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Why a Word Feels Familiar Until You Close the Book: Recognition vs. Active Recall, and Which One VocaX Trains
Recognition is knowing the answer when it is in front of you; active recall is producing it when it is not. What each feels like from the inside, a test you can run today, and where each of VocaX's three practice formats sits — including the part where our Translation format is recognition.
What Is Spaced Repetition? Seeing a Word Again Just Before You Forget It, Not Reviewing on a Fixed Timetable
Spaced repetition does not run words past you on a fixed timetable — it brings each one back just as you are about to forget it: later if you recalled it, sooner if you did not. This piece covers what that actually means, the three things worth doing each day, what VocaX handles for you, and where it stops: it does not guarantee you will remember, and it does not predict exam scores.
Should One Word Be Practised Through Translation, Dictation, and Speaking? Each Format Solves a Different Problem
You do not need all three formats every time, but recognising a word on the page does not mean you can hear it, spell it, or say it. Translation checks meaning, dictation turns sound into spelling, and speaking brings the word to your voice; distribute them around your goal instead of trying to finish all three at once.
Context and Memory Cues: Why a Word in a Sentence Is Easier to Retrieve, and What Scenarios Cannot Fix
Something is easier to retrieve when the cues at retrieval resemble the cues at learning. What that buys you, and what scenario explanations cannot fix.
What Is the Forgetting Curve? Leave What You Learned Unreviewed and It Fades Fast at First, Then Slowly
The forgetting curve plots how much is still retrievable against how long ago you last studied it. What Ebbinghaus actually measured, and six things the curve does not tell you.
VocaX Reminded Me to Practise — What Should I Do First? Turn the Reminder into One Finishable Consolidation Session
VocaX counts your consecutive practice days and then does nothing with the number: no screen shows it, and nothing is attached to it. The only automatic prompt is in-app, at a fixed interval, and you can turn it off.
What Do Skins and Illustrations Add Beyond Looks? Give Repeated Words an Environment You Want to Return To
Five visual themes, each with its own set of word illustrations shipped alongside the word lists. Coverage grows as we draw.
How Does VocaX Decide When to Ask Me a Word Again? Every Word Keeps Its Own Pace — Right Answers Push It Further Out, Wrong Answers Bring It Back Sooner
Every word keeps its own pace: answer correctly and the next meeting moves further out; answer wrong and it comes back sooner. VocaX keeps that schedule for you — you never maintain a review list by hand. There are only three things for you to do: finish the day's review on time, leave mistakes to flags, and do not manually re-drill. It does not predict your exam score, and it does not claim its scheduling is optimal.
What Should You Do After Getting a Word Wrong? Use Flags as the Entry to Your Next Practice
Every word you get wrong in practice is filed automatically, into one list you control. It does not reorder itself and does not turn into a study plan. Three things it deliberately does not do.
VocaX or Anki for Learning Vocabulary? Pick VocaX to Start Today, Anki to Build Your Own Cards
If you want to build your own cards, use Anki: free and open source on desktop, and its scheduling is current. If you would rather be studying tonight than deciding what a card should look like, VocaX fits better — and you cannot edit a single one of them.
How Far Does the VocaX Free Tier Go: The Learning Loop Is Free; Only AI Features Are Metered
The whole 74,334-entry dictionary, all the word lists available to your region and all three practice formats are open without payment. What is withheld is a short list of quotas, and what those quotas actually gate.
Where Do My Learning Records Live? In Your Own iCloud, Not on a VocaX Server
Learning records stay on your device and, once you sign in with Apple, in your own iCloud private database. The one server we operate forwards AI requests and keeps no text. Plus seven promises we refuse to make.