Vocabilis has changed a lot recently.
For a long time, Vocabilis was mostly a vocabulary trainer: you could create flashcards, study them, and review them with spaced repetition. That core is still there — but the platform has started to grow into something broader.
Now Vocabilis is becoming a place where you can create lessons, organize language material into courses, turn real texts into study content, add visual context to cards, and keep track of your progress over time.
Here is a summary of what has changed.
A new web interface
The biggest change is the new Vocabilis web interface.
In November 2025, the new Mantine-based interface became the default interface for all devices. It replaced the older Qooxdoo interface for normal use and brought a much more modern experience to desktop and mobile.
The new interface includes:
- a cleaner library;
- better mobile layout;
- a desktop sidebar;
- English and Russian UI;
- light and dark themes;
- improved study and review screens;
- profile and account management;
- support for installing Vocabilis as a PWA.
The basic structure is still familiar:
Language → Collection → Lesson → Cards
But the experience is now much more comfortable, especially on phones.
A better library for courses and lessons
The library has become more flexible.
You can browse materials by language, collection, lesson, and card. You can also filter materials by:
- All — everything available;
- Ready — prepared public materials;
- Mine — your own lessons and collections.
You can create, edit, and delete your own collections and lessons. You can also edit cards directly: question, answer, reading, context, examples, and formatting.
Vocabilis also supports rich text in cards and lesson texts, so your materials do not have to be plain word lists. You can add explanations, examples, quotes, lists, and short notes.
Chapters inside courses
Courses can now have chapters.
Previously, the structure was simple:
Collection → Lessons
Now it can be:
Collection → Chapter → Lessons
This makes larger courses much easier to organize.
For example, a travel course can have chapters like:
- At the Airport
- At the Hotel
- In a Restaurant
- Getting Around
- Emergencies
Lessons can be moved between chapters. On desktop, this can be done by drag and drop. On mobile, you can choose the target chapter from the interface.
Older courses are still supported: they can be placed into a default “General” chapter.
Quick Lessons for personal study
Sometimes you do not want to build a full course.
You just want to save a few phrases from today’s reading, a small list from a lesson, or useful expressions from a video.
That is what Quick Lessons are for.
Each language can now have a dedicated personal “Quick Lessons” collection. You can quickly add a lesson without manually creating a full course structure first.
This is useful for:
- words from today’s study session;
- phrases from a textbook;
- expressions from a podcast or video;
- temporary personal lists;
- small “learn this today” lessons.
Vocabilis creates the necessary personal collection and chapter automatically when needed.
Create a lesson from text with AI
One of the most important new features is Create Lesson from Text.
You can paste a text — for example:
- a dialogue;
- a short story;
- a textbook passage;
- a list of useful phrases;
- travel expressions;
- classroom material.
Vocabilis then helps turn it into a lesson.
The process has three steps.
1. Paste the text
You paste your source material and choose the language of the text and the language of the translations.
Vocabilis can also fix some common copy-paste problems before analysis.
2. Review AI-generated cards
The AI starts extracting potential cards from the text.
The cards may be:
- sentences;
- words;
- phrases.
You can review them as they appear, edit them, unselect the ones you do not need, and keep only the useful material.
Each proposed card can include:
- question;
- answer;
- reading;
- context;
- card type;
- AI confidence.
3. Create the lesson
Finally, you choose the lesson title, description, level, and create the lesson in your library.
The goal is simple:
Instead of manually turning a text into flashcards, you can start from a real piece of language and let Vocabilis prepare the first draft for you.
You still stay in control. The AI does not decide what you must learn. It gives you material to review, edit, and use.
Images on flashcards
Cards can now include images.
You can upload an image to a card, replace it, or remove it later. Supported formats include PNG, JPEG, and WebP.
Images are shown during study and review.
This is more than a cosmetic feature. For language learning, an image can turn a card into a small situation.
Instead of seeing only:
“Could you give me another customs declaration form, please?”
you can see a visual scene: a traveler at customs, a form, an officer, the situation itself.
