“cool app. too many ads though”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 1,004 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-06.
4.7 ★331,862 ratings
5M+Downloads
12+Age rating
236 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
The word of the day is now on your phone. Vocabulary helps you sound ludicrously articulate without trying too hard. Whether you love books, writing, speaking, or you just want to feed your curiosity with big words, this app is for you.
Ready to elevate your word power? The key to successfully expanding your vocabulary is learning new words in a way that stimulates your attention. Studies show that the most effective way of learning new words is with an app that’s specifically designed for that.
With the Vocabulary app, you can:…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
Evidence and review signals
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
App Store
This analysis describes version 7.2.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-06 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 7.2.0, updated 2026-09-23.
Google Play
We cannot tell which version of the app this analysis describes. It was run 2026-10-04 , and the app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version VARY, updated 2026-09-24.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to at least 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
3 or more themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
Positive evidence 1
Things this app does right, published at the same strengths as the catch list.
Developer says data deletion can be requested
The developer's data-safety disclosure on the store states that users can request deletion of their data, or the app's own text offers a way to delete the account. This restates what the developer declares; it is not a test of whether deletion works. Apple publishes no equivalent disclosure, so on an Apple-only listing only the app's own text can support it.
What we saw: The developer's store data-safety disclosure states that data deletion can be requested; we have not seen a deletion control in the app's own text
One source only — shown, not confirmed 4
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Aggressive ad load: raised by 5 distinct reviewers (1.1% of 438 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Trial converts to a charge
The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.
What we saw: Trial converts to a charge: raised by 13 distinct reviewers (2.3% of 566 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Reviewers repeatedly report that the app is not what its advertising showed. We never see the ad creative itself, so nothing we collect can corroborate or refute this — it is published as an attributed user report: what reviewers say, and how many of them said it.
What we saw: Misleading advertising: raised by 7 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 566 reviews scanned)
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 21 distinct reviewers (3.7% of 566 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“not impressed -- too many ads, not enough value”
“Ads ruin the experience. I'm fine with pop-up ads on my screen, but when I take a minute to swipe through a few vocabulary words, I should not be pulled away to watch an ad. and paying a monthly-yearly subscription to not have those…”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 7.2.0.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown10
Lowest$9.99
Highest$149.99
Premium Vocabulary (1 month)$14.99
Premium Vocabulary (1 year)$59.99
Premium Vocabulary (1 year)$35.99
Premium Vocabulary (Lifetime)$149.99
Vocabulary Premium$47.99
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Vocabulary Premium$14.99
Vocabulary Premium$29.99
Vocabulary Premium$69.99
Vocabulary Premium$9.99
Vocabulary Premium$59.99
Google Play does not publish per-purchase prices.