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YOUR WORLD, IN NEW WORDS

Put a word oneverything you see.

Turn everyday photos into a picture dictionary. Learn words with labels on real objects, pronunciation, examples and photo-based vocabulary review.

Free to start·Made for iPhone · iOS 17+

A picture worth learning.
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Interactive sample: croissant · coffee cup · orange juice · tulip
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At the breakfast table
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羊角面包

yángjiǎo miànbāo

croissant

Local pronunciation is unavailable in this browser.

In this scene

羊角面包放在小白盘子里。

The croissant is on a small white plate.

Tap a pin to discover a word.

Illustrative scene. The labels and word cards are from WordPin.

A little curiosity. A lot of new words.

12 Learning languages+17 Explanation languages

01 / How it works

Learn what you see.

A kitchen, a street stall, a menu, a screenshot. One photo often gives you a dozen words or more, each labeled right where it is.

Kitchen counter with a kettle, fruit and herbselectric kettlelemonEVERYDAY THINGS. NEW CONNECTIONS.
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Everything in your kitchen.

A kitchen, a street stall, a menu, a screenshot. One photo often gives you a dozen words or more, each labeled right where it is.

Practise kitchen words ↗
02

Pronunciation

Tap to hear it, as often as you like.

03

Examples

Two natural sentences, translated.

04

Review with your own photos.

The photo goes dark except for one thing. What’s it called? The better you know it, the longer until it comes back.

02 / Review

Review with your own photos.

The photo goes dark except for one thing. What’s it called? The better you know it, the longer until it comes back.

Interactive sample ↗
What’s the highlighted thing called in Chinese?

What’s the highlighted thing called in Chinese?

Try recall ↗

03 / Languages

Same things, another language.

All 17 languages can explain, and 12 of them can be learned. Switch languages below the photo.

* Explanations only for now: it can be your language, but can’t be learned yet.

04 / Pricing

Start free.

The free plan includes 3 photo scans a day; the daily scene doesn’t count toward them.

Free

$0

  • 3 photo scans a day
  • The daily scene
  • Word cards, pronunciation and photo review
Download on the App Store

Pro · coming in the next app update

$3.99/ month

or $39.99 / year

  • 50 photo scans per day in total
  • Everything in Free

Planned pricing. Subscriptions are not yet available in the published app.

THE WORDPIN JOURNAL

Small lessons for the everyday.

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GOOD QUESTIONS

A few things you might be wondering.

What does WordPin do?+

Take a photo in the iPhone app. WordPin names objects and visible words, adds pronunciation and examples, and lets you save useful vocabulary for picture-based review.

Can I try it without uploading a photo?+

Yes. The interactive sample on this website runs in your browser with a supplied image. No photo upload or AI request is needed.

Which languages can I learn?+

English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Russian, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese. All 17 interface languages can explain these words.

Is it free?+

The current iPhone app includes 3 photo scans each day. Daily scenes do not use that allowance. Pro is planned at $3.99/month or $39.99/year with 50 total scans per day; it is not yet available.

Are the AI labels always right?+

AI can make mistakes in names, translations and examples. Check the label against your picture and report a problem from the iPhone word card.

YOUR NEXT WORD IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

Look around. What’s it all called?

Download on the App Store