# William Whitaker's Words — user reviews > 35 indexed App Store user reviews of William Whitaker's Words by Rehaan Furniturewala, rated 4.20/5 from 78 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/william-whitakers-words/id1326344586/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/william-whitakers-words/id1326344586.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 49 · 4★ 13 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 8 ## Newest reviews (10 of 35) ### 2/5 — Why Am I not Seeing the Actual Page *2023-11-02, version 2.03* I can never get passed the welcome home page. ### 4/5 — Error message *2023-05-25, version 2.02* Hello. Love the app. Recently it has not been working. The error message is: “Could not connect to William Whitaker’s Words”. I am a ad-free user. Not that it matters. ### 2/5 — English to Latin error *2023-05-18, version 2.02* I used to be able to search English to Latin, but for several weeks it says “cannot connect to Whitaker’s Words”. i have uninstalled and reinstalled with the same results ### 4/5 — Broken? *2023-05-14, version 2.02* This would be really useful since I was using the online version, but when I look up a word it just displays an html doc that shows an error instead of my word. I would love to use this if that gets fixed ### 4/5 — App one of my favorites but *2023-05-11, version 2.02* It is not working anymore. It always says “could not connect to Whittaker’s words” now. Please advise. The other apps are not nearly as good! Please come back! I teach a lot of Latin teachers around the US and I always recommend this app! ### 4/5 — No match found *2023-04-17, version 2.02* It was working great but something changed; now I get even for simple words “no match found.” This is so for iPad and iPhone. ### 1/5 — Problem? *2022-07-07, version 2.02* Guess I use the review form to try to communicate with the developer. App Support takes me to a useless online page. These searches appear to have information that I am unable to decode, e.g., I asked for Latin ways to say "die", and I got, among others "cado, cadere, cecidi, casus V INTRANS 3 1 INTRANS [XXXAO] fall, sink, drop, plummet, topple; be slain, die; end, cease, abate; decay;" "cado, … casus" I understand — like other Latin dictionaries, it reports: 1st person singular present tense, present infinitive, 1st person singular perfect tense, perfect participle. I also get V INTRANS — "cado" is an intransitive verb. But then I'm lost. What is "3 1 INTRANS"? Three or third what? One what? Some other kind of intransitive? You think I didn't believe it the first time? And "[XXXAO]"? Three kisses and a hug? The same search (for "die") also returned "pereo, perire, perivi(ii), peritus V 6 1 [XXXAX] ". So this is also a verb, but not intransitive? Transitive or deponent? And it has 6 of whatever "cado" has 3 of, so it's not the conjugation pattern. And the XXX pattern is different. If this code represents useful information, I would like access to it. If not, I recommend that you omit it. I really want to like this app, but … ### 3/5 — IPad Trouble *2021-09-11, version 2.01* While I like the app on phones, the iPad version has a lot of bugs to work out. The search bar is not usable making the app pointless ### 4/5 — Doesn’t work offline *2020-11-25, version 1.1* I appreciate you making whitaker’s words into an app; is there any way you could make it so that it functions offline please? ### 3/5 — keeps crashing with certain letters *2020-05-19, version 1.1* i’ve found if you try and use any non-english letters (ī, ō, ē, etc) it crashes. it works fine with regular letters, but you have to keep that in mind while typing ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not working *2025-02-21, version 2.03* One year on from the last reviewer's post, still not functioning. No search bar, no interface, nothing but a title page. ### 1/5 — iPad Version doesn’t work *2024-09-20, version 2.03* Unfortunately this App no longer works on an iPad. ### 1/5 — It doesn’t work in ipad *2024-03-29, version 2.03* There is no search bar! ### 1/5 — Failure *2023-07-13* Stopped working and there is no way to contact the developer. Update: I heard from the developer that the app has been fixed. So I tried it. Got EO for “to hear”. After about a dozen other nonsensical responses to other vocabulary searches, the fix is definitely in. This is worse than not working at all. **Developer response:** Sorry about the delay in fixing the issue, Trespanieli. I just rolled out the fix to Latin to English translations. English to Latin is still in the works. ### 1/5 — Failure *2023-06-11* Stopped working and there is no way to contact the developer. **Developer response:** Sorry about the delay in fixing the issue, Trespanieli. I just rolled out the fix to Latin to English translations. English to Latin is still in the works. ### 1/5 — Not working *2023-05-17, version 2.02* Seems to have ceased functioning ### 1/5 — This app seems not working? *2023-05-04, version 2.02* It says “Could not connect to William Whitaker's Words” ### 1/5 — straight up not working *2023-05-02, version 2.02* worked great for about six months, but after the update it went from “not found” to “could not connect to william whittaker’s words” ### 1/5 — William Whitaker’s Words *2023-04-27, version 2.02* When we attempt to look up a word, a statement pops ups saying “could not connect to William Whitaker’s Words”. This happens with all word entries on both iPad and iPhone. After reading other reviews, we were hopeful this would be a helpful app :( ### 1/5 — Not working after Apple update *2023-04-24, version 2.02* This used to be a great app, but it has stopped working, I think since a recent Apple update. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — it doesn’t work in ipad *2023-09-16, version 2.03* It worked well before but today search bar didn’t appear at the top so I reinstalled. And it says. welcome and I can’t do anything. Please fix the bug ### 5/5 — willy m'boy *2022-02-13, version 2.02* best latin app hands down. sure there's the occasional bug but always fixed with closing and reopening the app. most helpful. william whitaker has gotten me through 4+ years of latin, mad respect. literally the only thing that could make this beautiful, minimalist app better is an offline version. caecilius est in horto ### 5/5 — Not working in iPad suddenly. It was great until then. Help! *2021-09-13, version 2.01* I need help ### 5/5 — What has happened? *2021-08-12, version 2.01* I am a frequent user of WW but find that it no longer works on my ipad (iPadOS 14.7.1). I have deleted and reloaded the app several times but the app is stuck at the Home Screen. What has happened? ### 5/5 — Not working on iPad *2021-05-30, version 2.01* The search box no longer appears on the iPad version. A very useful app before this problem. ### 5/5 — update *2021-05-13, version 2.01* OKAY I SEE YALL W THE NEW UI ### 5/5 — Lifesaver *2021-01-19, version 1.1* Thanks so much this is an amazing app for Latin noobs and experts alike! I only wish that there were a Greek version too! ### 5/5 — Ads crash the app *2020-10-26* Ever since ads were introduced on the search page, the app crashes whenever I try look anything up. Used to love it and used it all the time. **Developer response:** Does the app still crash? ### 5/5 — Joe *2020-03-02, version 1.1* Saved my Latin grade lol ### 5/5 — Life saver *2019-10-31, version 1.1* Love this app, It is singlehandedly saved my Latin grade! --- *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 2026-06-09.*