That makes the card feel less like an isolated sentence and more like a moment from real communication.
This is especially useful for:
- travel phrases;
- situational dialogues;
- beginner vocabulary;
- concrete objects;
- actions;
- emotionally memorable examples.
Better study and review
The core study flow is still simple:
- see the card;
- try to recall the answer;
- show the answer;
- mark it as known or unknown.
Vocabilis tracks progress through stages using a Leitner-style learning system.
Lessons can be:
- new;
- in progress;
- mastered.
You can also reset lesson statistics and study a mastered lesson again.
For long-term memory, Vocabilis includes spaced repetition review. You can choose a language, see how many cards are due, and go through a review session.
The app can also show the number of due cards on the review tab and, where supported, on the PWA app icon badge.
Progress statistics
Vocabilis now has a Stats section.
It shows a summary of your learning activity:
- total cards in SRS;
- cards due for review now;
- total lessons and collections in the library.
It also gives language-level statistics:
- vocabulary size by language;
- review backlog;
- percentage of lessons added to your study list.
These numbers are not meant to turn language learning into a game. They are there to help you understand the state of your learning system.
Are you building vocabulary?
Are too many cards waiting for review?
Are you actually studying the materials you added?
The Stats screen gives you a clearer picture.
Better audio support
Vocabilis can pronounce cards automatically or manually.
The app chooses a voice based on the language of the card. Voice loading is now faster, and language matching has been improved.
There is also a small useful detail: pressing the same card again can replay the audio more slowly.
This is helpful when you want to hear the phrase more carefully.
AI examples for cards
Vocabilis can generate usage examples for a card.
For a word or phrase, it can suggest up to three examples with:
- original sentence;
- translation;
- reading;
- notes.
This is useful when a card feels too bare and you want to see how the word or phrase works in context.
The goal is not to replace real reading or listening. The goal is to make a card more understandable and easier to remember.
Lesson text
Lessons can now have their own rich text material.
This is separate from cards.
You can use the lesson text for:
- explanations;
- short notes;
- source material;
- grammar comments;
- mini-dialogues;
- study instructions.
This makes a lesson more than just a container for flashcards. It can now have context, structure, and supporting material.
Language subscriptions
Vocabilis now lets you choose which languages you are studying.
You can add a language to your personal list, hide languages you do not currently use, and keep your dashboard cleaner.
If you already have personal collections in a language, Vocabilis can automatically add that language to your list.
This is a small change, but it matters as the platform grows and more languages and courses are added.
Premium access and trial
Vocabilis now supports Premium access.
New users can get a trial period. The profile screen can show subscription status, renewal date, cancellation status, and access period.
Depending on the payment provider available for your region, payment can be handled through Stripe or YooKassa.
Some features may require Premium access, including Study, Review, AI examples, and lesson creation from text.
Install Vocabilis as an app
Vocabilis can be installed as a Progressive Web App.
This means you can add it to your home screen or desktop and use it more like a regular app.
The PWA version can also show update banners and, where supported, a badge with the number of cards due for review.
Why these changes matter
The main change is not just visual.
Vocabilis is moving from a simple vocabulary trainer toward a broader language-learning workspace.
It now supports more of the real learning process:
- collect useful material;
- turn texts into lessons;
- organize lessons into courses and chapters;
- add examples and images;
- study actively;
- review over time;
- track progress.
The old idea of Vocabilis was:
create cards and remember words.
The new direction is closer to:
build your own language-learning materials from real language, study them, and keep them alive through review.
That is the direction I want to continue developing.
What’s next
The next important step is content.
Vocabilis needs more ready-made courses, especially practical beginner courses built around real situations.
I also want to continue improving the “lesson from text” workflow, card illustrations, course structure, and the way learners move from useful material to long-term memory.
Vocabilis is still growing, but the foundation is now much stronger than it was a few months ago.
You can try the updated platform here: