You plug in your phone four times a day…That’s four new words
learned without effort.
1,460 words and phrases a year, on autopilot. From A1 to C2.
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1,460 words and phrases a year, on autopilot. From A1 to C2.
Scan to download
No notifications. No streaks. No guilt. One phrase, every time you plug in.
Research places conversational fluency at ~3,000 high-frequency words
— one year of charging gets you halfway there.
The trigger is already in your day. One CEFR-graded phrase plays automatically. You never open the app.
Phrases you’re about to forget surface more often. Ones you know cold drift back. No quizzes. No tapping. Just listening. Studies show spaced repetition improves retention by ~25% over traditional study.
Add the widget to your lock screen and home screen. After a plug-in, one glance reinforces what your ears just caught.
Fifteen seconds of setup. Every plug-in after that is automatic.
B1 English starter is free. Polish, Spanish, Italian, French — pick what you’re learning.
Five clicks in Shortcuts. We walk you through every step.
Vocabulary delivered between dinner and bed. No streaks to break.
I built it because it’s magic. It’s a magic no-think moment that happens a few times each day, and if we can stack that with being exposed to new words in a language we’re learning, to just literally “be connected with it” in your every day life…
Weirdly, it also repositions you for presence. If only for that brief moment, you remember your intention to keep learning. And you broaden your horizons by a new color, a new greeting, or a new way to ask the way.
The English B1 starter ships free, forever. Polish, Spanish, Italian, French (and more rolling out weekly) unlock with any paid tier.
Lifetime
$129.99
Pay once. Yours forever.
All future languages included.
Yearly
$39.99/yr
1,400+ phrases a year.
That’s nearly half the vocab for independent conversation.
Monthly
$4.99/mo
Try it for a month.
Cancel anytime.
Free forever, no purchase needed
Download Vocabcord and the English B1 starter pack is yours to keep on any iPhone you sign in with.
7-day free trial of every pack
Tap Start free trial and unlock every CEFR pack across every language pair for a full week.
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All tiers unlock every level pack across every language pair. Cancel anytime.
Wired chargers (Lightning / USB-C) and Apple MagSafe trigger Vocabcord automatically. Some third-party wireless chargers and MagSafe-style powerbanks don’t fire iOS Shortcuts automations because they negotiate power as generic Qi devices, which iOS doesn’t always classify as a charger event. If yours is one of those, set up an alternate Shortcuts trigger using Battery Level — when your battery crosses any specific level (e.g. above 80%), the Vocabcord shortcut fires the same way. Wired charging continues to work everywhere.
No. Vocabcord runs only when iOS launches it via your Shortcuts automation — it plays one short audio clip (3–8 seconds) and exits. There’s no background process, no location tracking, no network listening. Energy cost per plug-in is comparable to opening Safari for one second.
Yes by default — Vocabcord uses iOS’s playback audio session, which respects the silent switch only if you opt in via Settings. If you prefer phrases to be muted alongside everything else, toggle Respect silent mode in Vocabcord’s settings and the audio session switches to ambient mode.
Yes. Tap the pack switcher in the top-right of the home screen to change the active pack at any time. Your spaced-repetition state is per-pack, so switching back later picks up exactly where you left off — phrases you’ve heard a lot drift toward the back, ones you’re about to forget surface more often.
No accounts, no sign-in, no email required. Your spaced-repetition state lives entirely on your device — Vocabcord doesn’t run a backend that stores user data. You can use the app fully without ever touching the network beyond the initial pack download.
Yes — subscriptions are managed entirely by Apple. Cancel any time in Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions. Apple offers a refund window with no questions asked, and Vocabcord supports the iOS small-business pricing program (15% Apple fee instead of 30%, passed through transparently).
Only for the first download of a language pack. After that, the audio and manifest live on your device and play offline forever — no streaming, no buffering, no data charges. The B1 English starter is bundled with the app and works offline from the moment you install.
B1 English starter free. One subscription unlocks every language.
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Apple-backed refund. No questions asked.
Cancel anytime in Settings.