# Portuguese Dictionary + — user reviews > 112 indexed App Store user reviews of Portuguese Dictionary + by iThinkdiff, rated 4.20/5 from 52 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/portuguese-dictionary-plus/id403246330/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/portuguese-dictionary-plus/id403246330.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 30 · 4★ 11 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of Portuguese Dictionary +? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Comprehensive and extensive vocabulary database - 📚 Useful word-of-the-day feature for daily learning - 🆓 Free app with no internet connection required - ⚡ Easy to use and intuitive interface - 🎓 Excellent for language learners and students - 💼 Practical tool for travelers and business users - 🎮 Games and interactive features for learning - 📖 Good for quick word lookups and translations **Cons** - 📢 Excessive advertising and intrusive ads - 💰 Hidden costs and paywalls for features - 🐌 Slow app performance and loading times - 🔊 Poor or missing pronunciation support - ❌ Incorrect or unreliable translations - 🎯 Word-of-the-day selections are obscure and impractical - 🚫 Limited functionality in free version - ⚠️ Confusing dictionary structure and navigation - 💔 Data loss and bookmark synchronization issues - 🔄 One-way translation (English to Portuguese only) **Commonly reported bugs** - Word-of-the-day feature frequently malfunctions - Bookmarks and saved words disappear - App gets stuck on ads or activation screens - Buttons positioned too close together causing accidental deletions - Translation feature stops working after purchase - Pronunciation feature charges for unsupported languages - Inflected word forms not recognized in search - Occasional app crashes and freezing **Most requested features** - Verb conjugation tool - Noun gender indicators (masculine/feminine) - Example sentences for context - Portuguese pronunciation support - Bidirectional translation (Portuguese to English) - Continental Portuguese language variant - Spanish to Portuguese translation - Undo button for accidental deletions - Better word selection algorithm for word-of-the-day - More common everyday words in daily feature - Larger word selection and vocabulary database - Ad removal option without premium cost - Ability to save and bookmark words - Improved user interface and navigation ## Newest reviews (15 of 112) ### 2/5 — Ali *2020-02-11* Was not using it that much until I got to Portugal and paid for the translation feature which then would not work but more frustratingly than that once you click on the translator you get stuck on See Adds or Activate and cannot go back to where you were. ### 3/5 — Это бразильско-португальский вариант *2020-01-08* Программа не удобная, постоянная реклама, к тому же бразильский вариант, а не чисто португальский. ### 2/5 — Lol listen to it *2018-07-07, version 19.2* The voice speaks the wrong accent, the word selection is odd...not much you can get wrong with a dictionary but these guys managed. Sorry, needs a lot of work to make it good enough to purchase the paid version ### 3/5 — Word of the Day is useless *2018-06-26* I’m wondering if the app developers can fix this. The word of the day generated is almost always a word which is the same or very similar in English. Today’s word, for example, was “ideal”. I can figure out what that word means. Is there any way to make this feature actually useful? ### 4/5 — Like the word of the day feature *2015-02-08* The dictionary on the app is not a traditional one and can be confusing but I really like the word of the day alert, it keeps the goal of learning a new language present. ### 4/5 — Thanks, this is good *2015-01-13, version 11.4* A very nice, comprehensive app. After looking for one to aid my portuguese study as a beginner, this is my favourite. Thanks! ### 3/5 — Ernesto *2014-10-10, version 10.0* Good until it asks for money ### 2/5 — Trial version *2014-08-22, version 9.8.1* This is a good app but I wish they'd been upfront that it's a trial version. Each area (phrasebook, pronunciation) suddenly gets locked down when you use them for long. Each one also has to be purchased separately making it way more expensive than is reasonable. Not worth the hassle, will find something cheaper and more straight forward ### 4/5 — Quite useful *2013-10-19, version 9.0* Yes, it's a good dictionary for its purpose, that is to quickly learn or remember a word in both languages. Handy. ### 4/5 — Bom dicionário *2013-06-22, version 8.2* Em geral, este é um dicionário completo. Há alguns palavras que não tem, no entanto é quase completo. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2013-06-11, version 8.1* Este e um excelente applicacao. What a great app this is!!! ### 5/5 — The best *2013-05-31, version 8.0* This is honestly the best dictionary ### 5/5 — Great job *2013-05-27* I love that the notification badge reminds me everyday that I have a new word to memorize. The words are not the typical words you learn when starting a new language. Today's word was carbon for example. I don't know if I would have ever thought to look that word up. I may have guessed it was the same as English, but now I know it is CARBONO. Now I can discuss early copying techniques or carbon dating :-).... Though not likely, but I can if I want. Great job! ### 4/5 — Pretty good App. *2013-05-22, version 8.0* Seems on so far. ### 5/5 — Word-a-day *2013-05-21* This app is very helpful to learn to words and phrases in Portuguese. Everyday a new word is listed for learning with the English translation. There are also other words and phrases you can learn if you want to speed things up. This is a great app and I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning Portuguese, Brazilian style. Nevertheless, all good things must come to an end. After awhile you have to pay to go on. