# Vocabulary.com

> Education

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id815218412](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id815218412)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id815218412`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Curiosity Media
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.30 / 5 (4,964 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2021-09-22
- **First published:** 2014-03-18
- **Size:** 28 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vocabulary-com/id815218412)
- **Website:** [https://www.vocabulary.com/](https://www.vocabulary.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.vocabulary.com/privacy/](https://www.vocabulary.com/privacy/)

## Description

Vocabulary.com brings its science-backed vocabulary learning to your browser with an adaptive, game-based approach. It uses 235,858 questions to teach 15,914 words and features a human-friendly dictionary. By comparing your answers to hundreds of millions of responses from other users, it personalizes the next best question for you at just the right moment. 

It gamifies the experience with points, achievements, and badges, while letting you choose from 50,000 ready-to-learn lists or have the system pick words for you. Whether you’re studying for SAT, GRE, or TOEFL, or expanding your vocabulary from real-world usage, you’ll see usage tips and thousands of example sentences that show words in action and help you apply what you learn.

## Rankings

- #27,021 — Overall
- #49 — thesaurus

## Review summary

Vocabulary.com is praised for effective vocabulary-building with its dictionary, clear definitions, pronunciation, and a gamified, portable learning experience. However, recurring issues include missing usage examples for advanced words, inflexible progress tracking, onboarding sign-up friction, and occasional performance problems.

### Pros

- Effective vocabulary builder with concise definitions and its own dictionary
- Pronunciation audio support helps with correct word usage and retention
- Gamified, low-stress learning that fits easily into daily routines
- Portable and convenient for learning on the go (good for kids and adults)
- Generally reliable and widely used over years by many users

### Cons

- Missing or inconsistent word usage examples for advanced terms
- Inflexible progress tracking; difficult to track progress or reset/revisit lists
- Onboarding friction and sign-up bugs (parental email requirement, birth-date issues)
- Occasional performance problems (pages freezing/lag; unresponsive audio/button)

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