Download Capecho for Mac.
Capture words off any screen as you read on your Mac — a PDF, a subtitle, an image, even text you can't select — understand them in context, and start building a vocabulary you actually review. Now on Mac and iPhone — capture on your Mac, review on your phone.
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A global shortcut, on-device recognition, a free word explanation (core meaning + POS, with senses + pronunciation behind an expand), and one-keystroke save. You review right here on the Mac too.
Status: available now · direct download
Your captured words sync to your iPhone and come back as spaced-repetition reviews, so idle minutes become review minutes.
Status: available now · App Store
Early, honest, and actively developed.
Mac capture and review are available now, and the iPhone review companion is on the App Store. Mobile capture is a later add. Things will change, and your feedback shapes what ships next.
The app is notarized and auto-updates itself, so you stay on the latest build without re-downloading. An honest cadence, not manufactured urgency.
The core loop is free, with unlimited saved words. The only metered extra is 10 in-context explanations a day; Pro ($6/mo or $48/yr) makes those unlimited, and hitting the limit never locks what you've saved.
- ·Capture, unlimited saved words, the full word explanation (meaning + POS, senses, pronunciation)
- ·Word Book, FSRS review, cross-device sync, Anki / CSV export
Free, with 10 in-context explanations a day. Pro lifts that one limit — $6/mo or $48/yr.
- ·A Mac you read on (macOS 14 or later).
- ·The screen-recording permission (macOS labels it Screen Recording) — used only at your keypress; the system returns just the recognized text, the screen image never reaches Capecho, nothing uploaded. Or use copy/paste mode.
- ·On the Mac App Store, or as a directly notarized, signed download. Sign-in is Google or email.
What happens next.
Open the app, grant the one permission (or use copy/paste mode), and press the shortcut on your first word. Sign in whenever you want to sync and review across devices — including the iPhone review companion, now on the App Store.
Screen never uploaded · core loop is free · now on Mac and iPhone