Core 3000, Core 5000, and coming-soon Longman 3000, plus Ogden 850, 1368, YouTube captions, BBC, NCE, flashcards & AI.
Kay is a full English learning app—not flashcards alone. Study real video and audio with captions, grow vocabulary with a clear memory system, and use AI when you need deeper help.
VIDEO & LISTENING
• YouTube caption study: tap any word, bilingual lines, karaoke-style follow-along, and a focused player built for learning
• BBC 6 Minute English: pre-listening questions, word-level follow, favorites, sentence loop, search & filters, saved progress
• Family Album, U.S.A.: full-series listening with cleaner intros and tighter highlighting
• Offline video cache with resume—keep studying on the go
VOCABULARY & REVIEW
• Mark words Unfamiliar / Fuzzy / Mastered / Known—Known words leave daily review
• Unified Today Study: reviews first, then new words
• Flashcards, practice drills, and listen-along share one progress model
• IPA, UK/US audio, definitions, examples, and synonym notes
• Optional Ogden Basic English 850 and Basic 1368 word lists for a clear foundation
• Study Core 3000 and Core 5000; Longman 3000 is coming soon for the next common-word list
AI STUDY TOOLS
• Sentence generation, writing coach, and English diary feedback
• Deep word analysis, memory cards, and word-family maps
• In-context explain for a word inside the current subtitle or sentence
COURSES & NOTES
• New Concept English courses with progress and mastery filters
• Text notes with karaoke highlight, font controls, and import
• Select multi-word phrases and mark familiarity
ACCOUNT & PRO
• Sign in to sync study data across devices; monthly learning board
• Free core learning; AI Pro / Pro+ for higher AI limits, AI captions, and expanded offline
• Daily word home-screen widget
• No ads
Privacy: study progress stays on device and can sync when signed in. Minimal first-party analytics help improve reliability—no third-party ad SDK.
Kay is for learners who want English from real media plus a serious word system—not another isolated word list.
Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
4.5
out of 5
2 Ratings
[New Features]
- Premium Video Hub: Browse curated video collections with a full-featured study desk, interactive bilingual captions, tap-to-define, and word memory highlighting.
- Chinese-to-English Daily Sentences: Structured diagnostics and deep-dive grammar explanations to master authentic expressions with mistake review.
- AI Graded Story Reader: Immersive storytelling layout with audio narration, word-by-word highlights, plot prediction continuations, and quick word status marking.
- AI Realtime Voice Companion: Practice natural spoken English with an AI coach using the new words you learned today.
[Improvements & Fixes]
- Streamlined Membership: Simplified tier structure with clearer benefits.
- Enhanced Playback & Gestures: Added double-tap to seek (±10s) with dynamic HUD, haptic feedback, and locked caption baseline heights to prevent jumping.
- Massive Performance Boost: Optimized UI thread rebuilds and calculations, eliminating frame drops across settings, practice decks, and catalogs.
- Fixed an issue where membership status occasionally delayed updating on fresh installs, and resolved redundant network requests.
Version 2.7.0
The developer, 小琦 王, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Identifiers
Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
Seller
小琦 王
Size
490.1 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.