u/Codexhaus

Hi everyone,

Piksi is continuing to grow. After 4,000 new users, Apple featuring it in Choices of the Week, and really great feedback from this community and beyond, Piksi is now better than ever, and the Pro plan is free for the next 48 hours.

A — Answer: What problem does Piksi solve?

Why does looking up a word still feel the same as it did 30 years ago?

When you encounter a word you don’t know in a book, a menu, or a sign, you have to stop reading, type it into Google, get a generic definition out of context, and forget it the next day.

That friction kills learning. Piksi removes it.

Point your camera at any text, tap a word directly on screen, live, not scan-then-tap — and get a contextual definition that understands the surrounding sentence.
If You are learning a language, Piksi will show you the definition in your language.

Then capture it to a personal library organized by book, word level, and date.

B — Better: Why Piksi vs alternatives?

• Google Translate: Google Translate gives you a raw translation and no tools to save a word and learn it.
• Anki / Quizlet: Both require manual flashcard creation. Piksi captures words automatically while you read.
• Traditional dictionary apps: They give you a list of senses to pick from. And you have to find the base form of the word, hard for a language learner.
• The technical layer: Tap-targeting on a moving camera grip over time. No off-the-shelf SDK does this.

C — Cost: Pricing
• Free tier: 10 captures, unlimited 5-new-words-a-day feature, full library access, review exercises
• Pro plan: $19.99 lifetime (one-time, no subscription) — free for the next 48 hours

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/piksi-vocabulary-builder/id6758964777

To redeem the free Pro plan: open the app → Settings (top right) → tap on the Pro plan. After 48 hours, Pro returns to $19.99 lifetime. Free tier stays free.

What’s new since the first post:
• Library view with words organized by source book
• 5 new words per day, personalized to what you’ve already captured
• Better definitions.
• 11 languages supported, up from 6
• Onboarding rebuilt, Chinese OCR bug fixed
• Manual word search and capture
• New screenshots and positioning

Would love to hear your feedback. Thank you again to this community, the first post here was the catalyst that made Piksi take off.

In this era of digitalisation and fast reward, it has become incredibly difficult to focus. When I used to encounter unknown words while reading physical books, I gave up looking for definitions (really) because I knew I had to google it, lose my focus and forget the word the next day.

So I built Piksi. Point your camera at any text, a book, a menu, a sign, and tap a word directly on screen (there is no scan then tap, no, you just tap live on screen with your finger the word you are looking at).

You get a contextual definition instantly without leaving what you're reading.

It recognizes the words next to it so that it knows if for the same word it's a verb, a noun, etc. It also gives you the definition in your native language if you're reading in another language.

You can also save words and build a personal vocabulary library, organized by source, word level, and date.

Available in 11 languages. Free, no ads, and Pro is currently free (you have to redeem it in the settings → Upgrade to Pro).

I will keep this free as long as I can sustain the costs.

Would love to hear what this community thinks, you're literally the people I had in mind when building this.

https://apps.apple.com/app/piksi-vocabulary-builder/id6758964777

PS: The Android version is on its way :)

Two months ago I released Piksi and started posting on Reddit and X (without any marketing budget) and the response was incredible.

4K+ downloads in 60 days, featured by Apple in "Choices of the Week", and now ranked in 19 countries.

Piksi was built around one question: why does looking up a word still feel the same as it did 30 years ago?

So I built a visual dictionary that lets you learn from the real world.

- Point your camera at a book page, a menu, a sign, whatever.

- Tap a word. Not after a scan, not after loading, right there, the moment you see it on screen.

- Read the definition. Not a basic dictionary entry, but an enhanced one that understands context.

- Capture the word. Build your personal library, filter by book, word level, or date, and review with spaced repetition exercises.

Available in 11 languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Arabic, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese.

As a thank you, Piksi Premium for life is free for a limited time. Go to Settings → Upgrade to Pro.

https://apps.apple.com/app/piksi-vocabulary-builder/id6758964777

Can't wait for your feedback. I'm actively listening to any suggestions and bug report (yesterday I pushed 3 updates to solve a bug for the Chinese community).