Can’t download any content !
Hi, I am a guy who’s currently working in mainland China.
I love this app a lot and have purchased 37 dictionaries already, recently I reset my iPad and started to download the content again but I just can’t ! Each time I try to download, it says an unknown error occurred. (Btw there is a lot of storage left so I am sure it’s the app’s problem)
Downloading has always worked badly .. but now it stopped working completely
I love this app a lot and have purchased 37 dictionaries already, recently I reset my iPad and started to download the content again but I just can’t ! Each time I try to download, it says an unknown error occurred. (Btw there is a lot of storage left so I am sure it’s the app’s problem)
Downloading has always worked badly .. but now it stopped working completely
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Best 電子辞書
Any serious student of Japanese needs a real dictionary. Jim Breen’s is a good resource but lacks the depth that is needed for serious study. Japan has a well developed dictionary market and this app unites a variety of them in one easy interface. The prices are fair for the amount of content and detail in these books. For a bilingual, Random House 英和 is actually one of the better English resources I’ve found on iOS due to its extensive etymology information lacking in most American alternatives.
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A step down from Daijiren
MONOKAKIDO’s previous Japanese dictionary app, “Daijiren”, was one of the best iOS apps of all time. It carried a premium price, and it was worth every penny.
Now they seem to have consolidated many dictionaries into one app, with in-app purchases for each. This probably seemed like a good idea from a software development perspective, but it’s not so great for users.
The screenshots show a user with dozens of dictionaries (even though there are only 10 IAPs). But I don’t need dozens, or even 10. I need one.
To make this work, they’ve essentially turned the top of your display into a dictionary-switcher, even if you only have one dictionary and thus never need to switch. It’s just another thing that takes up valuable space, and makes it easy to accidentally get “out” of the dictionary while still being “in” the app.
Also, it confusingly splits the settings into two different places. I never got lost in the old app, but I keep getting lost in the new one.
Even the old icon was better. The new one is too bland and generic, and just doesn’t look like something I paid top dollar for — at least, for an iOS app.
Strangely, the old app is significantly cheaper than the IAP for that same dictionary in the new app. So they seem to still be encouraging users to buy the old app. It’s cheaper and better! Until they discontinue it, it’s hard for me to recommend this app.
To be fair, I probably would have given this a higher rating had I not already been a longtime “Daijiren” user. They already had the perfect Japanese dictionary app, and then they mucked it up.
Now they seem to have consolidated many dictionaries into one app, with in-app purchases for each. This probably seemed like a good idea from a software development perspective, but it’s not so great for users.
The screenshots show a user with dozens of dictionaries (even though there are only 10 IAPs). But I don’t need dozens, or even 10. I need one.
To make this work, they’ve essentially turned the top of your display into a dictionary-switcher, even if you only have one dictionary and thus never need to switch. It’s just another thing that takes up valuable space, and makes it easy to accidentally get “out” of the dictionary while still being “in” the app.
Also, it confusingly splits the settings into two different places. I never got lost in the old app, but I keep getting lost in the new one.
Even the old icon was better. The new one is too bland and generic, and just doesn’t look like something I paid top dollar for — at least, for an iOS app.
Strangely, the old app is significantly cheaper than the IAP for that same dictionary in the new app. So they seem to still be encouraging users to buy the old app. It’s cheaper and better! Until they discontinue it, it’s hard for me to recommend this app.
To be fair, I probably would have given this a higher rating had I not already been a longtime “Daijiren” user. They already had the perfect Japanese dictionary app, and then they mucked it up.
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IMPORTANT FEEDBACK.
In the OALD 9th edition, whenever I look up a verb, the “verb forms” section occupies the entire screen, so I have to collapse it every single time, this is PAINFUL! I would like it to show in COLLAPSED as default.
“Verb forms” just doesn’t add that much value for it to occupy the ENTIRE SCREEN by default. So PLEASE change this. It would improve my experience SO MUCH!!!
Thank you for developing an overall GREAT APP!! And listening to customer feedback!
“Verb forms” just doesn’t add that much value for it to occupy the ENTIRE SCREEN by default. So PLEASE change this. It would improve my experience SO MUCH!!!
