WidgetAimLearn new words from your Home Screen, in 11 languages
A vocabulary widget shows you a word, its reading and a real example sentence, then asks if you knew it. A few new words a day, reviewed right before you'd forget them, without opening a language app.
More than a word of the day
A classic word-of-the-day widget shows one new word and moves on, whether you remembered it or not. WidgetAim keeps track. Each word you see comes back on a schedule: tomorrow if you missed it, then after 3, 7, 21 and 45 days as you keep getting it right. You decide how many new words a day each deck adds: 3, 5, 10 or 20. The details are on the flashcard widget page.
Every card is built for a glance: the word as it's written, a reading where it helps, an example sentence in the language you're learning, and the meaning in your own language. Tap once to reveal, tap again to answer.
Languages and readings
Ready-made decks cover English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Turkish and Arabic. Meanings are shown in the language your app is set to, so a Turkish speaker learning Japanese sees Turkish answers and an English speaker sees English ones.
Japanese
Japanese cards show the word in kanji or kana, the reading in hiragana with romaji, and an everyday example sentence. There are three decks: everyday words, travel phrases, and the JLPT N5 vocabulary list.
来る
くる · kuru
明日、友達が家に来ます。
to come
おいしい
おいしい · oishii
このラーメンはおいしいです。
delicious; tasty
英語を話せますか
えいごをはなせますか · eigo o hanasemasu ka
すみません、英語を話せますか。
Do you speak English?
Korean
Korean cards show Hangul with a romanized reading, so you can say the word before you can read every syllable. Everyday words and travel phrases.
먹다
meokda
보통 7시에 아침을 먹어요.
to eat
천천히 말해 주세요
cheoncheonhi malhae juseyo
죄송하지만 천천히 말해 주세요.
please speak slowly
Chinese
Chinese cards show the characters with pinyin and tone marks. Besides everyday words and travel phrases, there's the full HSK 1 list of 150 words.
多少
duōshao
这个杯子多少钱？
how many; how much
学习
xuéxí
我在学习中文。
to study; to learn
Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese
Nouns come with their article, so you learn la silla, die Milch or a cadeira rather than a bare word, and the gender sticks from the start. Each language has an everyday deck of 100 words and a travel deck of 50 phrases.
en efectivo
Prefiero pagar en efectivo.
in cash
Excusez-moi
Excusez-moi, où est la gare ?
excuse me
machen
Was machst du am Wochenende?
to do; to make
English
English decks show IPA. Besides everyday words and travel phrases, there are 200-word lists for the TOEFL and the Turkish YDS exam, and 100 common phrasal verbs.
look forward to
/lʊk ˈfɔːr.wɚd tuː/
I look forward to the weekend.
to be excited about
habitat
/ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/
Wetlands are a habitat for many birds.
natural home
Every ready-made deck
27 decks and 2,400 cards in total, all free and stored on your iPhone, so they work offline.
| Language | Deck | Level | Cards | Reading shown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Everyday words | A1–A2 | 100 | IPA |
| English | Travel phrases | A1 | 50 | IPA |
| English | TOEFL words | B2 | 200 | IPA |
| English | YDS words | B2 | 200 | IPA |
| English | Phrasal verbs | B1 | 100 | IPA |
| Spanish | Everyday words | A1–A2 | 100 | — |
| Spanish | Travel phrases | A1 | 50 | — |
| French | Everyday words | A1–A2 | 100 | — |
| French | Travel phrases | A1 | 50 | — |
| German | Everyday words | A1–A2 | 100 | — |
| German | Travel phrases | A1 | 50 | — |
| Italian | Everyday words | A1–A2 | 100 | — |
| Italian | Travel phrases | A1 | 50 | — |
| Portuguese | Everyday words | A1–A2 | 100 | — |
| Portuguese | Travel phrases | A1 | 50 | — |
| Japanese | Everyday words | A1–A2 | 100 | kana · romaji |
| Japanese | Travel phrases | A1 | 50 | kana · romaji |
| Japanese | N5 words | N5 | 100 | kana · romaji |
| Korean | Everyday words | A1–A2 | 100 | romanization |
| Korean | Travel phrases | A1 | 50 | romanization |
| Chinese | Everyday words | A1–A2 | 100 | pinyin |
| Chinese | Travel phrases | A1 | 50 | pinyin |
| Chinese | HSK 1 words | HSK 1 | 150 | pinyin |
| Turkish | Everyday words | A1–A2 | 100 | — |
| Turkish | Travel phrases | A1 | 50 | — |
| Arabic | Everyday words | A1–A2 | 100 | transliteration |
| Arabic | Travel phrases | A1 | 50 | transliteration |
Real sentences to say out loud
Words stick better in context. A sentence set gives you real sentences for a situation you pick, like checking in at the airport or ordering at a café. Read the sentence, listen to it, and say it out loud. Your iPhone's own voices read it, word by word and slowly if you like.
Tap any word you don't know to see its dictionary form, its meaning and, where the language has one, its gender: está is estar, puerta is la puerta. One more tap puts it in your flashcard deck, together with the sentence it came from. Mark each sentence as said or hard; the hard ones come back at the end of the set.
On the free plan you write your own sentences and meanings. With Pro, AI writes a set on any topic, in any language, at your level, with every word explained. Everyone gets one free AI try.
How many words a day?
Start smaller than you think. Three new words a day is about 90 a month and over 1,000 in a year: a solid base for everyday conversation. The reviews add up as you go, so a pace you can keep for months beats a burst that piles up a backlog. If a deck feels easy after a week or two, raise it to 5 or 10 a day in the deck's settings.
Learning two languages, or a language and an exam list? Put each deck in its own widget, or use a Smart Stack and swipe between them.
Questions
Which languages can I learn with WidgetAim?
Ready-made decks cover English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Turkish and Arabic. You can also write your own cards in any language, or, with Pro, have AI make a deck for another language or topic.
Does it show furigana or pinyin?
Japanese cards show the reading in hiragana with romaji, Chinese cards show pinyin with tone marks, Korean and Arabic cards show a romanized reading, and English cards show IPA.
Is there a JLPT or HSK vocabulary widget?
Yes. There is a JLPT N5 deck of 100 words and an HSK 1 deck of the 150 words on that list, both free.
Can I hear the pronunciation?
Sentence sets are read aloud by your iPhone's built-in voices, word by word or at a slower speed. This happens on your iPhone.
Does it replace a language course?
No, and it isn't meant to. It's the daily vocabulary part: small, steady and always in sight. It works well next to a class, a tutor or an app you already use.