Collins French User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience67.6% of reviews
Neutral16.2% of reviews
Negative experience16.2% of reviews

~ Based on 37 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Collins French Safe?

Collins French-English appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Collins French is 93/100.

This assessment is based on 340 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

94.7% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 340 App Store ratings for Collins French.

Is Collins French Legit?

Collins French-English appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Collins French is 95/100.

Based on 95 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Excellent reference

This is an excellent translation app, quick and easy to use. A huge benefit is the conjugation of verbs, absolutely necessary when studying French. When I need historical depth I turn to Le Petit Robert, but this is my day-to-day reference and I use it all the time. Iโ€™m grateful to have it.

Great dictionary and privacy policy

The dictionary works great. It has good search functionality and can also show conjugations. It also has a great privacy policy that shows it doesnโ€™t track any data related to you!

Works well for beginners

Easy to look-up single words. Getting phrases is nice as well.

I still have a french <-> french dictionary on the side for pronunciation.

If a possibility to search for parts of Phrases is added ( which, to my knowledge is not yet possible ) it would be the definitive choice.

Nice to have a one time payment. Thumbs up to the decision makers ๐Ÿ‘
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Not current and too expensive

Lacks many example sentences and definitions that can be found for free on apps like Wiktionary Reader or Motรฎ. Very little contemporary slang within this dictionary.

French Dictionary

Iโ€™ve found this to be very helpful and well put-together.

Speak feature doesnโ€™t work

The speak feature is broken (again) and the app hasnโ€™t been update in at least a year. Please fix this.

Very helpful for beginners

I love being able to have a good dictionary on my phone, without needing to have an internet connection (unreliable wifi and/or low signal strength of cell towers). Conjugation is a plus. I have the unabridged Collins, but it is a brick of a book and certainly not practical for use away from home.

This dictionary should be improved. Otherwise, it is useless.

I was expecting a dictionary that has a chart that shows IPA International Phonetic Alphabet, not a link to Wikipedia that is useless. Also I expected the IPA chart can give tips about each symbol such as an equivalent or similar sound in English. Also each word with a recording option where we can say the word and the system could tell us if we are doing the pronunciation right.
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Always quit when I try to use pronunciation

This is quite useful, and for 17.00 bucks itโ€™s not cheap either. I purchased an electronic dictionary precisely because I want to hear the word. However, it always quit when I highlight the word and select โ€œspeakโ€. I tried on both my phone and my iPad. Just does not work. Very frustrating.

Response from developer

Hello, we've fixed the "Speak" bug in version 2.11.1. Please update your app to the latest version. Email us at escalate@ultralingua.com with any questions. Thank you for using Ultralingua!

Excellent Dictionary!!

I thoroughly enjoy using this excellent French Language Dictionary!

Good all-rounder

This is my first port of call as a dictionary & for conjugations. Itโ€™s pretty well laid out. I gave it four stars out of five because: 1. Sometimes the English translations lack breadth (then I will go to Oxford-Hachette, DeepL, Linguee, or Bescherelle Synonymes and one of more of the the first three)*. 2. It can sometimes be a bit painful getting back to start a fresh search. * Iโ€™m now at CEFR level B1.3 at Alliance Franรงaise, so am beginning to approach nuances in in meaning, and broadening my vocabulary.
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Dictionnaire Robert

Le plus souvent je trouve une bonne traduction sauf pour les mots un peu รฉsotรฉriques, jโ€™attendrais mieux dโ€™une dictionnaire comme le Robert.

Well worth the money

Yes there are a bunch of free translator apps and online dictionaries, and this one is neither free nor cheap, but itโ€™s worth every penny. Itโ€™s very easy to use, and the information provided for every word is comprehensive, usually with sentences provided to show how the word works. This is especially useful for figures of speech or word usages that donโ€™t directly translate. For example, you may โ€œpracticeโ€ piano in English but you โ€œworkโ€ piano in French. The listing for practice explains that sort of thing. It also has complete conjugation tables for every verb, which are provided directly after the definition(s). I love this app!
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Good but no audible pronunciation

Great dictionary but the omission of audible pronunciations -- when every cheap dictionary is able to provide it -- is an egregious oversight and a nuisance for the user because they have to go to a second app for this purpose.

Some things should be fixed but useful.

I believe that the negation forms of ยซ les verbes pronominaux aux passรฉs composรฉs ยป in the conjugation table are wrong. In my iPad, the history back button does not work. Except for these, the app is really useful. I often refer to it as a French English dictionary.

Racine on a hand-held

This is a competent, professional attempt to put a highly sophisticated language into the palm of your hand. Collins is a very good company, and is much helped here by the small vocabulary of French (compared to the unwieldy empire of English).
Of course itโ€™s not enough. Secondary meanings are skimped, old forms are not much given, rare words become rarer here.
This app will do much more than let you say โ€œUng cafe seel voo play.โ€ It will certainly let you talk to persons other than Mademoiselle Dโ€™Armentieres. It is fine for office and ordinary letters.
If you want to read Racine, the Medieval romances and Bossuet you need a big paper dictionary. Oxford or Larousse, probably
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Has worked seamlessly since purchase some years ago

Does exactly what I need it to well worth the price.

I Demand a Refund

I bought this app for the IPA pronunciation, but the character that indicates nasalization (the squiggly Tilda) doesnโ€™t line up with the nasalize vowels, and other times they fall even outside the word.

Do these people understand the meaning of quality control? If not, they can look it up in their own dictionary.
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Collins French Dictionary

Verb tables full of errors. This online dictionary needs a serious review.

Question

I need to know how to get back to the total dictionary after searching for a verb conjugation. Each time I do that it only searches for verbs and I have to turn my iPad off and restart it. Very frustrating. Thanks.