Guides
Step-by-step guides to getting things done in Vocards.
Get started
Your first learning session, start to finish
Start a session, answer flashcards, multiple choice, gap-fill and typed answers, undo a slip, leave and come back, and read the summary at the end.
Build a vocabulary deck from a topic
Describe what you want to learn, choose a level and how many cards, and Vocards writes the deck. Then check the cards, fix what you want, and add more later.
Start from a ready-made vocabulary pack
Pick an English vocabulary pack by topic and level, look through its words for free, and add it to your decks with definitions in your language.
Check your AI credits and what uses them
Every Vocards account gets 500 AI credits every 30 days. See where your balance is, which actions spend credits, which never do, and what happens at 0.
Add words
Write your own cards, and fill the gaps with AI when you want
Type a card's front, back, examples and details yourself, mark the word for gap-fill with double braces, and let AI complete missing backs or details.
Import a word list you already have
Paste or upload your own words and translations, check how Vocards split each line, fix it if needed, and add the list to a deck. No AI unless you choose it.
Turn a photo of a menu, textbook page or handwritten list into flashcards
Photograph a menu, a textbook page or your own word list, add a note on what to focus on, and Vocards writes the cards into a new or existing deck.
Import your Kindle highlights into flashcards
Use the Chrome extension to bring a Kindle book's highlights into a deck, as plain text or AI-enhanced cards, and add new highlights from the same book later.
Import your Google Play Books highlights into flashcards
Bring a Google Play Books book's highlights into a deck with the Chrome extension, a Google Drive link or a .docx file, and add new highlights later.
Save words while you browse, with the Chrome extension
Add a word to a Vocards deck from any web page with the Chrome extension: from the popup, the right-click menu or the quick-add bubble.
Save words from any app on your phone
Send a word to a Vocards deck from any app on iPhone or Android: through the share sheet, the "+ Vocards" text action, a widget or a shortcut.
Study
How Vocards decides when a word comes back
The six card levels, what a right or wrong flashcard answer does to the next review, and why a card can show up again on the same day.
Drill one exercise type with practice rounds
Run a round of only typing, multiple choice or gap-fill over words you already know, on the web or your phone, without moving any review dates.
Listen to a deck hands-free with Podcast Mode
Play a Vocards deck as audio on iPhone or Android: each word, a pause to recall it, then the answer. Set it up and download it for offline listening.
Use keyboard shortcuts in a web session
The keys that answer flashcards, quizzes and typed answers in a web session, where to see them, and how to change any key.
Learn two languages at once without mixing them up
Keep separate decks for each language you learn, sort your library by language, and review or practice one language pair at a time.
Get ready for a trip: a deck, offline study and the time zone
Before you travel, make a deck, save it and its audio on your phone, study it with no connection, and move your study day to local time when you land.
Come back to Vocards after a break
What your due count, sessions and streak look like after days or weeks away, and how to work through the backlog one session at a time.
See your progress in Vocards
Where to find your study heatmap, calendar, level history and the words that moved up today, on web, iOS and Android, and what each number counts.
Organize and share
Organize your decks with folders, tags, filters and sorting
Put decks in folders, tag them, filter and sort your library, act on several decks at once, pause a deck, and clean up words you saved twice.
Move, copy or hide cards
Move cards to another deck with their progress, copy them to start fresh, keep one copy of a word that's in several decks, or hide a card and restore it later.
Share a deck with a class or a friend
Send a Vocards deck as a link. Anyone can look through it, and each person who copies it gets their own cards and their own review schedule.
Ask AI about a card and apply its fix
Check whether a flashcard is right, ask about its grammar or usage, and apply the change the AI suggests to the fields you choose.
Host a live vocabulary quiz with friends
Run a live quiz from one of your decks. Friends join from a link, a QR code or a six-character code with a nickname, and no account is needed.
Settings and account
Change your learning settings
Set cards per session, which side shows first, auto-play, playback speed, the exercise mix, shortcuts and sounds, and see which settings sync.
Change how Vocards looks
Switch between light and dark, pick a color theme, change the interface language, and choose a home-screen icon on iOS and Android.
Set up daily reminders on your phone
Turn on daily reminders in the Vocards phone app, pick the times and days, and decide whether you also want the evening streak warning.
Add Vocards widgets to your home screen and style them
Put your due count, streak, a rotating flashcard or a word of the day on your iPhone or Android home screen, and pick each widget's colors and layout.
Export your data, or delete your account
Download a copy of your decks, cards and progress as a JSON file, and delete your Vocards account with a 30-day window to change your mind.
Send a message to the person who makes Vocards
Report a bug, suggest an idea or ask a question in Messages, see where replies arrive, and how the Send Feedback form differs.
Troubleshooting
Why a card doesn't show up, and other session questions
Find a card that never comes up in your sessions, read Easy, Tough and Lapsed on the summary, and see why most of what you answer is flashcards.
Fix an e-book import that paused, stopped or partly failed
What to do when a Kindle or Google Play Books import pauses for credits, stops, leaves highlights behind or hits the hourly limit, on the web or your phone.