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🎧 Read & listen at once👆 Tap any word🃏 Spaced-repetition flashcards📥 Works offline🔥 Daily streaks
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The science behind
Every saved word enters a spaced-repetition system. Answer a flashcard correctly and it climbs to the next box, waiting longer each time. Miss it and it comes back tomorrow — that's how words go from "seen once" to yours forever.
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I finally finished my first book in English. Reading and listening at the same time made it so much easier to follow.
María, Madrid
★★★★★
Being able to tap a word without leaving the story is my favorite feature. I'm noticing words I learned popping up everywhere now.
Léa, Lyon
★★★★★
The flashcards seem to come back right before I would've forgotten the word. Kind of spooky, but it really works.
Tomás, Bogotá
★★★★★
I usually spend about ten minutes with it on my commute. The daily streak is surprisingly good at keeping me consistent.
Ana, Lisbon
★★★★★
Reading real classic stories is so much more fun than textbook exercises. I actually look forward to practicing now.
Yuki, Osaka
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Offline mode was a lifesaver on a long flight. I ended up getting through way more than I expected.
Karim, Cairo
★★★★★
I finally finished my first book in English. Reading and listening at the same time made it so much easier to follow.
María, Madrid
★★★★★
Being able to tap a word without leaving the story is my favorite feature. I'm noticing words I learned popping up everywhere now.
Léa, Lyon
★★★★★
The flashcards seem to come back right before I would've forgotten the word. Kind of spooky, but it really works.
Tomás, Bogotá
★★★★★
I usually spend about ten minutes with it on my commute. The daily streak is surprisingly good at keeping me consistent.
Ana, Lisbon
★★★★★
Reading real classic stories is so much more fun than textbook exercises. I actually look forward to practicing now.
Yuki, Osaka
★★★★★
Offline mode was a lifesaver on a long flight. I ended up getting through way more than I expected.
Karim, Cairo
Yes. You can listen stories, tap words, and practice flashcards for free. Free chapters unlock with Feathers, which refill over time. Owloud Pro removes all limits and unlocks additional features for learners who want to go further.
Feathers are Owloud's free currency. Unlocking a chapter costs a few Feathers, and they refill automatically as time passes — so patient learners can use the whole app for free.
Owloud teaches English, with stories made for beginner to intermediate learners. Word translations and definitions are currently available in Spanish, so it's perfect for Spanish speakers — and more translation languages are on the way.
Duolingo teaches with short, gamified exercises. Owloud is built around real stories: you read and listen to classic books, tap the words you don't know, and those exact words come back as spaced-repetition flashcards. Instead of translating practice sentences, you build vocabulary from English as it's actually written — and finish real books along the way.
They solve different problems. Anki is a powerful flashcard app, but you have to create or import your decks and manage them yourself. In Owloud the cards build themselves: every word you tap while reading is saved with its translation and the exact sentence you found it in, then scheduled with spaced repetition automatically. If you love tinkering with decks, keep Anki — if you'd rather just read stories and let the reviews happen, Owloud is for you.
Yes — it's the heart of the flashcard system. Every saved word is scheduled so it comes back right before you'd naturally forget it: answer correctly and the word waits longer next time, miss it and it returns tomorrow. You review each word only when it actually needs reviewing, which is how a few minutes a day is enough.
Subscriptions are handled by Apple. You can cancel anytime in your iPhone's Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions, and you keep Pro until the period ends.
