Flashcards
In Gloss todayRecall a meaning. Turn the card. Keep practising the words that still feel new.
Words worth understandingSee it work ↓
A little picture.
A much bigger world.
For the word that interrupts a story. The idea that’s hard to explain. The language you want to keep close.
Gloss is building a vetted picture dictionary for young readers, with the ambition to cover every word in the books they read through Year 13—and help grown-ups learn another language, too.
I’m interested No payment. No account needed.
The passage reads: A duck swam across the pond. Duck is the word to look up. The real Gloss home screen is shown beside the passage.
Captured on 11 November 2026 beside an illustrative reading passage. Some dictionary entries do not yet have pictures. No app controls are recreated. Use the step controls to explore at your own pace.
Captured from the live Gloss beta on 11 November 2026. Some entries are still awaiting pictures. No audio plays; pause or explore one step at a time.
A word met. A meaning remembered.
Their own words.
A little more familiar.
A word can make sense in a story, then slip away. Gloss brings back the words saved in each reader’s history for a little practice, at their own pace.
Picture & meaning quiz
In Gloss todayA picture or definition gives the clue. Both the question and its answer choices come from the reader’s saved words.
Current practice needs at least three available words. Choose today, the last 7 or 30 days, or all saved words.
Little crosswords
Clues built around the meanings a reader has met.
Letter games
Put a familiar word together, then use it in a fresh sentence.
Meaning connections
Explore how familiar words fit together—and how they differ.
The plan: choose “Use words I’ve read” and build from that reader’s saved vocabulary—including any words needed to fill a puzzle. If those words don’t fit, offer a smaller game or practice cards.
“Read” means saved lookups, not every word in a book. New games will need suitable reviewed content and testing before release.
One household. More possibilities.
Built with family at heart.
From the very beginning.
One subscription. A growing family of apps. The plan includes Gloss, Nesta and the TinyKite family products we launch in the future. Access stays free while we’re in beta.
Gloss
For the words in their world
A picture dictionary and personal vocabulary practice, for young readers and grown-ups learning another language.
Nesta
For the people in their world
A household-first messenger, being built around family connections and parent-approved contacts for children.
A closer look at Nesta
Your household,
connected to theirs.
Nesta is built for your family, your friends and the parents of your child’s friends. Each family has its own household.
The family model puts adults on both sides in charge of approving cross-household contacts. Each approval connects specific people; the whole household doesn’t become an open contact list.
Shown in the app’s light appearance.
Backing helps build the picture dictionary; family membership rewards include this wider family of products. Rewards and future subscription benefits are proposals until the campaign opens; expressing interest today doesn’t start a subscription or charge you.
Made with a world of readers
Your words.
Your language.
Your part in the story.
One shared dictionary project. Many ways to help it grow. Tell us what would make Gloss useful in your home, classroom or next chapter.
Bring your reading
Tell us the words that stop a story in its tracks—from a first picture book to the books studied through Year 13.
Bring your language
A language from home, a regional variety, or one you’re learning. Help us make the dictionary useful far beyond English.
Bring your eye
Review a meaning, offer image-generation credits, or contribute pictures made from an agreed brief. Every contribution still needs checking.
A language doesn’t need to be “big” to matter.
The chooser is a starting point. Add the regional variety, community language or writing system you want us to consider. We’ll need speakers who know it well to review the work.
What does your child need?
The next good idea
could be yours.
Does your child borrow your phone or visit other websites for something useful? Tell us what they’re trying to do. We’d love to build the tools families need, and your ideas will help us choose what comes next.
We’ll consider ideas as we plan. A suggestion isn’t a promise that we’ll build it, or a delivery date.