Pararead pairs every paragraph of foreign-language news with its translation, side by side. Tap a word to capture it. Practice when you're ready.
How it works
A1 if you're just starting. C1 if you want a challenge. Pararead surfaces articles that fit — stretching, never overwhelming.
Original on one side, translation on the other. Read at your own rhythm. Tap any word to see its meaning in context.
Saved words return in spaced bursts — five minutes today, an hour tomorrow, a week after that — until they live in long-term memory.
The split-screen reader
One tap opens a mini-dictionary right under the paragraph — pronunciation, part of speech, grammar forms, collocations, and an example pulled from text you've already read.
From reading to remembering
Saving isn't the end of the road — it's the start. Words land in a personal dictionary, then resurface on the schedule that actually builds long-term memory.
Your dictionary
Tap any saved word for its full card — pronunciation, grammar forms, top collocations, and the examples it appeared in.
Spaced review
A few minutes a day. Words you nearly know return more often; words you've mastered take a back seat. No drills, no decks you'll never finish.
See it in your hand
From the daily feed to the reader to your saved words — three taps from finding something you want to read to learning from it.
A1 → C2
Pararead uses the standard CEFR scale across every language — so "intermediate German" and "intermediate Spanish" mean the same thing, and you can move between them without recalibrating.
Languages
Pick any of these as the one you're learning, or as the one you're most comfortable reading in. Mix and match — most pairings work.
Pararead is available on iOS. Free to try — no card up front.
iPhone · iPad — iOS 18 or later