# 英漢字典 EC Dict — user reviews

> 180 indexed App Store user reviews of 英漢字典 EC Dict by FBM, rated 4.30/5 from 20 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ec-dict/id371152394/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ec-dict/id371152394.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 10 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 0

## What do users think of 英漢字典 EC Dict?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 👍 Very useful and helpful
- 🚀 Fast and convenient
- 🆓 Excellent free app
- 📚 Comprehensive vocabulary
- 🌐 Works offline
- 🗣️ Good pronunciation
- ✨ Simple and clean interface
- 🎯 Accurate translations
- 💡 Long-term user satisfaction

**Cons**

- 🐛 Occasional crashes/bugs
- 😠 Annoying advertisements
- 🫙 Incomplete word meanings
- 📉 Some features disappeared (e.g., remove ads, dark mode)
- 🗣️ Mechanical English voice
- 🤔 Difficulty tapping search box due to ads

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Pronunciation feature stopped working
- Purchased 'remove ads' feature disappeared
- Dark mode issues (black text on dark background, reverts to light mode)
- App crashes frequently
- Search box difficult to tap due to ad placement
- Upgrade deleted search history and bookmarks
- App closes by itself often
- Advertisement cannot be removed after iOS upgrade
- App auto-exits and loses bookmarks

**Most requested features**

- Add bookmarking for queried words with direct pronunciation access
- Allow clicking on English words within Chinese definitions to jump to their page
- Add English-English dictionary
- Improve dark mode functionality (currently only on search page)
- Add ability to delete search history all at once
- Add verb conjugations (three forms)
- Add more location words
- Add horizontal mode for larger keyboard
- Add pinyin/zhuyin for English to Mandarin translations
- Add Cantonese pronunciation
- Add option to sort bookmarked words by A-Z
- Add random quiz function for bookmarked words
- Add alternative/suggestive words for spelling
- Add option to remove ads permanently (paid)
- Add Cantonese Chinese voice

## Newest reviews (14 of 180)

### 3/5 — 還不錯

*2024-04-16, version 5.42*

希望查中文時，可以點裡面的英文字就直接跳到那個字的頁面。

### 3/5 — 我過去舊版本的「移除廣告」消失

*2023-11-03, version 5.42*

新版本例句消失了
我在過去有買過舊版本130元的去除廣告
也消失了⋯⋯？？？
黑色模式也消失了⋯⋯？？？

### 4/5 — 建議

*2017-11-04, version 5.2*

之前可以透過複製的方式在雙介面直接查詢字典，但是現在如果複製單字直接貼上在查詢欄裡也無法查單字，希望可以儘快改善！

### 4/5 — Thank you for the problem fix

*2017-05-02, version 5.0*

Omg! You finally fixed the pronunciation problem and made some update! I was that close to delete this app! But I couldn't bare to.. after loving using it for such a time~
My iPhone has been reminding me of the "slowdown-your-device-operation"issue about this app for a while every time I try to use the dictionary and it keeps crashing😭 l hope these problem had been fixed as well cuz I enjoy using it so much!

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2013-04-08, version 4.3*

So so so useful and helpful

### 5/5 — Very

*2013-03-20*

Good

### 5/5 — Good

*2013-02-16, version 4.3*

Ok

### 5/5 — a must have app!

*2012-12-14*

One of the most practical App I liked.

### 5/5 — 載一個就夠了嘻嘻

*2012-11-29, version 4.3*

載這個就夠了，其他翻譯軟體我就立馬刪了，實際的好用

### 5/5 — Pretty useful

*2012-11-27, version 4.3*

Highly recommend  !!  As a free dictionary, it is an excellent !

### 5/5 — Great app, well done

*2012-11-14*

It works so well. Compact & friendly.
If this app could add English-English dic. , that will be much better.

