# Hawaiian Words Dictionary — user reviews > 125 indexed App Store user reviews of Hawaiian Words Dictionary by Bassm Boles, rated 4.40/5 from 368 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hawaiian-words-dictionary/id473867297/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hawaiian-words-dictionary/id473867297.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 257 · 4★ 64 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 26 ## What do users think of Hawaiian Words Dictionary? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 💕 Beautiful language - 🎶 Enjoyable background music - 📚 Helpful for learning Hawaiian words - 🌺 Connects users to Hawaiian culture - 🌴 Useful for trips to Hawaii **Cons** - 🤖 Poor pronunciation audio quality - 🔍 Limited dictionary/vocabulary - 💰 Paywall for full features - 🐛 Crashes and bugs - 🙄 Excessive ads and in-app purchases **Commonly reported bugs** - Pronunciation audio not working - Frequent crashes and freezes - Inability to access purchased content - Inconsistent search functionality **Most requested features** - Native speaker audio recordings - More comprehensive dictionary - Ability to search Hawaiian words - Sentence/phrase translations - Cultural/historical information ## Newest reviews (14 of 125) ### 4/5 — Good *2024-04-25, version 3.2.1* Love it but not much words to learn ### 4/5 — Pretty good *2023-07-10* I am able to learn a lot of Hawaiian words but I don’t know if I’m pronouncing them right because I thought this was a free app but you have to pay to be able to listen to the pronunciation ### 3/5 — Good for translation *2022-05-18* This app is great for simple and easy to use translation. But the pronunciation feature is terrible. For Mahalo is says “ah” for aloha it says “ah .. oh ... ah”. For ‘ae, which should be something like ay. It says ah - ee. ### 4/5 — Just read, no audio *2021-04-03, version 3.1* I bought the audio and it sounds like a real person trying to be a robot. Strange and if you copied it, you would be putting in okina (') everywhere. But it's nice to look up words and use YouTube to learn pronunciation rules. ### 4/5 — Pronunciation is not includdd *2020-07-28* Like everything about app however need to upgrade to be able to hear pronunciation ### 2/5 — Audio not worth the money *2020-01-10* The dictionary is pretty good but the audio sounds nothing like Hawaiian, which is a big disappointment. Wish I never would have purchased it. ### 5/5 — Nohea (lovely) *2020-01-05, version 3.1* Great app! Helps teach the Hawaiian language!!!! ### 2/5 — Doesn’t know animal words *2020-01-03, version 3.1* I put in “dove” and it said I was entering a proper name. Worthless if it can’t handle animal and bird names. ### 2/5 — Incomplete *2019-11-17* This dictionary has big shortcomings. I checked out words I know. For example I looked up the common word pu’u and it was not found, yet when I entered hill, I got pu’u. The only translation for aloha is goodbye informal. We all know aloha has other meanings as well. I’m still looking for a good Hawaiian dictionary. ### 2/5 — Word of the Day? *2019-10-17* I paid for the bundle and have been enjoying the word of the day. I checked my settings and I do have it set for word of the day-but it has disappeared. I even restored my past purchase and still no word of the day.🙁 ### 2/5 — No daily word *2019-10-09, version 3.1* Ever since I updated my phone to iOS 13, there’s been no daily word. Hopefully you’re trying to update your app in order to catch up. ### 2/5 — Disappointing *2019-08-27* I love the dictionary so I gave it two stars, but I hate that I paid for the same crappy pronunciations I would get if I plugged these into any free text-to-speech app. I feel like charging for “Hawaiian audio” is pretty misleading. I want my dollar back. ### 5/5 — Hawaiian is amazing *2019-07-26, version 3.1* I LOVE THIS APP i’ve always wanted to learn Hawaiian & this app helps me with that✨🌊☀️ ### 5/5 — Edo Eco *2019-05-02, version 3.1* Love the language and Hawaii....thank you for the App ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bad app *2024-09-20, version 3.2.1* Keeps crashing. Don’t buy ### 1/5 — In app purchases *2022-03-04, version 3.1* I would LOVE to buy the audio but it doesn’t work! I’m so frustrated!! ### 1/5 — Do not install *2022-02-21, version 3.1* This app is a joke. Nothing works on it. Do not waste your time ### 1/5 — i want my money back! *2021-07-09, version 3.1* get a person who actually speaks hawaiian doing the pronunciation!! dont buy this app.. it is a robot voice ### 1/5 — Haoli pooi *2020-05-17, version 3.1* The audio is not pronounced correctly, The letter W is generally pronounced with a V sound as in the word Hawaii, plenty of other errors in pronunciation as well👎 ### 1/5 — Not working after purchase *2019-07-16* I paid the bundle. But it’s still having ads and no other functions running. No audio, no hawaiianize. Every time it still asks me to purchase the bundle. Contacted the developer, no response. Scam!!!! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work even after I bought it *2018-08-25, version 3.1* Unless you only want to translate the word Papa it doesn’t work. ### 1/5 — Not a good app *2018-07-10, version 3.1* Look for something else. This app has been a boring adventure. You can google words you need. Plus in Hawaii they speak English lol. ### 1/5 — Audio *2018-04-21, version 3.1* Audio is terrible. I would advise getting a real Hawaiian language person to speak the words properly. ### 1/5 — Worst app ever *2018-03-16, version 3.1* This is the worst app ever. This app will not let me use the bundle pack I bought and it will not work after restoring purchase every time. Is any one else having this problem? If so plz help me. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So Happy *2024-09-05* Coming from the islands it has really brought back memories and has increased my pronunciation. I'm planning a trip back to see my home and this just helped me tremendously to have memories and I am thrilled. I give it five stars. I know you have to pay for pronunciation, but that's the best part. It really does give you that added information that you need. Thanks again.. ### 5/5 — It’s my comfort. *2024-05-29* Whoever runs this app, I want you to know that this music is the best thing I’ve ever heard. I’ve went back on this app for the past like 8 years just to listen to this. Please do not ever change it. I love you ### 5/5 — This is AWESOME *2024-05-19, version 3.2.1* I love this app I love watching Hawaiian movie and I wanna speak Hawaiian thank you for making this app I love it 😁😁 ### 5/5 — Idk *2024-03-31, version 3.2.1* Good, but I don’t know how to pronounce things…. ### 5/5 — I found my ham radio Callsign here! *2023-07-14, version 3.2.1* Great app! ### 5/5 — Hawaii Connection *2023-02-23* Moved to OR about 6 years ago and really miss my home state. Keep connected by using Hawaiian words and phrases, that I grew up with, as usernames or passwords. No, I don’t use “Aloha” as it’s well-known and easy to guess. The Hawaii Words site helps me create interesting PWs. ### 5/5 — Fun! *2022-03-11* I use this very simple translation app whenever I want to send a special greetings or wish to my friends and relatives. Good luck, Happy birthday, congratulations... things like that all sound so much more fun and festive in Hawaiian! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2022-02-28, version 3.1* This app was so cool ### 5/5 — Helpful App *2020-01-20, version 3.1* This is a good app for studying the Hawaiian language. Aloha Nui Loa Karen ### 5/5 — Fun app *2020-01-18* Nice to hear the words as well as see them --- *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 2026-06-10.*