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.
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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