Ambient vocabulary for Android

PopWord.

A word, where you already look.

One word on your home screen, brought back until you know it.

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PopWord's Home on the Forest background: a card for today with five of five petals, 239 Sparks and a bar showing level 3 with 121 Sparks to level 4, Practice with six words to revisit beside a resting Check-in, and the Finnish word revontulet, noun, northern lights, with the example Revontulet valaisivat taivaan.
An Android home screen carrying the PopWord live wallpaper on the Ocean background: a Korean word card reading 윤슬, yunseul, noun, light shimmering on water, with a Korean example sentence beneath it, above the launcher's dock and search bar.

Where it appears

It lives on your home screen.

No feed, no session to start. The word is already there when you look.

  • Live wallpaper always on

    Your word over an animated aurora.

  • Home-screen widget one glance

    The current word, one glance away.

  • The word card full entry

    Pronunciation, meaning, an example and a translation.

How it works

Meet a word. Then meet it again.

PopWord brings each word back just before you would forget it.

  1. Pick your languages

    The one you are learning, and the one you read meanings in.

  2. Words arrive on their own

    Spread across the day, from 7 in the morning to 11 at night.

  3. Keep it, or see it again

    Swipe right if you know it, left to meet it later.

  4. Practice brings it back

    Each answer decides when the word returns.

PopWord's Home on the Sunset background: Practice with six words to revisit beside a resting Check-in, and the English word serendipity, noun, a happy discovery by chance, with Revisit and Learned under the card and the Home, Words, Map, Screens and Settings tabs below.

How hard it gets

PopWord aims a little above where you are.

Most words match your level and a few reach past it. Check-ins move you up.

  1. Beginner 7 of 20
  2. Intermediate 12 of 20
  3. Advanced 1 of 20

Languages

Learn one. Read another.

Learn a new language, and read every meaning in one you already know.

Finnishrevontuletnorthern lights

Korean윤슬light shimmering on water

Englishserendipitya happy discovery by chance

  1. Learn Finnish, Korean, or English

    Each with its own collections and pronunciation.

  2. Meanings in five languages

    English, Korean, French, Arabic, or Finnish.

  3. One journey per pair

    Its own words, level, and streak.

  4. An app in your language

    The app itself speaks all five.

The PopWord learning map, titled Your learning path: a starry night board where a gold road runs from today's quest, Starter, a raised gold button under a Continue bubble, past the gold check-in seal to the next stop, Essentials, then on to Daily things, with side quests such as Food and Free time on dotted paths at the edges.

Your path

A route, not an endless list.

Your words are laid out as a map. Follow the main road, or wander off it.

  1. Practice keeps your words

    Untimed rounds of words you have already seen.

  2. A check-in moves you on

    A timed round. Score 80% to open the next stop.

  3. Side quests are optional

    Themed detours you can take whenever you like.

  4. Levels reward remembering

    Sparks come from right answers, not from opening the app.

Make it yours

Your home screen, not ours.

Choose how it looks and how often it changes.

  1. Four backgrounds

    Twilight, Ocean, Sunset, and Forest. Try them at the top of this page.

  2. Placement and size

    Top, centre, or bottom, at the size you like.

  3. Your pace

    Choose how many words arrive each day.

  4. Optional reminders

    A daily nudge at a time you pick.

The PopWord Screens tab on the Twilight background: the shared word schedule, about every 2.6 hours, a lock-screen preview carrying the Korean word 속삭이다, soksagida, verb, whisper, a Set wallpaper button, and the word position set to Center.
The PopWord Words tab on its Learned filter: 28 of 80 learned, a 2 day streak, a Practice button with 4 due, and Korean words with their meanings and memory stages: 만나서 반갑습니다, nice to meet you, learned; 감사합니다, thank you, needs practice and ready for review; 빠른, fast, back in 2 days; 나, I, and 소녀, girl, both familiar and back in 4 days.

Your words

A record of what you have met.

Every word you have met, in one searchable list.

  1. Practice rounds

    Eight questions, only from words you have seen.

  2. Works offline

    Your words and progress stay on your phone.

  3. Pronunciation included

    On every word, with romanisation for Korean.

Before you install

The honest answers.

Does it work without a connection?

Yes, after the first download.

Which languages can I learn?

Finnish, Korean, or English, with meanings in English, Korean, French, Arabic, or Finnish.

Do I have to change my wallpaper?

No. Use the widget, or just open the app.

What permissions does it need?

Internet, plus notifications if you turn on reminders. No camera, microphone, location, or contacts.

Will it teach me a language on its own?

No. It builds vocabulary alongside whatever else you are doing.

Practice or check-in?

Practice is untimed and keeps your words fresh. A check-in is a timed test that opens the next stop on your map.

Your words stay on your phone.

No account, no ads, no ad tracking. We only receive crash reports and basic usage counts.

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Your next glance could count.

Your first word is on your home screen in about a minute.

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