# SwotWords — Vocabulary Builder — Flashcards that come to you

> Flashcards that come to you (iPhone/iPad app by Alexey Ilin.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/swotwords-vocabulary-builder/id1183238081 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Alexey Ilin](https://appshunter.io/developer/506360100)
- Category: Education, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 17 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek and 22 more
- Released: 2017-04-13
- Data updated: 2026-10-26

## What is SwotWords?

The best minutes for learning a word are the ones you'd lose anyway: on the bus, in a line, between two meetings. Every so often SwotWords puts a word on your Lock Screen — tap it, say whether you know the word, and it keeps coming back until you do.

• Reminders on your terms. Pick how often, the hours and the days — weekends off, if you like. Leave a few unanswered, and SwotWords goes quiet until you open a card again — no hard feelings.
• A widget on the Home Screen, and in CarPlay too. Answer cards right on it, without opening the app.
• Apple Watch. Answer a card from your wrist while your phone stays in your pocket. ⌚
• iPad. Sort out your words on the big screen: folders, the list and the word you picked, all in view, in as many windows as you like. Best done from the couch.
• Your own words. Type them in or import a list: a CSV file or plain “word - definition” lines.
• No list yet? Any AI chatbot will write one at your level and on your topic — the import screen hands you the prompt.
• Ready-made word sets. The 300 most useful words and 19 themes, from food and travel to feelings, in any two of 34 languages.
• Numbers, for the brave. The card deals a random number to say in your head, then shows how it is spelled and how it sounds. Try 97 in French.
• Folders, a transcription for each word if you want one, spoken words, a mode for typing the answer, and export to CSV. A word counts as learned after as many right answers as you set.
• On the Mac too, in the menu bar, and just as free. iCloud keeps the same words on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac.
• Shortcuts and Siri can add words, deal the next one and tell you how far along you are — or ask out loud: “Siri, quiz me in SwotWords.”

SwotWords started on the Mac in 2017 as a small app for learning words in between other things, and we still learn our own words with it. Thank you for giving it a try! If something is missing or not working, “Contact us” in the app writes straight to us.

Everything in the app is free. If it helps you, there is a tip jar in Settings.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Coffee | $1.99 | one-time |
| Big thanks | $9.99 | one-time |
| Lunch | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is SwotWords safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess SwotWords.

## Is SwotWords legit?

SwotWords — Vocabulary Builder appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for SwotWords is 90 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 2.0.1 — 2026-10-18

SwotWords now has an iPad app, with the room an iPad gives it.

• On iPad, your folders sit beside a table of words, and the word you pick opens right next to them.
• Open as many windows as you like, side by side or in Stage Manager.
• An extra large widget for the iPad's Home Screen, with cards you answer right on it.
• On iPhone and iPad, pick out several words at once to move them into a folder or delete them.

What came in 2.0, the first version for iPhone:

• Apple Watch app, and iCloud keeps the same words on your iPhone, iPad, Mac and watch — answer on your wrist, and your iPhone knows. ⌚
• Ready-made word sets: the 300 most useful words and 19 themes, in any two of 34 languages.
• A prompt that has any AI chatbot write you a word list, at the level and on the topic you pick.
• A Home Screen widget that answers cards without opening the app.
• Reminders keep to the hours and days you choose, and go quiet after a few are left unanswered.
• Folders, transcriptions, spoken words and a mode for typing the answer.
• Numbers: the card can deal a random number to say in the language you're learning — harder than it sounds.
• Actions for Shortcuts and Siri: “Siri, quiz me in SwotWords.”
• The app speaks 34 languages.

Thank you for learning with SwotWords

### 2.0.0 — 2026-10-14

No release notes.

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