Recall Aloud
Test vocabulary you can learn by ear.
Recall Aloud says a GRE, SAT, ISEE or SSAT word, gives you a moment to recall it, then reads the meaning, an example and a memory hook. You say how well you knew it, and it decides when the word comes back.
- iOS
- Android
Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play.
- tests: GRE, SAT, ISEE and SSAT
- 4tests: GRE, SAT, ISEE and SSAT
- words, each with a definition, example and memory hook
- 2,049words, each with a definition, example and memory hook
- ways to study: hands-free, listen or read
- 3ways to study: hands-free, listen or read
- natural voices, recorded and on the phone, so it works offline
- 2natural voices, recorded and on the phone, so it works offline
Why it exists
Most vocab apps need your eyes and your thumbs.
Flashcard apps assume you’re sitting down, looking at a screen. A lot of the time people could be studying, they aren’t: they’re walking, on a train, folding laundry, waiting in line.
Recall Aloud started as a tool for exactly that time. Every card is written to be heard: a short definition, one example sentence and a memory hook that works out loud. You never have to look at the phone, and when you can look, the same cards are there to read.
How it works
One word at a time, about half a minute each.
Each word runs through the same four steps, then the next word starts on its own.
Step 1
Hear the word
It says the word. The moon wanes while you try to recall what it means.
Step 2
Hear the answer
It reads the definition, an example sentence and a memory hook. The card shows the same, with the part of speech.
Step 3
Say how well you knew it
After a short tone the page turns to the night lake and listens. Say a number from 1 to 5, or plain words.
Step 4
It plans the next look
Missed words come back tomorrow. Words you knew wait longer. The summary shows when each group returns.
Who it's for
Anyone facing a vocabulary-heavy admissions test.
Pick one test or several. They share one daily plan, and a word that appears in two tests is learned once, with one schedule.
GRE
1,400 words
Graduate school applicants.
Drawn from the lists GRE students rely on, ranked so the most tested words come first. Optional short Hindi meanings, read in the same voice.
SAT
500 words
High school students applying to college.
The kind of words the digital SAT asks about in context, most tested first. Hindi meanings are available here too.
ISEE and SSAT
800 words at two levels
Students applying to private middle and high schools, and the parents helping them.
Middle level: 300 words for students applying to grades 6 to 8. Upper level: all 800, for grades 9 to 12.
- It suits people who would rather listen than look: on a walk, on the train or bus, at the gym, doing chores, or just resting their eyes. And it suits anyone who studies better out loud.
Answering
You rate yourself. It takes a second.
The app never grades you. You say how well you knew the word, the way spaced repetition has always worked, and the schedule does the rest. Numbers work, and so do plain words.
- 5Nailed it
Say “five”, “got it”, “easy” or “knew it”
- 4Good
Say “four”, “pretty good” or “mostly”
- 3Shaky
Say “three”, “almost” or “sort of”
- 2Weak
Say “two”, “barely” or “a guess”
- 1Blank
Say “one”, “no idea” or “forgot”
Things you can say
Everything a button does, out loud.
- “Repeat”
- Hear the whole card again.
- “Definition”
- Hear the word and its meaning again.
- “Example”
- Hear the example sentence again.
- “Hook”
- Hear the memory hook.
- “Skip”
- Move on without rating it.
- “Go back”
- Return to the last word.
- “Star”
- Save it to your starred words.
- “Archive”
- Stop showing a word you already know.
- “Pause”
- Stop for now. Say “resume” to carry on.
Ways to study
Three ways in, one plan.
Today shows how many words are due, split into weak, review and new, and one button to start.
Hands-free
Audio and spoken answers. You never touch the screen: it reads each card and listens for your rating.
Listen
Audio with tap answers, for when talking out loud isn't an option.
Read
Silent cards on screen. No sound and no microphone.
Sessions run by word count or by minutes, so a ten-minute walk is a ten-minute session. Switch modes any time; your progress is the same either way.
The schedule
It remembers what you forget.
Every rating moves the word’s next review. You don’t manage decks or due dates; you open the app and it already knows what today needs.
A word you miss comes back the next day, and keeps coming back until you've known it on enough separate days.
A word you know waits longer each time, but never more than a month, so nothing quietly fades.
New words arrive each day, as many as you choose, most tested first. When your weak list gets long, new words pause until it shrinks.
Light, Standard or Intense sets the pace. Every rule can be fine-tuned, and each setting says in one line what it changes.
A moon fills in on each day you practice. There are no streaks to lose.
Also in the app
Small things that make it yours.
Practice outside the plan
Extra rounds from your weakest words, today's misses, the weak list, trouble words or starred words, or build your own group. Ratings still count.
Every word, searchable
Search words and meanings, filter by how well you know them, and tap any word for its example, hook, history and recording.
Two natural voices
Ava or Andrew, at 0.8× to 1.5× speed. Every word, meaning, example and hook is recorded and stored on the phone.
Your thinking time
Choose how long the moon takes to wane before the answer, and whether to hear the example and hook on every word.
Lock Screen and notifications
On iPhone, rate words from the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. On Android, a session keeps going with the screen off.
Light and dark
Follows your phone, or pick one. Both use the same calm colors as the icon.
Privacy
Private by design.
- No ads, no analytics and no tracking.
- Your voice is turned into a rating on your phone. Nothing you say is recorded or sent to us.
- No account needed. Sign in with Apple or Google only if you want your progress on more than one device.
Price
One subscription, every test.
Free to download. Studying needs a subscription, monthly, every three months or yearly, and each plan starts with a 7-day free trial. One subscription covers all four tests and the Hindi meanings.
If a subscription ends, your progress, your word list and your backup code stay yours.
Coming to iPhone and Android. Questions in the meantime: hello@wrightsidelabs.com.
GRE® is a registered trademark of ETS. SAT® is a trademark registered by the College Board. ISEE® is a registered trademark of the Educational Records Bureau. SSAT® is a registered trademark of The Enrollment Management Association. None of these organizations is affiliated with, or endorses, Recall Aloud.