# Collins Irish Dictionary — user reviews > 67 indexed App Store user reviews of Collins Irish Dictionary by MobiSystems, Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 90 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/collins-irish-dictionary/id330122540/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/collins-irish-dictionary/id330122540.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 76 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Collins Irish Dictionary? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Comprehensive resource for learners - 👍 Accurate and detailed information - 👍 Clear and concise interface - 👍 Functional and intuitive design - 👍 Helpful idiomatic examples - 👍 Word of the Day feature - 👍 Flashcards for vocabulary - 👍 Games like Hangman - 👍 Easy to navigate - 👍 Visually pleasant interface - 👍 Quick and easy to use - 👍 Covers a wide vocabulary - 👍 Well-built for Irish language - 👍 Offline functionality - 👍 Links to new words - 👍 Flashcard function is helpful - 👍 Good selection of words - 👍 Free iPad upgrade - 👍 Tapping words in definition is handy - 👍 Provides parts of speech - 👍 Offline access is convenient - 👍 Easier to use than physical dictionary - 👍 Content of printed dictionary available - 👍 Good definitions and examples - 👍 Useful for beginners and experienced learners - 👍 Great for learning Irish - 👍 Reliable resource - 👍 Perfect mini dictionary - 👍 Very useful - 👍 Great app - 👍 Ar Fheabhas! (Excellent!) - 👍 An mhaith! (Good!) - 👍 Useful for writing in Irish - 👍 Helpful & informative - 👍 Great app for learning - 👍 Translation at fingertips - 👍 Excellent - 👍 An úsáideach ar fad (Very useful!) - 👍 Good product - 👍 Love it! - 👍 Great dictionary for the price - 👍 Good Irish dictionary - 👍 Free iPad upgrade - 👍 Excellent tool for Irish speakers **Cons** - 👎 Not intuitive for new learners - 👎 Font size issues - 👎 Lacks pronunciation audio - 👎 Flashcards could be more interactive - 👎 Games are English-only or pointless - 👎 New interface less intuitive - 👎 Back button behavior is frustrating - 👎 Missing browsing and fuzzy search - 👎 Expensive for the content - 👎 Lacks declension and conjugation tables - 👎 No green color option in themes - 👎 App may not work with older OS versions - 👎 Full Irish-English listing not restored - 👎 No audio for Gaelige words - 👎 Lacks examples - 👎 Visually distracting new interface - 👎 Poor compared to other language dictionaries - 👎 Very expensive and limited words - 👎 No wild card search - 👎 Games are useless for Irish learning - 👎 Not enough words for the price - 👎 Expensive **Commonly reported bugs** - Font of translated words has shrunk - Word scramble game appears to be English only - New interface is not as intuitive or easy to use - Back button whips you all the way to the opening page - Dictionary app may not work with older OS versions - Full Irish - English listing of words not restored - Words not linked to audio file of pronunciation - No pronunciation of words - No phonetic pronunciations - No browsing functionality - No fuzzy search - No wild card search **Most requested features** - Add pronunciation audio for words - Make flashcards more interactive and easier to use - Add conjugations for verbs and declensions for nouns and adjectives - Translate games into Irish - Restore browsing and fuzzy search functionality - Add green color option to theme settings - Restore full Irish-English listing for browsing - Add audio files of words spoken by native speakers - Allow users to submit older words - Save preferred language setting for searching - Add phonetic pronunciations - Combine with foclóir.ie - Add examples to definitions - Add declension and conjugation tables - Add wild card search - Add fuzzy search - Add browsing functionality - Add history/recent icon instead of Aa icon - Add sound clips of words spoken by native speakers ## Newest reviews (15 of 67) ### 4/5 — Irish Dictionary *2025-10-18, version 10.0.11* Could be a little more intuitive especially for new language learners but overall it’s really comprehensive and can be trusted to give accurate and detailed information ### 3/5 — Great dictionary *2023-11-18, version 10.0.11* While this is a great tool, having the pronunciation would make this even better. ### 3/5 — Great app, does the job, but room for improvement *2023-11-14, version 10.0.11* Great app, has everything a regular dictionary can give you. Word of the day is awesome. I use the flash cards all the time, but the developers could do with making those extra features a bit more interactive and easier to use like other apps like Duolingo. ### 5/5 — Fergus *2019-12-25, version 10.0.11* I continue to find this dictionary very useful. Thanks. Fergus ### 5/5 — Very comprehensive *2019-12-11, version 10.0.11* Great dictionary and easy checking. I like the word of the day. ### 4/5 — Good reference - needs pronounciation *2019-11-22, version 10.0.11* Please developers, add pronunciation to the Irish dictionary! This language needs help and hearing how the word sounds by different native accents/dialects would be a great addition. Is it hard to take subtitles and video and pull out the words or a sentence and stick that with the definition - where the audio is the word used in some random sentence. Would be hard to get clean data but I’m sure you could pay for a pronunciation database or something... ### 5/5 — Great app! *2019-10-28, version 10.0.11* Best app if you are learning Irish! ### 5/5 — Good dictionary *2019-09-18, version 10.0.11* Used along with Google translate and Abair.ie for pronunciation. Favourites is a useful way of sorting words in folders for learning vocabulary ### 4/5 — Great dictionary *2019-06-05, version 10.0.11* Mostly easy and instinctive to use, love being able to link to new words from within entries. ### 5/5 — Really useful *2019-03-07, version 10.0.11* This dictionary app is really great. I’m learning Irish