# Webster's 1913 — user reviews

> 9 indexed App Store user reviews of Webster's 1913 by Blagovest Dachev, rated 4.30/5 from 15 ratings.

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- Rating breakdown: 5★ 12 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2

## Most critical reviews (9 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Missing many basic words

*2019-03-30*

Missing many basic words. Seems like a phishing app

### 4/5 — Excellent resource for Chaucer

*2026-03-26*

No joke, the lexicon is so wonderfully comprehensive that by consulting it one can literally understand Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales” in his Middle English. 
None the less the app could have been better if it could be on a split screen for multitasking.

### 5/5 — Great dictionary and app

*2025-11-13*

The dictionary looks better in dark mode and the app is quick plus no ads to distract!

### 5/5 — Great dictionary

*2022-03-02, version 1.0.1*

Easy to use design. No ads. Great definitions and examples for words. Much better than any standard dictionary today. Some words are missing, but remember that this was written in 1913. It was a simpler time and people didn’t know about things like “soccer” or “proton”. But they did know “nincompoop” so that’s something.

### 5/5 — A joy

*2020-08-27, version 1.0.1*

A really attractive modern presentation of Webster’s 1918 dictionary, which has beautifully detail definitions and great examples of usage from classic writers. Thank you so much for making this app!

### 5/5 — OED fan exploring

*2019-04-28, version 1.0.1*

As a fan of OED over Webster’s I must admit that this is a delight in its own way.
Thank you!

### 5/5 — Breathes life into words

*2019-04-27*

Beautiful presentation of Noah Webster’s original work

### 5/5 — Simple, yet stylish

*2019-04-27*

Good use of fonts and without a lot of distracting chrome, this is a great dictionary for anyone wanting to find synonyms on the fly.

### 5/5 — High quality presentation of Noah Webster’s classic!

*2019-04-27*

This is a digital version of the classic 1913 Webster’s dictionary.  The typography and layout is well done.  

There’s a good discussion of Webster’s in Hacker News (search there for “You’re probably using the wrong dictionary”).  This app’s author worked on it for years as a labor of love.

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