# Hieroglyph Pro — user reviews > 17 indexed App Store user reviews of Hieroglyph Pro by Aviametrix, LLC, rated 4.60/5 from 26 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hieroglyph-pro/id1505115635/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hieroglyph-pro/id1505115635.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 22 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (5 of 17) ### 5/5 — Great app *2022-07-28* This app is really quick and easy to use when transliterating and translating a hieroglyphic text. Thanks for making it available. **Developer response:** Thank you so much for the Review. We keep pushing to make the App better! ### 5/5 — Fantastic app! *2020-11-24* This app. is SO useful for anyone trying to study hieroglyphs. It has a two-way dictionary and lots of other useful information and links to relevant web resources. And it looks good too. Well done guys!! **Developer response:** Thank you so much for this kind review. We live for positive reviews! Expect more great features to come in the next update! ### 5/5 — A fun thing to do while social distancing *2020-05-03* I decided to get this app because I have always been fascinated by Ancient Egypt. It is easy to use and well-organized. It’s been a neat thing to use to pass the time. When it’s safe to travel again, this would be a great companion to bring with you to Egypt. Impress your travel companions! ### 5/5 — Useful for any Egyptologist *2020-05-01* I have a B.A. in Anthropology from Stony Brook University and Egyptology was a class I really liked. I would definitely recommend this translator. It makes translating glyphs easy and with available context. Combined with the Pharaohs and Queens apps from this developer I would have had straight A’s had these existed earlier! ### 5/5 — Very Handy! *2020-04-30* Works as described. Great for checking out the tomb paintings in my Egypt books. I’d love to take the app to the museum when it reopens! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No results *2025-01-24* This app doesn’t translate basic symbol phrases and doesn’t have any phases stored. Some of the glyphs have not phonics and meaning with them. **Developer response:** While Hieroglyph Pro contains a basic orientation to the Egyptian language, it is mainly a dictionary, not a complete language course. The dictionary is one of the largest, most complete available for mobile devices and contains over 100,000 words and phrases! The App is used in several major Universities and Museums. The current best reference textbooks list only a fraction of known hieroglyphs as having known phonetic components or defined meanings. Many are just what are called determinatives which have no “phonic” but simply help the reader clarify the meaning of a word. You might find the app more useful after reading a few tutorials on Egyptian. ### 3/5 — Not what I expected *2026-04-16* People rave about this one but it isn't what I expected. As I understand it hieroglyphs can be used as phonetic glyphs, so I would have thought I could type my name, have the app look up the phonetics, and produce a hieroglyph string output that matches. Nope. I'm sure it's good at translating and so forth, but I don't see any hieroglyph OCR built-in, so I expect translating a wall at a museum will be arduous. The English to Egyptian translator is curious. Type 'pyramid' as a simple test and... I guess a triangle surrounded by anything means 'pyramid', and any phrase with the word 'pyramid' won't use it. Ok then. Curious that there are several different sphinxes in hieroglyphs. I wonder if they're specific to different sphinxes. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We genuinely appreciate it. It sounds like your expectations were oriented toward a touristic name generator and on-device hieroglyph recognition. Those are interesting use cases, but they fall outside the scope of what this app is designed to do. The app is intended as a substantial, academically sound dictionary and reference for ancient Egyptian rather than a tool for generating phonetic equivalent of modern names or performing OCR on inscriptions. Regarding your example with “pyramid”: the English to Egyptian search brings up not just the words for pyramid, but also nearly 100 job titles for people who dealt with working in, or maintaining the pyramids. Similarly, the presence of multiple “sphinx” signs reflects distinct glyphs and usages in the writing system, not interchangeable pictorial variants. If your goal is to explore or study the language as it appears in inscriptions and texts, we hope the app will prove useful. Thousands of university students and faculty, museum staff, and working Egyptologists already do. And we do appreciate your feedback—it helps clarify how we can better communicate the app’s purpose and capabilities to new users. ### 5/5 — Quality service *2026-04-14* Excellent service and care for this resource. There was a minor glitch in one version of the app, but the developer quickly responded and repaired it. ### 5/5 — Mobile Hieroglyphics *2025-01-07* This app will be going with me to every tomb I visit!! **Developer response:** Thanks for the 5 star review! We designed the App to be independent of web connections just so it can be used underground in tombs and monuments. The App dictionary also contains thousands of titles, epithets, and formulas frequently seen in tombs as well as thousands of personal and royal names. Enjoy your visits to those fantastic monuments from long ago! ### 5/5 — Comprehensive and up-to-date *2024-03-22* I am a complete beginner, but have been amazed at how much I have learned so far. I've been delving into the Help section, which is where you find a course in both learning the writing and the language. It's based on a website available on the web, but made convenient on a mobile device. I was moved to write this when I saw that they are continuing to update with new words, even though this is not a subscription based app. I've bought a book it recommends for complete beginners, which compliments the app nicely. *Update: I am so very impressed with the updates for additional words. This is not an orphan app, begun and forgotten. Just the opposite. We benefit from current scholarship **Developer response:** ElizabethKW: Thank you so much for your kind review! We will keep plugging away to provide our App customers the very best mobile tools for exploring Egypt. ### 5/5 — Comprehensive and hoisted *2024-03-20* I am a complete beginner, but have been amazed at how much I have learned so far. I've been delving into the Help section, which is where you find a course in both learning the writing and the language. It's based on a website available on the web, but made convenient on a mobile device. I was moved to write this when I saw that they are continuing to update with new words, even though this is not a subscription based app. I've bought a book it recommends for complete beginners, which compliments the app nicely. *Update: I am so very impressed with the updates for additional words. This is not an orphan app, begun and forgotten. Just the opposite. We benefit from current scholarship **Developer response:** ElizabethKW: Thank you so much for your kind review! We will keep plugging away to provide our App customers the very best mobile tools for exploring Egypt. ### 5/5 — This App is awesome! *2024-01-31* This App is an awesome app! I Like the Ramses update a lot! ### 5/5 — Comprehensive! *2024-01-30* I am a complete beginner, but have been amazed at how much I have learned so far. I've been delving into the Help section, which is where you find a course in both learning the writing and the language. It's based on a website available on the web, but made convenient on a mobile device. I was moved to write this when I saw that they are continuing to update with new words, even though this is not a subscription based app. I've bought a book it recommends for complete beginners, which compliments the app nicely. ### 5/5 — Great app ! *2024-01-27* Great app, best for English to hieroglyphics or vice verse. Would 100% recommend. Very worth the money ### 5/5 — Great app ! *2023-12-17* Great app, best for English to hieroglyphics or vice verse. Would 100% recommend. Very worth the money ## Most praised reviews (2 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Absolutely amazing app *2023-08-17* As an amateur Egyptologist, I don’t know what I would do without this. Many options for glyph input, great extra features and options, easily the most helpful tool I have. Great for museum trips and self study alike. 10/10, a full dictionary in your pocket for a fraction of the price. **Developer response:** Thank you for the very kind review ZSL! We keep working on improvements and kudos are our rocket fuel! ### 5/5 — Get it *2023-06-29* It is worth every penny, best hieroglyphics app out there **Developer response:** Thanks for your support! We appreciate every bit. --- *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 2026-08-30.*