and use it all the time. ### 3/5 — Vocal *2019-01-10, version 10.0.11* This app is great for translating words but I really really wish it had vocal option so you know how the word is pronounced too. It would be the perfect app if it had this. ### 5/5 — Good reliable Resource *2019-01-02, version 10.0.11* It works, quickly and covers the vocabulary so you can get back to reading or writing. ### 5/5 — But with a silly little complaint *2018-12-16, version 10.0.11* Not worth of a rating reduction, it’s a great app. Βut why in the theme colour settings is there no green? ### 5/5 — This app now works well with ios4 *2018-12-10, version 10.0.11* An update for this app became available today july 1. Performs well, as good as before, so disregard my previous comments below. Thank you developers. AD Beware. This dictionary app may not work with os4. I upgraded my iPhone only to find that this dictionary no longer works. I have received no response to two message requests for support. Have others fared better? ### 5/5 — Solid Dictionary *2018-11-15, version 10.0.11* My only disappointment was the word scramble game appears to be English only. Would love to have it in Irish. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No pronunciation! *2023-02-26, version 10.0.11* Don't spend your money on this dictionary. It does not include pronunciation. A couple of free ones do. Get those! Very disappointed!!! ### 1/5 — No pronunciation of words *2019-08-26, version 10.0.11* I understood that this dictionary included the pronunciation of the Irish words. Absolutely no sign of this facility but the help section does give advice on ensuring sound is activated? Can anyone help? ### 1/5 — Love it!!! rwig oa *2019-02-09, version 10.0.11* Very handy!owl ### 1/5 — Very Disappointing *2018-07-15, version 10.0.11* Current version remains a disappointment. 1. The full Irish - English listing of words still hasn’t been restored. You can’t just browse... you have to specify a single word for the software to translate. This feature was available in an earlier version. Half the fun of dictionaries resides in the browsing. Senseless to remove this capability unless the real “vision” was to spur the sale of paper copies as well. 2. Why why are the words not linked to an audio file of the pronunciation at least for the Gaelige words? Hire one of the News presenters from TG4! Irish pronunciation for native English language speakers is incredibly difficult. Have some vision and daring in design! 3. Developers: Respond to comments... Apple has provided the capability. ### 1/5 — This is the [expletive deleted] you get when you fix something that wasn’t broken. *2017-10-24, version 10.0.3* From the crisp, easy to use interface offered formerly, the developers managed to create a needlessly busy and less visually distinct interface that offers nothing more of consequence in return. I now hate this app so much that I have been inspired to write my first review of any app ever. I wish that I had never purchased this app and will now buy the print equivalent from any source other than Collins. ### 1/5 — Collins Irish English Dictionary *2017-06-14, version 8.5.4* By comparison with Collins own products for French and Spanish this is very poor. The only possible reason for buying it is the absence of an alternative (no longer true for English to Irish).POL ### 1/5 — Good product, turned bad. *2014-11-21, version 6.1.3* It saddens me to write badly about this dictionary. It was good, it׳s now nearly useless. No browsing. No fuzzy search. No wild card search. None of the features that used to be so good. Please restore these immediately. Without them this product is useless. ### 2/5 — Basic *2021-11-10, version 10.0.11* The app is fine, it’s basic but could have so much more functionality. Like pronunciations for eg. ### 2/5 — Not so good *2009-09-23, version 0* This app is very expensive and doesn't contain enough words to make it worth it. There is a 'english irish translator' which is much more usefull for .99. This is one of the most expensive apps, where an online link would have worked better. Don't waste your money. ### 3/5 — Good dictionary but… *2025-07-04, version 10.0.11* Have used it for years, but suddenly the font of translated words has shrunk - what is going on? Has some developer messed with the app? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Go hIontach! *2026-02-06, version 10.0.11* Very good resource for both beginners and more experienced learners of Irish. ### 5/5 — Clear and concise *2025-03-29, version 10.0.11* 👍 ### 5/5 — Perfect for my needs *2024-02-23, version 10.0.11* Lovely ### 5/5 — Fantastic app to help continue learning languages *2022-10-15, version 10.0.11* Fantastic app to help continue learning languages ### 5/5 — Words are fun *2022-10-10, version 10.0.11* Collins makes even a dictionary fun with games (Hangman), Word of the Day, and other neat stuff. ### 5/5 — Very easy and quick to use *2022-01-29, version 10.0.11* So far it’s had everything I’ve looked up! ### 5/5 — Best Irish dictionary out there *2020-10-21, version 10.0.11* Took me a long time to find something this well built for Irish, which is usually underserved compared to other languages. Highly recommended! ### 5/5 — Great app *2020-05-05, version 10.0.11* Love word of the day ### 5/5 — Everything I need! *2020-04-29, version 10.0.11* The perfect mini dictionary! ### 5/5 — My Everyday Go-To *2020-01-16, version 10.0.11* As my heading states, this is my everyday ‘go-to’ dictionary for Irish language learning. It is functional and intuitive without a ponderous amount of unnecessary crap. I really appreciate the inclusions of words demonstrated idiomatically - very helpful. The one request I would ask of the publishers in the future would be the addition of sound clips of the words spoken by native speakers. --- *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 2026-08-24.*