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Learn Daily is designed to take seconds, not sessions. This page explains how the day is put together, what your evening answer changes, and how to get the most out of the widget and your own cards.

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Frequently asked questions

How does a day in Learn Daily work?

In the morning a notification arrives at a time you choose, with one idiom, word or fact. During the day a widget on your home or lock screen shows the term and keeps the answer back. In the evening one question arrives: still remember this? You answer yes or no right from the notification.

What happens when I answer yes or no?

Yes pushes the card further out: it comes back in three days, then a week, then two weeks, then a month. No brings it back sooner, with the meaning spelled out again. Either answer is useful - forgetting is not a failure, it just tells the app when to ask next.

Why is there no streak?

Because a streak turns one missed day into the loss of everything before it, and that is usually when people give up. In Learn Daily, missing a day means you missed a day. Your collection, and everything you remember, is still there.

How should I use the widget?

Put it where you look most, usually the lock screen. It shows the term and hides the answer. Each time you pick up your phone, try to recall the meaning before tapping - that small moment of remembering is the practice. Tap to see the answer, tap again to hide it.

What if I already know today's card?

Mark it known and another takes its place. On the free plan you can do this once a week; with Learn Daily+ you can swap a card any day.

What topics are there, and can I choose them?

By default you get a daily mix drawn from all topics: expressions you recognise but never use, precise words, and facts about the world - from everyday objects to the way people think and behave. With Learn Daily+ you can pick the topics yourself and change the selection whenever you like.

Can I add my own words and phrases?

Yes. Write a card for a phrase from a meeting or a word from a book, and it joins the same evening checks on the same schedule as everything else. The free plan allows ten of your own cards; Learn Daily+ removes the limit.

What do fresh, warm, cooling and "worth another look" mean?

They describe where each card stands in your collection. Fresh cards are recently learned, warm ones you have been remembering well, cooling ones have gone a while without a check, and "worth another look" marks the ones that could do with some attention. Over months the collection becomes a picture of what is still with you.

Does it work without an internet connection?

Yes. Nothing is generated on the fly - everything ships with the app, so it works on a plane, in a lift or anywhere without signal.

What data does Learn Daily collect?

None that leaves your devices. There is no account, no analytics, no trackers and no third party of any kind, and no ads in any version. Your collection syncs between your own devices through your iCloud account and goes no further. You can export everything you have written at any time.

Can I share a card?

Yes. Send any card to somebody as a picture in your colour theme, with the meaning on it. On day thirty, a hundred, half a year and a year there is also a poster with the number on it, just to celebrate a little.

What stays free, and what does Learn Daily+ add?

The thing a day, the evening question and the widget stay free, along with three colour themes, ten of your own cards and one swap a week. Learn Daily+ lets you open and search everything you have collected, pick topics, use every theme and a matching home screen icon, see your history for the week, month and whole run, write unlimited cards and swap a card any day.

How does family sharing work?

The yearly Learn Daily+ plan shares with your family: up to five other people. Each person keeps their own collection, so nobody sees what anyone else is learning.

Which devices does it run on?

iPhone and iPad on iOS 17 or later, and Mac on macOS 14 or later. One purchase covers all three.

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How to set up a day that sticks

Two times and one widget decide whether this becomes a habit.

  1. Choose a morning time when you already pick up your phone without a reason - on the bus, with the first coffee.
  2. Add the widget to your lock screen, where you will see it dozens of times a day.
  3. Choose an evening time when you are winding down but not yet asleep.
  4. Allow notifications, so you can answer the evening question without opening the app.
  5. Leave it alone for a week before adjusting anything.

Attaching the morning card to something you already do every day works far better than setting a time you have to remember.

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How to answer the evening question honestly

The schedule is only as good as your answers.

  1. Try to recall the meaning before you look at anything.
  2. Say yes only if you remembered it without help.
  3. If you half-remembered it, say no - it simply comes back sooner.
  4. Read the meaning again when it reappears, and try to use it in a sentence.
  5. Do not worry about a string of no answers; that is the app finding the right pace for you.

Saying yes to a card you guessed gives it a longer gap than you are ready for. An honest no costs nothing.

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How to use the widget as practice, not decoration

The widget is where most of the remembering happens.

  1. When you notice the term on your lock screen, pause for two seconds.
  2. Try to say the meaning to yourself before tapping.
  3. Tap to check, then tap again to hide the answer.
  4. If you got it wrong, say the correct meaning once in your head.
  5. Repeat the next time you pick up the phone.

Each small act of recall strengthens the memory more than reading the answer would. The hidden answer is the point.

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How to write your own cards so they stick

A card you write yourself is more memorable, as long as it is written well.

  1. Put one thing on each card - one word, one phrase, one fact.
  2. Write the meaning in your own words, not copied from a dictionary.
  3. Add the sentence where you found it, or one of your own.
  4. Keep the front short enough to recall from at a glance.
  5. Let it join the evening checks, and answer honestly when it comes round.

Ten of your own cards on the free plan, unlimited with Learn Daily+. See how to write a flashcard you will actually remember on our blog.

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How to swap a card you already know

A card that teaches you nothing is a wasted day.

  1. Open today's card.
  2. Choose to mark it as known.
  3. A new card takes its place straight away.
  4. On the free plan this is available once a week; with Learn Daily+ any day.

Swap cards you genuinely know. A card that feels familiar but that you could not define is exactly the kind worth keeping.

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How to pick your own topics

Topic selection is part of Learn Daily+.

  1. Open the topic settings.
  2. Choose the areas you want - expressions, precise words, facts about the world, or any mix.
  3. Save the selection; new daily cards will come from those topics.
  4. Change it whenever your interests shift.

Without Learn Daily+ you get a daily mix from all topics, which is a good way to discover which ones you enjoy.

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How to share a card or a milestone

A good word is worth passing on.

  1. Open the card you want to share.
  2. Choose share, and the card is rendered as a picture in your current theme, with the meaning on it.
  3. Send it through any app you like.
  4. On day thirty, a hundred, half a year and a year, share the milestone poster the same way.

The picture includes the meaning, so the person receiving it learns the word too.

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How to keep your collection across devices

Your collection follows you through iCloud, and nowhere else.

  1. Sign in to the same Apple Account with iCloud on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.
  2. Install Learn Daily on each device; one purchase covers all three.
  3. Your collection and your own cards sync automatically through your iCloud account.
  4. To keep a copy outside the app, export everything you have written at any time.

There is no Learn Daily account and no server of ours in the middle - sync goes through your own iCloud only.

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