Daily Dictionary User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience55.6% of reviews
Neutral25.9% of reviews
Negative experience18.5% of reviews

~ Based on 27 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Daily Dictionary Safe?

Daily Dictionary appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Daily Dictionary is 95/100.

This assessment is based on 483 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

94.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
2.1% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 483 App Store ratings for Daily Dictionary.

Is Daily Dictionary Legit?

Daily Dictionary appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Daily Dictionary is 95/100.

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

Top reviews

Good for learning English

English is my first language and the words are far too easy for me. However, I told my friend, whose first language is Creole, about it and she’s found it helpful. Would be more suitably marketed to users learning English

Simple

I gave it two stars so as not to be too negative. Perhaps the words they send me are words some people may not know. But they are very simplistic and after a month of trying this app, there hasn’t been one I didn’t already know.
Disappointing

Disappointed in five seconds

He wants you to pay for dark mode.
He wants you to pay for something that your device already has built-in.
He wants you to pay for something even though you can bypass it by enabling invert colours.

What next? I don’t want to know, sorry.

Perfect mind/memory jogger

Please create a widget(s)!
I forget to check the app everyday, I’d love for daily words to appear on my home screen.

A fantastic, functional app. Word selection is great (by human editors).

EXPANSION 🤓

I enjoy very much, my reminders
Daily Dictionary Words📚
I believe that we all at some point desire to improve ourselves in one way or another. And sometimes those changes are subconscious or deliberate acts of routine.
And for me expanding my vocabulary is about being able to communicate amongst many types of people from all walks of life in this vast world.🌎
This App helps me to accomplish that goal in an non intrusive, painless repetitive...
almost subliminal method .
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Title

The app is amazing. Probably the best one out there. The UI isn’t overstuffed with useless elements and the animations are good… even though UI isn’t the most important part of an app it still is very important to me. Somewhat relatively minimalistic design. And obviously the daily words. The CHEAP subscription. It really isn’t all that expensive… going and eating some fast food one time would cost you more than the annual subscription. The app is simple to use and very useful. Love it.
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Identify grammar (parts of speech). Lexical category

Would be good to know and be identified next to word. Ie: adjective, verb, noun, etc.

Otherwise great app!!

The perfect app to improve your vocabulary

This app really help me ,helped my vocabulary ,and helped my for my IELTS exam.

Great app

This is a nicely done app. Thanks. The subscription is quite reasonable.

A few suggestions:
- Please add bookmarks to the Apple Watch detail screen.
- I agree with some of the other comments that it would be nice to have more obscure words more often. I realize it is hard to please a broad base. Maybe there could be an “advanced mode” that sprinkles in more challenging words now and then. I realize that generates extra work, as well.
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A lot of basic words

Many of the words are very basic for native English speakers. Also, the Apple Watch app doesn't seem to update when the iPhone does.

Words are too simplistic

Technically the app works fine but the choice of daily words are too simplistic. Possibly skewed towards anyone for whom English is a second language or just learning. Previous app Writing Aid had better choices for word of the day as well as functionality.

Would not recommend to anyone over 10 unless learning the English language for the first time, in which case it could be very helpful.
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Muito bom

Poderia ter como pronunciar só a palavra quando clica na palavra e pronunciar só a frase quando clicar na frase

Words most native English speakers already know

It’s an attractive app and the Apple Watch notifications are thoughtful, but even though I upgraded, I’m still being shown words that are way too easy and don’t pose an issue for native English speakers. Singe, serene, decay, siphon—really? Yes I’m a reader and a writer but anyone with a decent vocabulary will not be challenged by many of these.

Contrast this with the many “word of the day” apps and websites out there that feature words that are actually challenging or often misunderstood. A random sampling of today’s words of the day includes polysemy, atypical, opusculum, and and pulchritudinous. (Now *there’s* a word.)

Also, no etymologies (word origins), which are often the most interesting part of a word definition and can greatly help in memorization.
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Not difficult enough

Okay app, but if you’re any kind of reader, writer, or just someone with a decent vocabulary you’ll need to upgrade at least once and hope at least a few words are challenging. I’m planning on doing one cheap annual upgrade and if the words don’t get more difficult, I’ll trash it.

The usage of the word used to be free...

If it wasn’t for the premium features that you have, I would definitely rate this app 5 star

Using with Apple Watch

Doesn’t work as expected with Apple Watch. Don’t get notifications and ask Siri command I created doesn’t work.

Response from developer

I'm not sure why you aren't receiving notifications — please email me@benjaminmayo.co.uk for assistance. Siri commands are available on iPhone through Siri Shortcuts.

Great App... however...

A little editorial control would be great. Happy new year! The word of the day is incapacitated. It might be good to have a more inspirational word on specific days like New Year’s Day.

Response from developer

There is editorial control, although maybe I could have picked a better word for the stary of the year. 'incapacitated' was chosen as a bit of a joke if you read the example usage ... "they were all incapacitated the next morning, having indulged in the New Year's celebrations of the night before".

Hard sell

Enjoyable if not too brief, but it’s annoying how much of the screen is taken up by a sales pitch to subscribe.

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately, I do have to make money out of this somehow :P Subscribing (or buying the one-time purchase Lifetime Unlock available in version 1.5) removes the Upgrade banners as well as unlocking all of the additional features.

excellent daily word app

Good to see synonyms. Short definitions good. Add type of word.

Super, um tolle Englische Wörter zu entdecken

Daily Dictionary eignet sich nicht nur für Muttersprachler, sondern hilft auch so den eigenen Wortschatz zu erweitern.
Die gewählten Wörter gefallen mir bisher sehr und das Design der App, das an ein Wörterbuch erinnert ist passend. Das Einstellungen Menü finde ich zwar nicht so hübsch, aber das ist nicht wirklich relevant.
Die Apple Watch Komplikation gehört zu meinen absoluten Lieblingen und ist eine tolle Erweiterung der Uhr.
Was allerdings fehlt und auch zu einem Stern Abzug führt, ist ein Archiv mit allen bisherigen Wörtern. Die Bookmark Funktion ist zwar an sich nützlich, aber hilft nicht viel, wenn man die App später installiert oder alles speichert, nur um die Wörter nicht wieder zu vergessen.
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