# Collins Dictionary+Thesaurus — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Collins Dictionary+Thesaurus by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, rated 3.90/5 from 15 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/collins-dictionary-plus-thesaurus/id926221123/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/collins-dictionary-plus-thesaurus/id926221123.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (11 of 50) ### 3/5 — 有新app替代 *2021-01-30* 这是个词典，但这是个旧app，很久没有更新了，语音包安装不容易成功。可以在物书堂的app：dictionaries 里找到与这个一样的词典，而且价格一样。 ### 4/5 — 关于app界面为日语和语音包无法下载或不发音的问题 *2020-12-16* 语言设置：苹果设置——Collins——语言——英语 语音包： 1. 如遇到无法下载，可能是网络原因，尝试多下载几次。 2. 如遇点击播放却不发音，可尝试在app内删除已下载的语音包，然后重新下载。 个人遇到的问题，尝试以上办法有效，望有帮助。 ### 4/5 — 语言包没有声音 *2020-10-22* 为什么下载了语言包之后点那个小喇叭不出声音呢 ### 4/5 — Good purchase *2020-09-25* In general, it is good enough for learner. Actually, I got the problem with pronunciation audio. I hope they can fix it soon. ### 5/5 — Good English dictionary up to date *2019-12-25* Collins English Dictionary is well designed for users. It’s one of the best app I have ever bought and used. ### 4/5 — 单词发音需改进 *2019-08-23* 单词发音很多都沙沙的感觉，不怎么舒服 ### 5/5 — Excellent *2019-08-12* The most useful dictionary. ### 5/5 — Ideal *2019-07-10* I feel that I am fortunate to get this kind. In addition to it I have few dictionaries- i.e. Oxford,American Heritage, Merriam Webster, Cambridge.This and American Heritage are superb. ### 5/5 — 不错 *2019-04-12* 这本已包含12元那本的内容，两个不必一起买。 ### 3/5 — migration issue *2019-04-10* This version is needed to be updated to the latest version for migrating to Dictionaries app. ### 5/5 — The best ever on App Store *2019-02-10* I have paid for dictionaries only to find them boring and poorly design. For a long time I did not try any more and then I paid for this. This is the best app you can have on your phone. Well structured and beautifully designed. Super easy to use. It is fast and responsive. It comes with sound for the headword and you don’t have to have an internet to use it. Every single word has a cross reference by word, examples and idioms. You can customize theme and shake the phone to clear words. No issues or bugs witnessed on my iPhone. Suggestion: there should be a family package. I will be willing to pay $20 for two or 3 family members. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — WARNING about this developer *2024-01-02* I bought an excellent Collins Spanish Dictionary that had exactly the same interface as this English dictionary. When I replaced my iPad and tried to access the app on my new iPad, I got an error saying the app was "currently unavailable in your App Store." I contacted Apple for help and got nowhere. This is totally unacceptable for a dictionary app. Harper Collins should have given some thought to existing users. And SHAME on Apple for not standing by us and making sure that apps remain available to users who buy them. I'm totally disgusted after this experience. No wonder people don't want to pay for dictionary apps. It's really the worst kind of customer service, and it's about more than the money when it would be so easy for Apple to provide the app to people who paid for it. ### 1/5 — Rubbish dictionary *2021-10-29* Synonyms aren’t linked to definitions ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work and support is gone *2021-04-29, version 1.4* This app does not work properly on my iPad Pro. The audio works but very rarely. My mail to the developer monokakido.jp could not be delivered due to the issues on their server (poorly programmed PHP?). I want my money back. ### 1/5 — No word pronounced??? Even download headwords audio?! *2021-03-03* See subject line ### 1/5 — 日文界面 *2019-11-27* 为什么是日文界面，与截图不一致 ### 1/5 — Not recommende *2019-05-13* Do not wast your money ### 1/5 — Chinese checkered *2014-11-22* When I first downloaded this app, I really loved it. It was simple and straightforward, giving only the information that was really required. I also loved the crossword wildcard feature. But for some reason, the English "button" labels suddenly appeared as Chinese labels recently. Reloading the app didn't help. Please fix this bug! ### 2/5 — Good dictionary; audio does not work; very poor support *2021-06-20* The audio stopped working after my upgrade to iPhone 12, and it never worked in my iPad. Emailed the support team at Japan. It feels they don’t really care and there is no urgency. Otherwise a good dictionary; but, due to the above experience the overall rating is poor. ### 2/5 — Good Dictionary & Thesaurus, But... *2021-01-18* The Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus has a very good coverage of English language words, however, the app itself seems to be lacking in the claimed functionality. Firstly, there is no ‘help’ or ‘FAQs’ available to consult. Furthermore, despite downloading the 330MB+ Headwords File, none of the pronunciation features work either. Looking at the Version History, the app hasn’t been touched in at least three years and despite Apple saying it has compatibility with my iPad (a 2020 iPad Pro), it appears to lack the functionality described. ### 2/5 — 词的解释跟柯林斯词典的不一样 *2019-06-13* 就是为了英语解释才买的这个，结果发现这里面很多词的解释都是另一种，非常简短的，差评！ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — excellent！ *2025-12-30* searching word or phrase is most convenient than any other dictionary, including Oxford and Mariam -Webster dictionary, especially, the function of clear search field is so excellent． ### 5/5 — Perfect *2025-01-02* I wanted to be able to look up a word, get the meaning, be able to see both antonyms and synonyms, see examples of usage and as a bonus see the origins succinctly, with the ability to search easily and have the answers quickly and clearly. It performs all this without a hitch. Perfect for my uses! ### 5/5 — Excellent dictionary and thesaurus *2021-12-08* This is an excellent and very comprehensive dictionary and thesaurus. ### 5/5 — Only one issue 😢 *2021-12-02* Content is great but I’m facing one annoying issue in the app. When we type and search a word and then next time come back to search another word, the previous word is there and we have to delete it manually. That really annoys all of the time. I know there’s an option in setting to delete the word but when we enable that option, the app becomes eager to delete the word and it deletes the word even when we move to another app for some reference and it annoys too when you are working on two apps at the same time and it deletes your word every time you move to another app 😢 Apart from this issue, the content and search filters are great and also it’s offline so it works smoothly and quickly. I have been using Look up app before Collins. But look up is online so it takes a little time to show meaning and also look up lacks powerful search filter. Overall you won’t regret buying Collins app and also paying for learning and self improvement always worth it. I hope developers would work on my shared issue and make it a more easy to use app. Thanks ☺️ ### 5/5 — Very Handy but update Requires👍🥸 *2021-05-15* This dictionary is so amazing. I want you to please add thousands of more words in it and update it esp for iOS 14 running devices. Thanks. ### 5/5 — Made default dic. Replaced WordWeb *2020-12-23* Spent time comparing how quickly each dictionary causes me to grasp context of unknown words. Collins surely is top 3. Mostly because of its thesaurus entries which also have sentence examples. Merriem-Webster is also equally clear. So alternating between these two. ### 5/5 — Excellent dictionary but.... *2020-11-09* Although download the word audio，I can't play it. Why？ ### 5/5 — Great app! *2020-05-25* It’s a smooth operating application that’s fast. The definitions are comprehensive and a majority of them are pretty easy to understand. You don’t need a large vocabulary to understand it. Definitely well worth what you pay for it. I like the settings as well because it lets you adjust together way it looks, and you can even set it to a night type style which is awesome. I definitely recommend it. ### 5/5 — Not support iOS 13.3 *2020-01-16* The app cannot function under iOS 13.3. Please upgrade it. ### 5/5 — Professional dictionary with thesaurus integrated *2020-01-06, version 1.4* Very easy to use with thesaurus integrated. And it works well with other dictionary from MONOKAKIDO. Worth the money, good to have. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*