### 4/5 — Very handy

*2012-11-11*

I like it very much

### 3/5 — That's so easy

*2012-11-09, version 4.3*

I think it's so easy use

### 5/5 — 好用！

*2012-11-07, version 4.3*

釣魚台就算說是日本的那又怎樣？根本不干我們平民的事不是嗎？是我們的又不會多你一快肉，愛找查不會去下載找查遊戲嗎？好好的應用程式就該評高分，那需要為了一個小事給一顆星(ｰ ｰ;)

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — 不好用

*2023-12-09, version 5.42*

不好用

### 1/5 — 不好用

*2023-11-03, version 5.42*

某些詞的意思不完整，建議下載別款

### 1/5 — Bug

*2020-06-03, version 5.3*

The latest update cause the app to have a dark background with black text. I cant see any of the text at all!!!

### 1/5 — Bad

*2019-10-01, version 5.2*

Copying

### 1/5 — The genuine version is EC Dict

*2018-11-03, version 5.2*

This is a reproduction

### 1/5 — Not so great

*2012-06-21*

The way it's designed is to make you easily misclick its annoying ads.

### 1/5 — Annoying ad

*2012-03-18, version 4.1*

The ad is too close to the text box which is very very annoying, it has wasted a lot of me time!
Hi developer, are u gonna do something to improve?

### 1/5 — 搜尋列下面有很討厭的廣告

*2012-03-13, version 4.1*

要搜尋東西都會被廣告卡到,很難按,到現在還沒辦法查到半個字就氣得把它刪了

### 2/5 — 之前可以發音，現在不能發音了。

*2026-03-10, version 5.42*

之前可以發音，現在不能發音了。

### 2/5 — Change the male voice!! And The ad should be removed for free

*2012-10-20, version 4.3*

I have no idea why the male voice replace the female voice, it's such a disaster! What's happened? And please change the female voice back!!!

It's not untrue that the dictionary is quite useful and convenient; however, never should we ignore the negative side- that is, the advertisements make it so inconvenient. It's quite outrageous that we have to pay to remove those advertisements. Hoping that the commercials will be moved to somewhere else in the dictionary, but please do not near the typing area. Overall, this is the most wholesome dictionary app I have ever seen, thank you.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — My No.1 app for my whole academic career as English learner

*2023-09-26*

Since I was in middle school in HK with iPhone 4, I have relied on this app as the No. 1 go-to source for English translation to Chinese. The Chinese translation is always very concise and easy to comprehend.

Now as I’m learning Swift, I appreciate the developer, Kelvin, for going thru the horror of Obj-C and UIKit to developing this app and maintaining it on the App Store throughout the years (10 years+). His work has allowed Chinese students like me to master English more effectively since the app’s launch 10+ years ago. 

Thank you Kelvin!

### 5/5 — 希望新增功能

*2020-07-29, version 5.31*

已經查詢過的字詞能加入書籤，加入書籤後的字詞，如果能直接增加發音功能，不用一直點進去才能點擊發音，那對查詢跟背單字來說就能大大提升效率跟效果，希望作者能幫幫忙，謝謝

### 5/5 — Dark mode

*2020-06-05, version 5.31*

Dark mode only runs on the search page and it turns back to light mode whatever i tap next to. Quick fix on font color issue, great work.

### 5/5 — for those who thing this app is copy cat

*2020-06-03, version 5.3*

this is the best dict app ever i have since i started to use iphone4
it have been on and off app store
and surprisingly an update after 2 years from the last one👍🏽

### 5/5 — In Play store different version ?

*2019-11-09, version 5.2*

I can’t find in play store

### 5/5 — Like it

*2018-10-19*

Fast and light

### 5/5 — A must-have

*2017-05-01, version 5.0*

Have been using this app for some time. Previous version gets old and even being warned about the performance by the iOS. The update works perfectly. Love the design of the new interface, the pronounciation bug fix.

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2013-08-17, version 4.3*

It's useful, yet I can't download again from I-PAD. It's so sad though.

### 5/5 — nice

*2013-06-19*

perfect app for learning English!

### 5/5 — Translation software

*2013-06-14, version 4.3*

Very good

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