# Science Dictionary by Farlex — user reviews > 78 indexed App Store user reviews of Science Dictionary by Farlex by Farlex, Inc., rated 4.60/5 from 410 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/science-dictionary-by-farlex/id1021592299/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/science-dictionary-by-farlex/id1021592299.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 319 · 4★ 51 · 3★ 19 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of Science Dictionary by Farlex? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Useful and easy to learn scientific terms - 🚀 Quick and efficient access to definitions - 💡 Helpful for students in science classes - 👍 Comprehensive dictionary with many terms - 👍 Great for self-improvement and learning **Cons** - 🐛 Missing definitions for some specialized terms - 🐛 Varying depth of definitions across terms - 💡 Could use more features like folders, customization - 🔒 Requires login, which some users dislike **Commonly reported bugs** - App not opening after recent update for some users - Excessive ads that disrupt the user experience **Most requested features** - Add more ecology and biology-specific terms - Make terms in definitions clickable to navigate - Implement a homepage with science-related content - Allow users to create custom folders/categories ## Newest reviews (11 of 78) ### 4/5 — Needs Ecology Words *2025-09-21* Honestly a great dictionary, but I teach Marine Biology and I would love for my students to have access to a full biology/ecology dictionary as well. But I still give 4 stars. ### 4/5 — Folders please! *2022-03-25* Give me the ability to categorize and label infinite folders for different individual entries. Please. And thanks. ### 4/5 — Great app *2021-04-11* clear and accurate definitions. Has most scientific words. A few scientific phrases can not be found ### 4/5 — I *2020-07-08* The only thing I don’t like about this app is that it doesn’t have as many definitions as I’d like, but it’s still a fine app. ### 4/5 — Great app very helpful *2019-12-05* Yes this is a great app very helpful and it has a lot of good definitions in it it is good for biology I’m a freashman and I really needed an app like this. ### 5/5 — Nice app *2018-12-26, version 1.7* It’s such an amazing app.The best science dictionary I have seen so far. ### 5/5 — Great app *2018-11-25* I will be using this app for private studies full time, it gives you perfect definitions for complex vocabulary and really helps you understand the meaning of words. ### 5/5 — Class *2018-10-03, version 1.7* Good for class ### 5/5 — catz *2018-09-22, version 1.7* Very Useful app! It is a great help to all science students! ### 3/5 — Love it! But here’s a suggestion... *2018-08-09, version 1.7* Hi there, I think it would be nice to have a homepage like the original free dictionary. With science related games and a scientific word of the day? Or quotes from scientific figures? Maybe an ability to customise our homepages and profiles. (I know that’s pushing it) It is just a suggestion but I personally think the app will be more enjoyable. Sincerely, S. G Horn ### 4/5 — Good App! *2018-06-17, version 1.7* Very useful app for today’s aspiring medic ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not a science app *2021-08-09, version 3.2* Just look up Homeopathy, and you’ll see what I mean. More a misleading dictionary. I’m not saying everything in it is wrong, but it’s by no means ‘science’ if it defines even the low hanging fruit of fringe nonsense/scam pseudosciences in a way which their proponents of said pseudosciences would. Not one caveat in the description of homeopathy, and certainly not an accurate description. ### 1/5 — Bad *2020-02-19, version 2.0* I have science homework and it’s it vkxkdfcusufcuvuviv ### 1/5 — Why do you have to have a login *2020-02-08, version 2.0* I don’t like that you have to have a login please take that off so I can just do some science and stuff ### 1/5 — Worthless *2019-08-30* If you are in higher level science classes such as genetics, half of the terms will not be found. Save your time. Use google **Developer response:** We're sorry to hear that. As we are always looking to add new sources, it is possible that our database of science terms will be expanded in the future. ### 1/5 — This is terrible *2019-08-24, version 1.7* It doesn’t have half the definitions for anything I try to look up. ### 1/5 — Not good *2016-09-30, version 1.5* It's not opening since I've installed the updated version ### 3/5 — Why can’t I add this app to my home screen in focus mode? *2023-08-09, version 3.5* I’m a graduate student and would find it really helpful if I could check definitions while reading journal articles without being distracted by other apps. Unfortunately, this app doesn’t appear in the “allowed apps” settings on focus mode. Would absolutely rate it higher if this could be fixed ### 3/5 — Ok, but needs work… *2023-02-05* I recently downloaded this app and purchased its ad-free version. The level of definition varies greatly in depth from term to term. Some definitions dive deeply, and prove very educationally informative. Others just scratch the surface, offering little more than the person looking up the word would already know. Upon first purchasing this app, I ran a little test to see how it would do. After requesting terms of increasing scientific speciality— but not words so esoteric that they would be used by only a select few — I reached the bottom… no definition available for the requested term. I’d say that the app is somewhat useful, and shows great potential, but as a comprehensive stand-alone scientific dictionary, it’s not there, yet. I would hope the developers keep working on the app, moving it toward a more fulfilling realization of the promise it sometimes shows. ### 3/5 — It’s okay *2020-04-14* But at sometimes the words don’t have they best definition just saying ### 3/5 — Very useful app. *2019-03-05, version 1.7* It is alright. Good so far. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Super useful *2025-03-22* I think this is a super lovely app that explains everything very well for what it is. my only suggestion would be to make it where the other terms in the explanation that are complex enough to be in the definition are clickable and transfer you to them, simply so it takes less time, but i think it’s a wonderful and incredibly useful app. ### 5/5 — Perfect for High School Science *2024-07-07* I purchased this app to assist my high schooler with learning differences. She has terrible working memory and asking her to go back and find a forgotten term in the book can completely derail her ability to stay on task during more challenging assignments. This is the perfect solution. She is able to quickly look up a term and move on with the work at hand. Obviously if the issue is understanding instead of memory, she still has to crack open the text to get a full explanation of a term, but this is perfect for jogging her memory. ### 5/5 — great *2024-01-06, version 3.5* useful and easy to learn the meaning of scientific express ### 5/5 — So far, so right on *2021-09-12* Just a very new user but the words I am looking up (not the 10 part words), have all been there. I also like the disambiguation feature. ### 5/5 — Great 👍🏿 *2021-08-17* 10/10 must try again ### 5/5 — Greatest *2021-02-13, version 3.2* 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😘😘😘😘😘😜😜😜😜😍😍 ### 5/5 — AWESOME *2020-10-23* This is the best dictionary ever I can learn about all sciences like space animals human body chemistry microbes dinosaurs and much more ### 5/5 — Excellent *2019-09-08* Excellent tool for self improvement ### 5/5 — Really helped *2019-02-18, version 1.7* This app really helped me with biology terms Thank you ### 5/5 — Cool *2019-01-18, version 1.7* 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎 --- *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.*