Learn something
with every glance.
Turn your iPhone's lock screen and home screen into a vocabulary, flashcard, and language widget. Pick up something new every glance.
Facts, vocabulary, and languages on your lock screen.
Glancealot turns your iPhone lock screen into a passive flashcard widget. Vocabulary, facts, and language words appear every time you check the time. No app to open.
Home screen widgets, any size.
Add a vocabulary or language widget to your iPhone home screen in small, medium, or large. It fits wherever you have space and keeps rotating through your list.
Learn a new language, passively.
Glancealot's language widget drip-feeds you words and phrases without interrupting your day. French, Japanese, Spanish, Hindi: pick a pack and let it run.
Build your own lists. Or download a pack.
Create custom flashcard lists for anything you want to memorize, or browse ready-made packs covering languages, science, geography, and more.
Frequently asked questions
A vocabulary widget shows a new word, fact, or phrase on your lock screen or home screen every time it refreshes. Glancealot is free — no app to open, just passive learning every time you check your phone.
Long-press your lock screen, tap Customize, tap the widget area, hit +, and search for Glancealot. For your home screen, long-press, tap +, search Glancealot, and pick a size. It starts rotating straight away.
Current language packs include French, Spanish, Japanese, and Hindi, with more added regularly. You can also build your own vocabulary list for any language.
Yes. Add any words, facts, or phrases and the widget rotates through them automatically. Your lists are stored on your device and never uploaded anywhere. Ready-made packs for languages, science, geography, and more are also available to download.
Yes, Glancealot is free to download. The core app and a selection of packs are included at no cost, with additional content available as optional one-time purchases.
Yes. Once your lists are downloaded, the widget works entirely offline. No internet connection needed to show words on your lock screen or home screen.
Start learning for free.
Glancealot turns the dead seconds on your lock screen into something you'll actually remember.