“Love paid option — I have used this app for a long time. Loved it but the pop-up ads are driving me crazy! Now I upgraded to the pro version, no ads, and with thesaurus. Worth every penny!”
Public review signal · 200 reviews scanned · scope limited to review patterns.
4.8 ★14,581 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
26 MBApp size
FreeIn-app purchases
About this app
The only Dictionary and Thesaurus with every word you search for. Plus Word of the Day, free offline dictionary access, and millions of definitions and synonyms from top sources, including: Webster's Dictionary Roget's Thesaurus The American Heritage Dictionary
Plus FREE access to: English Offline Dictionary English Offline Thesaurus with synonyms and more Medical Dictionary English Idioms and Slang Dictionary Translations of English into 40+ languages Dozens of other translation options + Much more! The Free Dictionary is like getting 100+ apps in one easy-to-use interface.
Rated #1 app in the App Store in the free reference category in 114 countries 2011–2019. (Source: https://www.appannie.com/apps/ios/app/379450383/app-ranking/#device=ipad&type=best-ranks)
Here's what you can do with The Free Dictionary app:
* Find every word you search for.…
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Developer replies to reviews
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Price in the store description
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Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
No theme reported
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Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
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Aggressive ad load6 reviews · user report
Highlighted reviews
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“Ads on what seems to be just about every 3rd word — When you finally get to lookup a word it’s a pretty decent app. Getting to the point of being able to input a word , not so decent ….Ads galore being bad enough , but I can’t really…”
“Premium app no longer supported, have to downgrade to free ad-based app — Not too happy with the latest events. I purchased the premium app years ago to avoid ads. Now they said it’s “not supported”. Odd. However the free version is…”
Assessment & version history
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Store listing updated to version 14.
What this app sells
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Business modelFree
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