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Check b4 buying pronunciation *2022-05-29* The app only supports pronunciation for some languages BUT WILL LET U BUY pronunciation even if not supported. Portuguese, for example is not supported but the app will charge u anyway. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2018-12-17* Such limited functionality so as to make it virtual unusable. I have to watch seven adds just to hear pronunciation?!? ### 1/5 — Advertising killed it *2016-08-14* This used to be my favorite app for translation, but recently they have inserted "um monte" of ads...makes it if not worthless, incredibly irritating. Then they have the audacity to post a "special charge" to remove ads. Sorry folks, I'll find the better alternative, even if I have to pay more to download. Note to app developers and advertisers: 1) I absolutely avoid products that post ads in apps. 2) I absolutely trash every app that starts to display too many ads, especially animated ads that continually interrupt the primary purpose of the app...Tchau!!! ### 1/5 — A lot of work wasted *2015-07-24, version 13.0* I have been storing up words of the day in bookmarks to have something to test myself with - and went to test myself after a couple of weeks and the bookmark list is empty. This app shows great features but it just doesn't work for language learning - it's a pity as the layout will be great for usability it just doesn't work. ### 1/5 — Not reliable *2014-02-07, version 9.5.2* Found many incorrect translations! ### 1/5 — Not a good app *2012-12-12, version 7.7* Save yourself time to load this app. Absolutely bad. There's no way to save each words and it takes forever to load. Slow and unreliable. The daily words are all so random that they are not useful for a beginner who wants to learn Portuguese. I am searching for another app. ### 1/5 — Frustrating app *2012-11-06, version 7.0* There is nothing free about this app. Once you've installed it and actually want it to translate something it costs you money. I don't mind having to pay if things work but the buttons are too close together so if you write a long sentence which you are trying to translate and accidentally press 'trash' or the 'swap languages' button you lose everything you have written and have to start over. There should be an undo button and the buttons moved further apart ### 1/5 — Bizarre choice of words for word of the day *2012-09-05* An example: today's word is "vertex". How many people learning Portuguese need to know how to say "vertex"? Yes for a comprehensive dictionary that's great but for a word that pops up on my iPhone everyday that's more of a hindrance. There must be some Einstein who can program the app do that it only give us one of the 500 or 1000 most common words as word of the day. Also I agree with many of the other reviews. It needs Portuguese pronunciation. ### 1/5 — Not good *2012-07-24, version 7.0* This app absolutely is the worse than I bought no Portuguese pronunciation and the English pronunciation is not clear!! ### 1/5 — :-( *2012-07-07, version 7.0* There should be a free trial ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Most translation underrated app! *2024-01-01* I rarely review anything on App Store, but this has to be to the most underrated app I’ve seen. This is coming from someone who was born and raised in Brazil, who took 5 years of private English classes, then went to college in the US and has been living there for almost 7 years. Another small detail is that at some point in my life I was obsessed with dictionaries (I would read them) so I have downloaded everything related to translation from App Store. Given that this is a static app and only has 40 reviews, the app offers phenomenal translations. It literally took me almost 5 minutes of scrolling App Store to find and download this app on my new phone. Hope this eventually changes! ### 5/5 — Love it *2023-08-09* Hi guys, I love this app it’s amazing I talk to a girl from Brazil and learning português. With this app I am learning new words and getting great suggestions. If you guys could add conjugater to this is would be complete. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2016-10-25, version 16.0* Always wary of upgrades when the previous version works so well. Very functional. It would be great to have the gender of nouns. ### 5/5 — ★★★★★ *2015-08-11, version 13.1* ★★★★★ ### 5/5 — Excellent *2014-01-21* Excellent ### 5/5 — Excellent addition *2013-12-28, version 9.4* To my language learning toolkit, this helps fill in gaps. I use this every day! ### 5/5 — Great app! *2013-12-15, version 9.4* So helpful, especially databases with common phrases. ### 5/5 — Very Useful *2013-11-05, version 9.2* I'm currently studying abroad in Brazil and this app is a necessity ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2013-07-26* I like it. It helps me a lot when in Brasil. ### 5/5 — Impressive *2013-06-26, version 8.2* OTIMO!Great app has all the words I'm looking for. Great for learners and intermediate speakers. --- *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 2026-08-18.*