Language diary: Word by Word

Hear an unfamiliar word? Capture your guess instantly, even offline. Revisit it later with pronunciation, basics, and gentle practice. Built for quiet self-study.

Word by Word is a vocabulary notebook for saving foreign words, learning language basics, and building your personal dictionary.

When you hear or read an unfamiliar word, save it before you forget it. Open the app or tap the home screen widget, type the word, add your best guess at the meaning, and keep moving. Later, come back to your notebook to review, search, hear pronunciation, and build your own personal dictionary one word at a time.

Word by Word works with Swedish, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, and Japanese.

What you can do: • Capture new words quickly by searching for it or take a picture • Save your own translations, notes, and context • Get dictionary details when available • Hear pronunciation for saved words and basics • Browse your vocabulary by date or theme • Search words, meanings, and saved notes • Learn essentials in the Basics tab: alphabet, numbers, dates, time, phrases, colors, weather, grammar, and more • Discover a Today’s Word suggestion • Review your progress with gentle practice and weekly recaps • Use the app without creating an account

This is not a full course, flashcard grind, or gamified language app. There are no streaks, leaderboards, or pressure loops. Word by Word is closer to a diary for your vocabulary: a calm place for the words you actually notice while reading, listening, studying, traveling, or living in another language.

Capture works locally, so you can save words even when you are offline. Sign in with Apple is optional if you want backup and sync. You can delete your account and data from Settings at any time.

Build your language notebook, one word at a time.