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ReallyBasicVocab

Jonathan Herrmann-Engel
Science & Education
Version
4.1.0
Size
10.8 MB
Requires
Android API 25+
4.4 / 5 · 5,239 ratings 7 downloads
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Updated Sep 22, 2026

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simple flashcard app

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📣 Simple open-source app to manage your flashcards.

🔒 Your flashcards stay on your device: no account, no ads, no internet access.

🏛️ App structure: filing boxes -> decks -> flashcards

🗃️ Filing boxes can be exported as and imported from a backup (individually or all at once).

🗂️ The decks of a filing box contain the flashcards.

🌈 You may use four color variants for filing boxes and decks.

📇 Flashcards offer a front as well as a back side, optional notes and the learning progress.

🌐 You may set the language of the front and back for each filing box and / or deck.

🖌️ You may activate flashcard formatting and / or Markdown notes in the app settings.

📎 You may link images and other files to flashcards.

🏷️ You may add tags to flashcards.

🖨️ You may print flashcards.

▶️ From each flashcard list you may enter a query mode.

🔍 Flashcard lists for the entire collection as well as single filing boxes or decks are available. Using the “advanced query” option you may generate lists of all or some decks by tags, progress and / or last repetition.

📥 You may import a simple CSV file in the specified format (e.g. exported from a spreadsheet).

❗ Please back up your content on a regular basis.

Screenshots

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What’s new

Select and delete several filing boxes at once.
Animated GIF and WebP images (WebP from Android 9).
Choose the language of flashcard fronts and backs, detected automatically from Android 10.
Alphabetical order follows the language.
Query mode: swipe to the next or previous flashcard from anywhere on the card.
Existing tags are suggested while typing.
Simple CSV import: semicolons, tabs and Excel's "CSV UTF-8".
Improved accessibility.
Bugfixes.

How to install

  1. Download the APK from the button at the top of this page.
  2. Allow “Install unknown apps” for your browser or file manager only, not for every app.
  3. Open the downloaded file and confirm the installation.
  4. If installation fails with “App not installed,” remove an earlier build of the same app first. A signature conflict is the usual cause.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Really Basic Vocab?
simple flashcard app
Who develops Really Basic Vocab?
Really Basic Vocab is developed by Jonathan Herrmann-Engel.
Which Android version does Really Basic Vocab require?
Really Basic Vocab requires Android API 25 or later.
What is the current version of Really Basic Vocab?
The synchronized F-Droid version is 4.0.0.
Which license does Really Basic Vocab use?
The signed F-Droid metadata lists GPL-3.0-only.
Where is the source code for Really Basic Vocab?
https://github.com/jonathanherrmannengel/vocabapp

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