Vocabdrift: Vocabulary Builder
A word on your Lock Screen
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
1,383 words with definitions, 1,165 with written IPA, 535 with an example sentence. All on the device, no account, and the widget works with no signal at all.
Word lists do not fail because they are hard. They fail because you have to remember to open something. Vocabdrift puts the word where you already look forty times a day and lets the rest happen by itself.
Turn on the Lock Screen widget once. From then on a word and a short definition rotate in on their own, on a schedule you set, with nothing to open and no feed to scroll.
WHAT IS IN IT
- 1,383 words, every one with a plain definition and its part of speech
- Written IPA pronunciation for 1,165 of them and an example sentence for 535. The app has no audio
- Sourced from WordNet 3.0 and Wiktionary, with the licences and attribution shown in the app
ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN
- A widget shows the current word and its definition. Tap it to open that word in full
- Lock Screen only, in the rectangular slot. There is no Home Screen widget and no StandBy widget
- Choose how often it changes: every 4, 8, 12 or 24 hours
- Optional notifications as a second way to catch a new word
BECAUSE GLANCING IS NOT THE SAME AS KNOWING
Seeing a word again teaches you to recognise it. Being asked to produce it is what makes it stick. The in-app quiz is multiple choice, drawn only from words you have already been shown, on your Lock Screen or on the home screen in the app, and words you have missed come back more often than words you have not. It is ready to take from your first launch.
AT YOUR OWN PACE
Browse every word you have seen, newest first, or read ahead to the next six queued for your Lock Screen. Star the ones you want to keep, and once four are starred you can quiz that list on its own.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Everything runs on the device. There is no account, the app makes no network requests, and nothing about which words you see leaves your phone.
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The quiz is ready from your first launch. It asks only about words you have already been shown -- on your Lock Screen, or on the home screen in the app -- and it no longer makes you wait for the rotation to fill up first.
Words you've seen. A new screen lists every word you have already seen, newest first, with a star on each row so you can keep the ones you want.
Also in this update: a launch fix for iOS 27, the app icon now matches the artwork shown on this page, two status lines no longer print raw timestamps or internal wording, and the WordNet licence notice in Acknowledgements and Terms is now complete.
The developer, Baker Ventures LLC, 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.
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Information
- Seller
- Baker Ventures LLC
- Size
- 28.8 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Baker Ventures LLC