# Medical Dictionary by Farlex — user reviews > 401 indexed App Store user reviews of Medical Dictionary by Farlex by Farlex, Inc., rated 4.80/5 from 6,875 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/medical-dictionary-by-farlex/id1015991271/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/medical-dictionary-by-farlex/id1015991271.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,804 · 4★ 761 · 3★ 150 · 2★ 71 · 1★ 89 ## What do users think of Medical Dictionary by Farlex? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🚀 Quick search and lookup - 💡 Comprehensive medical terminology coverage - 🔍 Detailed and informative definitions - 🧠 Helpful for medical students and professionals **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional connectivity issues - 💰 Ads can be intrusive - 🔊 Lack of audio pronunciation feature **Commonly reported bugs** - Cursor freezes on iPad when connected to keyboard - Offline mode not always reliable **Most requested features** - Add audio pronunciation for medical terms - Improve navigation and browsing capabilities - Provide more visuals and illustrations ## Newest reviews (18 of 401) ### 4/5 — Informative but time consuming *2026-02-20* The app is really good as in looking into the depth of topics. But i got only one complaint. Could you please fix/increase the loading speed of the app..? It takes a lot of time to process the information of the term required. Although the info is worth, the time it takes isn’t. Please fix it. Thank you. ### 3/5 — Error constantly occurs *2025-06-02, version 5.0.11* I really wanted to use this app since I’m studying medicine; however, whenever I search something, it says “no internet connection” even though my wifi is stable. This happens in all of the apps of Farlex. Please fix this issue. ### 4/5 — Ultimate Source Of Knowledge!!!! *2025-03-23, version 5.0.11* Thee Best Source Book! Ever Grateful To Author !! ### 5/5 — Review *2024-08-07, version 5.0.11* I am a physician associate PA for 40 yrs I have discovered the app is depth with educational detail data on a wide coverage of medical item terms as good medical text book I have read and sometime even better it has been my go to for medical data review. I highly have recommended to colleagues ### 5/5 — answers all my med questions so fast! *2024-08-02, version 5.0.11* Answers all my questions! ### 5/5 — Good *2024-06-26, version 5.0* Better then I could have believed. ### 5/5 — Great dictionary *2024-06-14, version 5.0* I enjoy reading about what I am taking. Need an oral interpretation of pronunciation. ### 5/5 — Amazing and easy to remove ads *2024-03-08, version 3.5* ❤️ super helpful for a medical student! ### 4/5 — Please Fix iPad App *2024-02-18, version 3.5* This is a very good app. I do recommend it. The cursor on my iPad Pro when connected to the Apple Keyboard freezes. I will give 5 stars when this is fixed. ### 4/5 — Improvement *2024-02-16, version 3.5* I was looking for the explanation or description to have more plain English and less medical jargon. I had to look up other words to understand the meaning. The search was easy and quick and I like all the similar words with the base term. Will keep the app and am sure will be good resource ### 5/5 — Very useful *2024-02-08, version 3.5* Excellent ### 5/5 — Farley Medical Dictionary *2023-12-26, version 3.5* This medical dictionary is an excellent source of reference.Thank you from all of us . ### 5/5 — Spot On! *2023-12-09, version 3.5* Must have for students and profs! ### 5/5 — Awesome App *2023-11-13* Precise, accurate and detailed elaboration on the medical terms ### 5/5 — Extremely useful *2023-10-18, version 3.5* I’ve been using this app for 2 days and it made my studying a breeze. It provides thorough information about medical terms without having to google them, and this is exactly what I needed ### 2/5 — Holding you hostage *2023-10-07, version 3.5* App not worth a…, well, you know. App holds you hostage by asking for .99 cent payment. Look around for another app or just buy a book! ### 5/5 — Why I love this app. *2023-08-22, version 3.5* I love this app because it literally has every medical word you can find I love it! Btw this a real review. ### 5/5 — Has proven itself to be of extraordinary value! *2023-08-12, version 3.5* A trusted resource of informative data used in my practice today. 🇺🇸 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not helpful *2026-05-31, version 6.0.1* It doesn’t answer my question/ concern!!! ### 1/5 — Offline *2025-02-14, version 5.0.11* Not Offline whole. ### 1/5 — Useless *2022-06-21, version 3.2* If you can’t spell what you are looking for you are dead in the water. One of the most useless apps I have ever used in my many years of internet use. ### 1/5 — Sorry I bought app! *2021-08-31, version 3.2* This was a total waste of money! First times I used it and couldn’t find what osseous structures mean. I had like lung cancer and it was on my report from a Chest CT with IV Contrast. ### 1/5 — Charged unk Amount for App *2021-02-20, version 3.2* This app did not disclose the amount for purchasing or even state it would charge an amount. Loaded it and said purchase completed. So wrong! ### 1/5 — Problem *2021-01-13, version 3.2* Why when I’m enter the app out my from this app I can’t enter the app !!?? ### 1/5 — Mmm *2020-12-19, version 3.2* The application not responding after setup ### 1/5 — Terrible *2020-10-26, version 3.1* Doesn’t know much at all. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on iPad Pro 2020 *2020-09-07, version 3.1* O ### 1/5 — Can’t even open the app *2020-08-11, version 3.1* ... ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Keein Ford *2026-05-02, version 6.0.1* Thank you for stretching me this semester. ### 5/5 — App *2026-04-27* So much helpful app ### 5/5 — Medical app *2025-12-27, version 6.0.1* Such a great application for medical students! ### 5/5 — Any prefix, suffix, & root word *2025-07-13, version 5.0.11* It would be a bit better if the app broke the advanced terms up ### 5/5 — Multi knowledgeable Learning App *2025-06-28, version 5.0.11* Comprehensive medical dictionary with over 180,000 terms audio pronunciation and images. User friendly interface and reliable definitions.Great resource for healthcare pros and students! 4 6/5 stars “ ### 5/5 — Love it *2025-04-03, version 5.0.11* This app is extremely amazing give us so much information no complaints ### 5/5 — Slow but helpful *2025-03-19* Slow to load but useful nonetheless ### 5/5 — GREAT APP ! *2025-01-15, version 5.0.11* Using this app for Medical billing and Coding Program . And it’s absolutely amazing! No problems at all . ### 5/5 — Medical Dictionary *2024-11-23, version 5.0.11* Wow, the ease of use, the instant info…I can’t say enough great things about this app. ### 5/5 — Just downloaded *2024-09-09, version 5.0.11* Great so far --- *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 2026-09-05.*