Real Reading
Learn English from real books
Only for iPhone
Free
iPhone
Real Reading turns any physical book into a personal vocabulary tutor. Instead of stopping every few pages to thumb through a dictionary, just snap a photo. We find the words worth learning and explain them in plain English — no obscure jargon, no circular definitions, no looking up the words inside the definition.
Built for English learners who already love books and want to read more of them.
HOW IT WORKS
Take a photo of any page — a novel, a textbook, a magazine, a newspaper.
Real Reading identifies the words a learner is most likely to find difficult and pulls a clean, beginner-friendly definition for each one.
Words you want to remember get saved to your personal word list. Words you already know are filed away — they won't bother you again.
EASY DEFINITIONS
Most dictionaries explain hard words using harder words. Real Reading's definitions are rewritten for learners: short sentences, common vocabulary, the kind of explanation a patient teacher would give. If you can read the book, you can read the definition.
YOUR PERSONAL WORD LIBRARY
Every word you save lives in a beautifully typeset library, organized by the day you found it and the book it came from. New Words shows what you're still learning. Known Words is a record of how far you've come. Tap any word to see its definition again, the page you photographed it on, and the sentence it appeared in.
SPACED-REPETITION REVIEWS
Real Reading quietly tracks which words you remember and which ones slip away. The words you struggle with come back more often; the words you've mastered fade into the background. No streaks to babysit, no badges — just a queue that gets shorter as you get better.
GAMES
Vocabulary doesn't have to be flashcards. Wordy Invaders, our first language game, drops your due words onto descending alien ships and asks you to recognize the one that matches the definition before the row reaches your fleet. Three difficulty settings; one to thirty minutes per session.
DESIGNED LIKE A BOOK
We took the visual language of a Britannica encyclopedia — cream paper, EB Garamond and Cinzel typography, thin double-rule dividers — and built the whole app inside it. Real Reading feels like a printed reference, because that's the mood we want around your reading.
PRIVACY
Your reading is your business. Page photos are processed on our servers only long enough to transcribe the words, then discarded — they're never stored, never trained on, never shared. Your saved words, your review history, and your reading dates all stay on your device.
WHO IT'S FOR
Intermediate and advanced English learners who read for pleasure or study.
Students working through assigned reading in a second language.
Anyone who wants to grow their vocabulary the old-fashioned way — by reading good books — without the friction of stopping to look things up.
Pick up a book. Take a picture. Keep reading.
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Information
- Seller
- Varidada Inc.
- Size
- 46 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Varidada Inc