Read real things in another language.
Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, explained in your own language, right where you are reading.
Free to start. iPhone.
Es una forma pausada de viajar, y de eso se trata.
pausada adjective
slow and calm; unhurried
Here it describes the way of travelling: slowly, with no rush. On a night train the journey is the point.
How it works
- 1
Open something real
Today's news, a book from the Store, or your own PDF, link or text.
- 2
Tap a word you don't know
A note opens under the sentence with what the word means here, in your language.
- 3
Keep reading
Every word you tap comes back later as a card, just before you would forget it.
Who it is for
Learners
You are learning a language and want to read the real thing, not another drill. Read the news in Spanish, a novel in English, a blog in Japanese, and let the words you look up come back for review.
Readers
You do not want a course. You need to read this PDF, this contract, this paper or this book in a language you only half know. Tap the hard words, select a sentence to translate, ask about a paragraph, and get through it.
Inside the app
Today: real news in the language you read
The meaning this sentence uses
Listen, sentence by sentence
Ask about what you read
Words come back as cards
What it does
- Tap any wordThe meaning in this sentence, in your language, under the line.
- Today's newsA daily edition of headlines from real outlets in your reading language.
- PDFs, links and booksImport a PDF, save a web article, paste text, or pick a book from the Store.
- AskQuestions about the page or the document, and quick quizzes.
- ListenNatural voices read along with each sentence highlighted.
- CardsSpaced repetition for every word you tapped, with its sentence.
- Stories, coming in 1.1Stories at your level and a daily serial for English learners.
AlbanianArabicBulgarianCatalanChinese (Simplified)Chinese (Traditional)CroatianCzechDanishDutchEnglishEstonianFinnishFrenchGermanGreekHebrewHungarianIcelandicItalianJapaneseKoreanLatvianLithuanianMalteseNorwegianPolishPortuguesePortuguese (Brazil)RomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSlovenianSpanishSwedishThaiTurkishUkrainian
Free to start
The free plan includes 25 word explanations, 15 sentence translations a day and 3 imports.
ContextCat Pro removes the limits: $49.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $7.99 a month (US prices).
Questions
What is ContextCat?
- ContextCat is an iPhone app for reading in another language: tap any word and it explains what the word means in that sentence, in your own language.
Who is ContextCat for?
- Two kinds of people. Language learners who want to learn by reading real news, books and articles instead of drills. And people who need to read something in a language they do not fully know, such as a PDF for work or school, a letter or a book, and want help with the hard words without translating the whole thing.
How is it different from a dictionary or a translator?
- A dictionary lists every meaning a word can have and leaves you to guess which one fits. A translator replaces the whole text, so you stop reading the language. ContextCat leaves the text as it is and explains the one word you tap, in the sentence you found it in, in your own language.
Which languages does ContextCat support?
- 39 languages, both for reading and for explanations, including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian, Turkish, Dutch, Swedish, Arabic, Polish, Ukrainian and Thai. The app itself is translated into all of them.
Is ContextCat free?
- It is free to download and try. The free plan includes 25 word explanations, 15 sentence translations a day, 3 imports and 5 questions to Ask. ContextCat Pro removes those limits.
How much does ContextCat Pro cost?
- On the US App Store, $49.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, $24.99 for six months, or $7.99 a month. The App Store shows the price in your own currency.
Read something real today.
Read real things in another language. Tap any word to see what it means in that sentence, in your own language.