Updates

What we've been building.

Every meaningful change to Vocxel, newest first — new features, things we improved, and the bugs you found for us.

27 JULnew

Guided courses, A1 to C2

A full CEFR curriculum written unit by unit — teaching cards, drills, conversations, culture notes and real tests.

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26 JULnew

Ask about this lesson

The question a lesson raises but doesn't answer — now you can just ask it, and the thread stays.

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25 JULimproved

Your readings, as a place worth returning to

Previous Readings was a list. It's now a record of what you've actually been curious about.

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23 JULnew

Read-along audio

Any passage read aloud, sentence by sentence, with the line you're on lit up and the rest dimmed.

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23 JULimproved

A face for the place

A pixel critter and a wordmark, replacing the placeholder that had been standing in since day one.

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22 JULnew

Find your level

A CEFR placement test across reading, listening, grammar, vocabulary and writing — with a level per skill, not one number.

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22 JULnew

Teams, for whoever's keeping track

A dashboard for teachers and managers: their group's CEFR levels, progress and activity in one place.

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20 JULimproved

Explanations in your language

Pick your native language at signup and definitions, notes and explanations come back in it.

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19 JULimproved

Square edges, bold colour, and a critter to keep you company

A redesign with hard borders and offset shadows, a dark mode, and a pixel study buddy you choose yourself.

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18 JULnew

Games, and someone to talk to

Quiz, match and sentence-builder rounds built from your own saved words — plus a chat mode where every word is still tappable.

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17 JULimproved

Your level, on a slider. Your words, on a schedule.

Set difficulty by CEFR level rather than school grade, and review saved words with spaced repetition.

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12 JULnew

Vocxel starts here

The first version: a reader that writes you something at your level, and lets you tap any word to understand it, save it, and meet it again.

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