--- title: "ContextCat: Learn by Reading. Tap any word, see what it means" description: "ContextCat is an iPhone app for reading in another language. Tap any word in news, books or your PDFs to see what it means in that sentence, in your language." url: https://contextcat.app/ --- # 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. [Download on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6737737343?pt=122713589&ct=site_home&mt=8) 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. Spanish, explained in English ## How it works 1. 1 ### Open something real Today's news, a book from the Store, or your own PDF, link or text. 2. 2 ### Tap a word you don't know A note opens under the sentence with what the word means here, in your language. 3. 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. [Languages you can learn](https://contextcat.app/languages) ### 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. [Reading PDFs and books](https://contextcat.app/read-pdfs-and-books) ## 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 word](https://contextcat.app/features/tap-any-word): The meaning in this sentence, in your language, under the line. - [Today's news](https://contextcat.app/features/news): A daily edition of headlines from real outlets in your reading language. - [PDFs, links and books](https://contextcat.app/features/pdfs-and-books): Import a PDF, save a web article, paste text, or pick a book from the Store. - [Ask](https://contextcat.app/features/ask): Questions about the page or the document, and quick quizzes. - [Listen](https://contextcat.app/features/listen): Natural voices read along with each sentence highlighted. - [Cards](https://contextcat.app/features/cards): Spaced repetition for every word you tapped, with its sentence. - [Stories, coming in 1.1](https://contextcat.app/features/stories): Stories at your level and a daily serial for English learners. ## 39 languages Read in any of them, and get explanations in any of them. [All languages](https://contextcat.app/languages) [Albanian](https://contextcat.app/languages/albanian) [Arabic](https://contextcat.app/languages/arabic) [Bulgarian](https://contextcat.app/languages/bulgarian) [Catalan](https://contextcat.app/languages/catalan) [Chinese (Simplified)](https://contextcat.app/languages/chinese) [Chinese (Traditional)](https://contextcat.app/languages/chinese-traditional) [Croatian](https://contextcat.app/languages/croatian) [Czech](https://contextcat.app/languages/czech) [Danish](https://contextcat.app/languages/danish) [Dutch](https://contextcat.app/languages/dutch) [English](https://contextcat.app/languages/english) [Estonian](https://contextcat.app/languages/estonian) [Finnish](https://contextcat.app/languages/finnish) [French](https://contextcat.app/languages/french) [German](https://contextcat.app/languages/german) [Greek](https://contextcat.app/languages/greek) [Hebrew](https://contextcat.app/languages/hebrew) [Hungarian](https://contextcat.app/languages/hungarian) [Icelandic](https://contextcat.app/languages/icelandic) [Italian](https://contextcat.app/languages/italian) [Japanese](https://contextcat.app/languages/japanese) [Korean](https://contextcat.app/languages/korean) [Latvian](https://contextcat.app/languages/latvian) [Lithuanian](https://contextcat.app/languages/lithuanian) [Maltese](https://contextcat.app/languages/maltese) [Norwegian](https://contextcat.app/languages/norwegian) [Polish](https://contextcat.app/languages/polish) [Portuguese](https://contextcat.app/languages/portuguese) [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://contextcat.app/languages/brazilian-portuguese) [Romanian](https://contextcat.app/languages/romanian) [Russian](https://contextcat.app/languages/russian) [Serbian](https://contextcat.app/languages/serbian) [Slovak](https://contextcat.app/languages/slovak) [Slovenian](https://contextcat.app/languages/slovenian) [Spanish](https://contextcat.app/languages/spanish) [Swedish](https://contextcat.app/languages/swedish) [Thai](https://contextcat.app/languages/thai) [Turkish](https://contextcat.app/languages/turkish) [Ukrainian](https://contextcat.app/languages/ukrainian) ## 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). [Pricing](https://contextcat.app/pricing) ## 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. [All questions](https://contextcat.app/faq) ## 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. [Download on the App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6737737343?pt=122713589&ct=site_home_end&mt=8)