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A reading app for becoming wiser

Read into who you'll become.

uSage turns any EPUB into a place to actually learn. Tap a word to see what it means right there, keep the ones worth keeping, and let a short daily review make them yours.

One email when we launch, nothing else. No spam.

  • Free classics included
  • Works offline
  • iOS and Android

Why uSage

Start with curiosity

Open a free classic and start reading in under a minute.

Words become yours

Words you save come back until you simply know them.

Insights, gathered

Highlights, notes and words stay filed by book and chapter.

The path

How reading becomes wisdom.

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    Read with attention

    A book in your hands, a word you don't know. That's where it starts.

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    Save what matters

    One tap captures the meaning, the sentence, and the moment you noticed it.

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    Let it settle

    Daily review brings words back at the right time, until they become part of how you think.

Why uSage

Reading that leaves something behind.

Understand

Tap a word. Get the meaning that fits.

One tap shows the definition, the part of speech, and a translation of the word as it is used in that sentence.

  • Meaning in context
  • Translation into your language
Tapping a word in uSage to see its definition and translation
Remember

A vocabulary that quietly reviews itself.

Save a word and uSage keeps the exact sentence you met it in. A short daily review brings it back at the right moment.

  • Every word saved with its sentence
  • A few minutes a day is enough
The saved vocabulary list in uSage
Keep

Keep the passages that shaped you.

Select a passage, pick a colour, and add a thought. Everything is filed by book and chapter, so you can find it again months later.

  • Colour-coded highlights
  • Notes attached to the passage
Highlighting a passage in uSage
Practice

One card at a time, until it sticks.

Daily review shows the word in the sentence you saved, then asks you to recall it.

Reviewing a saved word in uSage
Start today

A shelf of classics, already in the app.

Pride and Prejudice, Moby-Dick, Frankenstein and more. Bring your own EPUBs too.

  • Free public-domain library
  • Import your own EPUB files
The free public-domain library in uSage
Keep going

A streak that counts real reading.

Your streak grows from minutes actually spent reading. Earn streak freezes for busy days.

  • Based on reading time
  • Streak freezes for days you miss
Anywhere

Works fully offline.

Download a book once and reading, highlighting and reviewing keep working with no signal at all.

Curious

Explore later.

Curious about a word or passage but mid-paragraph? Send it to a queue and keep reading.

How it works

From new word to known word.

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    Read with attention

    Open a classic from the library or import your own EPUB. Read at your own pace.

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    Save what you don't know

    Tap an unfamiliar word to see what it means, then keep it with the sentence it lived in.

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    Review until it's wisdom

    A few minutes a day moves each word from vaguely familiar to simply known.

A look inside

The app, as it actually looks.

  • A full paragraph translated into Urdu beside the original text in uSage

    Translate a whole passage when one word isn't enough.

  • Saved highlights grouped by book and chapter in uSage

    Highlights and Explore later, filed by book and chapter.

  • Adding a personal note to a highlight in uSage

    Add your own thought to any highlight.

  • Reading settings with theme, font and translation language options in uSage

    Theme, font, flow and translation language, your way.

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“A book should leave you a little wiser than it found you. uSage makes sure it actually does.”
Why we're building this

Questions

Common questions

Do I need to be studying a language to use it?

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No. Plenty of words in your own language are worth looking up. uSage works the same either way.

Where do the books come from?

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A curated set of public-domain classics is included, and you can import any EPUB file you already own.

What does the daily review involve?

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A handful of saved words, a few minutes. You say whether you remembered each one, and uSage decides when to show it next.

When can I use it?

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uSage is in pre-launch for iOS and Android. Leave your email and you'll hear from us the day early access opens.

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One email when we launch, nothing else. No spam.

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