Thank you for developing an overall GREAT APP!! And listening to customer feedback!
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Broken app cannot download
Hope u guys support the original standalone version Collins doc I purchased On my iPad thx.
Great App, Missing Features
Been using this app for a long time, and I definitely think it is a huge improvement over the standalone dictionary apps that existed before it. The vast number of dictionaries available in this app is great too. I do feel that there are a few things that could be improved though.
I’d like to see a feature implemented into the settings of the app that will allow a user to disable the auto-lock screen feature on the iPhone/iPad while the app is open. Sometimes I have the app open while I’m doing another task, and it’s quite annoying to have continuously unlock my phone while trying to reference something in a dictionary in the app. Most other dictionary apps have this feature, so I’m puzzled as to why it doesn’t exist in this app.
I’d also like to see a feature implemented into the app that would allow the user to define custom categories with different groups of dictionaries. In the current app, I have to change from 国語 to アクセント to see the entry for a word in the NHK accent dictionary after looking at the 国語 dictionaries I have. I’d like to be able to define a group of mixed category dictionaries (大辞林、新明海、and NHK for example) to be searched together. Then it wouldn’t be necessary to change between the preset categories to reference entries in across different types of dictionaries.
Overall, this is the best dictionary app on the App Store, especially for Japanese learners. I hope my recommendations will be considered for future updates, especially the disable lock screen feature, as that is the worst part of using the app in its current state.
I’d like to see a feature implemented into the settings of the app that will allow a user to disable the auto-lock screen feature on the iPhone/iPad while the app is open. Sometimes I have the app open while I’m doing another task, and it’s quite annoying to have continuously unlock my phone while trying to reference something in a dictionary in the app. Most other dictionary apps have this feature, so I’m puzzled as to why it doesn’t exist in this app.
I’d also like to see a feature implemented into the app that would allow the user to define custom categories with different groups of dictionaries. In the current app, I have to change from 国語 to アクセント to see the entry for a word in the NHK accent dictionary after looking at the 国語 dictionaries I have. I’d like to be able to define a group of mixed category dictionaries (大辞林、新明海、and NHK for example) to be searched together. Then it wouldn’t be necessary to change between the preset categories to reference entries in across different types of dictionaries.
Overall, this is the best dictionary app on the App Store, especially for Japanese learners. I hope my recommendations will be considered for future updates, especially the disable lock screen feature, as that is the worst part of using the app in its current state.
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Unable to search words
2 issues.
1, unable to download dictionary via cellular. Only WiFi download allowed. I don’t have WiFi.
2, unable to input words in search bar. This make this app unusable.
I’ll ask for refund.
1, unable to download dictionary via cellular. Only WiFi download allowed. I don’t have WiFi.
2, unable to input words in search bar. This make this app unusable.
I’ll ask for refund.
Please turn off the function of auto switching keyboard languages
I love this app but the auto switching of keyboard language is annoying. If it’s a CJJC dictionary, it will keep changing back to Chinese keyboard but I want to keep using Japanese keyboard. Please give me the option to turn this off.
Connection error
When I try to restore, just says cannot connect to iTunes Store.
Good dictionary, OK app
I have the 三省堂 dictionary, and the dictionary content is clear and informative. The search in this digital version is not great.
For example if you try to look up 遺す, it’s impossible to find. Once you learn from some other dictionary that it’s read のこす and also written 残す, you can find the perfectly good entry for the word. And the actual entry clearly mentions 遺す as an alternate spelling, so that’s an issue with the app and not the dictionary content.
The slick search-by-selection feature is also very finicky in the presence of any inflection, often finding no results so you have to go out to the main search screen. When it works, though, it’s joyously smooth and fast.
For example if you try to look up 遺す, it’s impossible to find. Once you learn from some other dictionary that it’s read のこす and also written 残す, you can find the perfectly good entry for the word. And the actual entry clearly mentions 遺す as an alternate spelling, so that’s an issue with the app and not the dictionary content.
The slick search-by-selection feature is also very finicky in the presence of any inflection, often finding no results so you have to go out to the main search screen. When it works, though, it’s joyously smooth and fast.
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