# Gloss: Tap Lookup

> Point your camera. Tap a word.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6789694730](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6789694730)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6789694730`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tom Keinan
- **Category:** Education
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-25
- **First published:** 2026-08-18
- **Size:** 1.25 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gloss-tap-lookup/id6789694730)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://tkeinan.github.io/gloss-site/privacy.html](https://tkeinan.github.io/gloss-site/privacy.html)

## Description

A handy camera app for words you don't know. Tap and a definition comes up instantly.

Gloss is a camera app built around word recognition. It automatically focuses onto single words you point at. A single tap brings up a definition. Pause the entire page to tap around, or hold to select and interact with text. Gloss relies on the dictionaries already downloaded to your device.

Currently Gloss supports the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Russian, and German.

There's nothing stored. Data never leaves your phone.

## Rankings

- #1,330,905 — Overall

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