What is Vokabulo?
Vokabulo is a personal vocabulary trainer built for the stage of language learning that most apps never reach. Courses and mainstream language apps are designed to carry learners to B1 — the grammar, the pronunciation, and the first thousand words everyone needs. Past that point, the words a learner is still missing come from their own work, conversations, and interests, so no shared syllabus can predict them. Vokabulo is designed around that reality: you capture the words you actually meet, and the app fills in the translation, a natural example sentence, and a usage label, then brings each word back at the moment you would otherwise lose it. It supports more than 100 languages in any pair combination, runs on iPhone and iPad, and is free to start.
Who it's for
- Learners past the basics — people who can already speak and now want to say exactly what they mean.
- Professionals working in another language — anyone who needs vocabulary for meetings, negotiations, or client conversations.
- Everyday life abroad — people navigating rentals, pharmacies, schools, and social situations in a second language.
Key features
Capture any word or sentence
Add a word or phrase you heard, read, or struggled to recall, and Vokabulo fills in the translation and a natural example. Voice input and CEFR-matched tags are part of the capture flow.
Scenes for situations you're about to face
Describe a situation — a rental contract appointment or a client presentation — and get the vocabulary for it in under a minute. Ready-made examples include job interviews, salary negotiation, calling in sick, and apologising.
Sets for themed vocabulary
Curated sets cover areas such as banking and payments, business negotiation, customer service, doctor and pharmacy visits, and job interview preparation.
Review that brings words back
Words return for practice at the point where they would otherwise slip away, with a simple swipe to mark what you knew and what you didn't.
What stands out
Most apps and courses get you to B1. Vokabulo takes you further.
That single idea shapes everything else. Instead of a fixed curriculum, the app treats your own life as the syllabus, so the vocabulary you drill is the vocabulary you'll actually reach for. The result is a trainer aimed at the B1-to-C2 stretch, where the gap is no longer grammar but precision.
Worth checking out if…
You can already hold a conversation but keep hitting the wall of not finding the right word. If your vocabulary needs come from your job, your reading, or your daily life rather than a textbook, Vokabulo is built for exactly that gap — and it's free to start.
