Termy: Learn Languages
From Games, Movies & Books
Only for Mac
Free · In-App Purchases
Mac
Turn the games, videos, websites, books, and apps you already enjoy into language lessons.
When a word or phrase gets in the way, press a keyboard shortcut. Termy reads the text on your screen, recognizes the expression in context, and gives you a short, clear explanation—so you can understand it and keep going.
Termy is built for immersion. It helps only where you need it instead of translating everything. Use it with selectable or unselectable text, from game dialogue and subtitles to articles, ebooks, terminal output, and AI chats.
LEARN IN CONTEXT
• Understand individual words, idioms, phrasal verbs, and multiword expressions
• Get concise explanations matched to the meaning used in the original sentence
• Switch to translation when you want a direct answer
• Listen to pronunciation without leaving what you are doing
BUILD A VOCABULARY THAT MEANS SOMETHING
• Save useful words and phrases with their original sentence and screenshot
• Return to the original scene, deeper definitions, and other meanings
• Keep inflected forms connected to their dictionary form
• Export your vocabulary to Anki
REVIEW WHAT YOU ACTUALLY ENCOUNTERED
Termy turns saved vocabulary into adaptive practice: context questions, fill-in-the-blank prompts, typing, listening, screenshot recall, and reviews timed to your memory.
PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Text recognition happens on your Mac. Screenshots are never uploaded; saved screenshot context stays on your device. Only recognized text needed for explanations is processed online.
SUPPORTED LANGUAGES
Learn from content in 30 languages: English, Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Turkish, Polish, Dutch, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Thai, Swedish, Czech, Romanian, Hungarian, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek, and Slovak.
Start free. An optional subscription unlocks unlimited lookups, unlimited vocabulary practice, and Anki export.
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Save words your way
Use the bookmark icon in any bubble to save a word manually, or turn on “Automatically save words to vocabulary” to keep saving words as you go.
Preview bubbles as you customize them
A live bubble preview in Settings shows your appearance changes in real time.
Select words with the DualSense touchpad
Drag across the touchpad to select a word in the overlay, then press the touchpad to confirm.
Move bubbles out of the way
Drag a bubble by its word with the mouse. On a gamepad, hold L2 or R2 and move either stick.
A smoother, clearer overlay
By default, bubbles now avoid covering other highlighted words. They also animate into place and use a softer, more rounded superellipse shape.
Faster, more accurate recognition
Text recognition is faster and more accurate, with especially noticeable improvements for Japanese. Highlight regions and the context saved with vocabulary words are detected more reliably.
Bug fixes
This release also fixes a range of smaller issues.
The developer, Mikhail Motyzhenkov, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Mikhail Motyzhenkov
- Size
- 33.2 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.6 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
English and 29 more
- English, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Macedonian, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Termy Yearly USD 79.99
- Termy Monthly USD 7.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Mikhail Motyzhenkov
