Binocle: Learn While Scrolling

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About this app

Swipe like always. Actually learn something.

Binocle lets you learn while scrolling. Every card in the feed is a short text that teaches you one specific thing: why the sky is blue, how the Black Death raised wages, why you procrastinate, or how long it takes your money to double. You scroll, you open what makes you curious, and you come away knowing something true.

HOW IT WORKS
• A feed of cards: each card tells you what you're about to learn. Swipe to skip, tap to read.
• Short texts: a few minutes of reading, written plainly, no jargon. Every figure and every study is checked against reliable sources.
• A quiz at the end: a few questions to check it stuck.
• Reviews at the right time: a few days later, Binocle asks you the questions again, just before you forget. That's spaced repetition, so you don't just read, you remember.
• An audio version of every text: listen, and the sentence being read lights up while the text follows the voice. The voice keeps reading with the screen off, like a podcast.

A HABIT THAT STICKS
• Your streak: every day you read at least one text, Binocle's glasses light up and your streak grows. Missing one day a week won't break it.
• Your daily goal: 1, 2, 3 or 5 texts, you choose.
• A daily reading reminder at the time that suits you, with a short text ready to read. It stays quiet once your goal is reached.

SUBJECTS FOR CURIOUS MINDS
Learn psychology, history, philosophy, science, money and financial literacy, tech, the body and health, relationships, well-being. Pick your subjects and how long you want the texts to be: the feed adapts to what you like.

Did you know? The word "boycott" comes from a man. Epicurus wasn't an epicurean. Muscle soreness doesn't come from lactic acid. And Plato's cave still explains why we prefer the shadows. Behind every fun fact, Binocle explains the why, from stoicism to cognitive biases.

WHO IS IT FOR?
For anyone who wants to learn something new every day, build their general knowledge, sharpen their critical thinking, or swap a few minutes of mindless scrolling for something that sticks. Five minutes on the bus or a coffee break is enough: learn while scrolling, at your own pace.

ALSO IN BINOCLE
• Hard words explained with one tap
• "My list", to save a text for later
• Your progress: texts read and questions remembered, day after day. It follows you to a new phone with Android backup
• Share a text you liked in one tap
• A calm background sound while you read: rain, sea, fireplace…
• A calm mode, with no distractions
• In English and French

YOUR PRIVACY
Free, no ads and no account. Your history and progress stay with you, on your phone and in your Google account backup if it's on; only usage statistics, without your name, help us improve the app.

Binocle is general knowledge in small doses: a little microlearning every day, so you can scroll and learn without spending hours on it.