Flashcards by FocusWord
Language Learning Annotations
Free · In‑App Purchases
Why is FocusWord better than traditional flashcards?
It’s fast.
It’s easy.
It keeps you motivated.
It’s designed specifically for language learning.
FocusWord shows you one sentence at a time, and you annotate any words you don’t know. Then later, you’re asked to recall just one of those words—the focus word.
By focusing on one word in a sentence, you learn vocabulary in context, rather than relying on rote memorization. At the same time, your brain makes important links between words that are often used together.
As you study, FocusWord keeps track of every single word you learn, and you’ll unlock milestones on your path to 10K.
Access native Apple dictionaries, translation, and text-to-speech directly from the app. Add notes right onto your flashcards, and sync across your devices with iCloud.
FocusWord’s core features are free, but you can accelerate your learning with Pro. With Pro, you can learn unlimited cards per day, and you can automatically skip cards that are too easy for you, so you don’t waste a single second. You can also go fully native and annotate cards in your target language.
Start your journey to 10K today! With FocusWord, your language learning goals are just around the corner.
MAIN FEATURES
- Learn up to ten new cards per day for free
- Study unlimited review cards for free
- Add annotations using just an example and its translation—no need for typing
…AND MORE FEATURES
- Add notes directly onto your cards
- See an overview of your progress with an easily accessible dashboard
- Sync across your devices with iCloud
FLEXIBLE STUDY OPTIONS
- Free starter decks for 60+ languages
- Import your own decks (TSV)
- Import a text file and have FocusWord turn it into flashcards with automatic translation
- Back up your flashcards
MANAGE YOUR COLLECTION
- Browse, search, and edit your flashcards
- Favorite cards during study in order to easily find them later
TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
- Unlock Milestones as you learn
- See percent of cards studied, mastered
- See days to and date of completion at your current goal rate
- See annotation counts, learned word counts, and more
- Set a daily streak with only one review per day
TRANSLATE & DEFINE
- Access native Apple dictionaries and translation directly from the app
- Search your preferred online dictionaries/translators directly from the app, open them outside the app if you prefer
NATIVE TTS
- Autoplay every example
- Hear words pronounced as you tap on them
- Easily control TTS playback with multiple configuration options
- Easily mute autoplay during a session
- Set preferred TTS voices
PRACTICE MODES
- Practice writing and pronouncing words (only available for Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, and Shanghainese)
PREMIUM FEATURES
- Study as many new cards per day as you want
- Set custom goals
- Set temporary goals
- Set custom study orders
- Set a custom flag for difficult cards
- Study individual decks
- Enable Auto Mastery: automatically master a card if you’ve already learned all the words on it
- Go fully native
LANGUAGES
- Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Bangla, Basque, Bhojpuri, Bulgarian, Burmese, Cantonese (aka Yue Chinese), Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Lithuanian, Malay, Malayalam, Mandarin Chinese (Simplified), Mandarin Chinese (Traditional), Marathi, Norwegian Bokmål, Odia (aka Oriya), Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi (aka Panjabi), Romanian, Russian, Shanghainese (aka Wu Chinese), Sinhalese (aka Sinhala), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese
- Beta languages: Latin, Macedonian, Tatar. Sample decks are not available for beta languages.
- Not all languages have access to native translate, look up, and TTS features.
Happy learning!
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BROWSE LEARNED WORDS
- You can now browse your learned words, so you can see exactly what you’ve learned and have more confidence in your studies.
ENJOYING THE APP?
- If you’re enjoying the app, please rate or even review it. I can’t continue development without your support!
1.8.1
- Under-the-hood improvements (purchase handling, flashcard display).
- The dashboard now hides on a language switch on compact screens.
- Visual improvements to the dashboard on macOS.
- A new app icon.
1.8.2
- Updates the paywall.
- Moves the practice link to the leading position in the Home tab bar.
- Combines the Browse and Manage tab into the Library tab, to make room for an upcoming feature.
The developer, Andres Rivera, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Andres Rivera
- Size
- 323.1 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Guns or Other Weapons
Contains
Unrestricted Web Access
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Monthly Subscription $2.99
- Lifetime Purchase $24.99
- Yearly Subscription $12.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Andres Rivera