, keep the streak — one free pass a week, because life happens.
Meaning, spelling, pronunciation
Tag each word with why you saved it. Quizzes test what you actually need: recall, exact spelling, even which syllable takes the stress.
Your language, optional
Add translations in Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic and more — with native example sentences. Each language is a one-time $3.99 add-on.
Yours, properly
No account. Your words live on your device and export to CSV anytime. Privacy label: “Data Not Linked to You.”
A quiet daily ritual
Pay once. That's it.
- No subscription, ever
- No account, no ads, no tracking
- Free dictionary + AI-crafted definitions included
- Optional translation languages, $3.99 each — also one-time
Questions
- Is WordVale a subscription?
- No. $17.99 once, after a free 7-day trial. Optional translation languages are one-time $3.99 add-ons. You never pay again.
- How do I add words from what I read?
- Highlight text in Safari or any app, tap Share, choose WordVale. Whole sentences work too — WordVale finds the word worth learning and keeps the sentence as your example.
- Where is my data?
- On your device. No accounts, no tracking — and everything exports to CSV whenever you want.
- Which languages can I see translations in?
- Fourteen languages: Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Spanish, Italian, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Korean, Indonesian, Turkish and Vietnamese — with native example sentences.