Leave a Review American Heritage Thesaurus
Love the dictionary
Hate the happy starsTSoules
Annoying pop-up
The app is fine, but for one “feature”: every time you open it, a pop-up appears harassing you to rate the app five stars. This tactic makes the whole experience feel chintzy, even embarrassing. Shame on the developers for tainting what is otherwise a stellar publication.Amac2644
So far so good.
I’ve only had this app for a short period, but I have always been a fan of the American Heritage Dictionary. The word histories are great. Just yesterday, I used it around the family dinner table when my kids had a question about how a skillet was different than a pan. I grew up in the Midwest using the word skillet and now live in the northeast where the word pan (or frying pan) is used. I didn’t know if skillet and pan were the same or if maybe a skillet was a specific type of pan. AHD’s word history resolved this for us. Look it up yourself to find out the answer :-)Show lessNsxlane
Favorite words disappear
I like to save words to review the definitions later, and there is a place in this app to save words: “favorites”. However, the list seems to get deleted for no reason every now and then. The Webster app does not do this. I prefer the American heritage dictionary over Webster but the disappearing favorite words is a dealbreaker.Show lessdw66
Dégeulasse
The AHD is an excellent dictionary, I own the hard copy, but their digital version could definitely be better. I absolutely hate the color scheme; its bland and does not give the sense of using a scholarly ressource. They could definitely add hyperlinks for the words. I would have more to say but this review was on-the-fly prompted by the incessant pop-up begging for me to review the app.
To the developers of this $20 app: would suggest reviewing the $6 app dictionary “le petit Robert” made by the french (c’mon ‘merica). It is superior in every way; please learn from them. If the production of this dictionary app was as good as “le petit Robert” I would happily pay $50 for it.Show lessbrebisaupâturage
No word of the day — PLEASE!
As long as this and other dictionaries continue to issue the aggravating word of the day, I’ll stop using them, which means I’m deleting the app despite my having spent money on it.Rudy_Chasal
Annoying begging for 5-star review
Too often, when opened this app presents a pop-up that says, “Enjoying this dictionary? Please support us with your 5-star rating on App Store!” with a “RATE 5 STARS” button underneath. The only way to escape -- to do what you opened the app to do, use the dictionary -- is to tap the small “X” close icon at the upper right of the pop-up. Having done that, one has the startup page, which contains a “Rate Our App” section inviting a rating, with 5 blank stars underneath as if you could tap any of them. But if you tap any of them, the result is the same obnoxious “5 STARS” pop-up. This scheme annoyed me enough to motivate me to take the time to create this 1-star review.Show lessGalena Guy
Disappointing Implementation
I love the AH dictionary and have many copies in paper and electronically. This implementation, though it contains all the content, is disappointing from a user interface perspective. The pestering dialog to rate the app (apparently only as five stars) never gives up even after you have declined to do so many times over years of use. The limited choice of color themes (only four) are all too bright, disallowing any subdued choices. The navigation design is especially poor in the special portions such as trying to browse the appendices or looking through the index of tables: the upper-left back button alternatively brings you back to the location from which you arrived (correct) or simply the item listed immediately before the one you’re currently looking at (incorrect). I hope that this developer can start paying attention to details, or that AH passes its app along to someone else (for which I would happily pay again given this app’s shortcomings)Show lessErik Steinmetz
Really a great dictionary
But annoying that it keeps asking me to rate. Turn this feature off!Rosewreath
have to buy it every 2 years
very nice dictionary but hate to buy it every two years because they just stop to do the updates.
So i just bought it for the third time. Hope it will last more this time .....V28D
