# Collins Italian-English — user reviews > 201 indexed App Store user reviews of Collins Italian by Ultralingua, Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 411 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/collins-italian-english/id292240076/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/collins-italian-english/id292240076.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 349 · 4★ 40 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of Collins Italian? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🌟 Excellent dictionary with extensive vocabulary - 👍 User-friendly interface and navigation - 📚 Comprehensive verb conjugations and examples - 🔍 Helpful search and lookup features - 🔊 Audio pronunciation (for some words) **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues - 🔀 Difficulty switching between English and Italian - 🔍 Missing some common words or phrases - 💰 Expensive compared to free alternatives - 🔇 Lack of audio pronunciation for all words **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes when switching between dictionary and conjugation - Incorrect verb conjugations for some irregular verbs - Search function not always accurate or intuitive **Most requested features** - Add more audio pronunciation support - Improve search and navigation experience - Integrate flashcard or study tools - Provide offline access to full dictionary ## Newest reviews (14 of 201) ### 3/5 — Suggerimenti *2024-09-02, version 2.11.1* Tantissimi suggerimenti da inviare ### 4/5 — Nouns and verbs *2024-06-29* I find that there is not enough of a marked difference between the nouns and the verbs under each word heading. For example Sleep which can be a noun or a verb, you have to scroll carefully through all nouns to eventually get to the verb which you can easily miss as it’s the same font as the rest. A slightly different bullet point is the only difference. The separation between the 2 should be much more clearly highlighted so that you could jump straight there. ### 4/5 — Limited *2023-11-02* Colour for detailed definitions poor . No speaker pronunciation available. Expensive for what it is. ### 3/5 — Lacunoso *2023-07-05, version 2.10* Riporta solo i significati più comuni. La comodità è che funziona off-Line. ### 5/5 — Extremely intuitive layout *2021-08-04* So easy to use. Looking up a word never feels like a faff ### 5/5 — A great tool *2021-04-28* Having moved here from Italy, I still need to look up words all the time. ### 3/5 — Good, But Not Concise *2021-01-19* I have been learning Italian in a class for 4 years now and have used many different dictionary apps (free and paid). None of them are perfect and it’s hard to get one that does everything an Italian-English dictionary should do. This *seems* to be free of grammatical errors, but it lacks (at the time of writing) something which is an egregious oversight on the developer’s part - NO CONJUGATION FOR REFLEXIVE VERBS! Anyone who learns Italian in a class will come across reflexive verbs at some point as a beginner. Scary as they are, the most basic introduction verb taught to beginners is lavarsi (to wash oneself). I looked this up in this dictionary and it was there, indicated as riflessivo, but WITHOUT CONJUGATION! So I looked up some other Italian reflexive verbs and none of them have any conjugation for mi, ti, si, ci, vi, si. This really devalues the high asking price for this app as reflexive conjugation is essential and believe me, the Italian language throws up reflexives all the time. This needs rectifying immediately. Furthermore, on normal verb conjugation the formal Lei has been omitted from the lui/lei conjugation. In the 21st century, not all Italians automatically ‘give the tu’ and there are many situations where you will be spoken to using formal verbs. Stuff like this needs to be sorted out as I assumed such oversights would not exist for the price! I am considering asking for a refund now, but I’ve raised the issue with support and if they indicate the dictionary will be improved I’ll keep it. ### 5/5 — Per quello che costa.... *2020-12-16, version 2.9* Mi sarei aspettato un’interfaccia migliore onestamente...nel 2021 quasi...avrei creato delle linguette con sottomenu ad esempio...anche la tanto millantata sezione di coniugazione dei verbi non era eccezionale. Inoltre, i termini tradotti non hanno molti sinonimi e non ci sono frasi con contenuti...Gratis ho trovato di meglio. Peccato per collins non me l’aspettavo ### 5/5 — Very helpful learning italian *2020-10-16* Will identify a conjugated verb and alert you to false friends. ### 5/5 — The best...., *2020-09-21, version 2.9* English - Italian dictionary I have ever used, hands down! I live in Italy and I actually use this dictionary to study Italian, as the examples that are given for each word are brilliant. Thanks so much for making my life easier 🌺🍷🇮🇹💋💋 ### 5/5 — Collins Italian Dictionary *2020-08-05* Excellent in every way, with words, ability to hear every word pronounced, extensive descriptions of words and their meanings and uses, verb conjugations with translation. Also, unexpectedly, the ability to search the web for transactions of words not listed in the dictionary. Excellent value for money. ### 5/5 — Buon giorno *2020-06-03, version 2.9* Ti ringrazio molto per la programma spettacolare! ### 5/5 — Loving this app. *2019-11-04* I am reasonably fluent in Italian, but find that I need to look up some more obscure words and verbs. I always find the word I am searching. I also love that total verb conjugations in every tense can be found on the page to the right (swiping left to return to the dictionary). ### 5/5 — A must have *2019-07-13* This App makes living in Italy much easier ! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not good enough to charge money *2025-10-29* Apps like google translate give more accurate definitions and translations ### 1/5 — Terrible font *2025-09-26* Great dictionary made extremely difficult to read by the awful font. I'll find a different app which is easy to read. ### 1/5 — Not a dictionary *2025-06-06* When you set English to Italian and type an English verb - it gives you you everything about the English verb - really?? ### 1/5 — This App does not work *2024-02-14* The App was clumsy when moving between words and verbs. Many verb congregations are missing, and on occasions my whole list of saved words was lost. I had this App for a week but it just doesn’t work as advertised so I have now deleted it and find the free dictionaries much better. I asked the developer for a refund but was just told that, ‘unfortunately, Apple don’t allow developers to issue refunds.’ ### 1/5 — Not much of a dictionary *2023-07-10* This dictionary doesn’t cover the language well. I’m reading Il Gattopardo and having much better luck looking up words in the free WordReference dictionary than in the Collins. The Collins doesn’t even have all the words in the average article in Corriera della Sera. What’s it actually good for? ### 1/5 — Collins su iPad *2019-09-14, version 2.8* Ho risolto il problema segnalato lo scorso 13 Settembre cioè l’istantanea chiusura appena aperta l”applicazione. Infatti, dopo aver rimosso l’applicazione, ho di nuovo eseguito l’installazione ed ora il problema non si presenta. ### 1/5 — Only verbs and very expensive *2019-05-27* This advertises itself as a complete dictionary, but it only does verbs. It’s completely stupid and a total rip off. ### 1/5 — What's with the awful icon? *2018-08-15* See title ### 1/5 — Icon? What? *2018-08-11* So, three years after ruining the app with an update, this week you finally fix an issue that should never have been seen. Every time I opened the app it paused all audio, and I put up with this for three years. Finally, you’ve now fixed it. Yet now you’ve given me this ugly and nondescript icon that means nothing. The old one was clean and clear. Change is good only when it improves things, change for the sake of change is not. This is an expensive app, it should work perfectly and be completely polished. Sort it out ### 1/5 — Why the icon change?! *2018-08-09* I don’t understand why then icons were changed. The previous icons provided a powerful context to help me choose which app I needed to use since I own all versions of the Collins library. The new icons are completely useless. Please change the icons back to the original or find an interesting way to show the language of the app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Satisfying way to learn *2025-01-17* The long lists of phrases phrases included under common words help a lot to understand and remember them in context. It’s great to be able to listen to them too. You can follow your curiosity by tapping on anything unfamiliar to look it up, then return to what you were looking at before. Conjugations are a separate set of pages. Works well, exactly what I was hoping for. It’s quite fun actually! ### 5/5 — Useful tool *2024-08-15* I study several languages, and this dictionary has features that I have found helpful in my favorite dictionary apps. It provides verb conjugations and an ample number of sample sentences. ### 5/5 — A useful dictionary for those looking to expand their vocabulary *2024-01-14* Verb conjugation tables are useful (especially for the irregular ones). You can star/favourite words. App is easy to use. A previous review said you can’t hear the words but if you hold down on one there’s an option to hear the word/phrase spoken. I’ve got many Collins books for the Italian language and this is a good digital version of their physical dictionaries. ### 5/5 — Does all I need *2023-12-13* One of the rare applications which I want to review and praise. It does all I want from the dictionary * No subscription necessary - one-time purchase model * Huge database of words * Maps grammatical forms back - plural to singular, verbs to infinitive form, allowing one to search for the word as written, which is priceless for irregular verbs * Works offline * Provides conjugations for verbs ### 5/5 — 최고의 이태리어 사전 *2023-06-29* 이태리어를 배우고자 하는 모든 분들이라면 단연 이러한 예쁜 ( 아름다운 ) 콜린즈 사전 으로 배워야지요 ### 5/5 — Such a great app, but dark mode is awful *2023-06-17* How do I turn dark mode off? ### 5/5 — Excellent *2023-06-17* Descriptions with excellent examples ### 5/5 — Excellent source for Italian *2022-10-10* The app takes the place of several other apps and is easy to use. Worth the money! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2022-06-07* I use it for Italian. Very good examples of usage for every word. Pity it doesn’t clarify that lui and lei are in common usage but that egli and ella are strictly the correct third personal pronouns to use with verbs in a literary context. ### 5/5 — Worth it. *2022-01-12* Worth the money. --- *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 2026-09-04.*